The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-20 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1845.

We have read with much interest the report lately issued
by the Committee of the Association for the Discouragement
of Duelling, and rejoice to see such decided proofs of the
effectiveness of its labours. It is, after all, by the good
sense and voluntary efforts of individuals, that the moral
plague of duelling is to be abated. Something, indeed, may
be done by better legislation; for the unpopularity (to use
Mr. BENTIIAM'S phraseology) of the existing punishment for
duelling has doubtless contributed to fo3ter the evil, and
modes of punishment more in accordance with opinion would
doubtless be more efficacious. Common sense revolts at a
criminal jurisprudence which makes no distinction between a
murder attended with co-3-ardly violence, and the killing of
a man in a duel, where the deceased has exposed himself to
the danger, and that danger has been shared by his anta-
gonist. Without saying, then, that nothing is to be hoped
for from legislation against duelling, we repeat, that by the
good sense and influence of individuals—by the example of
men of high station and character—by the use of all
the moral influences which society can command,—infi-
nitely more is to be done than by the best possible legisla-
tion. And hence we view with great interest the progress of
the Anti-Duelling Association.

The Association was established in 1842, and has just
published its second report. The number of its members is
now between five and six hundred. Of these, nearly three
hundred are officers of the army and navy. It contains
twenty Peers, among whom are Lord WESTMINSTER, Lord
BURLINGTON, Lord EFFINGHAM, Lord GLENELG, and Lord
STOURTON. The following Members of Parliament are
members of the Association, whose names we publish, as
names are of use against a practice which rests upon opinion,
and whose names, as we write them, will show that noble-
men and gentlemen of all parties are united in this good
cause :—the Earl of Arundel and Lord Ashley, Lord Ber-
nard and Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Ebrington and Lord
Sandon, Sir Robert Inglis and Mr. Cowper, Mr. Plumptre
and Mr. Ewart, Mr. Pusey and Mr. Christie, Sir Thomas
Acland and Mr. Ross Mangles, Mr. Dudley Ryder and Mr.
Childers; Messrs. Hardy, Abel Smith, Tolemache, C. Howard,
ADGeachY, and Colonel Verner. All these gentlemen, in be-
coming members of the Association, have declared their in-
tention " to discountenance, by their influence and example,
the practice of duelling"—in other words, they will abstain
from duels themselves, and do everything in their power to
induce all within the reach of their influence and example to
abstain also. It is impossible not to feel that, within the last
two or three years, much has been done to lessen the hold of
duelling off the public mind, and that the improved practice,
and the declared opinions of public men, hare gone much
further than even the most sanguine anti-duellist could have
hoped, to make this sinful fashion unfiishionable.

It will be remembered, that in the year 1843, after the
universal horror caused by a duel between the husbands of
two sisters, ending fatally to one of them, her MAJESTY was
advised to issue some new articles of war for the more effec-
tual prevention of duelling in the army and navy. One of
these articles subjected every officer challenging, or accept-
ing a challenge, or, if privy to the intention of fighting a
duel, not taking active measures to prevent it, or upbraiding
another for not fighting, or rejecting a reasonable proposition
for the honourable adjustment of a dispute, or advising its re-
jection to a court-martial, and, on conviction, to be cashiered,
or to suffer any other punishment which might be awarded.
Another of the articles declared her 11TAJEsTv's " approba-
tion of the conduct of all those who, having had the misfor-
tune of giving offence to, or injured, or insulted others, shall
frankly explain, apologise, or offer redress for the same; or
who, having had the misfortune of receiving offence, injury, or
insult from another, shall cordially accept frank explanation,
apology, or redress for the same ; or who, if such explana-
tions, apology, or redress are refused to be made or accepted,
shall submit the matter to be dealt with by the commanding
officer of the regiment or detachment, fort, or garrison." The
report before us shows that these new articles of war have
been by no means a dead letter, within the last year two
court-martials have been held in the navy, and severe punish-

ments awarded, for proceeding connected with duels. The
report narrates an instance of arbitration between two cap-
tains of the navy by a court of inquiry appointed by the
Admiralty. We must refer our readers to the report itself
for the particulars, having room only to quote the conclu-
sion :—" The court required the production of the corre-.
spondence, and examined into all the circumstances con-
nected with it, and then made an award, declaring the terms
in which each of the parties should apologise for the oftnce
they had severally given to the other. In obedience to that
award they each signed a paper, addressed to the President
—one admitting his regret that he should have originated any
statement calculated to give pain to a brother officer; the
other avowing his regret that he should have allowed the
warmth of his feelings to lead him to the use of expres-
sions which, on more mature consideration, he perceived had
exceeded the amount of provocation. The court added an
assurance that the course it enjoined would leave the honour
of both parties unsullied and unaspersed." It is in the army
and navy that hithrato the false code of honour has found its
chief bulwark; and when that bulwark is lost, as there is
now every sign of its being lost, we may hope that the prac-
tice will die away speedily among all classes of society.

We regret to find from the Irish papers, that the horrible
system of assassination is still carried on in that unfortunate
country, and that it is proceeding to such a height, that if
exertions are not made by every respectable class in the
community, property will speedily lose half its value,
and not even labour be found for the starving
peasant. In fact, it has become a system. The fix-
ture in land is considered the peasant's right ; he
has been buoyed up with the hope that the Saxons would
ultimately be expelled, and that the entire soil will remain in
possession of the native Irish. But what renders the present
appearance of affairs more melancholy—the peasant is resolved
not to wait for that happy deliverance, he is resolved at once
to take the law into his own hand, and when turned out of a
plot of ground for his negligence and sloth, he throws
all the blame upon the unhappy landlord; and, considering
himself fully entitled to possession, with the assistance of
some comrades, he waylays his victim, and, in open day,
commits the foulest murder. Mr. O'CONNELL cannot deny
such melancholy truths, which are now, indeed, admitted
by all parties in Ireland. Even hand-bills are cir-
culated in different counties, inciting the peasantry to
massacre their landlords. At the meeting of the Repeal
Association, on Monday, Mr. O'Casniem. produced a docu-
ment headed " Landlords and Tenants—Tyrants turning
Tenants out," which, he observed, was extensively
circulated, and incited the people to assassinate
their landlords. He added, the notice was of such
an atrocious character, that he could not feel justified
in giving it publicity. The paper was printed on good paper,
in excellent type, and bore the signature of the
Messrs. PILKINGTON, Holborn, London. The moment he
saw the document he dispatched it to the Commissioners of
Police. Facts like these received confirmation from another
speaker, Mr. O'Neal, who, after adverting to the failure of
the potato crop to the extent of two-thirds, said, " That was
a melancholy state of things, but it might be rendered still
worse, if secret societies, so injurious to the country, were
not put down. To illustrate this fact, he might mention
that a friend of his had borrowed in England
a sum of 30,0001., which he proposed to expend in the im-
provement of his estate. Before the arrangements were
finally concluded a murder was perpetrated in the immediate
neighbourhood of his friend, which so terrified the
English capitalist, that he backed out of the agreement, pay-
ing all the costs incurred in making the title, and then lent
his money on security in England at three per cent., al-
though he was to have received five in Ireland.
It was, therefore to secrect societies, from which
the murder sprung, that many of the evils of
this country were to be attributed." Let the priests
of Ireland ponder well on statements like these. No clergy
in the world ever had such power over their people. They
have many means of discovering the wretched criminals who
thus disgrace human nature ; and if they do not,withont delay,
combine together for putting down outrages so ruinous to the
country, and so contrary to every precept of the Gospel,
they must incur the blame of participating in the crimes,
Even under such an atrocious system the construction of
railroads, which promised so fair to give employment to tens
of thousands, will turn out only a curse, and every English
engineer and artisan and labourer, who might be neces-
sary to teach them in carrying on the works,
would be exposed to an untimely end. A Loyal
Association, to put down assassination, might be
well substituted for the present Repeal Association. The
one is purely a party concern—the other would embrace
every good Christian, every honest man, and every friend of
his country.

We have intelligence from Madrid of the 11th instant,
which is of a eiistressing character. The investigations into
the late mutiny at Valentia had been brought to a close, and
the greater part of the soldiers implicated had been con-
demned to death. The Tiempo, in a second edition, states
that as the last courier left ten of the unfortunate prisoners
were on their way to the place of execution, and that from
eighteen to twenty more would undergo the same fate. It
appears, also, that several of the inhabitants had been ba-
nished on twenty-four hours' notice, without a trial or par-
ticulars of the charges against them. The same journal
quotes an extract from the Gibraltar Chronicle, according to
which the last accounts from Fez were highly favourable to
A131)-EL-KADER, who had killed about 800 men and captured
500 in his late engagements with the French ; and the Em-
peror of Morocco was about to quit Mequinez.
We give the following from the Clamor Publico, relative
to Court amusements :

"It is said that Queen Maria Christina is very expert in the
culinary art, and that, in her rural excursions, she likes to try the
skill of those who accompany her. On a recent occasion she de-
sired the Ministers of War, Justice, and Foreign Affairs, to pre-
pare, each of them, a dish of their own. General Narvaez cooked a
gaspacho (a sort of soup, consisting of water, bread, oil, vinegar,
milk, salt, and pepper), and garlick was found to predominate far
too much. M. Mayans bestowed his skill on chickens with a To-
mata sauce, but they were smoked. M. Martinez de la Rosa con-
tented himself with the production of hard eggs ; and the Royal
Family are stated to have laughed most heartily at the culinary abi.
litics of their Ministers."

The Spanish Funds were rising. On the 11th the Three
per Cents. were done at 35% %; the Five per Cents at 24%;
and the Passives at 8% Ilt.

The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the affairs of
Africa, a resolution adopted by the Council-General of the
Seine to prevent gambling in railway shares, and an ac-
count, dated Monte Video, Sept. 8, of the operations of the
English and French squadrons in taking possession of Colo-
nia. On the latter subject the Journal des _Mats contains a
letter, extending to four columns, of which we give the fol-
lowing abstract, rather to show the views of the French
writer, than for much additional information :—" The united
English and French squadrons have taken possession of the
town of Colonia. Previously to the proceedings of the
squadrons, assistance had been given to the Government of
Monte Video in fitting out a small flotilla, in order that the
possession :of Colonia might be given up to the troops of
Monte Video as soon as it should have come into the hands
of the allied forces. On the 29th of August two English
vessels, the Satellite and the Philomele, and three French
vessels of twenty guns each, the Assas,Coquette, and Ducouedie,
had come to an anchorage off Colonia, and on the 30th
the two Admirals made preparations for the attack. A
few days before their arrival the Commandant of Colonia had
sent away all the foreigners, and they had taken refuge in
the small island of San Gabriel, where they were provided
with the means of subsistence by the French and English
vessels. In the evening of the 30th the batteries of Colonia
opened their fire upon the allied squadrons, but it did no in-
jury. The Assas was the only vessel struck by a ball, and
that slightly. At the same time that the batteries vegan to
play upon the vessels a fire broke out in several parts of the
town, and the flames threw a vivid light over the operations,
At eight o'clock on the morning of the 31st the flotilla from
Monte Video arrived, and the garrison, seeing the Oriental
flag, renewed with rage the attack upon the vessels. The
Philomele first replied, and was followed by the other Eng-
lish vessel. The French Admiral then ordered the Assas,
Coquette, and Decouedie, to open their fire, which they did
with effect, but in such a way as not to do more
damage to the town than could be helped. The
flotilla then joined in the siege, and the enemy having
ceased firing, and the town appearing to be evacuated
the troops, raised at Monte Video to about 450 in number,
chiefly Italian refugees, effected a landing. The fire which
had broken out in the town had not done much injury, but
the inhabitants had fled. The troops from Monte Video com-
menced a pillage, and, breaking open the storehouses, in-
dulged in potations of strong liquors, leaving what they did
not drink to run to waste in the streets. Even the pretty
church of Colonia was not respected, and the altar became a
drinkiag table. None of the English and French sailors
partook of these excesses, but applied themselves assiduously
—after something like order had been restored—to the repair
of the fortifications. This being done, and seven pieces of
cannon from the ships being mounted, the allied squadron
placed the town in the bands of a garrison of the Monte
Videan troops, and returned to Monte Video. The accounts
add, that Martin Gartia, which had already been abandoned
by the troops of Roqa s, was to be occupied by a garrison from
Monte Video, and all the coast of Uruguay was to be placed in
a state of blockade."
The dispatches received by the Minister of War from
Africa add little to the previous information. If Marshal
BUGEAUD, however, is to be believed, the game is all up with
ABD-EL-KADER. In one of his reports he thus boasts
We have nothing more to fear from ABD-EL-KADER, who
has probably re-entered Morocco, having failed in his attempt
at a general insurrection, and abandoning to themselves the
tribes that he bad excited to revolt in the province of Oran.
This ought to lower him in the eyes of the Arabs; but they
do not judge of things in the same way as ourselves." The
last portion of the paragraph contains the whole secret of the
endless disappointments to which the eccentric Governor-
' General is doomed. The Arabs will judge of
things in their own way, they will take no ad-
vice from an enemy, but go on fighting his
troops in detail, harassing them on every march, and sur-
prising them in every mountain pass or glen. Some of the
Opposition with reason consider the Marshal totally unfit
for the Government of Algiers, and look only to increasing
and hopeless warfare while he retains supreme power.
The meeting of the Council General of the Seine, which
took place on Saturday, has caused a good deal of sensation
among the Parisians, those especially interested in railway
speculation. M. AnAGo was present, and recanted his
opinion delivered in the Chamber, to the effect that

the Management and forniatied of railways ought
not to be entrusted to the State. He may think himself right
at last, but the opinions of this philosopher are not to be de-
pended upon, for he changes them with wonderful facility.
A proposition was made with a view to check jobbing in
shares, and when the President was about to put it to the
votes M. ARAGIO rose and said

"My position requires that I should offer some explanations
upon the vote I am about to give; for it will be in favour of the
amendment of M. Considerant. In the Chamber I was a member,
and was appointed reporter of the committee of eighteen which
decided, in the railroad question, in favour of companies.' It is not
necessary for me to explain my reasons for then refusing to grant
the formation and management of the railroads to the State. But
I shall take this opportunity for declaring explicitly that I was
mistaken. I did not foresee those things which we now witness;
but, considering the deplorable and scundalous transactions to
which semblance. of adjudication have given rise, my opinion is
altered."

sttql LONDON, ttI'URSDAY MOANISIG, ovEmßilla if), 1845.

twenty or more years, *Mai as it would be considered here
as virtually surrendering the territory, *add be accepted by
the United States.
" The President is very indignant at the remarks made
in and out of Parliament, and will use angry language in. his
forthcoming message. Of course you can decide better than
we can whether this course will create difficulty, or, in other
words, whether England will maintain her position on this
subject.
" Of the literal correctness of these remarks regarding the
feelings, views, &c., of President Polk rest assured. They
come direct to me through one of our who, for two
weeks past, has dined daily at the table of the President, and
heard him on these occasions express himself openly, unre-
servedly, and determinedly."
CANADA.

The Montreal Herald of the 27th publishes the follow•
ing
" It affords us the highest gratification to have it in our
power to announce, upon official authority, that his Excel-
lency's health is improving, and that he continues to trans•
act businees with such official personages as require to see
him. We have also much pleasure in learning that his Ex-
cellency has never for a day been confined to bed-room,
but has been in the daily habit of joining his family at
meals."
On the 29th the following is given by the same journal :
" We are happy to have it in our power to state. on official
authority, that Lord Metcalfe's general health continues to
improve. His Lordship, yesterday afternoon, took an airing
in his carriage."
In the present state of the corn market the following very
late news from Montreal is of importance :
MONTREAL, • OCT. 29.—After the departure of the last
steamer, until the arrival of the Great Britain, the flour mar-
ket was rather quiet, good brands of " fine" bringing only
28s. 6d. The advices by that steamer, however, caused
holders to be more firm, but the exorbitant rates of freight
tended to keep down prices. On the arrival of the news by
the Hibernia, last week, prices advanced materially, and as
a considerable number of ships arrived together freights de-
clined, and an advance of 2s. 6d. to 3s. per barrel was esta-
blished in flour. During the past week the market has been
very active, and the demand for flour has been increased,
from parties having made heavy engagements to ship by a
certain date. Large sales of " superfine" have been made at
325. 6d., which is now the quotation for that quality. " Extra
fine" and choice brands of "fine" are worth 31s. 9d. to 32s ,
and ordinary brands of " fine" 30s. 6d. to 31s. 6d. per barrel.
The market is quite bare of shipping, parcels and flour much
wanted to fill chartered vessels ; a large quantity is, however,
reported on the way down.
GRAlN.—UpperOanada white wheat has been coming down
pretty freely, and has all been taken for shipment on arrival;
ss. 10d. was the price until the Great Britain arrived, when
6.3. 2d. was paid. After the receipt of the advices by the
Hibernia, the price went up to 6s. 6d. a 6s. Bd. Several very
superior parcels have been placed this week at 6s. 7id. and
6s. Bd. per 60 lbs.
Exchange has declined one-half per cent. The banks are
drawing at 11 per cent.; and the best private, 90 days on
London, is only morth 10 per cent.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,000
bales, at about previous rates. Shares were not so lively.
There are late accounts received from Canada to-day. The
state of the flour markets, as well as for grain, had improved
considerably. The following is the official statement of the
arrivals in the colony :
Office of her Majesty's Chief Agent for the Superintendence
of Emigration in Canada.
- Quebec, Oct. 11, 1845.
Number of Emigrants arrived at this Port from the Ist to
the llth instant, inclusive :
Cabin. Steerage.
50 180
1 168
3 55
0 0

The commercial intelligence, down to the latest date, we
subjoin, we take from one of the New York papers :
Since the departure of the Great Britain (on the 28th in-
stant) the effect of the intelligence received by the Great
Western, which .arrived on the day of the Great Britain
leaving port—has been felt. It is not very significant. Flour
and wheat advanced, somewhat—the former about 25 cents.
per barrel—but that advance has not been sustained. Several
thousand barrels nevertheless changed hands at the increased
rates, destined for England, and the price for the best
Genessee, for that market, maybe quoted at 5 dolls. 75 cents. ;
this at the present rate of exchange, 9i premium, is equal in
sterling to
Add to this freight 2s. 6d.
Insurance charge, &c.

272. Oa.

From England
From Ireland
From Scotland
From Lower Ports...

Total 54 403
Previously reported

Total
To same period last year 551 19,463

Increase in 185 ...
A. 4 C. BUCHANAN, Chief Agent.
The accounts received from the West Indies to-day by the
Thames steamer are, upon the whole, of a satisfactory cha-
racter. The weather had been of a very variable character;
but, upon the whole, the colonies may be said to be in a
very prosperous condition.
At the auction sale of the Messrs. Lamond and Co., Hall
of Commerce, prices ran as follows :-Bank of British North
America sold for 471. (paid 501.) ; Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate Railway 225. 6d. (paid 425.); East Indian 50s. 6d.
to 555. 6d (paid 55.); South Staffordshire Junction 51s (paid
505.) ; Norwich Direct 6s. (paid 205.) ; Shrewsbury and
Hereford 45s (paid 525. 6d) ; Anglo-Belgian 625. (paid
80s.); Hull and Selby Quarters 211. 10s. (paid 121. 10s.);
Worcester and South Wales 325. (paid 425.); Great
North. and South Wales and Worcester 13s. 6d.
(paid 20;.); Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford
30s. (paid 42;.); Gloucester, Abery-stwitb, ane Central
Wales 295. 6d. (paid 275. 6d) ; Harwich (Eastern Counties)
175. (paid 205.) ; Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow
645. (paid 555.) ; Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester 325. (paid
425.); Great Eastern and Western 535. 6d. (paid 503.);
Chepstow and Forest of Dean 245. (paid 425); Derby,
Uttoxeter, and Stafford 40s. 6d. (paid 525. 6d.); Welsh
Midland 535. 6d. (paid 505.); South and Midlands Junction
295. (paid 425.); Newry and Enniskillen 345. 6d. (paid
505.) ; Bristol and Exeter 85/. (paid 70/.) ; London and
York 90s. (paid 505.) ; Leeds and Liverpool 435. (paid
52s 6d.) ; Derby, Stafford, and Worcester 265. (paid
425.) ; Direct Chester and Manchester 335. (paid
425.); Tring, Reading, and • Basingstoke 645. 6d. to 665.
paid 105 s.); Manchester and Rugby Direct 28s. 6d.
paid 425.); Taw Vale Extension 225. (pail 4080 ;
London and Manchester (Rastrick's) 86s. (paid 10554;
Surrey Grand Junction 38s. (paid 275. 6d.); Direct Bir-
mingham and Leicester 28s. (paid 425.); Warwick mad
Worcester 295. (paid 425.); Wolverhampton, Birmingham,
and Nottingham 31s. (paid 425.); Great Leeds and London
303. (paid 525. 6d.) ; Newcastle and Berwick 13/. 10s. (paid
100 s.); Buckinghamshire 575. (paid 425.); Midland Eastern
Counties 41s. (paid 525. 6d.) ; Trinidad, Great Eastern, and
South-Western 53. (paid 55.) ; Caledonian Extension, 625.
(paid 505.); London and Blackwall, New, 798. (paid 305.) ;
London and South Essex 345. ( paid 555.) ; Dendre Valley, 20s.
(paid 403.) ; Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester
395. ( paid 225.) ; South and Midland 265. (paid 428.) ; Paris and
Strasburgh (Aymard's) 48s. 6d. (paid 455.) ; Barcelona
2s. 6d. (paid 55.); Edinburgh and Perth 955. (paid 305.)
Perth and Inverness 41s. 6d. (paid 50s. ; London and Man-
chester (Remington's) 50s. (paid 555.); London and York
89s. 6d. (paid 505.); North Kent 60s. (paid 405.); Exeter,
Yeovil, and Dorset 575. (paid 555.) ; Shropshire Mineral
395. 6d. (paid 425.).; Cornwall and Central Devon 48s.
(paid 525. 6d.); Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Glouces-
ter 375. (paid 425,) ; Bridgewater and Minehead 30s.
(paid 425.) ; Northern and Southern Connecting 225.
(paid 525. 6d.) ; Essex and Suffolk 225. 6d. (paid
275. 6d.) ; Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge 245.
(paid 425.) ; Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth
Coast 265. 6d. (paid 425.) ; Cornwall and Central
Devon 435. 6d. (paid 525. 6d.) ; Birkenhead, Mold,
and Rhuabsn 40s. (paid 525. 6d.) ; Leeds and Car-
lisle 455. (paid 525. 6c1.); Boston, Stamford, and Birming-
ham 275. (paid 225.) ; Nottingham and Boston 475. (paid
275. 6d.); Reading and Reigate 28s. (paid 425.); Bideford
and Tavistock 235. 6d. (paid 275. 6d.) ; Direct London and
Exeter 19s. 6d. (paid 275. 6d) ; Cambridge and Lincoln 80s.
(paid 305.); Great Madrid and Lisbon 2s. (paid 55.) ; Staf-
fordshire Potteries 28s. to 295. (paid 525. 6d.) ; Grand Trunk
255. (paid 425.); London and Blackwall Extension 655.
(paid 605.) ; Belgian Eastern Junction 30s. (paid 505.) ;
Louvain and Jemeppe 425. (paid 80s.) ; Namur and
Liebe 70s. (paid 1205.) ; Madrid and Valentia 245. 6d.
h (paid 405.); Great Western of Bengal 13s. (paid 55.) ;
Dudley, Madeley, Broseley, and Iron Bridge 50s. 6d.
(paid 525. 6d..); Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor-
cestershire 21s. 6d. (paid 425.); London, Hounslow,
and Western 255. 6d. (paid 425.) ; South Union and Man-
chester Potteries 345. (paid 405.); Isle of Wight 355. (paid
525. 6d.) ; Mauritius lls. (paid 205.) ; Rugby and Hunting-
don 265. 6d. (paid 408.); East and West of England Junc-
tion 17s. (paid 275, 6d.) ; Southwark-bridge (original) 61.
(paid 1000 ' • Northumberland and Lancashire 475. (paid
425.) ; North of Norfolk 40s. (paid 525. 6d.) ; National and
Provincial Bank of England 111. (paid 10/.) ; London Joint-
Stock Bank 13/. (paid 101.); London Gas Light Company
531. (paid 500 ; Rhymney Iron Company 451. (paid 50/.) ;
Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company 19/. 15s. (paid
11/.); Gravesend Diamond Steam-Packet Company, half
shares, 655. (paid 703.); Over Yssel Railway 435. 6d. (paid
83s. 4d.
There has not been much imsiness transacted in the Funds
to-day. The tone of the market is most decidedly of a
favourable character. Bank Stock has advanced to 206-
(a rise of 6 per cent. within a week), an.d the premium upon
Exchequer-bills is firm at 23 to 25%.
Consols for the Account remain steady at 96, and for
Money from 9534 to 96. With such prices as iYlese attain-
able, where is the effect of the many articles thro:" have ap-
peared in the Times to depress values observable?
The value of South Sea Stock has reached 10614:
A very few bargains have been made in the Foreign Fun.is
to-day. The Dutch Stocks are in demand, at from
6014 to 60% for the Two-and-a-Half per Cents., and at
98% % for the Four per Cents. The Spanish hree per
Cents. are at 37%, and the Actives are at 2814 for the Ac-
count.
The Railway Share Market has been rather flat to-day.
The business transacted, though upon a limited scale, is still
of a first-class description. The official quotations of busi-
nesss actually done are annexed :-

The last price of best American flour, in bond, in Liver-
pool was 27s.—so that unless there be a rise on the other
side, there is no margin for shipments from this.
As, however, the least alarm about a short or inferior crop
gives always a more than proportionate impulse to prices, it
may very well be that flour on the spot may, in the course of
the next few weeks, be advantageously placed.
Cotton is dull and unsettled, so as to render it difficult to
give accurate quotations.
Our money market continues very easy. The revenue of
this State from its canals will this year, contrary to expec-
tation in the earlier part of the season, transcend that of last
year, which itself was larger than that of any preceding year.
The remarkably fine weather that has prevailed, and is still
prevailing here, has afforded every opportunity to forwarders
to hurry produce and goods to market, and all the grain and
flour that can reach tide water will find ready purchasers.
Exchanges on Europe are still drooping. Sales on London
are made at 9, and the extreme range is 9%. On France
5.25 to 5.261,4.
Cotton—The sales to-day reach 800 bales, The stock for
sale being unusually light, holders are enabled to maintain
their position. Prices range within % of a cent of what
they were before the arrival of the Great Western, in fact,
several parcels have been disposed of at former prices. We
quote Uplands, very ordinary to middling, 63/4 to 7% cents
per pound ; fair to good fair and good, 814 to 8% and 9%
cents; Tennessees and Alabamas, 63/4 to 73/4 cents; Mo-
biles, Louisianas, &c., ordinary to middling, 7 to 73/4 cents;
fair to good fair, 9 to 10 cents; good and fine, 11 to 12 and
121/ cents. The sales since the 14th are estimated at 9,400
bales.
The exports, &c., of cotton since the Ist of September,
are as follows :—Total exports, 84,000 bales ; last year,
114,000 bales ; and year before, 19,000 bales. To Great
Britain, 56,000 bales; last year, 52,000 bales; and year
before, 7,000 bales. Receipts, 149,000 bales ; last year,
142,000 bales ; and year before, 115,000 bales. Stocks,
114,000 bales ; last year, 124,000 hales ; and year before,
133,000 bales.
The reports from the cotton-growing districts continue to
be favourable, and it is expeqed that the crop will be equal
in quantity to that of last year.
Flour—All descriptions are dull. 5.75 doll. was asked for
Genessee this morning, withoutfinding buyers—a few lots
were taken at 4.681 dolls., and subsequently at 5.62} dolls. ;
1,000 barrels Michigan (in poor order) sold at 5.561 dolls.
Southern Flour is held at 5.25 dolls. to 5.371 dolls. for Balti-
more, Alexandria, Petersburgh, &c. ; Georgetown 5.50 dolls.,
Brandywine 5.621 dolls. to 5.75 dolls.
6,000 bushels prime Genessee Wheat were taken for export,
at 1.23 dolls., and about 5,500 bushels Southern in lots for
milling at 1 doll. to 1.16 doll. ; 8,000 bushels Southern Corn
sold at 65 to 66 cents weight, and a small parcel of Northern
yellow at 67 cents.
5,000 bushels of Barley brought 57 cents.
There has been a good deal of inquiry for Clover Seed,
and several parcels of Ohio have been purchased-..say
B,ooolbs. at 8 to SM eents., and 26,0001b5. at about 9 cents.
—now held at 914 cents.
Nothing of importance was done in provisions.
Ashes are steady. Pots, 3.87 dolls. 1-2.; Pearls, 4.12 dolls.
—demand moderate. _ _ _

The rates of freight are—To Liverpool, %d. per Ib. for
cotton in square bales, and 7-16 d. in round; turpentine and
flour, 2s:' 6d. per barrel. To London, Naval stores and flour,
3s. to 3s. 6d. per barrel. To Havre, Cotton, 5/8 to % cents.
per lb. ; Ashes, 8 dolls. to 10 dolls. per ton. Rice, 10 dolls.
per ton.
NEW ORLEANS, Our. 22.—There was a slightly improved
feeling in the cotton market yesterday, but the business
continues rather limited, as neither buyers nor sellers are
willing to operate largely until the Great Britain's advices
coma to hand. The sales yesterday amounted to 8,500
bales, and this morning about 1,000 bales have changed
hands, at prices ranging from 71/2 to 73/4c. for low middling to
good middling; Bc. for mid fair, and si to 8-Ic. for fair to
fully fair. Corn, in consequence of an export demand, went
up yesterday to 40c. to 41c. per bushel, at which about 500
bushels were taken. Nothing was done either in flour or
provisions. Exchange is very steady at 814 to B:y4 per cent.
prem. for sterling ; francs, sf. 20c. to sf. 25c. New York
Bonds, 13/4 to 2 per cent. discount ; checks, %to per cent.
dis. Freights have given way, a vessel having been taken
yesterday for Liverpool at 1,4 d.

Tim Loitn CivascEmort..—The Lord Chancellor did not
sit in his Court at Westminster yesterday; but we are happy
to state, from good authority, that his Lordship is considerably
better, and that a few days further rest will, in all probability,
restore him to his usually good state of health. It is confi-
dently expected that his Lordship will be enabled to resume
his judicial duties on Saturday. We can state confidently
that there is no foundation whatever for the report that it is
intended to put the Great Seal in commission.

THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMER.
The following account of the voyage of this vessel, which
was drawn up by a passenger on board, who had also access to
the ship's log, will be read with interest :
" The ship started in good trim, and was going on very
well until eleven P.M. on the 30th, when something was
found wrong with the propeller, which was striking the
stern-post very hard. The engines were reversed, and after
two or three good thumps, the arm broke off. The ship
then continued with very low steam, and was steered by the
sails, the wind north-easterly, and the vessel making very
good way, seven to nine knots, until the Ist instant, about
three P.M., when another of the arms of the propeller broke,
leaving only one (thought the repaired one), and the arm of
another, with a small plate which had been placed on the
end of it. The most was then made of the sails, and the
propeller was just kept from dragging, the vessel going at
times 10 knots, though when the breeze was from the east-
ward she only made 32 knots. The vessel felt the sails
directly, and was considered to possess very superior sailing
qualifications, and very good way was made under the circum-
stances. The distance run on the 29th ult. was 157 knots by
the log ; on the Ist in5t.,1,164 ; on the 2d, 214 ; on the 3d, 1,814 ;
on the sth, 90, The propeller, or what was left of it, did
wonders at times, making 4 knots against a moderate easterly
wind. On the 6th, the ship made 84 knots, close as she
could lay with fore and aft sails, reefed topsail and mainsail,
which is noted as good decidedly.' About a quarter past
five the remaining arm of the propeller broke, leaving only
the half arm and the small piece of another about two feet
from the centre. The steam was cut down as low as possible.
At twenty minutes past one, on the Bth, the engines were
stopped, and all sail set they could carry. The wind fresh-
ened gradually into a breeze, and the ship scudded and
steered beautifully, taking a spray on the larboard
quarter and beam occasionally, but as easy or easier
than any ship which the rimy ever witnessed, On
the 11th two ships limn seen ahead, which were Cott up to
at the rate of two miles an hour, close hauled. This,' says
the log, is wonderful with our little spread of canvas,
and more than 'was expected.' The weather continued vari-
able, though inclined to be squally, thick, and dirty, until the
16th, when daylight cleared off, and they were favoured with
a fine breeze, running all day ten and eleven knots. At half-
past one, A.m. on the 17th (yesterday) the ship passed the
Tusker, and at eleven was off Holyhead, at one P.M. was
off Point Lynas, and at eight P.M. a pilot and two steam-
tugs were obtained off the north-west light ship, which,
after waiting some time for water, brought the leviathan
safely into dock.
"On the 15th instant the passengers met in the dining.
saloon, and agreed to a statement expressive of the sense of
the meeting as to the vessel's capabilities. This document,
after detailing the accidents to the screw, goes on to say that
the ability of trleie
pGassrepaat, Britain, as aa s. not
inferior to any ship afloat. Several vess.i..
931".4:unity very _...., were overtaken
all of which we
, gale on
the 10th, why -
Britain was the 4....;enty-four lio.ura, an excellent
orded c judging of her strength and
ability as a sea boat, and the passengers state that the Great
hviels-d;i admiration
lasted ne n rl,
of all on board, and they predict,
having themselves previously experienced severe weather on
the Atlantic, that she will sustain her character as one of
the ablest triumphs of modern architecture. The statement,
after declaring their opinion that the steamer, for safety,
speed, and comfort, is unsurpassed, concludes by expressing
their high opinion of her commander, Captain Hosken, RN.,
under the trying circumstances of such a passage, and by
bearing testimony to his perseverance in difficulty, and his
good judgment and skill throughout. The document is
signed by all the passengers."

WINTER CIRCUIT.-Mr. Baron Parke and Mr.
Justice Williams will hold a winter as siz ?, at Liverpool, and
Mr. Baron Platt at York. No other ,wlei.:wa Are to be held
this winter.

ONE
PEKES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 205 206
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 961/8 953/4 96
New 314 per Cents
Long Annuities toexuireJan 1860
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 103;j 11-16
South Sea Stock 10614
;Ditto Old Annuities
Bank Stock for Account 203% 2041/2
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1%d.... 23 25
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small ... 23 25

ONE
O'CLOCK

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... ...
Russian Bonds
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 283414
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. •.....
Ditto, Account 371
Belgian 4% per Cent.
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto. Account ..... ... ......
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 941/s%

CLOSING
PRICES
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pm. 25
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CLOSING
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37%
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60%

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SIIAIIES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% l% ll2
Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%
Belfast & County Down
Bideford andTavistock... 1%
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100
Ditto New l7l/2 —
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s — p
Bridgewater & Minehead ... ..
Bristol and Exeter ..... 70
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......
Bristol and Liver. June . •.....
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Extension ...... 21% 3x31442
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 4 3.74
Do. New
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% 1 ...
Canterbury and Dover.. l% —
Central Kent ............•••
Chelmsford and Bury... 1% N
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Chester and Manchester 425. —
Chelteaham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction ..... 5
Cork Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 21/2
Cork and Waterford ... 1% l4
Cornwall
Coventry, Nuneaton,Bir.
and Leicester.— l4 l%
Derby, Gainsbro', and
Great Grimsby...... ...
Derby, Uttoxeter, and
Stafford
Direct Manchester
(Remington's)
Ditto (Rackstrick's)... 514...... 44 .!, %.. .......
Direct Northern
Difeet Norwich 1
Dublin and Armagh 1%..... ....
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 5
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 21/ —
Eastern Counties 141. 16s 19% 204
Ditto New 4/. 16s. 641/2 6 p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....61.135. 4d. — p
Ditto ditto, No. 2...2/. 13s. 4d... 4 p
Eastlineh'm andNech 1 —
Eastern Union .: , 20 .. ... •
Ditto, Quarter Sh:res 21
- 112 ...... .....

8

3 P
10,4 1/2
3
33/4

-
_l%

1

19%
6p
- P
IA P

Ditto Extension
Do. Ipswich and Bury i —''
Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2;i;
*********
--'
Do., Camb. and Ely. 21 ******
East Liucolnshire
••••
• • z
East ni4
& West of Englanu - .... a ....a 0.1.
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...•••
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ..... -- ......... • • ...,
Ditto, New ... 5 ...... --
Edinburgh &Northern.. 114 ...... •••
Edinburgh and Perth... 11/..2 ..... .
Ely and Huntingdon ... 5
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/g ......
Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1%••••••
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 23/4
Glouc., Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales 1%...... ...
Goole and Doncaster .. 425• ......
Grand Junction ......... ...100
Ditto Half Shares 5O —
Ditto Quarters 25
Grand Union - _36 l% is
Great Eastern &Western 2%., ....•.
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field

Great South. and West
(Ireland)
Pitto Extension ...... 714
Gfeat Munster ... 21/.., ......
Great North of Scotland 21/,.......
Great Northof England..loo 215 216
Ditto New 5 5O
Do. New ... ........ 2
Great Western BO ......150 152
Ditto % Shares 5O
Ditto 14 Shares 21%2 —
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2% ... ..
Harwich -
Gull and Selby 5O
Ditto 1% Shares
Do. Half Shares
Inverness and Elgin 1
Ipswich, Norwich, and
Yarmouth 2
- •... ••• ...... ••
Irish North Midland l% --
Isle ofAxholme 2%
Killarney Junctions
Kendal and Windermere 11/,
Lancaster and Carlisle... 30
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena ' -.,„
Leeds and Carlisle
Leeds and West Riding
Junction
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — p.. ... ...„4„
Leicester and Bedf3rd... 22e 74i% p
Leicester and Tamworth 425.
Lierf.,. and Manchester.loo ... .. —%
Do. % Shares
Do. Quarters 25
Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% ..
tpool., Mnchstr, & New-
• castle Junction
London and Birmingtunloo 215 214 216 214
Do. Thirds
Do. 14 Shares
Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2 ...... 21% 20%
Ditto Extension
1 London and Blackwall. 16/._ 13s. 4d. 914

Do. New
Ditto Extension ...... 3 ...... ....
Londor, and Brighton... 50 ...... 6114 61
Do. consolidated Bths... 35 ......
Ditto, Sixths ... Ol/2 ......
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 21 ..... .
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and
Hereford
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d...
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d —
London, Hounslow, and
Western
Lond. & S.Westem 411 6; 10d... 741/ 72743% 74
Do. New Consol. Bths 20
Do. New
Do. New
London & South Essex —
London and York 2I,E 4%1%........
London and Windsor ... 1
London, Warwick, and
Kidderminster ... 2%
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ... .. 2%...... 2%
Londonderry&Coleraine 5 ......
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ...... .-..1 ..... ... 5
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham 5 —
Manchester and Leeds ... 76
Ditto Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Do. Sixteenths 414
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters 4 ...... 10% 11 exn ...
Do. New Quarters
Do. Continuation and
Welsh Junction
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 425....... 31/ 1,4 p
Manchester, Birm., and
Mould Junction ..... —
Manchester and Rugby
Direct —
Manchest. &Southampt. 2 .--... 3%
Midland 100 143 144%
Do. Fifths 2
Do. New
Midland,Birm., Derby...loo ll4 112... ...... ...
Midld. & East. Counties —
Midland Great Western
(Irish) ... 21,4 ......
Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2% —
New castle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 ..... 58
Do. New Brandling... 15 ••• ••••
Newcastle and Berwick 5
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Newcastle, Durham, and
Lancashire Junction... 19
Newport & Abergavenny 2%......
New Ross and Car10w... 22s
Newry and Enniskillen 21
Newark, Sheffield, and
Boston ... ...... ........ 25 ..
North British
Do., New ... ..... ..... 3 h 7
North
Northern and Eastern... 45
Do. Scrip
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — .
Do. New
N. Kent & Direct Dover 214....
North Staffordshire 425....... 31434 p
North Wales
North and South Wales
and Worcester - ••..••
Northern and Southern
Connecting — —
Norwich and Brandon... 16
Ditto New... 1
Northampton, Banbury,
' and Cheltenham 2 —
Nottingham and Boston 1% 2%%
Nottingm., Erewsh•Val-
ley. and Manchester 1% —
_Nottingham and Mans-
;Add

,•• ••• ----
60IA

7%

- 33/4 P
le 414

Oxford, Gosport, Ports-
month,& Southamptn 425. —
Oxford and Worcester... 1 2 1/?: 1714 1614
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham..„
Perth and Inverness ... 2
Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ......_

7%

2%

• • .....
. 16%

41/2

Portsmouth Direct 3% 4%
Preston and Wyre
Do. % Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate .. 42s. —
Richmond .................. 5
Rugby and Huntingdon 2
Rugby, Learning ton, and
Warwick
Scottish Central ... ...... 71A —
Scottish Midland ......... 1% —
Sheffield & Manchester100
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%.... „ .43/4
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union
Shrows.bury & Hereford 25//8 —
Sligo and Shannon IA
Somersetshi;e Midland 2% —
South Devon.. 25
South Midland 425....... 3%14% p
So:r t h Staffordshire June. 21/ —
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 361/2 36 ...... ..
Do., No. 1 l 2
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 4

Southampton, May ches-
ter, & Oxford Jun etion 2 •••...
St. Alban's, Hatfield ~and
Hertford Junction ...
Staines and Richmond.... 1
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2%
south Wales 21% 44 3TB ....
Team and Dove Valley 1% — •• •
Trent Valley .• 2
Trent Valley and Holy--
head Junction

•• ----
- 334 P

3 TR
..
.. 151/2

2% -

Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke
Vaie of Neath ... .. 2
Wartrick & Cheltenham 2;'•i3 — ...
Waterford and Kilkenny 3 .
Waterfomi and Limerick 71/2.. —
Waterfd,\V xfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
1'" aterford, -Wexford, and
V alentia ...... 1%...... .
Waveney Valley ...... ... 2 -
Welch Midland
Kest Cornwall ............ I 1 t.....
West Yorkshire .........
...2% .

WestLondon,Old Shares 20 .....,
West End and Southern
Counties .. 11;4.-
,Wexford and Carlow ... 2%
Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2
Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton ... ...... 1% — ...

Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union_.., %...

.. 4

Worcester and S. Wales 4`::s.
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 -.
Ditto, New
York and Car1i51e......... 23A, 3% .....,
York and Lancaster 2% 2l/8 •••
York and North Midland 50 . . 105
Ditt4% Shares .. 25 .....• 50% 52
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 ...... 50
Do Selby
Do. Extension 5 ~. 27
FOREIGN RA ILWAYS.

... 3A
•• 214-3
.. 105

Anglo-Belgian
,lioulogne and Amiens... 8 —.. .. 9V2 IA ...... ,
Bt. rdeaux & Mediterran. 2 ......
Bon: eaux.Toulouse, and
Cott, (Mackenzie's).— 2 .. • ••• 1
Do. (I:spelete's)
Calais, Duzik, and West

•••• ....01
••• • 9

Ilanders
CentLal of Spa,!n
Ceylon 000000000 • •• •• ss. • •
Demerara
Dendre Valley ......... 2 .......
.Dijon and Mulhouse
Dutch Rhenish 5 •• 7 WA..........,
East Indian... ..... ss• • 21/214,
Fampoux & Hazebcouk 2 ..
Great North. of France
Constituted ... . 5 13% 13
Great Paris and Lyons 2 ......
Great Western Bengal... 55. ...... .•
Great Western Canada... 34if.
Jamai ca S.Mid. J unction 1.
Jamaica North Midland 1
1)0. Extension 1

2 ....... -

~.. 13

Jene) -nd Jemeppe... 4 ... .
Louvain t... non
4
Lyons and A, lg 2
2M%
.... , ••
Luxembourg.-- :.. ••
Madrid and Valentin.
*•• 2 ''' ' --********
Namur and Liege ...... 4. e. *****
North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 ..• ••••
Orh:sins and Vierzon ... 10 .......•
Orleaug and Bordeaux... 6 ....
Over Yssti ............... 4133 4d ......
Maria ScLyons(Laiiitte's) 2 .......
Paris aistd Lyons (Gau-
ntron's)... .. ............ 3 ......
Paris .&Lyons,(Calon's) 2 ...... is ‘. ..... .....
Paris 8:, kora (514 Eat) 2 ....,,„ -, •

0 •• • ••••

1900 •••••

IMI.I.

...............
10% ...............
.4is •••.•

... dis 2

%;•..........

1•51. ....