The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1838,

tics—of gloom and misery—throughout the whole
kingdom, cost what it may to the convenience of the

people, and to the real interests of the christian religion.
It will now be the anxious endeavour of the fanatics
among the shareholders of this and every other Railway
Company in the country, to get persons of their own
stamp put into the Direction. We trust the Proprietors
of the London and Birmingham Railway Company will be
upon their guard against the machinations of this silently
working but active party, and set an example to other
Companies to resist similar attempts. We trust, also,
that if these attempts are persisted in, the Legislature
will interfere, as it easily may, to protect the public from
the effects of that monopoly which it his sanctioned.

The Paris Journals of Wednesday have been received,
but they do not contain a syllable of news of nny interest
to our English readers. The Chambers are occupied with
Road and Canal Bills. No news from Spain.

FRENCH FUNDS-PARIS, FEB. 21.
Five per Cents.. 1091. 60c. 56e. 75c.
Four and a Half tier Cents. 1061.
Three per Cents., 791. 65c. 7Cc. 75c.
Bank Actions, 2,6501.
ytente de Naples, 9ttf. sc. 991. DK 10c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101% X h.
Spanish Actives, 19 IS‘ 19.
Swinish Passives, 4.
Brussels Society, 1,7101.
Belgian Bank, 1,52, f.
Haytian Loan, 3X/1.
EXco A NOR ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 251. 47%c.; money, 25r. 47%e
Three months, paper, 251. Ssc. money, 251. 3234 e.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 1001. 75c.
Three per Cents., 791. 75c.
Bank Actions, 4,650 f.
Romans, 101 Ii.
Belgian Bank, 1,520 f.
Brussels Society, 1,7101.
Haytian Loan, Net
Portuguese Three per Cents.. 17X.
Spanish Actives, IS.
Spanish Passives, 6.

Brussels and German Papers have been received this
morning, but their contents are unimportant. The
Belgian Chambers are occupied with the question of Cus-
toms' Duties ; and the King of HOLLAND with the reform
of his army. Prince PAUL ESTERHAZY is on his way to
London, as Ambassador to the Court of St. James.

BELGIAN I. U NDS—Baussecs, Fee. 21.
Actual Debt, 234 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. 10214
Loan of Thirty Millions 93•X
Loan of City, 11812, 4 per Cent 99
Society of Commerce, 4y9 per Cent lso
Bank of Belgium, I, per Cent 14734
National Society.
Brussels Papers, Fob. 22.
DUTCH FUNDS.—AMBTEIIDAM, FEB. 20.
Actual Debt, 2yv per Cent.
Do do. 5 per Cent.
Amort Syndic 454 per Cent.,
Do. do. 33i per Cent.
Commercial Company, 434 per Cent 17917
New ditto
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViaxxA, Fan. 11.
Five per Cents. Metalliquoe
Font' per Cents.... .......... ..............
TS- _ _ .-• .
61.2%
1435

-411gerndne Zeitung, Feb. IL

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK.
Arrived this morning the French and Ostend mails; sh'p letters
from Newfoundland, Monte Video, and Pernambuco; Calcutta, 28th
September and Bth October.

We are still without any fluther arrivals from the United States, to
the great disappointment of the merchants and public, who are very
anxious to ascertain the state of affairs in Upper Canada,
We have very few arrivals this morning, and they are of old dates
(by ship letters), and in consequence of the great scarcity of news, both
the British and Foreign markets are in a stagnant state.

Consols opened at the leaving off' pries of yesterday, Al 1 for the
Account,:and 911 for next Account. Exchequer Bills, 54,50 ; India
Bones, 55 57; India Stock, 205.
In the Foreign Market the prices of the Foreign Securities may be
quoted mush the same as they left off yesterday ; Spanish Active 181
to 19, with Coupons ; Portuguese 27 to 1 ; Colombian 25i to ; Bra-
zilian 74 to ; Dutch 531 I.
We have received the Journal doe Commerce, of Antwerp, of yes-
terday's date, bringing the Amsterdam prioes of the 20th of February ;
Two-and-Half per Cents., 53 %; Five per Cents., 102 1.10 ; Spa-
nish 14

We learn that the King of Holland had made great promotions in
his army on the I Ath Instant ; 17 Colonels, and the two sone of the Prince
of Orange, have been made Majors-General.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock .....„ ...
3 per Cent. Red. 931 !Ditto Bonds .....
3 per Cont. Cong. 92%4 1 South Sea Stock
Iy4-

3% per Cent............ ...........
Ditto Red lOO% 114
New 3% per Cent 160%N
New 5 per Cent............ ...
sank LongAnnuitiesto expire
Jan. 5, 1860 ISW 3-13t4
Oct. 10, 1850
Jan. 5, 1330 —
Jan. 5, IMO _
April 5, IS-41
Jan. 5. Mom.. ...... ...
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS '
Austrian Bonds
Belgian Bonds —.
Ditto Account
7.7- ----- -
Brazilian Bends .. 74 Ditto Account ..... ...
Ditto Account 7354 Ditto New Bonds.. ........ ....
Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account
Ditto Account ......... ..... ... Ditto, 3 per cent. —
:hillian Bonds .... ........ ........ Prussian Bonds —
Ditto Account
C)lumbian Bonds. ..... ........... Ditto Account .........
Ditto Account ..... ..... .... Ditto Metallic ..... ....----
C)lumhian Bonds, 1821 26 4 Spanish Bonds —
Ditto Account 264% Ditto Account ..... . ..... .....•
Dinish 80nd5......._ .. Ditto Bonds, 144 ............... IPA
Ditto Account .....
Greek Bonds
French,
45 prter,
cceenntt.:
....
.. . ..
...
....
.....zif.:
_LI:.
Ditto Blinds, 182.5
Ditto Account — —— —— 3 per cent.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 2435 Exchange........... —r 7e.
Ditto Account .... .........
Ditto, 5 per cent.
Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent ............. .. 102%
Neapolitsn...... — Ditto Account —
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Derby Railway Company JO 17.9(
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company_ 15 12 11% 12
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company lO Si 8% 9
Central Kentish Railway Company ss. 73. 6d.
Cheltenham and Great Western Railway
C.ty Railway 2 10
Eastern Counties Railway 3 2% .4
.....

Old Annnities --
New Ditto ---
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751_
Exeh. Bills, .£l,OOO 54 53 pm.
Ditto ..... ..........500..., „..„ 54 5,3 pm.
Ditto Small
Ditto Commercial
Ditto Advertised — pm
Bank Stock for Account —
Indl., stock for Account ... --.
GOA •41111 for Acconnt 92%%
^iits DAY AT ONE. O'CLOCK.
-. Bonds ............

1 Ditto A

—: 1 P'3rt!-!Fue

hton

-_-Sway
Ditto Scrip 3 6%1t fi%
London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O ltiki 11
London, Saliisbury, and Exeter Railway 1 ss. 4s. ,cs•
Manchester and Birmingham Railway 7 .9
N irth Midland Railway Company 25 VU7
.4
~outh Durham Railway Company 2s4 1%
York and North Midland Railway Company 12 11%
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, FEBRUARY 21
3 per Cent. Consols l2 Grans! Canal Debs. 6 per emit. 91%
I)itte Reduced - Ditto, 4 per cent. ..• ........... ,-„, . 314 per Cen'. Stock 22% Hibeinian Bank ..................... .41
Ditto New, 1530
3}ii per Cent. Debentures
Bank
Stock
199% City Debentures, 4 per cont.—
Royal Canal Stock ............. . -- Ballast Dike Debenturns,4 per
•rand Canal Stock ...........
HALF-PAST afE O'CLOCK.
.;,. We are informed that the Brazilian Government has no intention o
making a Foreign Lean in London, beyond the amount of Bonds to be
.Is,ued in discharge of thedeht due to Portugal—about the sum of five
hundred and seventy thousand pounds. A large amount of Bills has
'been received from the United States Bank, for the purchase of Coffee
:for the American Market.
Her Majesty's ship Acteon was to sail Nom Rio in a few days with a
large amount of bullion for England. The dates from Bahia are the
same as oefore received, to the 3d of January.
A report prevails at Lloyd's that an American packet of the Ist inst.
was met off Holyhead by a vessel arrived at Liverpool, which is sup-
posed to be the Columbus, from New York, et the Ist inst.
A letter from Logrono of the 13th inst. states, that an Aide de
Camp of General Espartero is hastening the march of the troops for
tde attack of Estella. A courier had arrived at Burgos with im-
portant despatches for the Commander-in-chief; but not finding him
there, Immediately proceeded to Lodosa. It was reported that General
Espartero had left Lodosa to march on Estella, and that the firing of
cannon was heard in that direction.
Consols continue at the opening price of the morning,
g r} for Ac-
count, same for Stoney; Exchequer
Bills, S 4 hi premium; India
Bonds, 53 57 ; Bank Stock, 205} ; India Ditto, 263%.
In the Foreign Market scarce a bargain doing. Spanish, 18t, with
Coupons; Portugue,e, 27} ; Columbian, 26*; Brazilian, 74; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half, 113 i.
In the Share Market little doing. London and Brighton, 41 prem.
THREE O'CLO cif.

bus•ts !lir the •co.ait, !214.

ESCAPE FROM TILE FLEET PRISON . A few days
since a prisoner, named Alfred Morris, who had been a pro-
vision merchant, effected his escape from the Fleet Prison.
He had not been rendered more than half an hour before he
managed to elude the " lynx-eyed" turnkey, and has not
since been heard of. The detainers at the gate amount to
about 8,000/. It is conjectured that he must have attired
himself in female apparel, and made his escape before his visage
became familiar to the officers. The Warden (Mr. Brown)
has placarded him, and offered a reward of 1001. for his ap-
prehension. come time since a Frenchman, named Dumont,
escaped from the Queen's Bench. The detainers against
him amounted to 5,000/. An action was brought against the
Marshal, but discontinued. It is understood be has been
taken to Franee, being liable as a fraudulent bankrupt under
the Code de Commerce to an imprisonment of twenty years.
Yesterdayevening an inquest was held in White-
cross. street, et,Prison on the body of James Jerriss, aged fifty-eight,
e'ts symptoms
utmostbec exertions,
be rtions more
,
died on Monday, the 21st instant. His death was
a prisoner for debt. Mr. Wadd, surgeon to the prison, de-
posed, that the deceased first came under his notice on the
16th of the present month, labouring under an affection of the
lungs. He was removed to the infirmary, and witness saw
per-
him
aggravatedtw o
;
or three
and, tinmoetswiatbdsatayridinig liswistnymsp s
fectly natural, occasioned by a complaint of the lungs. Dur.
•no• his illness he had every possible nourishment, such as
wine, arrow-root, sago, and milk. The widow of the de-
ceased stated that her late husband was a tailor, and at the
Limo of his arrest carried on his business at No. 5, St.
George's-row, Pimlico. He was a poor man, of 'rel.- / deli-
cate health, and she considers that his imprisonment accele-
rated his death. In answer to questions from the jury, the
widow said
she was satisfied her husband had received every
attention. Verdict—Natural Death.

Yesterday Afternoon the large steam-ship William
Wilberforce, from Hull, in coming up the river, ran foul of a
schooner going down, nearly off Rotherhitho church, and
carried away her bowsprit. The steamer F. ustained no
damage, and proceeded to St. Katharine'4 Wharf, to land her
passengers and goods. The schooner, however, was nearly
driven ashore by the violence of the collision, and was com-
pelled to bring up and remain in the Pool.

LITERATURE.

EXCURSIONS IN ITALY.-2 VoLs.
Bentley, London, 1838.
We read of tours in Italy with something of the same
indifference with which we should read of tours among the
Hampstead highlands, or adventures in the picturesque
country of Richmond and Twickenham. Every one goes
to Italy now-a-days, and not content with going there,
must needs acquaint the public with everything that betel
him during his surprizing travels. Not an Annual has
made its appearance for the last six years and upwards,
that has not abounded in sketches of Italian customs and
scenery, the majority of which are about as like reality, as a
barber's block is like the living human countenance. The
volumes before us will not go far to increase our relish for
their subject matter. That in many instances their de-
scriptions are terse and vivid, and the numerous reflections
on the passing themes of the slay, scattered throughout
them, are those of an observant cosmopolite, we will not
deny ; but they tell us little or nothing that we did not
know before. What care we for sketches, however
graphic—and we will readily concede that Mr. Cooper's
sketches have this attractive quality—of Florence and its
sculptures and paintings ; of Pisa and its " leaning tower ;'
of the picturesque scenery of the maritime Alps ; or the
architectural beauty of " Genoa the superb ?" The author's
second volume is more particularly liable to the charge of
triteness of theme, for it goes over the same ground that
Eustace has almost exhausted in his Classical Tour ; and
Lord Byron and Hobliouse have made familiar to us in the
pages of " Childe Harold," and that bulky appendix, the
" Illustrations." Having made these objections, it is but
fair that we state, on the other hand, that those who are
still curious to read about Italian scenery and Italian
manners, will find in Mr. Cooper's volumes as much ra-
tional entertainment as they can possibly desire. They
need not be apprehensive of meeting with long prosy de-
scriptions, or elaborate reflections upon matters of pure
common-place ; the author is no button-bolder ; he says
what he has to say in the fewest words possible ; and
travels over his ground with the airy speed of a swallow.
His first volume is the best, because it is the most anec-
dotical ; and his account of an early morning journey over
the wildest part of the .Appennines—where, though he ex-
pected it, he had not the good luck to be robbed by Italian
brigands, in fierce red caps, and picturesque small-clothes—
is to the full as interesting as any similar excursion re-
corded in Mrs. Graham's " Three Months' Residence
among the Mountains East of Rome."

DAMASCUS AND PALMYRA. 2 Vols.
Bentley, London, 1838.
It is some years since we have read a book of travels so in-
teresting, and so full of useful matter—especially as regards
the present condition of Greece under the Government of
the Bavarian Otho—as the one before us, which is the
production of a gentleman named Addison, who appears to
be one of those inquisitive and enterprising travellers who
never hesitate at encountering difficulties when they have
an opportunity of adding to their stock of valuable know-
ledge. Mr. Addison visited almost every portion of Greece ;
saw all that was worth seeing, and recorded all that was
worth recording ; and then set off to Constantinople, where
he made a short stay ; after whioh he journeyed to Smyrna ;
then visited the ruins of Ephesus ; then explored no incon-
riderable part of Syria ;. ascended the celebrated Libanus ;
and finally halted at Damascus—an impressive sample of
an oriental city, the approach to which is thus graphically
described )
" Atter ascending the hills for some time, we descended to a narrow,
Minding, rocky path, dazzled with the glare of the sun and oppressed
by heat ; and by direction of our dragoman, leaving my horse and
climbing up the rocks to a small cupola, supported on columns, the
tomb of a Santon, one of the most magnificent prospects in the world,
suddenly burst upon my sight. I called up my companions, and one
after another as they arrived, stood electrified by the charming view.
Conceive our sensations, after Journeying in this country, through
thirsty, dusty plains, across white sterile mountains, diversified only
with ruined villages and collections of miserable mud huts, suddenly to
find ourselves standing on a lofty ledge of rocks, and looking down from
an elevation of one thousand feet, upon a vast plain, bordered in the
distance by blue mountains, and occupied by a rich luxuriant forest, of
the walnut, the fig, the pomegranate, the plum, the apricot, the citron,
the locust, the pear, and the apple, forming a waving grove more than
fifty miles in circuit; possessing a vast variety of tint, a peculiar density
and luxuriance of foliage, and a wildly picturesque form, from the
branching of the loftier trees, throwing themselves up above a rich un-
dervrood of pomegranates, citron., and oranges, with their yellow,
green, and brown leaves t and then conceive our sensations to see
grandly rising in the distance, above this vast super flees of rich foliage,
the swelling leaden domes, the gilded crescents, and the marble minarets
of Damascus, while in the centre of all, winding towards the city, ran
the main stream of the river Barrada."
The interior of Damascus, notwithstanding that it is one
of the most showy cities of the East, did not answer our
traveller's expectations ; the large cemetery, however,
which is attached to it, greatly struck his fancy, the more
particularly as, when he visited it, it was thronged with
good looking young women, who were mourning for the
loss of their friends and relations, and offering up flowers
on their tombs, under the firm conviction that the spirits
of the departed were hovering above their heads, and would
be soothed by this testimony of their affection. Mr. Addi-
son was much delighted with the beauty of the young
women of Damascus, whose personal attractions have
not, he tells us, been exaggerated. " Mrs. Farren," says
he, " the wife of the British Consul, had promised one of
our party that she would endeavour to get a beautiful Da-
mascene girl, about eighteen, living with her, to appear in
full costume, in order that a sketch might be taken of the
dress. When I went in, she stood against a corner of the
divan, by Mrs. Farren's side, at first very shy, covering her
face with her hands ; and on paper, pencil, and brushes being
produced, she was told but little could be done, if she
covered her face, when she pulled away her hands, and
turned aside her head, bursting into a loud laugh. She had
a very white skin, large, full, black eyes, a very proud,
haughty look, and kept kicking the marble pavement with
her slipper, looking at us with a contemptuous curl of the
lip, then at Mrs. Farren, and then again bursting into
laughter. She had beautiful teeth and a fine bust, and was
really a sweet little thing, but very pouting, and very
proud." On quitting Damascus, Mr. Addison, accompa-
nied by an escort of Arabs, hired by his friend, the Consul,
started off on a visit to the famous city of Palmyra, which
is situated on the edge of the great Syrian desert ; and, in
the days of Queen Zenobia, was remarkable for its flourish-
ing condition, and the magnificence of its public buildings.
The ruins of this city are still very imposing, and have been
the favourite theme of admiration with all travellers. Mr.
Addison surveyed them with great attention, and has
entered into very minute and animated particulars on the
subject. We could hare spared, however, his quotations
from the Greek and Latin historians, descriptive of the glo-
ries of Palmyra, for they are known to most readers. In
concluding this cursory notice of two very entertaining
volumes, we should not omit to mention the numerous
coloured plates with which they are embellished, and which
arc executed with considerable spirit.