The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-21 00:00:00

EXCHANGE.

Gibraltar •• •• •• ••'•• ••
Leghorn ......•••••••• 32 2uo
Genoa ...• 16

Milan • • •• • • •• •• •• •• ••
Venice..
Naples .............. 40 41
ralerrno, 1134
1134
Messina
Lisbon.. .. 152
Oporto ••••••••• • • • • • • • 1525

Rio Janeiro •....... •

Buenos Ayres

New York, 21 days'sight
Philadelphia ..........
PZICXS Or BULLION, PBB of
Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17
Portsgal Gold Coin .. 0 0 u
Spanish Doubloons 000 ,L
New Dollars ......0 4 107
Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11%

Mr. Gilbert A'Beckett has been appointed policy
magistrate in room of Mr. Jeremy.—Times.—[A very gee
appointment.—En. Sara.]
It is reported of Mr. Chisholm Anstey that he
positively did not see the fog last week in London. Tlll5,
can only be accounted for by the fact that he is never out 0'
one.—Pappst Show.
IRISH POOR-LAW COMMITTER.—At the meeting -nf
the committee, which took place yesterday, Lord John
Russell opened the proceedings by proposing that the sense
of the committee should be immediately taken upon the first
of his resolutions. To this an amendment was moved, that
none of the ministerial resolutions should be considered until
after witnesses should have been called. On a division the
amendment was negatived by a majority of 15 to 9, and
Lord John's first resolution was taken into consideration.
The substance of the resolution is as follows :—" That a rate
of 6d. in the pound be struck immediately in every electoral
division in Ireland— the proceeds to be placed at the dispossl
of the Poor-law Commissioners, for purposes to be hereili-
after mentioned." After a long discussion the resolution Wild/
carried by a majority of 15 to 9. The Committee then 10-1.
journed until Friday.
PRINCE'S THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW.—A grand ,
military ballet d'action, founded upon the popular song 01.
Jeanette and Jeannot, was produced here with grew'
success a few evenings back, and has proved one of the
most successful hits of the season. Miss Lonsdale per'
sonatas Jeanette with so much sweetness of expression
SS to gain the plaudits of all parts of the House. Mies
Masseil, as Maria a vivandiere, was remarkabil
sprightly ; her spirited execution of the Cracoviertae
proved quite exhilarating. Ina mock polka with Sr'
Lloyd she is also very clever, and receives much applause
She is a great favourite with the good people of Ghee:
gow. Miss Fairbrother sustained the part of Jeanne'
very excellently. The business here is excellent. L„,
A Lrge number of the police-constables on t.t:
Great Western Railway haie been discharged during t 1
past week, in pursuance of a system of the Wiese"
economy, which is being carried out in every depaS'
ment of the establishment.
CLASSICAL CLERKS. One day this week, Mr:
Miller, the official assignee, mentioned to Mr. Seegese;
Ludlow a " fix" in which he was, in consequence of
pankrupt, an apothecary, baring made out his accounts
only
e that wretched jargon—medical Latin, which is 00'4
e quailed by the barbaric absurdities of the antiquejt,
—Norman French—used in our courts of law. .1",
Learned Sergeant laughed at, the dilemma, and said 11A
thought that the Bankruptcy Act should have renderei
it compulsory on official assignees to have good classics
scholars for their clerks.—Bristol Journal.

ONE OF THE LATE, IRISH LEADERS.—Mr. EUgelie
O'Reilly, the young gentleman who figured rather pro'
minently in the councils ot the late Irish Confederagi°'„
has entered the service of his Majesty the King of Sao(
dinia as a lieutenant of Lancers; with pay at the rate
180 f. a month.
THE COD FzsmitiEs.--The vessel Lady You ot,
arrived from St. John's. Newfoundland, has brcugbt. t-
packages of codfish, 410 casks ot cod, three casks of Plo
head, and one cask of seal oil, 23 casks of blubber, 10 COl5
of pitchings, 21 casks of dregs, and 18 tierces and 19 bele
of salmon, comprising the entire cargo, the production a bar`
district fishery mentioned.
The next mails for British North America al
the United States will be made up on the evening of Fritts'
the 23d inst., to be conveyed by the American steamer,
Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston
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DIED.
On the 10th inst., in London, L. Southgate Austin, 9(14
of the Warren, Wootton under Edge. of
On the 15th inat., Abraham Hertz, Esq., late member
the Stock Exchange, aged 80.
On the 15th inst., at Holbrook-lodge, ChislehurstYgenil
Jeremy, Esq., aged 62.
aged 68,
On the ifith inst., at Rothetfield-street, Islington,
Harriot, relict of Mr. J. Lees, late of the Bank of_
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