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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1849

unable to maintain himself by reason of not receiving
employment—if, I say, he be on the verge of destitution,
it is the duty of his neighbours to save him from that
starvation. lam now approaching the difficulty of the
subject. We say any country must be ruined which
maintains its able-bodied population in idleness and not
in employment. That is true; but how are you to main-
tain these peorie in employment? I say at once, what-
ever may be said by the English Government or Legis-
lature, there are no such difficulties in this country, or
rather in tho,e parts of Ireland with which I am ac-
quainted. There are means, and there is wealth in this
country, which would maintain in employment every
able-bodied man in it. There are two views taken, cer-
tainly—the one called a property or townland system of
taxation; the other a combined system, which would
cause a rate to be struck partly on the union and partly
on the townland. Now, I confess I do not assent to the
property area of taxation; and I will tell you why : I
cannot conceive it just that my demesne lands, or those
of any gentlemen in this country, should escape
taxation. Of course, it would be a great benefit to us,
but I am sure no gentleman here will set his own private in •
terest against the general interest of the country in a
matter of this nature. On the other hand, is it just that
the resident proprietor should not only employ his own
full proportion of the able-bodied labourers, but should
also have to employ or support the tenants of his neigh-
bour the absentee. Therefore, I say that we must en-
deavour to steer a middle course in these matters. The
subject is rather a difficult one to deal with, and it would
be great presumption in me to attempt to solve it. It
appears to me that there may be combined a system of
union rating with a system of townland rating, which
will not let off the owner of grass lands, nor yet tax the
resident employing proprietor beyond such proportion as
he ought fairly, and reasonably, and in justice to bear.
I say, then, that we have a right to demand from those
statesmen who are paid by the State, and from the Le-
gislature, to carry out the details, when we place before
them the principles which it is our desire to have em-
bodied in legislation."
•

These are just and humane opinions, and, still bet-
ter, they have truth for their foundations. The in-
firm, the sick, the aged, the orphan, and the widow,
must be supported by those who are blessed with the
ability to do so. They must not be abandoned to
the precarious resources of voluntary charity. They
must have a legal claim to a maintenance. It could
not for a moment be tolerated that the feeble and the
helpless should be suffered to perish by a lingering and
painful death. The man who is able and willing to
work, who is ready to comply with the Su-
preme command, and to earn his daily bread by
the sweat of his brow, possesses an equal
claim. He offers a full equivalent for his support,
he tenders his labour—his only capital—and it can-
not be rejected. The Honourable Gentleman's views
on the property area of taxation are equally correct
and equally honourable. Why should rich and fertile
lands, from which humble occupants have been ever
studiously excluded, evade the general contribution ?
Why should grass lands be exempted ? Is it because
the occupiers, by retaining them in pasture, avoid
giving employment to the surrounding population, and
thus cast a heavier burden on their names, that a
premium should be offered to others to act in a similar
manner ? On the contrary, it would be desirable to
subject such lands to a higher ratio of taxation, in
proportion to their value, than the lands under tillage
in the vicinity. Is the abominable clearance system
to be encouraged—the extermination of the wretched
peasantry to be promoted ? Forbid it Heaven I and
yet such would be the result of " individualising the
responsibility," and rendering it " conterminous with
property." That iniquitous and disgraceful sys-
tem was justly characterised by a resolu-
tion, unanimously adopted, as being " in some
measure the cause of the pauperism, the out-
rages,
and the calamities of Ireland." It would
indeed be unwise and impolitic to afford encourage-
ment thereto, while it would be inequitable and un-
just to tax the inhabitants of towns for the support
of the ejected cottiers driven from the estates of the
neighbouring proprietors, who might well rejoice at
the results of " narrowing the area of taxation," when
they were enabled thereby to transfer the burdens
from their own shoulders to those of their civic
neighbours.
There was perhaps no part of the proceedings with
which we were more truly gratified than by
the fifth resolution, in which the views of Mr.
RIGBY WASON were fully adopted. That resolution
declared—" That the present system of valuation
`under the poor-law is unjust, and is a cause of pre-
venting improving landlords and tenants from em-
ploying the destitute, inasmuch as by any new valua••
tion they will have to pay in proportion as the lands
are improved, and thus it has the effect of discourag-
ing proprietors and occupiers who would otherwise
be inclined to give employment to the able-bodied,
who are now a burden on the State." We congratu-

late the inhabitants of Westmeath on the course they

have adopted. If the example they have afforded be
followed throughout the entire country, the Imperial
Parliament must bow to the general feeling, and
recognise the voice of public opinion.

It seems to be assumed as an axiom by all the
writers of the reactionary party, that whatsoever is
done by kings is absolutely right, that whatsoever is
done by the people is absolutely wrong, that English
intervention is everywhere a crime, but that Russian
intervention is all right and proper. Hence it is
that FERDINAND of Austria, who was born an idiot
is represented by the writers of this party
as a modern SOLOMON, • and that the " bloated
Bourbon," who misrules Naples and fraternizing with
the Lazzaroni, the thieves and vagabonds of his
capital, incites and aids them to massacre and
plunder the more respectable portion of his subjects,
is held up as the model King. These writers would
have described TIBERIUS as a paternal Sovereign,
of retiring habits and peculiar tastes, and NERO as a
young gentleman of high spirit, whose love of art
occasionally led him into the commission of amusing
but harmless eccentricities. Of late these writers
seem to have been employed in endeavouring by
every species of misrepresentation to get up a feeling
against the Sicilians as anarchists, and in favour of
the King of NAPLES as a liberal and con-
stitutional Sovereign ; more especially has it
been their object to represent English inter-
vention in the affairs of Sicily as an intru-
sive mediation, forced upon the King of NAPLES
by Lord PALMERSTON, in violation of treaties. It
is a curious fact, that one of these writers, while
condemning Lord PALMERSTON for his interference
in the affairs of Sicily and Naples in 1848, expresses
his " disapproval of the policy by which, in 1816,
the English Minister at Naples sanctioned a gross
violation of the Parliamentary rights of the Sicilians,
and allowed a royal ordinance to supersede imme-
morial constitutional rights which had very recently
been restored under a new and improved form."
If the policy of 1816 is to be condemned—and we
cordially agree with this writer in the condemnation he
passes on the acts of the then British Minister at
Naples--then surely the policy of the Cabinet of 1848
cannot but be commended, inasmuch as it endeavours
to remedy the evil produced by the diplomatic careless-
ness, or something worse, of 1816, by interfering in the
question,
he
purpose of
ins accord with another powerful nation, for
preventing war and bloodshed, and
proposing a mediation for restoring to the Sicilians
their immemorial constitutional rights. It re-
mains, then, to be considered in what manner this
mediation sought for, be it remembered, by the King
of NAPLES himself, has been conducted by those
engaged in it. And here it will, perhaps,
be as well to correct a misrepresentation
which has of late been extensively circulated. It has
been stated that Lord MINTo suggested to the King
of NAPLES the expediency of reverting to the condi-
tions recommended thirty years ago, and it is added
that not only was this suggestion acceded to, but that
those conditions were solicited by the King of
NAPLES : SO far, however, is this from being a correct
statement of what really occurred, that when Lord
MINT° came to Naples at the solicitation of the KING
himself, his suggestions and the terms proposed for the
settlement of the Sicilian question were not only refused
but scorned by the KING and his advisers, though
the English Minister had, through his official influ-
ence and personal exertions, obtained from the Pro-
visional Government of Sicily a consent that the
Crown of Sicily should rest on the same head as the
Crown of NAPLES ; thus abandoning a fundamental
rule established by the Constitution of 1612, which
forbids the kingdom of Sicily to be united with any
other kingdom or province under the same Sovereign.
The charge, therefore, that has been brought
against Lord PALMERSTON, of not submitting those
terms to the king of NAPLES, falls to the ground
they had already been submitted to the Monarch and
rejected by him ; besides, the state of affairs between
Naples ond Sicily has greatly altered since the time
that Lord MINTo obtained from the Provisional Go-
vernment of Sicily a conditional assent that the

Crown of Sicily should remain on the head of the
King of NArLEs. At that period the Sicilians be-
lieved that the good faith of the King of NAPLES might
be relied on ; he had not then violated his promises
by the massacres of the 15th May, nor had the Sici-
lian Parliament declared his claims and those of his
family to the throne of Sicily forfeited ; but
after the events of the 15th of May, and li
after the bombardment of Messina, it became
abundantly evident that no trust could be placed in a
Monarch who,: having granted through fear a con-
stitution to his Neapolitan subjects, took the first
opportunity of violating it and leagued with the
thieves and vagabonds of his capital, of slaughtering
and plundering those whom he had sworn to defend
and protect. Under these circumstances no other
course was left for Sicily but to stand upon her
rights; and it is for a restoration of her rights, and
only for a restoration of "?.r rightA, that she is in
arms. In this case it is tiloh 411NG who is in rebellion
against Sicily, not the Sigitians who are in rebellion
against the KING. All that the Sicilians require is
the restoration of the Constitution of 1812,
which was not a constitution ectroyee, but
a convention entered into between the then
King of SICILY and his subjects, and guaran-
teed by Great Britain, as the Protectress of Sicily.
And here it is necessary to correct another misrepre-
sentation of the reactionary party, a misrepresenta-
tion which has been so frequently repeated that it
has been received in many instances, without inquiry,
as a truism. It has been asserted over and over again
that the King of NAPLES has distinctly declared his
intention of restoring to the island all the rights and
privileges of the Condtitution of 1812 ; this is abso-
lutely false, for if he were to restore to the
island all the rights and privileges of the
Constitution of 1812, not only would he
withdraw all the Neapolitan troops from the
island,l but he would also be compelled to abdicate
the throne either of Naples or of Sicily. On re •
ferring to the Constitution of 1812, we find that Art.
17 of the Chapter of the Succession runs thus—
" Should the King of Sicily reconquer the kingdom of
Naples, or acquire any other kingdom, he must send his
eldest son to reign in the new dominions, or leave his
son in Sicily, granting the kingdom to him; declaring
hereafter the kingdom of Sicily independent of Naples,
or any other kingdom or province." The Royal assent
was in such words—
" Agreed (Placet) for the independence, all other
matters to be settled between the King and his son, at
the general peace, to know which of them ought to reign
in Sicily."
After this distinct declaration on the part of the
KING, " agreed as to the; independence," how can it
be contended that the King of NAPLES can be at the
same time the legitimate Sovereign of Naples and
Sicily, or that he can be allowed to hold a Neapo-
litan army in Sicily, in order to put
down by military power the national rights
that he, like his ancestors, has ever detested ? But
it; may be said, admitting all this to be true, it is
no reason why Great Britain should interfere be-
tween the King of NAPLES and the Sicilians. That
it is not only the right but the duty of England to
interfere in support of the liberties of the Sicilian
people; that Great Britain is and has a right to be
considered the " Protectress and Supporter" of those
liberties, we will now proceed to prove by quoting from
an official memorandum of Sir WILLIAM A'CouaT,
Minister of Great Britain to the Court of Sicily,
addressed to the KING and the nation on the 20th of
October, 1814, when the British troops were evacuating
the island, where they bad been received and enter-
tiined from the day that the King of SICILY, expelled
from Naples by the French, had been received with
open arms at Palermo, up to the time of the conclu-
sion of the general peace, during all which period
Sicily had been one of the most useful, as during the
whole of the war she had continued to be one of the most
faithful of the allies of Great Britain. In this most
important document, with the contents of which it is
evident the members of the British Cabinet must
have been perfectly well acquainted before its pre-
sentation to the King of SICILY, Sir WILLIAM

A'CouxT says :
" The sacrifices which Great Britain has made for
the safety and prosperity of this island entitle her to
expect that her suggestions should be received with
rebpeet and attention.
" It is unnecessary to go back to the causes which led
to the general expression of the nationsl desire for a
reform in the constitution of the country—causes which
may be found in the progressive advancement of civili-
zation

" But, although the wish for a change was almost
unanimous, the definition of the precise limits which
ought to be given to the proposed alterations, was at-
tended with considerable difficulty. In this emergency
it was not unnatural that the nation should turn its eyes
towards a country which, possessing an extent and po-
pulation comparatively small and unimportant, was not
only herself affording a successful opposition to the tor-
rent
which had overwhelmed the most powerful monar-
chies of Europe, but was extending the hand of succour
to those who were oppressed or menaced in every part
of the world.
"To the wise and excellent institutions of that
country it was supposed, and very properly supposed,
that its splendour and prosperity were to be attributed,
and a hope -was entertained that by the adoption of a
similar form of government the same advantages might
be secured to Sicily, whose insular position and early
institutions offered a certain degree of re►emblance to
those of its more powerful ally.
" England could not be insensible to the appeal which
was made to her, and whilst she charged herself with
the protection of Sicily from any foreign invader, she,
at the same time, lent herself to the invitation she had
received, and became the PROTECTRESS and SUPPORTER
of alterations, founded upon principles so just in them-
selves, end so creditable to those from whom they had
originally emanated
" The different position in which the two countries
are necessarily placed by the conclusion of a general
peace has dre.vva from tho representative of Great Bri-
tain this general declaration of the views and sentiments
of his Government. The interference of Great Britain
in the domestic policy of Sicily has never sprung but
from the purest motives of disinterested friendship.
She will be amply compensated for all the sacrifices aho
has made if it be eventually found that her exertions
have contributed to the welfare, happiness, and prospe-
rity of the Sicilian nation.

" WILLIAM A'COURT.
" Palermo, October 20, 1814."

So long as Sicily was contented to submit to
Bourbon misrule, and to permit the King of NAPLES
to violate those constitutional rights which he had
solemnly sworn to preserve, it was not, perhaps, to
be expected that England should interfere ; but
when, having thrown off the intolerable yoke of
Naples and asserted her constitutional rights, Sicily
looks to Great Britain, in her declared character of
Protectress and Supporter of those rights, for aid
and friendly interference, Sicily only asks for the
performance of that which England must recognise
as a generous duty imposed upon her by the declara-
tions of her representative, Sir WILLIAM A'CouRT,
to the Sicilian nation.

tion before the Assembly that it might decide in the 1,
plenitude of its power. These were not t mes when the
interests of justice could be trifled with. They had
heard some of the most eminent jurisconsults cf the
country vindicate the course that had been taken, end
he had no doubt of the vote to which the Assembly
would come.
M. J. Fevre opposed the Bill. Several merob.rs of
the Assembly, whilst doing homage to the motives
which had induced the Government to bring forward the
Bill, were inclined to doubt the opportuneness of the
measure. He was, he confessed, one of that number.
He considered that the establishment of the High Court
of Justice would be the cause of considerable embarrass-
ment; and that, whatever determination the Assembly
came to, that decision would not in any way change the
opinion of France.—(Murmurs on the Right.) That
court would undoubtedly be considered a political insti-
tution, and as such would be an object of attack from
parties. lie did not hesitate to say that the High Court
of Justice would be less at liberty to act than
if that discussion bad not taken place; for if it
declared itself competent, it would be taxed with
political compliance.—(Loud interruption; cries on
the Right of " Order, order!") If, on the other
band, it declared itself incompetent, its deci-
sion would be construed into an act of opposition—ho
might say, almost of rebellion.—(Agitation.) The
High Court of Justice existed by the side of another ju-
risdiction of common law. and the competence of the
new jury would certainly not be contested. The juris-
diction of common law, subsisting by the side of an ex-
ceptional jurisdiction, could only take cognisance of
crimes committed at the period when it existed. The
constitution handed over to the exceptional jurisdiction
certain attacks against order and public security, but it
had not defined the formaof procedure. That would be
determined by a future law, but, in the meantime, he
warned the Assembly not to act on dangerous hypo-
theses. He was, he said, totally opposed to the argu-
ment of retroactive principle. He could not conscien-
tiously support the proposition of sending the accused
before the High Court of Justice, It would be consi-
dered as an aggravation of their position. Such a de-
cision would be regarded as one of rigour and severity,
and he would rather have the Assembly indulgent than
severe.
The general discussion was then declared to be closed.
The PreAdent—l have no occasion to consult the As-
sembly as to the propriety of passing to the discussion
of the articles; that course follows as a matter of course
from the declaration of urgency. I shall now read Art.
1, on which a division will take place:—
" Art. 1. The authors and accomplices of the attempt
of May 15, now ordered, on January 16, for trial, by the
Court of Appeal of Paris, are sent before the National
High Court of Justice."
The following was the result of the division:—
Number of voters 754
Absolute majority
For the adoption 468

Against it
Majority —lBo
The Presideat—ln consequence, the article is adopted.
" Art. 2. The National High Court of Justice shall
meet at Bourges in the month following that in which
the present Bill is promulgated."
M. Durand proposed, as an amendment, that within a
week the committee of legislation should present a Bill
on the formalities to be adopted at the trial.
This was rejected, and the article adopted with the
substitution of the words " in forty days" for those "in
the month." M. Odilon Barrot it was who proposed
this change.
"Art. 3. The Minister of Justice is charged with the
execution of the present Bill."—Adopted.
The Bill was then adopted in its ensemble.
The Assembly rosa at a quarter to seven o'clock.
The election of Colonel of the Ist Legion of the
National Guards of Paris has terminated in favour of
General GOURGAUD who accompanied the EMPEROR
to St. Helena. On the second ballot which took
place on Sunday, neither candidate obtained the ab-
solute majority, a third ballot between the two highest
on the poll accordingly took place on Monday %inn
there appeared—
For General Gourgaud.. 3,494
For M. Lucien Murat ...
.2,459

The election for Colonel of the 2d Legion of
National Guards of the Banlieu has terminated in
favour of M. NAPOLEON BoNAPARTE the son of
JEROME. The numbers were—
N. Bonaparte ........... • 3 962
Michel .... 1,951
Barbes . .
A Socialist Democratic banquet took place at the
Salle Valentino on Monday, MM. PIERRE LEROUX
and M. DAIN were present. In the course of the
evening Ch. BERNARD declared that were any aria•
tocratic movement attempted it would be the duty of
every Republican to arm himself and to forget
the generosity and clemency which they had shown
in February.
The Finance Committee of the Assembly has re-
jected the proposition of M. CIIAVOIX for reimbursing
the tax of 45 centimes.

The election of two representatives in the National
Assembly for the department of the Vienne, took
place on the 14th instant. There were 33,751 voters.
M. PROI had 20,723 suffrages; M. HENNECART,
17,557 ; M. BOURLON, 8,832 ; M. DEMARCY, 7,841 ;
and M. FRADIN, 6,926. MM. PROA and HENNECART
were proclaimed representatives.
The preparations for the Toulon expedition bare, it
is said, been discontinued.
An arrangement has been come to by M. V.tviN,
the Liquidator of the Civil List, and M. DE MONTA-
LIVET, who represents the interests of the ex-KING,
that the liquidation shall be terminated by the month
of July.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JAN. 23.

Luxembourg (10/.), 258—Northern of Franae, 73a ex div.
Orleans and Bordeaux, 214—Rouen and Havre, 9:Y4
Sambre and Meuse, 3-„.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived.
Loco Da TOGORES, the Minister of Marine, had
somewhat recovered from his apoplectic attack, but
was not considered out of danger.
MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 17.—Three per Cents., 20
cash ; after Bolsa, 19j 15-16 cash, 20 paper. Five
per Cents., 10 Paper ; after Bolsa, Ai 10 cash.
Passives, 4 paper after Bolsa, 3i cash. Bank of
St. Ferdinand, 56 cash, 58 paper. Treasury- bills,
GO cash, 70 paper. Exchange on London, 49 10 paper.

damage h:!s been repaired with the utmost rapidity.—
Swabian Mercury.

PRUSSIA.

It was currently reported in Berlin, on the 19th,
that BRANDENBURGU had retired from the Ministry,
and had been succeeded by CAMPHAUSEN. The state
of siege of Dusseldorf was raised on the 20th.

N10::'-4EY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Lnds Thirsk
I'Y, Q IER TO THREE.
i
At Lict-rpt-iol yesterday the sales of Cotton were 5,00 Live_
;tl,
hales, at firm rates.—ln Raitway Shares a fair business -
was one. ;.dun, ,s,
There are numerous arrivals to-day from the colonies Newest l
and foreign parts, but s' me are of earlu r dale than was
previously to hand, and others furnish nothing of general
interest. In Belgium the weather has agate become so
mild that the navigation of the canals is entirely open.
The consideration of economical and financial ques-
tions will occupy so much attention during the ensuing
session of Parliament, that some particulars of the posi-
tion of this country in regard to its debt may not be un-
acceptable. It is stated in a little pamphlet upon the
" National Debt and Public Funds Simplified," by Justin
Brensn, that—
" The numbers holding stock in the Government
Funds can be only roughly guessed at, by reason of the
constant variations If one sell out 1,0001. stuck it may be
bought by five persons wanting only 2001. each, thus
making four additional holders, or five if the seller still
retain some stock. On the other hand, the stock of dit-
, ferent persons may be bought by a single individual,
and lessen the number of holders proportionably. Some
suppose the total to be, as well as the never-ending
changes permit a calculation, between 280,000 and
290,000, but a list is occasionally published by authority
up to a certain day, and I utelei stand that the last, which 1
have not seen, makes the number greatly above 300,000.
Those not receiving more than Si. annual interest or
" dividend," are said to be near 100,000,:and those not
receiving more than 50/. &scut two-thirds of the whole;
so that the persons in middling circumstances would
appear to form the great majority of fundholdcrs.
Consols are decidedly the favourite, for they com-
monly bring 10s. or 155., and even sometimes
11. more than the Three per Cents. Reduced,
though in point of real value and security there is no
difference whatever between the two funds. Nay, Con •
sole are often higher than the Three-and-a-Quarter,
which carry ss. a year more interest; but as they are
more readily disposed of than any other stock, they are
deemed the most eligible for those who do not intend
permanent investment. Should the Government be,
however, at any time unable to pay the interest, they
would sot show favour to one more than another—all
the Funds would suffer alike. The Consols form nearly
half the amount of the National Debt."
We may add to the above, that the Government
should attend more to these matters, revise the ter-
minable annuity tables, make the advantages they offer
more known to the public and better appreciated, for
not one fundholder in a thousand understands, that fur
every 5/. of permanent annual annuity, he could, by
sinking his capital, obtain, on Government security,
a good deal more. The general impression is
that there is no resource but an insurance
office, and most frequently the resolve is, that a paltry
31 per cent. shall be received from stock. Were the
terminable annuity system pushed a little we might have
a greater present burden, but every year or two
would lighten the amount of the national indebtedness,
which, being not tar short of 800 millions, could bear no
increase in the event of war, Without exposing us to the
risk of being crushed altogether.
The Funds are very firm this morning. Consols, 90
to 901 for Transfer, and 901 to 90/ for Account. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have bt en
901 to 911, and the Reduced Three per Cents. 90 to 90ih
Bank Stock is firm at 191, and India Stock at 240.
Exchequer-bills have been at 465. to 48s. premium for
those of June.
In the Foreign Market the transactions have been
very restricted. Spanish Five per Cents. are 151, Por-
tuguese Four per Cents. nominally 261 to 271, and Bra-
zilian 77 to 79. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are
at 45. Mexican have been 26/ to 4. The West India
mail is not expected until the 26th or 27th instant, and
has a good deal of specie on board, bat whether any-
thing for the dividends is not known.
In Railway Shares a moderate business is doing, and
, generally at full prices. Caledonian are firm, and also
Aberdeen. South-Eastern, the York, the Midland, and
North-Western are rather higher. Brighton anti North
Stafford scarcely so good.

ONr, CIi37ING
p ;.- r ~Itrrtt4}4 FILNDs O'CLOCK. yr ICES
Bank Stock l9l 192
Cent. lienuce,l Anus 9O 90',1ii% 90A
3 pez Cent. Consols Annuities 9O 901-A4 90 v
New 314 per Cent. Aren5....... 9l 91%3 90%8 91' 91.1%
Long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860
India Stock for Account... ..... 245 245
'Lola bona., 1,0001.

Ditto under 1,0001... .. 45 48 p
south Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities
Consuls for Account 9O VA
E:cchequer Kills. 244 d. & 2d.
1,0001. March ... 43 46 p
1,000/. June 46 4i p
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS crNE
O'CL

Lonclon
Do. 1,:

Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. —
Ditto ex over-due Coupons —
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto, Account 26A%
Peruvian Bowls, 6 per Cents —

4Sp

87
CO'!,

43 p
48 p
46 p

cLosiN•
rya:Es.
15%

Ditto. Account ..... .....
Russian Bonds ...
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto. Account 15%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent .......
Ditto, Account .
Dividends on the above payable in London.

Belgian, 21/2 per Cent - 45
Dutch 21h per Cent., 12 Guild 491/9 49
Ditto. 4 her Cent. Certificates

26t/

48!4
105

15%
31i:,
28
28%

45
491 A
781/4
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE-.
Aberdeen 5O 9.111.••
Amber. Nat., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 41/4
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 71,41 —
Belfast & County Down 20%
Berks & Hants Extens.
(GLlVest. Per.s per ct.) 5
Birmingham and Ox-
turd Junct., calls duly
paid, cr with a guaran. 20
Do, withoutguarantee 20
Birming, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 15%
Do. withoutguarantee 10
Bit ming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 13/. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 10
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ......
Bristol and E xeter 9O ... ..
Ditto, Thirds
Luckinghamshire... 16/. 4s.
Caledonian -
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1114 ...... 5
Do. New 101. Pref..... 7 %...... 85)
Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto,_Preference
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2tl Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-

mouth
Dublin and Belfast June 35
Dundalk & Enniskillen 22%
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D... 25
Do., 18/., E. & H lB ......
Do., 31. 103.
Eastern Comities.—
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent... lO ...... 11%
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 6/.135. 4d.... % p
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A

(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3
Ditto, Class J 3 (L &
_ and J 3)

. _
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . ....
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... ...... ..
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
_. .

5 per cent 21/s .....
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 614

Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 61A - .........
East Lincolnshire ...... 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. •••
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, Newport
Exeter,Yeovil. & Dorch 2%
Exeter and Exmouth... 218.
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ......

15%

14%

-
5%

11%
ny2

% P

.....
18%

26%

- •••••• • ••• .....
Do.Preterenee Consul.
Great Northern
Do., 112 A Deferred ... 12 ...... 4:j4% x.i 43 x.i.
Do., I,is 13 6 per Cent.
guaranteed ... ..... 6% ......
Do. Extension 2 iii ......
•..
3reat South. and West
(Ireland)
Great North of England. 100 ......

Ditto, New, 401 4O
Ditto, ditto 25
Ditto, New, 30/ 3O
Ditto, New, 15/ l4 .• .. —....—... ......
Great Western 100
Ditto, I,ii Shares
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths ......
Ditto, New 171..... ~ 15 ... .. 14
Huddersfield and blanch. 30
Ditto, Thirds
[lull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ......
Ditto, 14 Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... 54% . -...
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1i Shares
Do. Quarter Shares l7l/2 — •••
Do. Fifths..
Do. Sixteenths 61,4
Do. Thirds (Beg.) ..... 13
Do. New, Gua. 6 peril. 71/i ...... —
Do. [Avert). and Bury 43 ......
Ditto [A (late Hud-
dersfield and Shed) 43
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 .. •••
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. 1/4 Shares (A)... 914 14!",
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewebury, &e.... 50 .
Do., Half Shares 25
Do., (blue) Scrip...... 21,x..., —

X7l%z

19,a

543/4

~:~:~;~.

-

,1

.Fll

40 •• •••••

314, - ...

5F,.8d.... 5 51)-3
•• • • 2-4. (,'•2 •••• • 12 .....

35
x.cl

pet t. t.., tt
1)o. l'rel. C,,11. i,pef et. 50
Ditto, I 552 .7,.)
Ditto, New 51., guar.
6 per cent. ...... 5
Lo., don and Urtenwich 12/15s 4d 9%.....,
!lay), Pret•-t:lice .. . '2'o
1.011,10i1 and W.ot•rn 100 132 133
(L.) i'•.) 7.2
Ditto, New ...... .. 7
1) ;to, .. 2 ...... 8%
Do. e• )
Do. 101. ( .)A.L' 10 .• .........
Do. 10i. (L. )1/. 10
Do. 101.4 C. 1
Lon e .o
;;,„
Do. New .....
DT c. enths (Con..oi. )50
Ditto ditto ....
Ditto. .... . ... 15
Do.. New `,..-=ct ip, 134;.,
Prsi. 7 per I on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. onr. ,5 ••, ...... ••••.,
Linthal, aLti
YQovil
Lon,lonterry&C, :„tai 1, 30
Londonderry ;Inc; anis-
ki 1
Lowestoft (4 per et.)
Ditto (6 per et.) 13
Manche,ter,Bui.t, n,aud
Matlock . 4l/2 ..
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoinshire...loo
Do. Quarters, (No. 1) 18
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto ( No. 3) ... 111/4 ..... ••• • • •• •
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Ditto, Gt. (iririf,by ... 40
Ditto ditto . 13
Ditto ditto . 81,S ......
Ditty Sh:.t:iild and
Lincolnshire
Do., Grimsby Dock 2O
Manchester and
Lincoln Unien. 41.2 s
Midland ... ...........10 921 93 92 931/0 92%
Pref.loo
Do., do., 7.0:. Shares... 25 ... 19%
DerbytOU
th..
..... •••
Do.Consoi. Bristol and
Binning., 6 per et.... 100
Ditto, i',r4st. CloctAr. 40 ......
Ditto,,Lel,est.& Swan-
nington, 3 per et. guar. 100
Midland Great 'd extern
Irish
111,t1tilesbro' and Iledcar,
6 per cent. kuar. 50
Newcastle and Carhsle.loo
Do. Quarters 25
wmark et
Do. Extension ...... 125....
ew port, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6
:,;wry and Enniskillen 7
N awry, War ren point,
and Ito:,trevor 2O
Norfolk 100
00. New 20/.
Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. '2O
Do. Guaranteed 51/2pe. 5
Ito. do. avemey 1 al. 2
N 7-them t..:olhities Union 4 ...„.
Northl,l3ritiO•:, . ~.• ... 25
Ditto, Doh, es ..
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Extension ..... .......
B'/4 ...
orth & StAttli-Western 2
North Staffordshire l5 ... 1-2 11:Vs
:,orth Wales .
N of th-W extern
Oxford, Worcester, and

35%
9 xd.
49 x.d.

Wolverhampton
Reading, tiuinitord,

Reigate lO
Royston and Hitchin ... 2
sottish Central .... ..... 25
Scottish Lidland..
Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham, &
Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 10
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ......
Shrewsour) std Birm... 9
loitto ditto. Clvss B. .5
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Stirewg,bury :td lieretd. 2 ......
t hrewsbury tiz Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) lB
Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 .....,, ..„
Ditto o.iwestry
Ditto sew ..
.._ __

Do. 8 per Cent. Pret. 10
Shropshire Union ....... 5
+outh Devon...
•••
Do. Prefern ce
oath StaitUrthilire...... 7t4 4%
South Eastern
Do., bio. 1 zB
Do. ZNo. 2.
Do. Registered No. 4 10 ...... 7%% ex. int
Do., Sccip No 4
South Wale,
S 'nth lo: I:shire, Dou-
cao•er, and tioole 6
Swans. & imaglior & Ca-
nm.on'.s Sun. C0a1.... 6

raw Vale Extension ... 8
Tl4alues Haven Dock
and ItAilway .
Vale at Neath
Waterford 4nd Kilkenny 17 LA
',Vatertord :.td Limerick 471/2
Wraterid,Wxfid,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wear \'allty ti per Cent.
Guatanteed
Do.
Do. do, do. ... 10
W est Cm:wall
West London
Do. D 9. Ist Class ... 20
Do. Do. 2d Clms . 20
A hitehavejt 8,- Furness 14
Nindsor, Staines, and
South We ..... 12 .....
Sontersa,& Wey-
mouth

Ws

fork, N: urea: and
Berwick..... 28th
L:o. Onginal 2.ew anti
11,Twick ... .. .. 25 ..... 27% 28
Do. No. 1. ...... 207/8 21
Do. (1,,. . 20
Do. G.N.L.Prilerenee 8
iiiiu,?.nd 50 ..,... 563/4 ......,
Dit!o, Preference
liu.East vat Kin-
Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
han and Austrian).... 5

1114
81/2

41i

...
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 17
Ceylon
Demerara
Dendre Va11ey........... 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish •
East Indian ... 34 - ...... - ••.. •
Great Indian Peninsular 1/4
Louvain ala Sambre ... 7% —
Luxembourg 7l/2•..•.. .
Ditto
Madrid and Valentia 2 ......
Namur and Liege
Northern of France...—. 12
Orleans and Bordeaux... 7
Paris and Lyons ll .•• .. — ,
Do. Do. .
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Rotten and II avre
Sambre and LiClise
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14
Tour:, and Nantes .. 9 ......
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den' and Hasselt ...... 20
Vest Flanders
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
British North American 50
London Joint Stock.-- 10
Provincial 01 Ireland ... 25
Ditto New...
Colonial

-
1314

111/2

Commercial ct London 20
London & Westto_in,,u..r. 20
National Prov. England. 35
10
MINE&

92%
19%
67

1214

24

Anglo-Mexican lOO
Asturian Mining Com... 14
Australian... 3

_

3% x 1
1 x.l
9%

144
4

1,14.
2% X.l

41
25474

121 A
- .
7% x•I
734 z.
14%

284
21
20%
56%

27X

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10
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LLOYD'S SiIIPPING.—(THIS DAY'/
LONDON, JAN. 24.—Wind this day at noon W.S."
fresh gales t,tA ,qua!ly.
DUNDALK LAY, JAN. 21.—Arrd. Acadian (surposecnt
Gardner, St J,ht.'s, N.B.
LEITH ROADS.—Arrd. Mired, Ford, St. John's,
~,TIStI3.
DUBLIN BAY.—Arrd. Lydia, Darker. St. John's .17"---
a.
DI UMBLES, JAN. 23. Wind W.—Arrd. Harriet, 01W
erbridge, Cuba.
BBISTOI„ JAN. 22.—Arrrl. Richard, Newfoundlancli,,c
FALMOUTH, JAN. 23.—Wind W., fresh breezes.----'
buck, lit gica, Biyth, for Buenos Ayres, with bob-stai
curried away.
AIILFoRD, JAN. 23.—List night it blew a gale fray
S.S.W. until 10,,r when it chunged to N.W.,
_ .

tend( d with violt.nt squalls and hail.
DEAL, JAN 23.--V, it'd W.—Arrd..England's Qleeht
Alien, China; Ursula, Ridley, ditto; Isle of Wl,g,„-ai
Dan'ord, AL:uritius; t7usan Crisp, Holdsworth,
lite Lard C,,tden, S;. wart, ditto; Caroline, New .",,rnl
Arni. Iron, the River, Arno, Weatherley, Coqu„.inf
Peal ison, Valpamis,o; Richard Brown,
DerEcrara; Victoria, Al• Bride, St. Vincent's; SParti
Bro.nt J..na.iea The Jt.l bannes Marinas, which gole':0
to• day for 10tw.gate, leulty, has put back, and
cowcfl to ti River. n tGiVifb
Orr flul<GEr.Ess, ,TAN. 19.—Occan, Decker, xia--

for Ativ ie.
CORK, JAN 21.—Arrd.Columbine Petra, Rio GrandAe!
Lot d BL.rbour, Llgut:u
a, with hiss of
t Cotfield Benga Lord
;t`+ rub,c
P,),,ilah, ditto; lludbr:,ok9 ditto; ,
1), o; John 13n. w,r, Bombay; Ttilloch

JAN. 22,--t-IJ. Sion, Coquimbo; Ann'
Dadra and North America; Jane, ditto.