The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1836.

a more creditable use of the spoil than their great
leader desired. What was to be done ? Every pauper
fed would be a subject seduced from the Agitator's al-
liance ; emery vagrant housed would be a soldier with-
drawn from the Agitator's camp. It was an awful
crisis. Mercury descended to the assistance of Jove--
Mr. Shiel advanced to the assistance of Mr. O'Connell.
Mr. Shiel, however, is too wise, after the demon-
stration which his hearers have already afforded of
their sentiments, to avow himself hostile to a provi-
sion for the Irish poor. He does not profess a doubt
of the duty of the Legislature to provide relief, nor
venture a denial of the propriety of the means by
which Mr. O'Malley would have it provided. While
he risks an occasional sneer, indeed, at " theories," and
"abstractions," and "extempore expatiations," he seems
to admit that, in the proper time, the " theories," and
the " abstractions," and the " extempore expatia-
tions," will have his valuable support. But he recall
the attention of his audience to a matter of more
pressing urgency. It is true that in one of the prin-
cipal cities of Ireland you may see eight, ten, twelve
persons inhabiting one filthy closet, with an old broken
blanket for their covering, with a torn rush mat for
their bed—but to Mr. Sheil that is a " theory:"
true, that in one parish of that city you may find
two thousand persons in a state of destitution, by
which we mean absolutely without a daily meal—but
to Mr. Sheil that is an " abstraction:" true, that in
every street of that parish honesty is hurrying into
crime, purity submitting to pollution, beneath the
frightful pressure of almost indescribable afflictions—
but to Mr. Sheil these are " extempore expatiations."
He sees a more imminent evil—a more appalling cala-
mity. And what is it ? We like Mr. Shiers speeches,
for we generally learn something by them. He is cle-
ver, and knows what is going on pretty well ; he is
vain, and divulges it pretty freely. Two years ago he
told us what passed at Lichfield House—now he in-
forms us what is about to pass in Downing-street.
We believed him as an historian—we trust him as a
prophet. He knows as accurately as most men both
the acts and the intentions of the Government, whom
he serves and threatens alternately. Here, then, is
Mr. Sheil's announcement of an impending crisis, so
terrible in his eyes that it ought to supersede alike the
relief of want and the prevention of sin :
" Parliament meets on the 31st of January. The Mu-
nicipal and Church questions must be almost immediately
afterwards brought forward. If the Lords throw out the
Bill, as they will beyond a doubt do, a dissolution is inevit-
able. For that dissolution we ought to be prepared. We
ought, in truth, to think—to speak—of nothing else, or,
in other words, to the registries, which are at hand, our at-
tention ought to be exclusively directed. Discuss poor
laws at such a moment At such a moment assemble
here to listen to dissertations of hours in length on the
subtle question by which the mind of the acutest and
deepest thinkers can be engaged ! Away with such info..
tuation !"

On such grounds Mr. Sheil moves an adjournment
of the debate on Mr. O'Malley's proposition. We
disapprove that proposition, of course, as cordially as
Mr. Sheil. But do not let our disapprobation be con-
founded with Mr. Sheil's. The order of precedence
in which he would place his measures for the improve-
ment of his country is not ours. We think it more
important that the hungry should be fed in Limerick
than the Papists should be aldermen in Belturbet ;
and we are sure that we were commanded to clothe
the naked long before we were advised to attend to the
registries.—Morning; Post.

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS,

ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c.

LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 27.
Number Dividend Price
of per CANALS. per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Share.
1,760 II pei cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. Ns. sh. 142
1,182 41. Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65
1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 51
1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150'. sh. 100
8,000 1-16 sh. 91. 9s. Birmingham, 1-16th share .8-41. & 711. 217
4,000 ... Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/. sh. 100 pd 321
600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....lOU sh. all pd 64
400 4/. Cheliner and Blackwater 100/. sh. 102
500 481. Coventry 1004 sh. 725
4,545 Croydon -. Average 31/. 2s 10d. sh. 3
2,0601 41. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. '7B
600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 120
20,000
3,5751 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 110
231 401. Eyewash 1001. sh. 500 •
1,237 241. Forth and Clyde Average 4001.165. sh. 605
11,500 12/. Grand June'- lOO/. sh. 215
2,8491 1/. Grand Union 100/. sh. 2 .I.;.!
1,500 Grand Surrey
120,600/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. '7O
3,096 Grand Western 104. sh. all pd
(500 13/.125. Bd. Glainorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230
749 10t. Grantham 150/. sh. 202
6,235 1/. 158. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 341
100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10
25,323 11. 2s. Kennet a. id Avon, Average 391. 18s. 10d. sh. 22
2,3971 204 Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 530
5451 121. Leicester l4O/. sh. 190
1,897 41. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 23/.los. 77
2,400 101. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 200
50 16/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200
500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 580
3,000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54
247 17/. Neath 100/. sh. 325
1,786 301. Oxford 1004 sh. 580
2,400 5/. Peak Forest Average about 73/. sh. 104
21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 16
5,669 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 121
500 8/. Shropshire /25/. sh. 140
800 9/. IN. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 153
3,600/. 41 per cent. Ditto bock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. Ilf
700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730
500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243
300 8/. Stourbridge
3,647 21. 6s. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 79/. 9s. Od. sh. 50
_ 533 12/. Swansea 100/. sh. .. "20
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3,762 it. 4s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 351. sh. 19i
2.600; an. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, ; share 1001. sh. 555
6,119
11,6,00'°(:*1.51,h'..1 15/. Warwick eat' Birmingham 1004 sh 260
960 12t. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 136;
6,000 4/.os. Worcest,n and Birmingham...Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 8..2
5,000 225. Wilts an 1 Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. eh. 21
800 3/, Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75
126 Wisbeach •..105/. sh. 45
905 11. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 22;
DOCKS.
2,600 & i3n c. Commercial 100/. sh. 56
1,065 sh. • '
108,66711. 6 per ct. East India Stock 117
3,238,310;4 50s. p.ct. London
Ditto Bonds
1,380,0004 it. per ct. West India Stock 106
2,`.:01 21. 19s. Bristol
68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll5
1.352,752 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 871
500,000 4; per cent. Ditto Bonds
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lol}
Shoreham Harbour
2.500 ........ Depttbrd Pict
BRIDGES.

1,600 les. Haminersin.ti 5O/. sh. 20
7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 2
1,700 IL 158. Ditto, New, of 7i per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14
5,000
5,000 18s. Sd. Ditto, Old Annuities of S/ 6Ol. pd IS
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 15
60,0001. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB
6,000 17s Vauxhall Av'rage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 161