The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, yLONDON, WEDNESDAY RVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1849.

of the Provisional Government was too manifest to be
contradicted; and men began at last to discover a
certain respectability where hitherto they had only
perceived infamy, a certain genius where they had
hitherto seen only mediocrity, a certain 'grandeur
where they had hitherto observed only crime and in-
significance. As suddenly as the tide rolled towards
victory it recoiled in misfortune, and then again, in
reviewing the policy pursued by the leaders of the
Hungarian movement, no terms were too gross, no
epithets too violent, no language too vituperative in
which to designate the very men who, immediately
before, had by their brilliant successes extorted a
momentary panegyric. Sir.ce that deplorable change
in the destinies of the Magyars, the reactionary
press of England has sedulously endeavoured
to vilify more and more the characters
of the great KOSSUTH and his illustrious compatriots,
while showering the additional infamies of their
eulogiums upon the already sufficiently infamous
GEORGEY. So monstrous has been the line of argu-

ment followed out in this instance by these journalists,
so diametrically opposite have they proved to the
opinions entertained by the mass of the population,
that large aggregate meetings have been convened
both in the capital and throughout the provinces, for
the purpose of protesting against such views being
regarded as identical with the sentiments entertained
by the people of the United Kingdom. On one
occasion, indeed, the chief of these newspapers was
publicly burnt on a platform in London, as a token
of the depth and earnestness of the popular indigna-
tion. The matter, in short, has at length become so
generally notorious that it has reached the ears even
of the refugees in the Turkish dominions. A letter
written from Widdin by Colonel ALEXANDER As-
Boni, and recently transcribed into our own columns,
has resolutely thrown the accusations of the " foreign
correspondents" of these aristocratic journals in their
teeth, at the same time most distinctly and peremp-
torily denying the accuracy of any one of their ca-
lumnious assertions. From the revelations there
made by Colonel ASBOTH, until very lately Adjutant-
General to the President-Governor of Hungary, it

appears that the generosity of that renowned man '
has, in many respects, been commensurate with his
genius, his courage, and his patriotism. So far from
having purloined the regalia of ST. STEPHEN, it ap-
pears that he has never once even seen it ; so far from
having peculated when the Hungarian exchequer
was completely within the grasp of his dictatorship,
it is proved that he continues up to the
present moment to a ye ry considerable amount a
creditor on the national exchequer ; so far, again, from
his having been self-interested in his civism, it is
demonstrated incontrovertibly that for the sake of
his beloved country, and in the hope of working out
its redemption, he has sacrificed his health, his time,
his intellect, and his property. This is the man
traduced by the malignity of anonymous correspon-
dents ; this is the heroic but unfortunate chieftain
against whore, in the time of his tribulation, all the
arrows of falsehood have been directed. We appeal
not to posterity, to whom our evanescent voice would
be inaudible, but to that contemporary multitude
whose hearts vibrate to the simple words of our in-
dignation, and v.'e ask them, the people of England, if
in the limits of possibility there can be any-
thing more mean, more base, more cruel,
more heartless, or more detestable than the
course pursued towards those august victims
of patriotism ? No : the ignominy of the effort has
recoiled with instantaneous retribution on the heads
of the assailants ; and, though they may:still endeavour
1 to drown the voice of truth by their vociferous mis-
representations, the dignified address to which a few
days back we referred—an address written, we
understand, by the Noble Earl FITZWILLIAM, and
subscribed by nearly a hundred Members
,of both
Houses of Parliament—will resound over all the
yells of calumny, and find its way to the conscience
of Lord PALMERSTON. It is idle to suppose that
this sympathy for the Hungarians, now for some long
time evidenced throughout this country, is merely so
much pretence and declamation; it is more, and
with GoD's aid, events will ultimately prove that in
pleading for the cause of the Magyars we have only
, expressed the emotions of the people of England.

Manchester has long been remarkable for its ad
herence to the cause of liberty, political and comrner-
cial.," Ever since Manchester was honoured with the
franchise (said Mr. KIIRSHAW, at the recent banquet)

she has evidenced her attachment to the cause of
civil and religious liberty in an unmistakeable man-
ner." Mr. MILNER GIBSON and Mr. BRIGHT are
each identified with the same great cause, hence at
the banquet given last Monday at the Corn-exchange
at Manchester, by the electors of that borough to
their distinguished Representatives, it is almost un-
necessary to say that reform, financial and legislative,
was the chief topic of discourse. Mr. BRIORT'S
speech, more especially its concluding portion,
was earnest, with even more than his
customary eloquence. His denunciations Of
the iniquities (real or imaginary) of the House of
Commons recalled the time when ,the theatre of
Covent-garden re-echoed with the vehemence of his
indignant harangues. We are inclined to think that
the Honourable Member for Manchester somewhat
exaggerated the actual sins of our Legislative
Chamber. We cannot entirely concur with him
in asserting that the House of Commons " is only a
great screen for the evil doings of all departments of
Government." Nevertheless, we are as well assured
as Mr. BRIGHT that our representative system is
practically, full of evil. For example, we quote, ag
one specimen of its injustice, from_ the
,honourable
Gentleman's speech :
When the Corn•law was passed in 1815, the popu-
lation of Manchester was then more than 120,000, but
your opinion was not asked about the passing of that
Bill, and it was not till seventeen years afterwards that
Manchester had any representative in Parliament.—
(Cheers.) Now, look how fraudulently the thing is
managed. Although your position is altered—although
your representatives can at least speak 3 our sentiments,
there is the little town of Stamford; the Marquis of
Exeter posscsses most of the 101. houses. Then there is
the borough of Thetford with 3,800 inhabitants-271
persons living in 10/. houses, and only 260 registered
electors; the greater part of the property here belonged
to the Duke of Grafton and Lord Ashburton, and by a
very convenient arrangement Lord Euston, the son of
the former, was returned, and the other Member was, be
presumed, a son of the other Nobleman. You are aware
that the two Members for Manchester, and those for the
West Riding of Yorkshire, go out into opposite lobbies
with the Members for Stamford and Thetford, and thus
their votes are neutralized.—(Cheers.) But there is
another example. Take the county of Rutland, which
is about as large as the parish of Rochdale, and has
about a quarter of the population of that parish—
(Laughter)—it returns two Members to Parliament.
These other two votes neutralize those of Mr. Henry
and Mr. Browne. These Thetford, Stamford, and Rut-
land men vote taxes ou all the wealth and population of
this district."

As it stands in theory, we hardly believe -a better
form of administration could be devised than the
British Constitution; but that Constitution, be it
remembered, supposes that the Lower House of Le-
gislature actually represents the people. The ques-
tion, therefore, that every lover of social rights, and
every upholder of constitutional laws, should seriously
ask is this— Does the House of Commons actually
represent the people ? That question is, with all the
eloquence of indignation, answered by Mr. BRIGHT
in an emphatic negative:—
"My opinion is that the time has come for every
man who valucs the welfare of his country—who is
anxious for the spread of contentment among the people,
and that the property and industry of the people should
not be unjustly taxed—that such a man ought to look to
the constitution of Parliament, and see if this is not the
spot whence arises much of the evil and of the hopeless.
ness of good with which this country is beset. If we
are to have absolutism, let us have absolutism in its
naked and unmistakeable form; if we are to have an
oligarchical Government, let it be acknowledged, and
having made up our minds, let us submit to it; but if
we are to have a popular Government—a representative
Government—which the tax-payers can influence, and
on which the people can bring their opinions to bear, let
us have that fair, open, and honest representative Go-
vernment which the Constitution would persuade us we
already have."
To this aspiration the electors of Manchester res•
ponded with enthusiastic cheers—in this aspiration
we (it is needless to say) assent with entire cor-
diality. " Let us, indeed," say we, with Mr. BRIGHT,
have that fair, open, and honest representative Go-
vernment which the Constitution would persuade us
we already have !" To attain this desirable object

what is required ? Determination, unanimity, and
perseverance on the part of all the Liberals of the
kingdom. The very spot in which the above sen-
tence was uttered could of itself afford encourage-
ment to a less hopeful cause. 'Who does not re-
member the seemingly insignificot meeting of a few

individuals " in a little back room" at Manchester—
the
scanty supporters of a so-called desperate cause?
Those few men were in time joined by thousands,
counting among them the noblest and most powerful
men in the kingdom, and the little back room was
exchanged for a theatre, and the hopeless cause be-
came the law of the land ! So it will be again with
more reforms than we now care to enumerate, but
among the first of those political reforms (for there
are social reforms of even more importance, that
demand and must have a prior attention,) will be
that so ably alluded to, on Monday last, by the Mem-
bers for Manchester, and so earnestly desired by their
independent constituents and the public generally.
We must have, and ere long, " a fair, open, honest re-
presentative Legislature." As an evidence that the ear-
nestness of the Free-traders of Manchesteris in no-
wise abated, and as an incentive to similar de-
monstrations in other parts of the] kingdom, the
banquet at the Corn Exchange is invested at the
present moment with especial interest and importance.

In accordance with the suggestion recently made
by ourselves, we are gratified to observe that the
Government has issued instructions for sending out
a new expedition of relief in search of Sir JOHN
FRANKLIN and his adventurous companions. As we
_ _

briefly announced in our last evening's impression,
the Enterprise and Investigator have been ordered to

be refitted with the utmost possible dispatch. It is
therefore more than probable that at the commence-
ment of the approaching season those vessels will at
once proceed in quest of the long missing navigators.
What, however, is worthy of more particular con-
sideration is the present announcement is the circum-

stance that the course intended to be pursued by the

new expedition is the very opposite to that hitherto
followed by those who have endeavoured to penetrate
the Arctic regions. Instead, as has been the custom
heretofore, of proceeding directly from east to west,
it is intended to dispatch the Enterprise and Investi-
gator in the contrary direction. After doubling Cape
Horn those vessels will sail northward, passing
through Behring's Straits, and so on to the unfre-
quented channels, in which Sir JOHN FRANKLIN,
Captain Cuortatt, and their followers are supposed to
be situated. By this means the great difficulty which
has hitherto obstructed the navigation of the Polar Seas
will be readily obviated, namely, the necessity of
meeting the currents laden with floating ice, a diffi-
culty obviously of enormous magnitude. According
to the new plan now adopted, with the sanction of the
Admiralty, the ships sent out in search of the Arctic
expedition will literally be sucked into those quarters
which at the same season would be otherwise nearly)
if not altogether, impenetrable.
Although so long a time has elapsed since the
departure of the vessels under the command of Sir
JOHN FRANKLIN, every encouragement is nevertheless
afforded to those who are solicitous as to the safety of
himself and his colleagues. When men of such cele-

brity as Captains PARRY, BACK, Ross, &c., still remain
confident of the ultimate return of their distinguished
fellow labourer in the toils of geographical discovery,

it would be preposterous to doubt the possibility o
affording that eminent man soma tardy, though stil
effectual assistance. It would he idle to argue from
the mere fact of the failure of the endeavours recently
made under the direction of Sir JOHN Ross, that all
attempts of a similar character must as a matter of
necessity be equally futile. Those efforts were un-
questionably made with a daring and ability worthy
of a man whose career has been illustrated
by so many brilliant antecedents ; yet it is
at the same time equally clear that circumstances
wholly without the limits of his foresight prevented
his advancing sufficiently far to carry aid to the iso-
lated explorers. Almost every conjecture formed by
different speculators competent to estimate a matter
of so much intricacy coincides in the opinion that the
missing vessels are in one particular spot capable of
being pointed out by the point of a compass in the
vicinity of Boothia. While so much certainty is ex-
pressed as to the actual situation of FRANKLIN, it would
be manifest cruelty on the part of the authorities in
this country not to use every means in their power to
forward assistance to those who have risked their
lives in the cause of science, commerce, and naviga-
don. Any objection on the score of expense would be a
meanness in the rulers of England amounting
to absolute turpitude. Such objections, however,
we are very far from anticipating. The liberality
always displayed in forwarding such achievements is
an ample guarantee that we shall have no reason for
complaint in the present instance on the score of
niggardliness. No difficulty, we are satisfied, on
the other hand, will ever be experienced
in the way of obtaining suitable officers for the com-
manding of such voyages of relief. Officers gifted
with an intimate acquaintance with the perils of
Polar navigation are happily numerous in this great
maritime state, and they are as brave and enter-
prising as they are gifted and numerous. Each of
them, we doubt not, would be eager to obtain the
privilege of endangering their own lives to save those
of their comrades in distress. The fraternal feeling
existing throughout our noble national service would
never, we are convinced, be more conspicuously
evidenced than upon occasions like the one now
exciting our sympathies. From all the considera-
tions above enumerated there is manifestly a copious
source of solace still open to the gentle and chivalrous
Lady FRANKLIN. When the Enterpriz3 and Inves-
tigator do start, they will leave the shores of Great
Britain with the God-speed of its inhabitants ; and
fervently is it to be hoped that their most sanguine
expectations may be realised before any considerable
time has further elapsed. In the event of the fortu-
nate termination of the new project, namely, in the
event of the return of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN, it will be
a matter of imperative responsibility on the Govern-
ment of this country henceforth to dispatch its
expeditions of discovery along the only rational
course—the course leading through Behring's Straits
and not through the Straits separating Greenland
from Labrador.

CABINET COUNCIL, THIS DAL—A Cabinet Council
was held this afternoon, at the Foreign office,
Downing•street. It was attended by the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of
Clanricarde, Earl Grey, the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Campbell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
George Grey, Viscount Palmerston (who came to
town last evening from the Dlarquis of Aylesbury's,
Tottenham Park), Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. Labou-
chere, and Mr. Fox Maule. The Lord Privy Seal
was absent, his Lordship being at his seat, -Minto
House, N. B.

.ASTLET'S AMPIIITHEATRE.—We understand that
Mr. Batty has succeeded in engaging Madlle. An-
gele, from the Hippodrome, Path, and who is the
first equestrian of the day—with her highly trained
steeds, Senora and Bertram. Madlle. Angede is the
same ,lady that rode the celebrated English steeple-
chase mare " Angela" over twenty-eight feat of
water. She will shortly snake her appearance at
Astley's Amphitheatre.

It is currently reported in the legal circles that, in
case Lord Denman's health should not permit him to
resume his situation as Chief Justice of the Court of
Queen's Bench, Lord Campbell will succeed him in
that important office, and that Lord Grey will be the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

HOXTON RAGGED SCHOOLS.—The ceremony of
laying the foundattiont7o,,, o
of these schoolsßicht
Hon.teett pi.4lplaceyesterday, under he
ord
Ashley. A freehold site has been granted, in Ham-
mond square, by H. C. Sturt, Esq., ors which it is pro-
posed to erect a commodious building, in the Elizabethan
style, capable of accommodating 200 children of each
sex, with apartments for the master and mistress. The
design is by Mr. J. Tarring, the architect, and it is ex-
pected that the entire structure will be completed at the
cost of 6001. The proceedings were opened with:a
prayer by the Rev. Edward Miall, Baptist minister, and
the singing of a hymn, composed expressly for the
occasion. A handsome silver trowel was then presents d
to Lord Ashley by Mr. G. W. Ansel!, honorary secre-
tary to the committee, with which his Lordship pro-
ceeded to lay the stone in the usual form. On the
trowell was engraved a view of the elevation of the
building, with the following inscription :—" Presented
to the ltight Hon. Lord Ashley by the committee and
teachers of the Iloxton Ragged Schools, Tuesday,
December 11, 1849, to commemorate the event of laying
the foundation-atone, and to show their gratiturte to
his Lordship for his unwearied exertions in behalf of
the poor." The meeting was afterwards addressed by
Lord Ashley in an eloquent speech, in which he urged
the claims of the ragged schools on public support, add
showed the benefits which have been already produced
by them in the cases of several boys who have been sent
out to the Australian colonies. Speeches were also made
by the Rev. Jabes Burns, D.D., Mr. Payne, and other
gentlemen. A subscription was made at the -door
towards the building of the school, and in the course of
the proceedings contributions were announced amounting
to upwards of 170/., including a donation of 100/. by Mr.
Sturt, the donor of the site. It is hoped that the schools
will bo completed and ready to be opened in Fe-
bruary next,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The fete given by the Prefect of the Seine on
Monday, at the Hotel de Ville, to the PRESIDENT of
the Republic, in commemoration of the election of
the latter, went off as well as the best friends of the
PRESIDENT could have desired. Two hundred guests
,at down to dinner in the magnificent salle du Trone.
The prefect, M. BERGEN, in proposing the health of the
Elect of the 10th of Dec., said " that it was on the same
day last year that France had chosen him for her
chief ; France had given him her confidence, which
he had returned by an unbounded devotion, and
France, a great nation, that would be neither forget.
ful nor ungrateful, would long bear in mind the
efforts he had made to ensure the safety of the country."
The toast having been drank with enthusiasm,
the PRESIDENT of the Republic replied as follows :
" I thank the municipality for having invited me to the
Hotel de Ville, and for having this very day caused suc-
cour to be afforded to many indigent persons. To
solace misfortune is in my opinion the best way to cele-
brate the 10th December. I am not going to recapitu-
late what we have done within the last year. Of one
thing alone I feel proud, which is, that, thanks to the
men who have surrounded me, and who surround me
still, I have been enabled to maintain the law intact,
and to preserve tranquillity without recourse to violence.
The year now commencing will, I trust, be yet
more fertile in happy results, especially if, as the
Prefect of the Seine has said, all the great powers
remain intimately united. I call great powers
those elected by the people, the Assembly, and the
President. Yes, I have faith in so fertile a union. We
will advance instead of standing still, for that which
gives force even to the humblest mortal is to have before
his view a great object to attain, and behind a great
cause to defend. For us the cause is that of civilization
altogether. It is the cause of this wise and sacred
liberty which is every day more menaced by excesses,
which are its profanation. It is the cause of the working
classes, whose comfort is unceasingly menaced by these
insensate theories, which, exciting the most brutal pas-
sions, and causing the most legitimate fears,
raise hatred against the very idea of ameliorations.
It is the cause of representative government, which loses
its salutary prestige by the acrimony of language and
the delays thrown in the way of the most useful measures.
It is the cause of the greatness and independence of
France, for if the ideas which we combat could triumph
they would destroy our finances, our army, our credit,
our preponderance, while it would, at the same time,
drive us into a war against all Europe. Thus, never was
there a mere just, more patriotic, or more sacred cause
than ours. The object we have to attain is itself as noble as
is this cause we defend. It is no pal'ry copy of anything
past which we have to remake; what we have to do is to
call together all men of heart and intelligence to con-
solidate something greater than a charter and more
durable than a dynasty—the eternal principles of re-
ligion and morality as well as the new rules of a sound
policy. The city of Paris, so intelligent, and which
does not desire to recal revolutionary agitations except
for the purpose of guarding against them, will compre-
hend a line of conduct which, in following the strict lino
marked by the Constitution, yet allows to be opened a
vast horizon of hope and security. It has often been said
that honour finds an echo in France. Let us hope that
reason will find an equal echo in the minds and hearts
of men devoted, above all, to their country. I propose
a toast to the municipal body."--(Great cheering.)
The banquet was followed by a grand ball in the
evening, at which upwards of 6,000 persons were
present.
At nine o'clock the PRESIDENT of the Republic,
ith the Prefect of the Seine on his right and M.
ARAGO on his left, and followed by his usual attend-
ants, made the tour of the saloons, where he was re-
ceived with every mark of respect. Dancing was
kept up to a late hour.
The Illoniteur announces that Mr. ROBERT STE..
PIIENSON has been appointed a Chevalier of the
Legion of Ilenour.
In the National Assembly on Monday, the propo-
sition of M. DESMOUSSEAEX DE GIVRY, fur the resto-
ration of the magistrates of the Court of Accounts,
who were dismissed by the Provisional Government
on the 18th April, lil4B, was referred to a Com-
mittee.
It is said that the Members of the Left intend to
secede from the Chamber in a body when the propo-
sition for the reimposition of the wine duties shall be
put to the vote, their object being to prevent the
making a house.
General SANTA. Cnuz, the Bolivian Minister
in Paris, is engaged in negotiating a treaty of
commerce between the French and the Bolivian
Republics.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on
Tuesday, at 56f. 50c. ; the Five per Cents. at 91f.
65c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 760 f. ; Rouen, 555 f.;
Havre, 242 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 463 f. 75c.; Avig-
non, 220 f.; Vierzon, 332 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg,
363 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 280 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. DEC. 11.

IlculegiTe and Amiens, 64—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 13%—East Indian, 3%—Great Indian Penin-
sula, ji —Northern of France, 1% dis.—Orleans and Bour-
deaux, 3/4—Paris and Rouen, 22 Sambre and Meuse, 214.

h'ch produced a contusion of the knee of so severe
a character that his MAJFSTY is confined to his bed.

DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.

IVe understand that active steps have already been
taken for the temporary so!ution of the question as to
the Danubian Principalities. A committee, which is
to have its seat alternately at Bucharest and at Jassy,
bas been charged with the revision of the organic
laws. The president of the committee is Prince
KANTAKUZENO, of the house of Moldavia, whose post
of colonel in the Russian service, and Russian senti-
ments in general, lead to the inference that the new
wcrk will not easily run counter to the wishes of the
Czart.— Hamburgh Paper.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The sales of Cotton at L'verpool were estimated at
about 4,000 bales, 500 o' which were taken on specula-
tion, and coney rimed 3,5J0 American, 200 Pernam and
Maranham at 6fd., 50 B ,hia at bid. and 30 Sea Island
at Is. 2d. to ls. Bd. par lb. The market was quiet and
prices remained without alteration.—Railway Shares
were dull. .

There are Cape of Good Hope papers to the 30th
October. The revenue had suffered from the inter-
ruption to trade, but it is asserted that the riotous proceed-
ings of the Coolies had been instigated by the friends
of the Government, and that so far from there being a
dearth of employment or food, the merchants offered
these very malcontents ample occupation at good wages,
which, however, they declined. Notwithstanding the
assurances to the contrary, it is stated that the Commis-
quiet was really short of provisions, and supplies destined
for Natal were being landed at Table Bay. Most of the
respectable field-cornets and magistrates were resigning.
Whatever may be said of the opposition of the colo-
nists, it is certain that they avow no disloyal sentiments,
but on the contrary affirm that they are merely assert-
ing their rights as British subjects, while it is
equally certain that convicts once introduced under any
pretext, the validity of further resistance would be
disputed.
The steamer America, frcm the United States, has
arrived at Liverpool, but there will be no letters in
.

town to-day. By telegraph we learn that the quotation
for bills on London was down to 8f and 9 per cent.
premium. There was an idea of a new loon being
wanted, owing to the revenue being 20,000,000 dollars
short of the amount expended, :and arising chiefly from
the Mexican war.
The Guspe Gazette states:—" Under the altered cir-
cumstances of the colonies it may be worthy of inquiry,
how far the British Government, without the concur-
rence of Nova Scotia, would be authorised to cede to
foreigners any participation in the harbour fisheries.
Petitions should be got up and forwarded, and every
other precautionary measure adopted to prevent surprise
and protect our rights. A people that are alive to their
own interests, and prompt to protect them, will seldom
fail of success."
The rt port of the Amsterdam market on the 10th
instant, gives the quotation of Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. at 54 15.16th5, being very firm. Spanish
were a shade lower, owing to the realisatic n of profits.
The Protectionists are more indefatigable than ever.
They have another meeting this day at the London
Tavern,- and the Free Traders must obviously not
relax.
The English Funds are extremely firm. Consols have
realized 971 f, and are now 974 -I, for Transfer. For
January the values have becn 971 1. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97; to 98. Ex-
chequer-bills are 50s. to 535., and, India Bonds under
1,0001. 87s. premium. Bank Stock is nominally 201
to 203. The settlement of the Account goes off witk
comparative facility.
The Foreign Investments have been dull. Mexican
are 28f I. Mr. W. P. Robertson has arrived in the
America steamer. Peruvian Bonds are steady at 54.
Spanish Five per Cents. have boon marked 18 j, and
the Three per Cent:. 38i. French Five per Cents. have
been done at 91, with tho exchange at 25 50. Dutch
Two-and a- Half per Cents. have been 55g.
Railway Shares have been rather neglected, but are
not generally lower.

ONE O'CLOCK. cEosING
OF tilTi6ll .11.rD•o. PRICES.
:3 per Cent. Reduced Anns..— ... 96,4 9„; 96%
per Cent. Consuls Annuitlea 97%4 97
14 1/2! 1
N (tig 314 per Cent. Anus--
:Aug Anna. to expire Jan. l S6O
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 13-16 8 13-16
India Strycit
India Bonds, 1,0001...
Ditto under 1,0001.. .... 87 p
Consols for °pa:dug, Jan. 16..... 97%3/4%
Exchequer Bills. 11>io. & 2d
1,000/. June
500/. June 5O p
Small. June 5l 54 50 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN YUMA OIL
O'CLDCS.

50 p
50p
54 p
CLOslic
nucEs.

6razilian Bonds —
Ditto, Small
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 tier Cent —
ltloxican, 5 per Cen t. 1846, with Coupons— -
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons
-
Ditto, Account ... .............
Peruvien_Bonds, 4 per Cent ..
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 lB%
Ditto, Account
Ditto, Passive. 3% 4
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Ditto. Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent 9lf. 91f.
Exchange
French Rentes, 4% per Ceat — t Of.
Exchange
Dutch 2% par Cent., 12 Guild. .. 553/; 55%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates Bl 8-11,42
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen ... 50 - ...............18
Do. Preference
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 6% —
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 754 —
Belfast & County Down 28
Berks & Hants Extens.
(Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junet., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, without guarantee 20 ...... 23
Binning, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 .....
Do. without guarantee 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... ••.
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June—. 20
Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. ...... ... 54

Ditto, Thirds ..... 271,E — ...
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Ditto,Clydesdale Junc 50
Master and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference l5 ......
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct lO
-1-
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 40 —
Dundalk SG Enniskillen 271 h —
East Anglian, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D....•. 25
Do. 18/., E. & H..- 18
Do., 31. 10s., Prof... 3%
Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per
Cent., Preference... 2 .

Eiden: Coumties...
Do. New, Gua.6 per ct lO ...... 11% x. int 11% x,
Ditto, extension, 5 per
Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... % p
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern,
Gper Cent.
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 - 004 ••• ........
Do. New 43
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U: Shares) 25

Mitt), Class A, ditto... 6 - ..., .. ..... ••
Do., Class B & C 25 —
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...
East Laneaah:re - ..... ••••••• ••
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 61,£ -- ..
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
fercnoe Quarters ... 614 —
East Lincolnshire ...... 25 - •• •• ••
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ..

Ditto, half Shares ••• 25 .. .......
"
Edinburgh arKlNorthera 25 —
Ditto, Newport l5 •• •••
C.xeter•Yeovil,&Dorch•

Exeter and Exmouth... 21s.
Glssgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ....... ..81. 68. 8d —
Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr .50 ......

TTh.Preferenee Consol.
Gloucester & DeauForest 11 ......
Great Northern
Do., 1 A Deferred
Do., 1/2 B 6 per Cent... 71/2 4l/2..
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10
;rent South. and West.
( Ireland)
Great Noi tb of England 100

Ditto, Now, 40! 4O
_ _

85
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New, 301.......•• 30
Ditto. Naw 451 ......... 15 .. ...
Groat Weetern 100 ...... 59 59%
Ditto, IA Shares
Ditto, ti Shares
Ditto, Fifth 5............ 20
Ditto, New 17/... 15 7 7 .•..........
Hull and Selby ...... 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .........
Do. Quarter Shares... 12%
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshireloo
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 14 Shares ...... 49 ... • .. •
Do. Quarters ..... 23% —
Do. Fifths... ....... 10
Do. Thirds ...... . 164.....
Do. New Guaranteed
6 I.er Cent...
Ditto (Huddersfield
and Sheff.) SO

Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 . .......
Do. (P.reBton Wyre) 25

D 0.% Shares (A)... 10
Leeds and Bradford SO
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50
Do., Prefer., G per CL 31,4
Do., do. No. 2 b
Do., do. No. 3 5 ...... ... ........ ..
Do., Pryf.Quar , 1818 9

_ .
Liverpool, Crosby end
Southport. . .. 10 -
London &Blackwall...ll/. 63. 3d —
London, Brighton, and
South Gout... ..... 100 ...... 80 79 tit
Do., New 51., guaran-
teed 6 per Cent.....1C0 12714 130......„
Do.Guarant. 5 per tt.... 9 —
Do. Prefer. 5 percent. 50 - ....., .. ~....
Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 .. •••
Londonand Greenwich 12/15a 4d... 10k...
..... .
Ditto, Prefererx. .. . 20
._
Londcn and N. Western 100 ..... 1131,4 113 113%
Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 - .... ••
Ditto, Fifths .•.... ..... 7 ... ~
..
...
Do. 401.bhares(L.M.) 35 —
Do. 101. (SI. & B.) C. 1 ...... 2%1,6
Lond.& S. Wostron ..... 50 .. ... 31;k1/4
Ditto, New 501....:.. 42%...... — ..,
Do. New 401