The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN FUNDS.

AMSTERDAM, OCT. 26.—Inland funds of all kinds were
offered at a depreciation to-day, Spanish especially, in
consequence of the dismissal of the Spanish Minister
Narvaez. Portuguese, Austrian, and Russian shared
the same tendency; French remained without fluctua-
tion.—Dutch papers, Oct. 27

DUTCH EUNDS.—AmsTzzDay, Ocr. 26.
Bills. Money.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. • •.. 52 11.16 53
Ditto, 3 per Cent.. •• • 62 11-16 G 2%
Ditto, 4 per Cent... 81 13-16 8214
Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent..........
East India Loan, 4 per Cent— •• • .
Spanish New 5 per;Cent5.•...........
Austrian 5 per

_ _. ..
Ditto 3 per Cent., Inland ...... •• • •
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 163
Exchangeon London, at sight .... • • 12 5
Two months... ...... ••• • •• 12
On llamburgh,at sight —• • 34 15-16
Two months.• • .... •••. .• .• 34 13-16
On Paris, at 5ight..........
Tw0m0uth5...............
FIAMBURGH FUNDS, OCT. 26.

Bills. Money.
106

Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent. ....
Ditto, 3% per Cent. .. • • ..........
Bank Shares •••••••• • • • • .• • •••••••• •••
Prussian 5 per Cent................ 10614
llamburgn Certificate.... 99
Anglo-Russian Loan • .. 105
Hamburgh, 3 per Cent .... . • ...• .. • • 87
Russian 4 per Cent.... • ..............
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co.
Ditto Stleglitz ........ ~........ 84%
Belgian Loan, 2% per Cent.... ........
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •• •• .. 72
Ditto, in lON. Shares .. ..... .. • •
Ditto, 5 per cent. ...... • • .......... 96%
Anglo-Swedish Loan
Ditto, Transport Loan „ „
Norwegian Loan, 1848 .. 99%
Spanish New 5 per Cent. ••••••• • • • • .• 9
Ditto, 3 per Cents. 25%
Ditto, „
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent..
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent...—.
Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• • • • • • • • •
National Bank Shares ..............
American, 6 per Cent. •
105%
RAILWAYS.

"lamb. Bergd. •• 97
Ditto, Priority Shares ... ........ 104
Berlin and Hamburg • • 793 i
Ditto, Priority Shares .• • • •• 98X
Cologne and hlinden .......... •• .• 9434
Ditto, Priority Shares ••
Magdeburg 1.• ••
•• ......... •. .. • 644
Altona and Kiel ..... •• •• ........ 963 i
Gluckstadt • •
Rendsburg .. • • ............
Hanseatic Steam Company ..........

110

EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
Ilamburgh, Oct. 29 ••..••• • . • . • • • 13 111.,
Ditto, Three months • • • •• .. 13 103(
Petersburgh, Oct 19, three months..
Bremen, Oct. 23, two months •• • 614

10534

104%
86%

99%

10”4

103%
79%
98%
94►%

63
9614

An extraordinary progress has been made in the
utterance of free thoughts. We no longer burn a man
because be differs from us in opinion. He may now
conscientiously entertain views which the majority regard
as heterodox, and still retain the use of his ears! It
was not so in the time of Henry VIII., Elizabeth,
Charles 1., and even more recent reigns. Then, any man
who gave utterance to opinions not strictly in accord-
ance with the views of the ruling powers, was liable to
be whipped at the cart's tail, to have his ears cut off, to
be set in the pillory and pelted with rotten eggs and
dead cats, to be branded in the forehead and both cheeks
with a hot iron, perl,aps finally to be thrown into a
dungeon for life. A man's hand is not now chopped off
because he ventures to write a hook or tract in which ho
questions the extent of royal prerogative; nor are grim
human heads any longer stuck on London bridge or
Temple-bar. Thank God I all such brutalities have
been banished for ever from this country: and though
sectarian and political feeling still runs strong, it dares
not now proceed to the frightful extremities that it was
allowed to do of old. Such a riot as that which occurred
at Birmingham about the end of last century, in which
the learned Dr. Priestley's library was burnt, is now,
happily, no longer possible.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
THE LATE ATTEMPTED PARRICIDE AT CHISWICK.
—Although Mr. Monkhouse, sen., still continues pro-
gressing towards convalescence, it is not considered that
ho will have attained sufficient strength to be able to
attend at the court to give his evidence in the case for
at least three weeks. The accused will therefore con-
tinue to be weekly remanded until that time.
DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF STRATHMORE.—We
have to announce the demise of the above venerable
Countess, who expired at liolirood Palace on Tuesday
last, in her 77th year