The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-28 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1849.

Mr. MACAULAY has, according to his own acknow-
ledgment, permanently sunk the debater in the an-
nalist. Ile has forsaken the labours of administra-
tion for the toils of Literature. He has forgotten the
statesmanship of the senator in the statesmanship of
the historian. Addressing himself to the Lord Pro-
vost of Glasgow, on Friday last, in the presence
of four thousand citizens, the Right Honourable
Author made this brief but solemn declaration :
"My political life, my Lord, has closed." While the
tones of that announcement are yet resounding over
the land, echoed by the organs of public opinion from
city to city, and from town to town, throughout the
United Kingdom—before the BERANGER of Roman
Antiquity has closed his portals for ever against the
voice of the journalist—before the TRUCYDIDES of
England has retired for ever into the seclusion of his
library—we would, with all the earnestness of grati-
tude, bid him farewell as a Politician, and with the
fervour of admiration utter our God speed to him as
an Historian.

During the whole of Mr. 111AcAVLAY'S career as a
Member of Parliament he has preserved a consis-
tency such as must afford him an exquisite gratifica-
tion in the retrospect, and such as must always entitle
him to the respectful recollection of his countrymen.
lle has retained the natural serenity of his judgment
in the midst of the turmoils of party warfare. With
that eclectic appreciation of temperament which con-
tutes the amulet of the biographer, he has conipre-
llended and even eulogized the variable sympathies
erd 'vacillating allegiance of the astute and accom-
plished HALIFAX, without possessing himself any
of resemblance whatever to that illustrious
Trimmer, beyond the moral and intellectual charac-
.c.ristics of his eloquence and his generosity. Whatever
r,rty have been his conduct in other particulars, Mr.
':ACAULAY has at least the merit of remaining
tale to that standard under the shadow of which he
I.:r3t took part in the political conflicts at Westmin-
His ambition, no doubt, was immense,
,for it
M as the ambition of performing great services for his
country—but his consistency has been as conspicuous
as his ambition. To have participated in any manner
in the glorious efforts which resulted in the reform
of Parliament would have satisfied that ambition.
Tohave persevered in:the maintenance of the principles
ilrom 'which the memorable Act of 1832, had ema-
-1
-,ted Would have proclaimed that consistency. The
Ingrish Historian is fortunate to have shared in the
exertions of the one, and to have passed through the
ortlal of the other, unsullied by the brand-mark of le-
ilative tergiv.r,ation, lle has enabled himself to look
without a blush over those years w hich are now
dim but ennobling atmo-
needing rapidly into the
!There of the Past. " My political life, m Lord,
has Closed. " How few men can articulate' those
wov.ds without experiencing at least some sensation
O regret ! How many on pronouncing them would
realise the emotions of remorse ! It is seldom
granted to a statesman to announce the period of
his withdrawal from the arena of the Legislature
without some compunctious sentiments adding poig-
nancy to the sorrowful knowledge of his retirement.
It is the happy destiny of Mr. MacauLAY to make
that announcement, 'not only without that shame
fur the time which has already elapsed, but

also without those melancholy and depressing
reflections as to the future. He can gaze
back without self, condemnation and onwards
without, repining. Vol. in the past he can
recognise nothing in public life but what is ho-
nourable, and in the future he can see lengthening
before him the perspective of many imperishable suc-
cesses. "My political life is closed." Whenever
the time arrives in which a senator finds himself
compelled to make that declaration—a declaration
tantamount, as far as politics are concerned, to the
announcement of his demise—there must, under or-
dinary circumstances, be a profound revulsion in the
feelings of the speaker. And none can have the
temerity to anticipate death in the scenes rendered
venerable by their protracted efforts of oratory,
in scenes radiant with the associations of their
legislative or administrative abilities—a death like
that which struck down QUINCEY ADAMS in the midst
of the representatives of Congress, or like that which
descended upon the great CRATIIAM when sur-
rounded by the hereditary legislators of England.
But it is a prerogative, the peculiar and almost unpa-
ralleled prerogative of Mr. MAcAunxv, to speak thus,
after the acknowledgment that his political life has
closed :—" I will not willingly believe that in ceasing
to be a politician, I have given up the power of ren-
dering service to my country, for I hope may still
be in my power to teach lessons of profit to those who
remain on the busy stage that I have left, to repre-
sent the merits, the faults, and the affections of other
times, and teach a common lesson of charity to all."
Sincere and profound as our regret may have been on
hearing the rumour which had been long prevalent
confirmed by the lips of the Right Hon. Statesman
himself, we must avow at once that in listening to the
remarks which followed that declaration we not only
have no cause for lamentation, but every reason to
rejoice at the occurrence. The people, it is true, have
lost a legislator, but they have gained an historian.
Inasmuch as Mr. Ma.canLiky never degenerated
from a popular representative into a political partizan
on entering upon the duties of a Cabinet Minister,
we are sanguine that he will not allow any predilec-
tions or prejudices to distort the serene and symmetri-
cal opinions of his j udg talent now that he has deliberately
taken upon himself the awful responsibilities of an
annalist. When he became Secretary-at-War in the
Government of MELBOURNE, and Paymaster of the
Forces in the Government of RUSSELL, he did not
forego the honour of his rank as an independent
legislator, pledged to the support of the interests of
the population, irrespective of party or of faction.
Now that be has undertaken to record the progress
of national events under the House of the last of the
STUARTS, and subsequently under the House of the
first of the BRUNSWICKS, we shall look—and we
believe not in vain—for the same impassable
isolation from partialities, for the same im-
perturbable and passionless decorum of opinion,
for the same severe and inexorable equili-
brium of judgment. " I believe I can judge as im-
partially of my own career," said the orator, " as of
the career of another man." Regarding the Right
Hon. Gentleman's view upon this point as unexag-
gerated—he has attained that knowledge which
SOCRATES regarded as the acme of human wisdom, he
has realised that keenness of intellectual vision which
was the aspiration of the classic philosopher, he has
obeyed that mandate-7e:4,6s 0-E,aveay—which was
the despair of PLATO. Encouraged by the manly
plaudits of his fellow-citizens, and aided by that light
from within which is seldom granted to humanity,
Mr. MACAULAY may advance courageously upon the
steep and difficult pathway upon which he has adven-
tured. That he has sometimes, as he himself has
touchingly confessed, "almost felt himself ready to
sink " under the weight of his laborious and onerous
pursuits, cannot be surprising to any one who has
duly conned those two erudite and ponderous vo-
lumes which form merely an instalment of his great
History. That even his robust and masculine capa-
cities have at times yieldeEl to the pressure of per-
petual and discursive research—a research extending
through almost every department of literature—can-
not be matter of astonishment to those who have pro-
perly estimated the bulk and variety of his authories.
Yet the more herculean the strength required in his
illustrious enterprise the more glory will result to
him when that day has arrived which shall witness its
successful completion.
In taking our respectful leave of Mr. MACAULAY as
a politician we would therefore, for these reasons,
again and again, with simplicity and cordiality, bid
him God-speed in his extraordinary undertaking as an
annalist.

There is, at length, some hope for Ireland. Minis-
ters have, it appears, even at the eleventh hour,
decided on abandoning the "laissez fire" policy, and
stimulating the national industry. By so doing, they
may in some degree infringe upon the strict rules of
political economy, and, consequently, incur the cen-
sure of those whom Mr. RIGIiY WasoN has designated
as "one-eyed men"; but they will avert a fearful
quantity of misery and suffering from our Irish
brethren, and will save the Imperial Exchequer from
many urgent demands, which could not possibly be
disregarded or refused. It is only to be regretted
that the Government remained so long apathetic, that
years should have been suffered to elapse before the
adoption of adequate remedial measures to enable the
nation to sustain the new burden imposed upon it by
the enactment of a comprehensive poor-law. It was,
undoubtedly, right that the poverty of the country
should have a legal claim upon its property—that
human beings should not be suffered to perish of
starvation in a Christian land. There can, therefore,
be no second opinion as to the propriety and justice
of the law that was so tardily introduced ; but
means should at the same time have been adopted
to sustain those who were incapable of meeting the
new demands upon their scanty and inadequate re-
sources. Even. England, with all its capital and
commercial activity, and with three centuries' ex-
perience of the working of the law, has at times
found the task almost beyond its gigantic powers.
In some few instances, lands were suffered to remain
uncultivated, owing to the pressure of the poor-rates.
What, then, could have been hoped for in Ireland ?
The landed proprietors of the country were
already ground down with the embarrassments
and incumbrances by which they were affected ;
they could scarcely provide for the heavy claims to
which they were previously liable. A new demand
of even less magnitude than the poor-rates would
have been sufficient, even in ordinary seasons, to
paralyse their exertions, and prevent them from
affording any employment to the wretched inhabi-
tants. A great and sudden change, however bene-
ficial it may ultimately prove, must, generally speak-
ing, be attended by a vast quantity of individual
suffering. In Ireland nothing, practically nothing,
was done to break the fall, or to sustain the failing
strength of the strugglers. The line of policy
adopted was, that no aid should be given until the
proprietors and occupiers of lands were completely
crushed and rendered incapable of affording any
assistance ; and then sums were advanced as gifts,
without any prospect of a return or of permanently
ameliorating the condition of the people, which, if
judiciously applied by
way of loans, in the first
instance, would have averted the crisis, and enabled
the people to have maintained their position, and
ultimately to have repaid, with thanks and gratitude,
the aid afforded in the hour of distress. This
wise and statesmanlike conduct was, however,
eschewed. Principles, sound enough under
ordinary and common circumstances, but deeply
injurious in exceptional cases, were clung to
with a desperate fidelity. The " wise saws" of poli-
tical economy were looked upon as sacred as the com-
mands of the DEITY, whichcould not be violated or in
any degree infringed upon. It was not desirable that
Government should interfere in matters which pro-
perly belonged to private enterprise. Private en-
terprise (!) alas!! where was it in unhappy Ireland?
Nothing therefore was done, and the nation was
daily sinking into the extremity of distress from the
abuse and perversion of principles, sound in them-
selves, but very unsuited to the state and condition
of the country.
The account of the interview, however, which took
place yesterday between the First Lord of the
Treasury, the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a deputa-
tion
of Irish Members of both Houses of Parliament,
will be received with the utmost satisfaction through-
out the entire country. Various applications had
previously been made for assistance to important lines

of railway in course of construction. The admirable
suggestions of the Honourable Member for Tewkes-
bury, who followed up with the utmost ability the
project originated by the late Mr. DRUMMOND--
whose early and lamented death was indied a na-
tioe.ul loss—were urged upon the Government with
the most determined energy, and unceasing per-
severance. Nothing, however, was done, no satis•
factory answer could be obtained. Sir CHARLES
WOOD relied on the exhausted state of the Exchequer
as a sufficient answer, while the Premier was still
tormented by lingering doubts as to the expediency
of any departure from the strict rules of political
economy. Those doubts and difficulties have, how-
ever, been at last disposed of. The illustrious
Nobleman, who has so ably filled the Viceroyalty of
Ireland, arrived to receive at the hands of his SOVE-
REIGN, one, and we trust only one of the rewards of his
distinguished merit. His Excellency's plain but for-
cible representations of the state and condition of Ire-
land could no longer be disregarded. A deputation
of Irish Members again waited upon the Premier and
the Minister of Finances to apply for national assist-
ance to the development of Irish industry. They re-
quired no gift, all they sought was that a Govern-
ment guarantee might be given for the repayment of
a moderate rate of interest to capitalists who might
advance money for the construction of rail-
ways in Ireland, or that a direct outlay
of public money should be made when the
lines had been partly constructed, and a considerable
outlay had already taken place from the private funds
of the companies. Their reception was, however,
very different from what it had been on any previous
occasion. The Earl of CLARENDON was, as we have
already stated, in attendance, and, in place of receiv-
ing a cold negative, with, perhaps, an expression of
regret at being compelled to refuse the application,
more was conceded than had even been asked
for. Lord JOHN RUSSELL announced not only
" that it was the intention of Government to
lay before Parliament a plan, which was
not as yet fully developed, to promote the completion
of the main trunk of railway, extending to the
Western district; and that the railway known as the
Midland Great Western would occupy the first atten-
tion of the Government, with a view to carry it out ;"
but he also added, " that there were two other ob-
jects which had engrossed the attention of Govern-
ment, as equal in importance to railways, and which,
with a view to the relief of the present distress, they
were disposed to prosecute. He alluded to the
deepening of rivers and watercourses, com-
monly known as arterial drainage; and for
the second, the extension of the loans
for land improvement." It is proposed to apply to
Parliament to vote a further sum to meet the nume-
rous applications which could not be acceded
to out of the funds already at the disposal of the
Board of Works. This is, indeed, as it should be.
The views which we long since inculcated, which we
have impressed upon the Government and the Parlia •
ment, ever since the mysterious visitation that
deprived the Irish people of their chief
article of food, have been adopted although
tardily. If the national industry be now
duly developed ; if the soil be properly drained
and cultivated ; if the waste lands be re-
claimed, the fisheries promoted, and an extensive line
of railway communication opened up—lreland will
speedily become prosperous and contented, the right
arm and unfailing support of England, in place of
being the chief difficulty of its Ministers.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Vice ChancellorVicasm.)

BAGSHAWE V. THE EASTERN UNION RAILWAY COMPANY.

His HONOUR delivered judgment in this case this
morning. The material question was, whether the
Eastern Union Railway Company, which, under several
Acts of Parliament, had been amalgamated with the
Hadleigh Junction Railway Company and the Harwich
Railway and Pier Company, were charged, under the
terms of the amalgamation, with the construction of a
branch line from Mannington to Harwich, which had
been contemplated by one of the minor companies pre-
viou3 to the amalgamation; and also with the completion
of a line from Bury St. Edmund's to Norwich. Two
several sums of 200,0001. and 100,000/. had been sub-
scribed in the aggregate by the several companies for
the carrying on their respective works. The plain-
tiff's bi.l set out that the 200,0001. was appro-
priated to one specific purpose, and the 100,0001.
was applicable to another specific purpose, and
that the defendants had no right to apply that fund
to the construction of the Norwich line, which was a
line authorised to be constructed under a separate Act of
Parliament. The bill prayed that the defendants might
be restrained from constructing the line to Norwich with
that fund.

His HONOUR would give no opinion whether the
general capital should be applied to the construction of
the railway to Norwich; but with respect to the 100,0001.
raised under the Hadleigh Act, he thought the plaintiff
in this case had shown that the directors had misapplied
that sum, and were still misapplying it, in appropriating
it to the completion of the line to Norwich. Upon the
merits, therefore, he thought the demurrer must be over-
ruled.

(Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
IN RE TOMLINSON.

This was a petition presented on the part of a Mrs.
Tomlinson, the wife of a wine•merchant in Dublin, from
whom she was living separate, prayinc, that she might be
permitted to rk tain the custody of her only child, now
about two years old, of a weakly constitution, being un-
able to walk or talk, of which child the husband sought
to deprive her. The case was part heard a few days
ago, when the circumstances were fully reported in
our paper.

Tile-arguments of counsel had not concluded when our
report left.

SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
WOOD V. J. o'cownEa.
This was an action to recover the sum of 12L ss. for
rent, &c., of premises in St. John's Wood-terrace.
The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, but
did not appear to support the plea.
Evidence was then adduced to show that 101. was a
balance du: on the rent, and 21.55. for taxes left unpaid
by defendant.
A verdict was given for the amount.

Mbitton
NORTHAMPTON RACES.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

The Althorp Stakes.

Officious ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Cadger ... ... ... ... ... ... 2
The Cup.

Priestess
Pity the Blind

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARCH 28. —Wind at noon N.N.E., light
breeze and cloudy.
LONGHOPE, MARCH 22.—51 d., Tasso, New York;
Jemima, St. John's; Alfred, St. John's; William Daw-
son, St. John's; Alexander, Davis's Straits; Horn,
Davis's Straits; legalia, Davis's Straits.
LIMERICK, MARCH 26.—Wind N.—Sid., Triumph,
New York.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd.,
Queen, Hatton, China, and proceeded for London; Nep-
tune, Toubuy, Bahia for Harnburgb. Sld., H. M.
steamer Stromboli, to relieve the homeward bound.
DEAL, MARCH 27.—Wind N. to E.S.E.—Arrd.,
Juliet, Watson, Shanghai; Panama, Watts, Penang;
Borneo, Cunningham, Calcutta; Duchess of Buccletiob,
Collier, Calcutta; Louisa Baillie, Roxby, Calcutta;
Euphrates, Munro, Moulmein; Constantine, Barrow,
Mauritius; Helen Mary, Legg, Mauritus. Arrd. from
the River and sld., Larpent Gibson, Port Philip; Vicar
of Bray, Duggin, Valparaiso; John Bull, Duffin,
Montreal. A large quantity of wreck, consisting
of knight heads, covering boards, a mast (sup-
posed to be the mainmast of a schooner), cases of wine
and spirits, glass. and other articles, have been fallen in
with to-day in the Prince's Channel, supposed to belong
to some vessel recently wrecked in the vicinity of Long
Sand. A mutilated figure-head of a vessel painted white,
apparently a " Hercules,' was wrecked on shore near
No. 2 Battery, on 23d inst.
CHATHAM, MARCH 27.—Sid. Token, New Orleans.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 27.—Wind S.S.E.-2 6, Arrd.
Abbots, Reading; Johnstone, Islay. 27, Surat, Graham,
Calcutta, left St. Helena 27th January; Ada, Watson,
Savannah. 26, Sld. Hope, Jamaica; 27, Orpheus, Bom-
bay; Fairfax, Africa; George Glen, Para; Richard An-
derson, Baltimore; Herman, ditto; Elizabeth Bentley,
Staten Island; Blanchard, New York; Robert, Boston.
Off port-27, Osmanli steam tn., Constantinople.
Quebec.
portion of foreign
.
LMAANRCGAASTTEE,R— MASRId. Marys,27.—A
cH
smai
al
vessel, and sundry packages of goods, have been brought
in here,
S pddiStt.Eo.
HARTLEPOOL, S.E.—Sld. 26th, Ann
Elizau ,SHIELDS,
Jane,MARCH
Qa
Quebec; Lune, inZdancri 26.—Wind E.—Sid. lloratio,
e
Miramichi; Niger, Quebec.

Her Majesty's Drawing-room to•morrow will
commence at two o'clock. As previously announced, the
mourning for the late King of Holland will be dispensed
with on the occasion.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby leave
town to-day for Paris, having come over to London ex-
pressly to attend the funeral of the late Counteta of
Aittlame, his Lotaship'a mother.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER 70 THREE.

There was very little drying in Cotton at Liverpon
yesterday, awl price,,, althoug (puited lower, htiv,
rather a declining tendency. Sales 4,000 bates.— Rail
way Shares were greatly (I,:presse.:7. and prices in al
cases lower.

Toe accounts reccivod to-day from the Continent aro
rather satisfactory again iu respect to political affairs,
although doubt continues to be thrown upon the Danish
armistice. One would suppose that the Prussian Consul
would scarcely intimate, as he did officially five days
since for the information of the shipping interest, that
the armistice will be prolonged, if it were not so. Un-
doubtedly, however, people's hopes and fears are much
excited. The Italian accounts are satisfactory, and it
is said that France has again proffered its mediatory
offices to Charles Albert.

Cape of Good Hope papers to the 25th of January
state that the colony was in a favourable position, and
that there was nothing new from the frontier.
The Corn Market is exceedingly heavy again to-day,
the arrivals of foreign being very large.
By reference to returns of the consumption of many
principal articles of food, we find an increase on the
whale, and this, in turn, may be expected to act favourably
on the revenue.

The Dee steamer is still atxiously expected. She is
over due, and Fifties having freight on board are in-
clined to offer higher terms for insurance, although no
particular anxiety is felr.

The Funds are very steady but quiet. Consols, 914- to
for Transfer, and 91k h for Account. Exchequer. bills
363, to 395., and India Bonds 503. Bank Stock for Ac-
count is at 194.

The Foreign Market is likewise extremely
passive. Mexican Bonds realise 31 to 31k. Bra-
zilian are 82. Peruvian are rather lower, being
63 to 67. Dutch Two-and-a-Tlalf per Cents have
been at 49i, and since at 48i to 49.
The Share Market is extremely heavy again, and
prices are generally lower. The Eastern Counties con-
tinue gradually to sink, but the other lines are equally
heavy. There seems to be a larger delivery of shares
than was expected upon the settlement.
oNE
'RI:- Es OF ~KITISII ?UNDS. O'CLOCK.
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9ll/i%
New 5 per Cent. Annuities 1194
Law Anna. to expire J an. IMO
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 $ 11-16
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001. .. ......
Bank Stock for Account, 1984
Consols for Account
7. .xclie q u e r Bills. 11,4 d. & 2d.
1,0001. March ... 35 39 p
1,0001. June 36 39 p
5001. Maick
500/. June
Small, March
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE
O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent —
Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849 B7 p 7 p
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. —
Ditto Deferred —3%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 3l 31%14% 303 k
Ditto, Account 3ll/2 303/4
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 65 65
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent. ---
Ditto, Account —••-
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account —
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent —
Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
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CLOSIN
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1634
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Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 4914 4834 49 49
Ditto, 4 Dar Cent. Certificates 78% 78%
AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
vAILWAY SHARES.
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
therdeen ... 50 ...... 1634 17 16%... 16
PAID.

Do. Preference
Caledonian
Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 ...
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 12%%
Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ...... 55%
eat Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18
Do., 3/. 10s.
Eastern Comities—
Ditto, Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1 6L 13s. 4d.... 1/4 p.
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... 19% % .....
East Lancashire
Last Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..„.. 42 ........ ...
Ditto,_ Half Shares ... 20 .. ..
Great Northern
Do., :',',2 A Deferred
Do., 1/2 B 6 per Cent... 7% . —
4reat South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England 100 ..„..
Great Western 100
Ditto, % Shares 5O
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths ... 20
Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 12%... 12%
1 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 99 . ...
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... -- ... ...
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 .....
Do. Fifths... ....... ..... 10
Do. New, Gua. 6 ner ct. 10
Do. (W. Riding Union) 9..
Leeds and Bradford
London, Brighton, and
South Coast
Do. Pref. 5 per cent.... 50 .. ... 511/2
London and N. Western 100..... 132 132% 131%... 1311,e
Ditto, New Quarters.. 7
.. 11
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire...100
Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10
Midland ...... ........ ...100 ...... 76% 76 77 77
Do., do., SO/. Shares,.. 25 ... .. 16 153/4 Si
North British ........ ... 25 ...... ex.div — x.i
Ditto, Thirds ........ 814 .. .. 4f4....
North Staffordshire ...... 171/2 l4 13%
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ...... 50
23%34 .. 2034
Royston and Hitchin ... 3 2...,,.. 31/4 Ts 3%
South Eastern
Do., Scrip No 4 ...... 10
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole ...... 6
tiork, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... ... ........ 25 ..... 2314 ...
Do. Original New ant
Berwick .. 25 ...... 231412%%......... 23%
Do. Newcastle E itten. 20
Do. U.N. E.Preference 8 .... 6th
--id North Midland --

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York and Nort 50 ..... 45
Ditfe, Preference ...... 10
Lo. East and West Rid- 81,4%
ing Extension . ..... 25
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
East Indian 3ll ......« ••••.
‘
Luxembourg ' *se •••
Ditto ....... lO ...... _ ... •••
2
Namur and Liege
13 . 105'3.
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux
Paris and Rouen ... 2O ...... 20%
Paris and Strasbourg ... 10
... ......
Rouen and Havre ..... . 20 10%
Sambre and Meuse 2O ... ,
Tours and Nantes 9 ...... ......... ..... 2 4
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London & Westminster. 20

44
8%

MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY )

CORN EXCHANGE—W EDNESDAY.
The total quantity of English Wheat received up to our
market since Saturday evening, has been only 420 quar-
ters, in somewhat improved condition. The show of
samples to-day was small in the extreme; yet, owing to
the pressure of foreign qualities, the demand for all kinds
of Wheat of home produce was heavy, at almost nominal
currencies. The imports of foreign Wheat since Satur-
day evening have been 15,430 quarters, chiefly from the
continent. Selected samples were mostly held at full
prices, but all other kinds ruled heavy, at barely late
rates. Upwards of 12,000 quarters of Barley have come
in from abroad. This large addition to our supply
produced considerable heaviness in the Barley trade,
and prices were with difficulty supported.
Malt, the supply of which was small, moved off slowly,
at unaltered quotations. An immense influx of fureigu
Oats has taken place this week, the total quantity being
48,830 quarters; but from Ireland no supply has reached
us. Most kinds of Oats were the turn lower. Beans,
Peas, and all other articles were neglected.
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
I Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I
420 qrs. I 1,140 qrs. 1 530 qrs.

Flour.
6lOsk.

English •...
Scotch ......

Trish. ..

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)2,850 I 48,830

Foreign ...... J 15,430
Malt. 4,830 2,830 qrs.
BOROUGH HOP MARKET.
Colory samples of Hops are in steady request, at very
full prices. The middling and inferior kinds more off
slowly, at barely late rates. The supply on offer is by
no means large. Sussex pockets, 214 s to 31; Weald of
Kent ditto, 21 12s to 31 83; Mid and East Kent ditto,
31 36 to 61 10; per cwt.
VIIIITECHAPE;..
Our market to-day was fairly supplied with each kind
of meat, the demand for which ruled steady on the fol-
lowing terms:—Beef from 25 2d to 31 4d; Mutton, 2s
8d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 26 10d
to 4s per Sibs." by the carcase.

COURSE OF
Amsterdam .......... 12 2
Ditto, at sight .• 12
Boat rdarn .... • • 12 2%
Antwerp. ..... 25 70
Hamburgh .. •• • • /CB. 13 12
Aitona......Paris, 3 days'siglat 25 31
'Ditto, 3 months 25 50
tifqrseilles 25 50
80urdeaux......... . 25 55
Frankfort on Maine.... 1214
Petersburgh, Sit. Rble.. 304
Berlin.. ~ „ „
Vienna, effec. tie...... 11 40
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 40
Madrid .... • • ........ 49
Cadiz .. ........ 50
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larcelona •• •• • • --•
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Seville •• —•-

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