The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-19 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS

BRISTOL, JAN. 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues both firm and
active. Great Western, Quarters, were done at 2% dis.—
Bristol and Exeter (Old), 28 dis.—Caledonian, Preference,
% p.—York, Newcastle and Berwick, 281%.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market is firm and good
to-day, and prices are a point higher. The sales are—East
Lancashire, Quarters, s—Great Northern, 9/. 168. 3d. dis.—
Ditto (B Shares), 2 dis. —Great Western, 17/. Shares, 11,1 dis.
Kendal and Windermere, 101. Preference, 1% p.—Lancashire
and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Leeds), 1, ifths, 3 dis.—
Ditto, 10/. Preference, 1% p. ex int.—Ditto (Preston and
Wyre No. 1), Half Shares (A, No. 4), 5 p.—London and
North-Western, 1304—Ditto, New Quarters, 3/. 18s. 9d.—
Ditto, Quarters (C), 31/4 p.—Ditto (Leeds and Dewsbury),
421/2—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10/. Pre-
ference, 111/2—Ditto, 20/. Shares, 10 dis.—Midland Stock,
New Halves, 5/. 16s. 3d.—North Staffordshire, 2 dis.—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, 8 per cent. guaran-
teed for ten years, 918—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,
Thirds, 7/. 13s. 9d. ex int.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick
(Extension, .No. 1), c. p.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), %p.
MANCHESTER, JAN. 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are.. North Staffordshire,
2 dis. —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 41,4 dis.—
Leeds, Fifths, 3% dis.--Ditto, 'Preference, 1% p.—Great
Northern, 9% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 7
11-16 Clitheroe, No. 1, 6—Shrewsbury and Birmingham
(A), 5714—West Riding Union, 4% dis.—Manchester and
Birmingham, Quarters (C), 3 p.—Ditto (A and B), 3is p.—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, N —North Union, 146%--
Eastern Counties, Preference, 11,G p.—Sheffield, No. 2, 12%
—East Lancashire, New 45/4 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, SA.
BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following are the day's quota-
tions:—Birmingham, Wslyerhampton, and Stour Valley,
101,4—North Staffordshire, 58s. 91 dis.—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (A), 5L,1 dis. ex int.—Ditto (13), 3!. Bs. 9d. dis,
ex int.—Ditto, Preference, 1 p.—Shropshire Union, 2% dis.
ex int.—South Staffordshire, 3% dis.
YORK, JAN. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was
as follows :—Eastern Union, Class B (late I. and B.), 8%
—Great Northern, 9 ex int.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick
(Extension), No. 1, 20%—Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwicks),
20%—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 814.

GLASGOIY,-.Y. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Pre.
ference, 81. Bs.—Edinburgh and Northern, 11A —Glasgow,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1,5/. Gs.—llitto, No. 2,
51. Bs. —Great Northern, 81. 195.—Scottish Central, 26

MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.
A meeting of the justices of the county of Middlesex
cook place yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell.
The chairman, Henry Pownall, Esq., presided.
'The usual preliminary matters having been disposed
of, Mr. BENJAMIN HALL moved that a county rate of
one halfpenny in the pound, be made for the ensuing
quarter. This rate was estimated to realise the sum of
16,1541. 17s.
The report of the Visiting Justices of Hanwell Lunatic
Asylum, Coldbath-fields Prison, and of the Westminster
House of Correction were received and adopted.
The report of the House of Detention expressed the
conviction of the ,justices that the separate system, with
reference to untried and remanded prisoners, was the
best to which that class of prisoners could be subjected.
THE COUNTY RATE.—At the last quarter sessions a
committee was appointed to consider what means were
requisite in order to procure for the justices the power
of revising the estimated rental of any parish in the
county, and a report from that committee was now laid
before the Court. It will be remembered that the whole
of the county rental was some time ago raised, and the
assessment upon certain places was increased, upon
others it was decreased; but, in some instances, it was
satisfactorily shown to the magistrates that the rental had
been over-estimated. They had not, however, any power
to alter the assessment upon any individual parish with-
out undertaking the trouble and expense of a revision
of the whole county rental, and to devise means to ob-
viate this difficulty this committee was appointed. The
report was elaborately drawn up by Mr. Freshfield, the
chairman, and stated that there was no remedy in the
present state of the law but an entire re-assessment.
After some discussion it was resolved that a copy of
the report should be sent to the Secretary of State for
the Home Department, in the hope that some legislative
enactment might take place for the remedying of the
evil complained of; and that the report be also referred
back to the committee for the purpose of adopting what
measures they might deem necessary to carry into effect
the recommendations contained in the report.
THE PROPOSED NEW HOUSE OF CORRECTION.

Sir P. LAURIE requested that certain memorials which
had been sent in to the Court from various parishes and
districts in the county, protesting against the erection of
the proposed new House of Correction, might be read.
Mr. MAUDE, the deputy clerk of the peace, proceeded
to read the memorials. They were from the following
places :—The Strand Union, Poplar Union, St. Andrew
Holborn, St. George the Martyr, the Liberty of Saffron-
hill, Hatton-garden, and Ely-rents, St. James, Westmin-
ster, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Marylebone Vestry,
St. Pancras, Paddington, Brentford, and Hackney.
Capt. CARPENTER observed that these memorials were
couched in language the moat respectful, and it was in
his opinion the duty of the Court to pay the greatest pos-
sible deference and respect to the feelings expressed by
so large a portion of th• ratepayers. lie therefore
moved that the memorials be printed in exienso, and cir-
culated among the magistrates.
Mr. ARMSTRONG seconded the motion with very
great pleasure, for, if the memorials were printed and
circulated the sentiments of the ratepayers would
have on opportunity to be more fairly weighed and
considered than they would if merely read in Court.
When the monstrous presentment of the House of
Correction as a nuisance was first submitted to the Court.
he protested against it, and hoped that the rate-
payers would speak out. They had spoken out—
(Hear)—and in a way to which this Court was not used,
and he hoped that the presentation of those memorials
that day would lead to memorials from parishes and rate-
payers being treated with more respect in future than
being " ordered to lie on the table," as they had been ge-
nerally hitherto.-- (Hear.)
Several magistrates disapproved of the proposition for
the printing of the memorials; but ultimately the motion
was carried by a great majority.
Some routine business was then transacted, and the
Court adjourned till the next session.

FIRST LORD
howe ,
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that
tlith eAcDiamieffacAaLtuorsTel.earn Numberless
rumours were afloat during the pending negotiations be-
tween Lord John Russell and other members of the Go-
vernment, as to the cause of the delay in the appoint-
ment of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Some said
that Lord John was coquetting with Sir James Gra-
ham; some that he was determined to havehiLmo
sr
ed pinto
it
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again; and others whispered all sorts of thoirnpgos,strpeoansoint:
I able and unreasonable, as best suited their fancies. We
I understand,
Officthat the
the appointment lay in Sir F. T. Baring
regard for his
and that he
arose from his determination not to accept
were compelled to support the income-tax.
would forego the
happy
yther than lye
sabcerliifiecvee
e if he
this to be the truth, and feel ha
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concerned,
an
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Right Hon. Gentleman had so high a
character for consistency,
sweets of patronage and office
tparri nacsipslier
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N pleasureE PRESENT
Of seeing this weelca°Le.
question is to be, we hear, as
Guardian.
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tooled. The edges covers, and being beautifully
skill. The binder .saregilt and burnished with great
hear that some spec] Mr. Coote, of Hay-hill. We also
work of those for whimomenshoef Norwich manufacture, the
expresses so mach sympathy
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THE NAVY ESTIMATES FOR 1840.—1 t is under-
stood that these estimates, already in course of prepa-
ration for Parliament, will be on a considerably reduced
scale, so as to save a million on that branch of the pub-
lic expenditure, as compared with the last year.
We regret to notice in our obituary of this day the
death of the Dowager Mrs. Howard, of Corby Castle.
The lamented event took place at her house in Lower
Brook-street, on the evening of Tuesday last, the 16th
instant. Catherine Mary Howard, the kind and chari-
table lady lately deceased, was the second daughter of
the late Sir Richard Neave, Bart., of Dagnam Park,
Essex, widow of Henry Howard, &q., of Corby Castle,
and mother to the Hon. Mrs. P. Stourton„ the La
Petre, P. H. Howard, Esq., M.P. for Carlisle, and H. Fdy
.
Howard, Esq., Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at
Berlin. The loss of Mrs. Howard will be deeply felt,
not only by a wide circle of friends and relatives, but by
those who were termed the especial favourites of our •
Saviour—the poor and unfriended.
1 SOUTII AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY.—Yes-
terdsy, a numerous and influential meeting of proprietors
of this company, convened by circular, was held at No.
2, Jeffry-square, St. Mary-axe, for the purpose of as-
certaining their opinion as to the expediency of seeking
a junction with a kindred establishment, possessing great
capital, now in full operation in various parts of the
colony. The chair was taken by Robert Oakes, Esq.
A statement, addressed to the shareholders by Mr. Ed-
mund Chalmer and the Rev. Thomas Timpson, and the
reply of the directors, were read. The former gentle-
man urged that the proposed amalgamation, on the
terms offered, would be highly advantageous to both
eempanies, and more especially so to the South Austra•
lian Bank. The expenses of its London branch would be
saved by placing the management under one board of di-
rocturs.The directors, in their reply, denied that such would
be the result, and submitted to the proprietors the inexpe-
diency of countenancing attempts• which would prove
fruitless; the Court having taken legal opinion, and as-
certained that nothing short of an Act of Parliament
could legalise the proposed amalgamation. Mr. Angst:
denied the impracticability of the amalgamation, and
stated his belief that the acceptance of the offer would
be the immediate means of restoring the shares to their
original value, and eventually securing a handsome divi-
dend to the proprietors. In anticipation of the union,
the shares had risen from 13/. and 14/, to 191. and 20/.
The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Shaw (of
Halifax), Mr. Howett Watson, Mr. Mellon (of Wake-
field), Mr. Brewster, Mr. Cealmer, the Rev. Mr. Timp-
son, the Rev. Mr. Lawrie, and others, and resolutions in
accordance with Mr. Angas's views were unanimously
adopted. A requisition, calling upon the directors to
convene a general court of proprietors, on an early day,
to take the proposal into consideration, was signed by
every gentleman present. The proceedings, which lasted
nearly three hours, terminated in a vote of thanks to
the chairman.
CHINESE PRODUCE.—The importations from China
I are now of a much more varied character than they for-
merly were; and such articles, of comparatively novel
importation, appear to increase to a considerable and
important extent. The ship Diana, just arrived from
the British port of Hong Kong, has brought, in addition
to about 10,000 packages of tea, 44 boxes, two cases, and
70 other packages of china ware, 11 boxes of lacquered
ware, 108 cases of confectionary, 24 cases of preserves,
20 bundles of matting, and a variety of other articles, all
of Chinese produce.
SPRING CIRCUITS, 1849.—Western : Lord Den-
man and Mr. Justice Williams. Midland: Lord Chief
Justice Wilde and Mr. Justice Mettle. Norfolk: the
Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Baron Rolfe. Home: Mr.
Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Wightman. Northern:
Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Coleridge. Ox-
ford: Mr. Justice Coltman and Mr. Baron Platt.
Welsh: Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice E e-
Martha
MONKS OF LA TRAPPE.—The steamerkso_f the
Washington landed here yesterday
order of La Trappe, direct from France. They
3701:Ine;
days from,
arrived
in New Orleans after a voyage of ondlylmm
Havre on the ship Brunswick,
re-
shipped on the Martha Washington f
d of Bardstown,
' hbourhoo
men of superior
proceed from here to the neighbourhood and
Kentucky. edi a t e
They
proceed
locating am
where they possess 1,400 aCas,eosf gartoutinlad
t.
point. There
design
permanently
in their habits and - very Indus-
minds. They are strict
with
are six priests among them,
Of llentucky.
them a large quantity of
trious. They bringt evidently
intim . v
fa riet:oNf.......f
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flowers, gar-
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den seeds, trees,
utensils, and an
in the wilds f - - necessary t°
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establish a "e(.Lleoon.Yl9.
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LIFE Assoct
half-yearly
AAssurance of Lives
l court of the London Life Association for the
was held on
at
offices in King William-street. The
Air. Charles Franks. The audit
including a balance of 22,345/ „ chair was taken by
ors report showed, that
the half-year d;
eneing the 3 13s. Bd., the receipts for
Ist December last had
amounted to 264,379/ 3s. ld. On the other aid© the
account, it appeared tha •
t in the same period 38,9991. had
been paid in di' h
sc arge of claims on policies, 9,5651. 19s.
sd. had been invested.
in the purchase of policies,
70,541/. 14s. advanced on mortgage, in addition to
14,4451. upon policies of the association, whilst the re-
maining items of salaries, pensions, purchase of stock,
income-tax, Sse., left a balance in favour of the association
upon the half-year's transactions of 22,8671.45. 6d. The
income arising from the funded property and other
assets of the association on the 31st December last was
stated to be 95,767/. 19s. from annual dividends and in-
terest on mortgages, and 203,519/. 9,4. 3d. from 4,730
existing policies; total, 299,287/. Bs. 3d. The accounts
having been unanimously passed, the proceedings ter-
minated.
MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 10 per milli', which, at the English !hint price of
3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.40; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 25.37. it follows that gold is 0.10 per
cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at
the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 103-d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.101.; and the
short being 13 10
exchange at Ham burgh on London at . L
it follows that gold is 0.06 per cent. dearer in Ham_
burgh than in London.
CHAPS.—" A young lady" writes to know how she
is to avoid chapped hands during the cold weather. We
hardly know. If she attracts the chaps by her syes.
she must expect some difficulty in getting themorw
handy,