The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-12 00:00:00

DIORNING SIT Ny MARCH 12, 1847.

LECTURES on DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY during LENT, at the
ROY AL POLYTECHNIC IN STITU FION,
by Dr. BACIIHOFFNER, on the Mornings and Evenings
f Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with Illustrations, in
which the latest discoveries are included, accompanied with new
and appropriate. Music, by Or. Wallis. Lectures on ARMSTRONG'S
HYDRO.ELIXTRIC MACHINE on the alternate Mornings and
Evenings, Chemical Lectures. The Owical Effects include the last
beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experinients with the DIVER
and DIVING-BELL, &c., &c.
Admission is. Scheols,halfprice.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Kasen 10.
STOCK, Exenenos.—The sales are —Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos-
ton, and Eastern Junction, dla.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, Gs. 3d. p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8% p.—
Dundee and Perth, 14% p.—East Lancashire (late Blackburn an
Preston), 1% p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 4% p.—East Lincolnshire, 2%
p.—Fleetwood. Preston, and West Riding, % p. —Great Northein
(Nos. 1 to 103,000), ls. 3d. dis.— Hu ldersdeld Canal, and Ball-
way, 32—Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.—Ditto, New, dis.—Ditto,
Preference, 1% p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 335. 9d. p.—
London and North-Western, 130 ex div.—Ditto, Quarters, I", P.
—Manchester and Leeds Fifths, 5% p.—Ditto (late West Riding
Union), 335. 9d. p.—Manchester and Southampton, %
215.31.
Midland Stock, 118—Ditto, 401. Shares, 4N p.-1)Itto, New, 3% P.
—North Union (A), 215 ex div.—Preston and Wyre, halves (B),
% P.—Scottish Central, p. —Shrewssbury and Chester (late
dia.—
N.W.M.) N ew, p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 134
dls.—Ditto, and Chester. New, par—Shrewsbury and Birmingham,
91. 12s. 3d. Shares (Ji), % P.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, •,,4
p. South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, par—Dutch Rhenish,
535. 9d. dia.—Jamaica, 35. _ _

MANCHESTER, MARCH 10.
STocit Exczatioe.—The sales are-13irminsham and Oxford
Junction, 8 15-16—Buckinghamshire, 1,5 c. —East Lancashire, New,
11,5—Ditto, New (scrip), 1%--Pleetwood, Preston, and West Riding
Junction, 7-16—Great Northern (London and York), Registered, 1-16
c. dis.— Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3 9-16 p.
—Leeds and Thirak, 8 —Leeds and Dewsbury, New Branches scrip
(blue), 3k—Ditto, Old Extension Scrip (pink), N--London and
North-Western, 180—Ditto (Manchester and Birmingham), Quar-
ters (A), 6% —Ditto, ditto (C), 6 5-16 —Manchester and Leeds, 32).
Shares (late Extension), 2 13-16—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire (Grimsby, 121. 10s. Shares), I—North Staffordshire, 3 1-16
—Oldham Alliance, % Preston and Wyre, 34% —Ditto, Halves (A),
4 1-16—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), I—Shrepshire Union, 7,4
—South-Eastern and Dover, 37 % —Ditto, No. 4, 9-16—West Riding
Union, 55 —Wharfdale, par.
LEEDS, 11.4.acrt 10.
&mat Exchatm...—The sales ia4—East Lancashire, New, 155 p.
—Ditto, New (scrip), 265. 6d. p. East and West Yorkshire, lie.
p.—Great Northern (late London and York), par—Leeds and Thirsk,
135 dis.—Ditto, New, 7s. 6d. dis.— Ditto, Preference, 295. 6d. p.—
Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds,
321 Shares (late Extensions), 2-4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), b dis. —Ditto, ditto, Quarters,
218. dis.—North British, Thirds, 475. p.—Ditto, Extensions (scrip),
its. p. —Nort hcrn Counties Union, 305. 6d. dis.—North-Western, Is.
p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( ~), is. 6d. p. West Riding
Uniou. 345. p..—Wharfdale Junction, is. p.—York and Newcastle,
Preference, p.

HULL, Macs 10.

_ .
Broca EXCHANGE.--The sales are—North British, Extens'on
(scrip), I Is. 3d. p.—North-Western, 4s. p.—Newcastle and Berwick,
New, 31. 17s.—Brighton, Fifteenths, 4s. p.
eIIEFFIELD. MAIM 10.

STOCK EXCIANGE.-ine sates are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, dis.-Leeds and Think, 1% dia.-Manchester and Lin-
Coln Union, 11. Os. 6d.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
(Grimsby and Sheffield), 201. Shares, 1)4 dis.-Ditto, 12/. 105. Shares,
11. dia.-North Staffordshire, 3 p.-West Riding Union, 11. 115.
Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid-land, 12s. die.
ED IN B UR° tl , Mazes 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, 281. IN.-Airdrie
and Bathgate, 31. 18s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, USE Shares,
151.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. .-Caledonian, 261. 10s.-Ditto, New;
21. 85. 6d. -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 21. 95.-Clydesdale Junc-
tion, 39/. 55.-Deeside, 31 55.-Direct Northern, 21. 125.-Dun-
blane, Doune, and Callender, 11. -
Ditto.de and Arbroath, 43/.
53.___Ditto, New, o. 1, 301.- New, No. 2, 301.- Ditto,
New. No. 3, 51.-Dundee and Perth, 341.-Ditte, New Shares, 22/.
gow, 771. lbs.-Ditto,
-East of Fife, 31. 35.-East Lothian Central, 21. 1 ls.-Edinburgh
and Bathgate,
Half Shares, 20/. - Ditto, Quarter Shares, 191.-Edinburgh, Leitb,
51. 155.--Edlnburgh and Glas
and Granton, 20/. 54.-1)1110, Preference, 211.-Ditte, New, 3/. 35.
-Ditto, Quarters, 16s. 3d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 161. 7s. 6d.
-Ditto, New Shares, 31. 195.-Ditte, Newport, 51. 16s. 6d.-Ditto
ditto, New, 21. Ws. 6d.-Edinburghand Perth (Old), IL 18a.- Ditto,
(New), 31.-Ditto, Halves. 31.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 651. -
Ditto, New Stoca, - Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 61. IN.-Ditto, ditto,
No. 2,8/. 155.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 161. IN.-Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle. 6/. Is. 6cL-Glasgow and
•Gamkirk,
.391.-Glas-
gow General Terminus, 121. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.
-DION Halves, W.-Ditto, Preference, 81. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmar-
nock, and Ardrossan, 6/. N.-Great North of England, 233/. 108.
-Great North of Scotland, 21. 16..-London and York, 31. 12s. 6d.
-Ditto, Extensions Writ)), 21. N.-Manchester and Leeds', 1101.
10s.-Ditto, Sixteenths, 81. 55.-
North and Berwick, 331. 55.-
North British, 351.-Ditto, Halves, 161. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/.
45.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 11. 65. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 31. 10s.
6d.--Ditto, Fifths, 71.-Scottisu Central, 231. 7s. 6d.-Scottish
Grand Junction, 11. 7s. 6d.- Scottish Midland, 251. 10s. - Shrews-
bury and Hereford, 11. 125. 6d.-Shrevrsbury, Oswestry, and Chester,
81. 45.-Ditto, New, 11. 2s. 6d -Stirling and Dunfermline, at, 15s.
-Stiring and Midland, 21. 95.-Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 15s.
ex div.-York and Iffewcastle, 36/. 10s. ex new-Ditto, New, 111.
lbs.-, Ditto, Preference, Si. 17s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras,
311- 9d.-East Indian, 7s. 6d•-Great North of India, Es.-Great
Southern of Madras, NGLASGOW, .-Madras, Nellore, an
9. d Arcot, 2s.
3Liscia
STOCI Exclumas. -The sales are--Ayr and Galloway, 435.-
Caledonian, New, 465. 6d.- Direct Northern (scrip), 495.-East Lo-
thian Central, 505.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 605.-Ditto,
Halves, 235.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 641.-Ditto, Halves,
No. 2, 8%-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/. 195.-Clasgow,
Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 61. N.-Manchester and Southampton,
175.-North British, Thirds, 70s. -Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 265.
-Scottish Central, 22% -Stirlingshire and Midland Junction, 475.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PoitimotrrH, Ma.nar 10.—The Earl of Auckland, First
Lord of the Admiralty; the Earl of Minto, Lord Privy Seal ;
Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in-Chief; Captain Milne,
of the St. Vincent ; and Flag-Lieutenant Collier, after visit-
ing the Rattler a' eam-sloop yesterday afternoon, and inspect-
ing the accommodations made for Lord Howden and suite,
visited the dock in which the Sphynx is being examined,
where the state of the vessel was explained by the dockyard
officers. From the Sphynx their Lordships and party, went
ott beard the Sldettittouseigetgase,,C4q.t.in Henderson. in the
basin, with steam up. Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier,
hI.P., received their Lordships on board, and. with the aid of
Mr. Murray, chief engineer of this establishment, and Mr.
Seaward, a member of the firm who constructed the engine-,
explained the alterations the vessel
toadsndergone. She was
to have beer tried, we understand, -y, but the snow has
been falling all day so densely that objects could not be dis-
tinguished at a quarter of a mile distance.
Their Lordships left this morning per express train on the
South-Western Railway for London.
The Nautilus transport, Lieutenant W. C. Saunders agent,
which arrived yesterday morning from Ascension, last from
Falmouth, sailed again last night for Deptford, having sent
in her supernumeraries by the Myrtle to the flag-ship.
Lieutenant W. A. R. Lee, of the Kingfisher, 2,
Com-
mander Horton, came home in her, invalided, from the Coast
of Africa.
The African steam-tug, which has for some weeks past
been engaged, in conjunction with the Monkey and Echo
tugs, at the late wreck of the Sphynx, returned to Sheerness
to-day.
Woomvicri, MARCH 10.—Commodore Lord John Hay,
C. 8., one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and
Captain Ellice, Controller of Steam Machinery, arrived at
Woolwich yesterday morning, and with Mr. Lloyd, Chief
Engineer at the Woolwich Dockyard, went on biard the
Sharpshooter, a new iron steam-vessel, for the purpose of
proceeding down the river in her to test the q and
uality
speed of the vessel and her engines. The officers studying
steam-at the factory in the dockyard embarked at the same
time in the Rifleman, a steam-vessel of the same dimensions,
and built of wood, as the Sharpshooter, and Mr. Atherton,
assistant to the chief engineer, to report on her engines.
Both vessels are fitted with engines of 200-horse power each
with screw propellers. The Sharpshooter attained a speFel
of ten knots per hour, and the Rifleman a speed of eiet
knots, giving the iron vessel an advantage of speed over the
wooden vessel of two knots per hour.

LITERARY FUN D.—The forty-seventh annual
meeting of the members of this corporation took
.place on
tobert
Wednesday, at the office, Great Russell-street.
was supported by
Harry Inglis, Bart., M.P.,presided, and
Sir William Chatterton, art., Mr. Monckton Milnes,
the Rev. Dr. Major, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Forbes. Mr. Nichols,
Mr. Harrison, and other gentlemen connected with literature.
The secretary, _sir. Blewitt, read the report, which sated
that the amount distributed during the k was 1,407/.,
distressed authors, their widows, orphans,
1,1,14
cy,car in reliefi to
and that the total sum thus applied from the. foundation of
the institution, in 1790, to the 31st Dec. lastd,uarimngoutnbteedpatsot
33,8301. The subscriptions and donations during
of
1001.. from
y,ar amounted to 40U , exclusive of a donationFaul's Churchyard.
John Harris, Esq., the bookseller,
The report having been agreed too,fSSirt.g.inlinstgelris,
haandnokuinndci:%d,
that the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian
g anniversary
consented to take the chair at the ensuing
festival. The Marquis of Lansdowne was
Northampton and
electedla President ;
and Lord John Russell, the Marquissea ofb
Normanby, the Earl of Elleuboroug , . Lords Stanley,
Brougham, and Sir Robert Peel, vice-presidents. The an •
nual committee were then re- elected, with the addition of
Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir Percy Shelley, Bart., and James
Prior, Esq.
TLIE LATE COLLISION ON TEE RIVER.--GRAVES-
END, MAECR 10.—Yesterday evening the bodies of t 9
Vicwtooria
the sailors of the schooner sunk by
latnheedQu
d here,eu
having
steamer off old Haven-creek, were
been taken from out the former as soon as she had been yes.
terda • sufficiently raised to enable a search to be made on
her deck and in her forecastle. One of the bodies, that of a
man of about 30 years of age, of about five feet eight inches
in height, of light complexions dark brown hair,with scarcely
any whiskers, and dressed in a. sailor's jacket and much..
worn light coloured trousers, bluish stock
gs? and having
on but oneshoe and half-boot, was found on deck entangled
ropes.in The seamen here who have seen him, judg-
of his being dressed, and the part of the
sofmroem the fact
Ivnegssel in which he was found, assume that he was the man
on watch. Over his right temple is a seeNr-eraepcs fromontu nslocroi,
taale);
parently the effect of a heavy blow, perhaps
with souse part of the bow of the steamer as she struck the
fated schoooner. The other body is that of a man about fifty
years of age. tire feet six inches in height, foxy hair and
Whiskers, and partly undressed, having on a sort of Guern-
sep jacket, flannel drawers, and brown worsted stockings, but
no stic,,l; he was found in the forecastle, apparently as if
drowned in the act of making for the deck, having been
roused by the shock of the collision front his sleep. On his
person there was no external injury. The bodies were con-
veyed to this place from the wreck by Mr. Hodden, carpen-
ter and undertaker, who, as he informed the reporter, was
instructed by the friends of one of the seamen on board
the schooner, who resided in this town, to proceed to the
wreck and bring therefrom any body that might be fou-ti
in her. This apparently accounts for the singularity of
bringing from so great. a distance as ten miles from Graves-
end and from the Essex shore the bodies of these men. 111ucli
is said about the Kentish coroner's jurisdiction extending to
this case, inasmuch as the vessel from which the bodies were
taken was grounded on the Essex shore, close to the spot
where she was run down and sunk. From Mr. Hodden the
reporter, however, learnt that the bodies were removed by
hint before the wreck \vas floated to the shore. Mr. Hodden
further stated that it was much easier and more convenient
to convey them by water to Gravesend than to land them on
the Essex shore, and have to take them to Brentwood, the
neares village to where the wreck was stranded, as this was
three miles and a half off. Be this as it may, it is generally
supposed that the coroner for Essex will assert his right to
hold the inquest within his jurisdiction. No other body was
found in the wreck. The other two persons on board at the
time of the collision were the mate and a boy, but no pas-
senger, as was at first erroneously stated. These two are
supposed to have been thrown out of the vessel by the shock
or to have been washed out after she sank. The bodies
landed here lie in a store or shed belonging, we believe, to
Mr. Hodden, and close by Waite's Hotel. They have been
placed in shells, and the coroner, Mr. Carttar, having been
duly apprised of the circumstance, will doubtless attend to-
morrow or the day after to hold an inquest.
The Rev. A. Short had au interview yesterday with Earl
Grey

IVIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. I
(From The Sun of last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,000
bales for immediate use. The market was dull. The total
sales yesterday were 4,000 bales. Shares were flat.
The arrivals of shipping in the Thairesr.have been less con-
siderable within the last two days, and this has served to give
souse firmness to the provision markets, especially as
as our consumption is still on a large scale, and the sales of
grain keep up at a higher quantity than at this time last
year. The supplies of many other articles, especially sugar,
&c., are considerable, and this moderates prices. As to the
proportion of payment, that will have to be made in hard
cash or manufactures, this is difficult to determine, though
we feel convinced that we shall receive very liberal orders
from the countries whence we draw our chief supplies of
food Where, indeed, should we have been without the
timely repeal of the corn-laws ?
There are more countries than are yet counted upon which
will supply us with articles of aliment, in addition to the
stall ot life, and take liberally of our manufactures in return.
If grain from certain parts of America can be sent cheaper
to the United States, sea-board, than by the St. Lawrence,
thecolonists have other resources. A communication come to
hand by a late arrival states—
" If Canada should lose the transit trade of the American
grain and flour to England, which as yet is by no means
certain, other sources of profitable business are available,
and we know of none that present such advantages and is so
feasible as the dairy business. Our attention has been
called to this point by a well-informed "settled inhabitant,"
who possesses, together with sound judgment, an extensive
acquaintance with the province. The wheat growing districts of
Canada are not of very great extent, and are limited in a
great degree to the upper portion of the province; but all
parts of the colony present capabilities for becoming one of
the finest countries for the production of butter and cheese
known. The climate being colder, it is better adapted for
such a purpose than the warmer and more southerly latitudes
of the United States; the voyage to England is shorter, and
the articles do not undergo the injurious process of a voyage
through the tropics, as all produce shipped from the Missis-
sippi and its branches necessarily must. Looking to Eng-
land as the great market for the sale of the surplus provisions
of North America, it, would seem that Ohio and the ad-
joining states are adapted for the export orbeef, corn, and
maize ; Michigan, Winsconsin, &c., for the export of
wheat and flour; and Canada for that of butter and cheese.
Canada possesses tracts of the finest and richest land,'
either alluvial, or that which was once submerged by vast
lakes • her climate, as we said, is comparatively cool, and,
therefore, favourable for manufacturing these articles—for
they are emphatically manufactured—and the voyage to
England is short, and made entirely through the temperate
latitudes. We grant that the more north-westerly portions
of the United States are, perhaps, equally well adapted to
dairy purposes, but the comparative proximity of Canada
to the British market gives her great and controlling ad-
vantages.
" A person commencing the dairy business in Canada,
should keep steadily in view the three grand essentials for
ensuring success. First, to secure a good and profitable
stock ; tor a cow with a small bag will eat as much food, or
nearly so, as the most productive Durham : secondly, to
take especial care that the animals be kept in warm, dry, and
clean stables : and, thirdly, that the food be good and plen-
tiful, varied, and sufficiently salted—for the farmer who
starves his cattle, will, most certainly starve himself."
The English stock market has been very agitated, and
there is much excitement still. The Bears are anxiously
anticipating some further restrictive action on the part of the
Bank of England, and have succeeded therefore in getting
down Consols to 88% % for Money, and 8836 % for April,
though the latest bargains have been about 14 per
cent. higher. The scrip is reduced to ,‘ %
discount. Exchequer-bills have been quoted par to 3s. pre-
mium. The New Three-and-Quarter per Cents. have been
worth 89% %. There is no notice at the Bank.
The few bargains made in Foreign Stocks have been also
at lower rates. Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted
21% to 22%; Mexican, 21%; and Austrian, 10914. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 5714 to %.

Shares are lower.
BILITISII FUNDS.

ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
"IMES.
88%
88%
87%
89%

Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 88%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 88 %%%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 87%
Ditto, for Opening, ex div. • • .•
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 ..
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • •
South Sea Stock .. • •
Ditto, Old Annuities .. 87%
Ditto. New Annuities •87% 88 88
Three per Cent. Annuities, 1751 88 88
Consols for Account, April 15 .. 88%%X 88X
Consols, Scrip .. .. 0% %% P % P
Exchequer Bills. IXd. 114 d.
I.oool .... 3 p par pm. 3 P
par
Ditto. Small • 4 pm. 4 p
ONE CLOSINt4
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 109% 109%
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 40 40
Danish, 3 per Cent • • •• 88% . 88%
Mexican Bonds, 1846, i per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. 21%
Portuguese Four per Cent .. ..
for the Account .. ..
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, for the Account • • • • .. 22%
Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39,40, div.lB4o 21%
Ditto • • • • .. .. 1841 21
Ditto, •• •• •• •• 1843 19
frividencla on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 57%14 %
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% %
BUSINESS
CLOSING
PAID. -DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. .. 30 .... 2G% 27% •• • • 27%
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. 2% .. 214% .. •• • •
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% %%• • .. 13%
Buckinghamshire 6/. 45... .. % p p
Caledonian - • • .. .. 30 .. •• —•-••• • • • ••
Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% •• .. 2 ••• • .
Direct Northern Scrip .... 3%••• • • • • •
Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 19% %.. 2O
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. %%p • • p
Ditto, York Extension 4 3% 34 •• 3N
East Lancashire .. 17 ••• • •• •••• • • • •
2% •
Ditto, tints New Scrip • • .. I% •• • • ••••• • • • • 2%
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... 74 •• •••••• •• • •• 74
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .. • • 17 ••• • • • lB%
Great Northern (London & York
Regd.) .. •• • • • • ••••2%••••2% • • • • • • • • • • 2%
Do., do (Direst Northern Regd.) 314 .... 3% %-•• • • • 334
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27% .... 23% •••• • • • • 23%
Great North of England . ..100 ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, New • • .. • • • • 13% ••••18%•• • • • • • • • • 18%
Great Western 85 ....114 112 .•• • • • ll2
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 12%.... 18 17% •• • • 17%
Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • •
Ditto, Wew • • .. ••8 7% •
734
Hull and Selby .. .• .. 50 .• •• • ...• • • _
Ditto,
LancasterasulfdSch
Ditto, New . • • .. 8 •• • • 10 ..........10
Leeds and Thirsk 22% .. 20 • •
a Haresr
is Ie • • :••
: : 2550 : : 5-1 .....
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% •• • • • • Is 4
London, Brighton, and S Coast •• 50 •• 53 52% 53
London an North-Western • .100 178 179 179^
Ditto, Quarters a.. . 2 .... 19% 18% .... 18%
12%
Dittopiit ditto,o:Fiftb sNew.S.har..es
22
116334% 111,4 7.7.
17
Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 • • 6% 7 7
London and Bouth•Westem..4ll. 6s. 10d... G 2 61
Ditto, New • • • . 22% .... 24 •• •••• • • 24
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 •• • • 53 53
Ditto, Scrip • . .. • • • • .. 5 .... 5 %
Ditto, ditto .. • • .. .. • • 4 .... 4 ••• • • • 4
London and York Extension Scrip 2% .... 2m
Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 22 ..... 22
Lynn and Dereham .. 15 .... 1636 % .• • . 16%
Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 .. 105 . lO5
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 .... 15% 16% .... 16%
Ditto, Fifths .. 5 ...... 1034
Ditto, Thirds (Rog.).. • .71. 45..... 2% p...... • • 239 p
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. % p• • ...• p
Midland ..100 .. • •116 114........ 114

9 5-16

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SIIA.RES.

Ditto, New
Ditto, New

.. .. .. .. 30 .. 34 33V,
.. .. .. .. 2 .... 5% 4% 54%

Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 89 .. • • ......
Midland, Birming. & Gioucest.• • 100 ....123% 122......

Ditto, New (isi. at 731 dis.)• • 1751 .. • • 31 30% •• • •
Se Nnestle and Berwick .. •• 20 .... 3214 33 ....
Newmarket and Chesterford • • 10 .. • . 104 ••..•• • • • •
Ditto, Extension •• • • '2/. 123. .... par
Norfolk lon 137 ......
Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 10 . 13% ••••• • • • • •
Northern Counties Union • • ..... •
North British .• •25 3314
Ditto, Bah Shares .. .. • . 12% 16 .. ••• • • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 24 4 ...... .. • •
1), tto, Extension .. . • .. % 114 ••• • •
North StatiOrd,hire • . • • • • 5 .... 7y„' 71i •• • •
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 17% .... 1014 % ...... • •
Preston and Wyre .. • • • • 25
Ditto, Ilalf Shares (A) 6u
Ditto ditto (B) 1c: 1%
i IA;
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .. • • 4% • • 4%
Scottish Midland .. 1734 .... 23% 24% 2331 233
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .• 3% ••••• • • • • • 3,4
Ditto, Close B .. • • • • .. 1 4 .... 131.... ••.. • •
Sh rol, shire Union .. 425... .. 1 Ti die. ..
South Maffordshire Junction % p .... • .
South Eastern and Dovor 33% .. • • ••••• • • • • •
Ditto. Ne s (iss. at 321.) No. I. 20 ... 2131 • • .... •. • .
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 1531 16
Do., New (do 151.) .. No. 4. 3%.... 43414
Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's . • 2
West Riding Union • • • • • • 4/. is. •• • • 11,4% P••• • • • 1% P
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 15 .... g%
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 3534 3431 .... 34l
Ditto, New.. .. • • .. .. 10 ... • 1534% ... • 1534
Ditto, Preference .. 4 .... S 345 7%
York raid North Midland .. 50
Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 3fil tA, ••.. • •
Ditto, Preference • • . • .. 2.. 2 .... 114 11
Do. E. and W. Willa Eaten.. • 10 .. . 21 20% 21.. • .
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Boulogne and Amiens .. 18 •. 13• Ii 3q• • •• •• • •
Namur and Liege .. .. 10 .• 414 ••••• • • • • •
Northern of France
Orleans and Bourdcaux • • .. 6 .... 7 634 ........
Paris and Lyons •• • • . 8 .... 7% 6% .... .
Rouen and Havre . .
.. 20 .... 26% ......
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
British North American .. 50 .... .. •••• • • • •
London Joint-Stock •• .. 10 ••••• • • • • •

MINES.

Real del Monte, Unrealstered 77-1--- ••••31•• • • • • • • • 3,4
Erratum in Yesterday's List—Read Newcastle and Berwick 331 A
instead of 34

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Registered Paletot of
Llama cloth, the most tashionable coat for both the present
and approaching seasons. st ill retains the same moderate
price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appear-
ance, has secured such gercrelpopu'arity. It has been made
by special command tor their Royal Highnesses Prince
Albirt, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several
r,yal visitors to the British Court. In London it can only
be ru• chased of the peentees, H. J. and D. Nicoll, Couh
tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Agents for
Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street ; for Dublin, Geo.
Macdena, Molesworth-street ; for Birmin4ham, Wareing and
Son, New-street; and the principal tailors in other large
towns.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES,
No. 2, BUCKLERSBURY, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose.
consumption is large, and study economy, will derire
considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni-
form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a sing!e
pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade.
Black Tea ...2s. Bd., Ss., 3s. 4d, 3s. 8d , 4e., 4s. 4d., ss.
Green........ 3s. 4d., 3s. 83., 45., 4s. 43., 55., 65., 7s.
Coffee ......... 93., 103., Is., is. 2d., Is. 4(1., ls. 63., Is. Bd.
One pound sent free to any part of town.
and Orders frthe
om
the country forwarded. the same day;
quantity is for 61b. weight land only), the carriage is
paid to any part of Eng.—MANSELL and Co.,
wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside.

PRICE SD.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP I.

This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, for the first
time, in Room 25. Members present :—Lord Granville
Somerset, chairman ; the Hon. W. 0. Stanley, the Marquis
of Chandos, Mr. Bannerman, and Mr. Hildyard.

The following Bills, being those proposed for the accom-
modation of the South-eastern district, have been referred to
this group.
South Eastern (Mid Kent and direct Tunbridge).
South Eastern (Croydon and Bromley Branches).
South Eastern (Maidstone to Chart).
South Eastern (Stroodto Maidstone).

South Eastern North Kent Line).
London and Brighton and South Coast Railway (Kent Rail-
way to Maidstone, Canterbury, and Tunbridge).
Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction.
Messrs. Austin, Q.C., Alexander, Q.C., Merewether, Laing,
and Burke, appeared on behalf of the South-Eastern Railway
projects; and Mr. Talbot, Q C., Mr. Paget, and Sir W. Rid-
dell, in favour of the rival scheme promoted by the Brighton
Company, and in support of several petitioners against the
former lines.

The usual preliminaries having been gone through,
The CHAIAIVIAN informed Counsel, that except in special
cases they would not allow any Learned Gentleman to cross-
examine a witness who had not been present at the exami-
nation in chief.

Mr. AUSTIN then addressed the Committee at some length
in explanation of the South-Eastern scheme, contrasting, as
he went over the details, the advantages which he alleged
the branches of the company for which he appeared bad over
the branches of the rival company. The whole expenditure
sought by the five Bills of the South-Eastern Company was
about three millions of money, for which 125 miles of railway
would be made. The rival scheme would cost about two
millions, for which 72 miles were proposed to be constructed.
Taking the two schemes comparatively, the distance now
from London to Dover was 87 miles; by the Mid Kent
South-Eastern line, with good gradients, the distance would
be 75 ; and by the South-Eastern (Chart) line, with in-
ferior gradients, 74 miles. The Brighton line, with bad
gradients, woun be 75 miles and 2 furlongs. From London
to Tunbridge Wells the distance was now 40 miles. By the
South-Eastern improved line, with good gradients, it would
be 32 miles; and by the Brighton line, with bad gradients,
28. From London to Hastings the distance at present was
73 miles; by the improved South-Eastern line, with good
gradients, it would be reduced to 64 miles • by the Brighton
line, with bad gradients, it would be 61 miles. From London

to Canterbury the distance now was 80 miles; by the im-
proved South-Eastern scheme it would be reduced to 60
miles; while by the Brighton line, with bad gradients,
the distance would Le 62 miles. The distance to
Maidstone was at present 55 miles. The South-Eastern
scheme would reduce it to 35 miles; by the Brighton line
it would also be 35 miles. These were the comparative dis-

tances of the two projects. The distance to Sheerness by the I
South-Eastern branch, against which there was no compet-
ing line, would be 46 miles. The Learned Gentle-
man then proceeded to explain the history of
the reduction of the fares on the South-Eastern line
and their subsequent increase, in which he contended that
the reduction was a mere experiment to see if it were pos-
sible to carry on the company at the lowest possible rate of
fares—lower, in fact. than any other line in the kingdom.
The experiment had failed, and the fares were after a time
raised, though they were still lower than many of the
principal lines in the kingdom, and less than thole charged
by the Brighton Company, while they ran more third-class
trains than almost any company in the empire.
Colonel Middleton. of the Maidstone depot, was examined,
with the object of showing the great advantage of the pro-
posed South-Eastern Kent lines to the public service.
Colonel Menzies, of Chatham, gave evidence to the same
effect, after which,
The Committee adjourned till to-morrow (this day) at
twelve o'clock.