The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-27 00:00:00

THE :SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1847.

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ness. His schemes are bursting and vanishing like
bubbles ; his subtle contrivances are proving, one
after another, to be barren and void ; his diplomatic
craft is being overruled by the simple energies of a"
girl not yet out of her teens ; his elaborate cruelty is
rendered inne-euous by the decision of a Princess
heretofore *regarded as nothing better than a puppet.
It cemnot possibly be forgotten that at the period
of the double marriages at Madrid it was noto-
rie.us that ISABELLA 11. evinced the utmost re-
pugnance to an alliance with her cousin, Don FRAN-
CISCO D'Assis. It cannot be forgotten that the con-
sent of this unfortunate lady was only wrung from
her in an agony of tears and supplications, when she
was closetted for a whole night with her Ministerial
advisers and her infamous mother. These things,
indeed, can never be forgotten, they are among the
darkest revelations of modern history. They have
been written—they have been read•—they will be
remembered. Everything has latterly testified to the
accuracy of these statements concerning the royal
marriages. It is now not more certain that
the Due DE MONTPENSIER was hurried to
the Peninsular metropolis and back again,
under the protection of a military escort, than that
Queen ISABELLA abhors the man whom a flagitious
conspiracy has bound to her by the solemn vows of
matrimony. So violent, however, has this abhorrence
become that a divorce or a catastrophe are inevitable.
The knet that was fastened before the altar of Atocha
must either be untwisted or cut in twain. Her
MAJESTY has as much moral resolution as the Mace-
donian Conqueror. If she finds a difficulty in un-
ravelling the Gordian knot of the nuptial ceremony,
she will assuredly sever it by force. Virtually she
only lives at present bound to a corpse ; her exist-
ence, under such circumstances, is a curse. It can-
not be borne longer by a woman so passionate and
resolute. Hence, therefore, we are convinced that
these long-continued and pertinacious squabbles be-
tween herself and her despised husband must be soon
brought to a decisive termination.
While these quarrels were raging in the palace of
Madrid, and finding even an echo in the audience-
chamber of Aranjuez, the military cruelties which
khave been so repeatedly practised among the provin-
cial captains of the Spanish armies are continued with
unabated energy and frequency. Foremost among
their recent brutalities is unquestionably the murder
of the old Carlist chieftain, Canon TRISTANY, a brave
and naturally generous soldier, seventy years of age.
• It would appear that this venerable adherent of the
i. Prince who has latterly resigned his claims to the
diadem of Spain to his son, the Conde DE MONTE- 1
MOLINO, was captured at Puiguarnau Llanera, and was,
by the inhuman command of General Pavia,
forthwith carried to Solsona and shot there, in
his birthplace. Such ruthless effusions of blood
merely for the gratification of ancient animosities
cannot do otherwise than prejudice the cause they
are intended to advance ; and it is heartily to be desired
that among her other innovations Queen ISABELLA
may take measures for the prevention of such atro-
cious acts of barbarity.
Under all circumstances the young SOVEREIGN of
the Spaniards may rest satisfied that her endeavours
to release herself and her country from the yoke of
the perfidious persons by whom she and her subjects
have hitherto been betrayed will elicit the sympathy
of every free and generous nation. By a persistance
in her present movements for the political regenera-
tion of the Peninsula, Isanei.La.may free herself from
all foreign and detestable restraints, if she cannot ac-
quire for herself the glory which invests her illustrious
namesake. Let her, like BASSANI°, select the right
casket and she will ensure for herself a happy and
prosperous future.

=Noy, TUE M.VRTYR. By the REV. R. COBBOLD, M.A.
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the Court of Henry VIII.," &c., 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits.
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MR. PRESCOTT'S NEW HISTORICAL WORK
THE' CONQUEST of PERU
IS NOW READY.
2 vols. Svo., with Map, Plates, &c., 325. bound.
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ANTWEF.,P, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE.
T,ONT,ON TO COLOGNE IN THIRTY HOURS.
(Sea Passage Seven Hours only.)
The Antwerp Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite
steam-ship ANTWERPEN, THOMAS JACKSON, Commander (re-
fitted and re-decorated throughout in the most sumptuous manner),
leaves the St, Katharine 's-wharf, Tower, every Sunday Morning at
'Ten o'clock, returning from Antwerp every Wednesday Afternoon at
'One o'clock. By this steamer and the railroad from Antwerp, tra-
vellers going to the Rhine reach Cologne in thirty hours. The general
accommodation for passengers on board this renowned ship, as well
as her spacious Ladies' and Private Cabins, are entirely unequalled.
Carriages and horses may be sent to the wharf up to one hour before
the time of starting, but all applications for the shipment of goods
mast be made to the London agents, Messrs. Lightly and Simon,
123, Fenchurch-street, where, as well as at the Packet-office' 33
Regent circus, Piccadilly, berths may be secured and every informa-
tion
obtained.

Prevention is better than cure. We fear it Rill
soon be discovered that the wisdom involved in the
above apophthegm, in so far as it is applicable to sana-
tory regulations, has been most indiScreetly con-
temned by the authorities of the city of London. A
most important statement was made to the Lord
Mayor the day before yesterday by Dr. LYNCH, on
behalf of the ward of Farringdon Without, evincing
the immediate necessity for the adoption of the most
active precautionary measures to guard the public
from the spread of tearful diseases already engendered,
and which, at this season of the year, should
sultry weather prevail, will, unless checked in the
outset, certainly commit awful ravages amongst the
community, and especially amongst its poorer classes.
A want of ventilation and an inadequate supply of
water to the different courts and alleys, now
crowded to suffocation in consequence of the
great influx of Irish poor, constitute two of the
chief predisposing causes of epidemics. It is revolt-
ing to contemplate the description given of the dwel-
lings of the indigent in many parts of the City.
Overflowing cesspools, charged with the foulest im-
purities, from which pestiferous gases are being per-
petually exhaled, infecting the immediate atmos-
phere, in consequence of the absence of ventilation, to
a degree wholly insupportable to human nature, and
poisoning the water, with which some of the poor in-
habitants are only supplied for one hour, three times
a week, form another powerful incentive to the
creation of malignant diseases. It seems, moreover,
that the Commissioners of Sewers have no authority
to compel landlords to trap and open the drains of
their houses into the common sewer ; the result is
that wherever a landlord is indisposed to incur any
expense, his premises become a separate source of
infection. A compulsory law should, therefore, be
forthwith obtained for this essential object, and, look-
ing to the advanced period of the session, no time is
to be lost. There can be no doubt that, should the
Corporation move in the matter, Government
will cordially and promptly co-operate with them.
We perceive with satisfaction that the Lord
Mayor, impressed with the perilous condition in
which the public health is placed, has appointed a
court to be held on Monday next, for the purpose of
discussing the merits of the representation which has
been made to him by Dr. LYNCH and others ; and,
considering that Lord MORPETH has recently con-
sented not to include the city of London in his
Health of Towns' Bill, we trust that the members of
the Corporation will now do all that lies in their
power to minister to the cleanliness and comfort of
the poor, and preserve the health of the thousands
located within their jurisdiction. The poor must be
protected against the oppressive conduct of the dust
contractors. It appears that they have suffered offal
to remain from one to nine months ; and that then
the men whom they instruct to remove the accumu-
lated filth, refuse to perform their duty until they
have extorted a gratuity from the miserable inhabi-
tants. This is an abominable grievance, and should
be instantly redressed.

ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
In consequence of the increasing success which attends every re-
presentallon given by the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS,
Pell, Harrington, White. Stanwood, and Germon, they will repeat
their usual ENTERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre,
THIS Evening, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Doors Olen at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY PER-
FORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, commencing at Hall-
past Tao o'clock. They will appear at Sussex Hall on Monday next.
Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street,
and at t he Box-office of the Theatre.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Shakapere's tragedy of KING LEAR. King
Lear. Mr. Macready ; Edgar, Mr. Creswick ; Goneril, Mrs. Warner;
Cordelia, Mrs. Stirling ; Regan, Mrs. Foabrooke.
After which a new Drama, entitled THE KING AND THE
PIPER. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Walton, Barker,
Wynn, Delavanti, Granby, Miss E. Stanley, Miss G. Smitkson, and
Miss Marshall.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty.
Ilm'•er the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the
Royal Family.
splendid combination of Novelties, in addition to which Mr. Batty
bas engaged Mdlle. Laurina, the Female Equestrian.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the Equestrian Magical Sketch, THE GOLDEN
FOOT ED STEED ; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley.
Unewialled SCENES in the CHICLE, with a brilliant display of
11orsen.anship, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes.
To o :nclude with Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE
OF Al 4 YDOS ; or, The Corsair.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.
Stalls, re. ; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3.3 ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ;
Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock,

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Under the 3Lmagement of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee.

THIS EVENING

Will be performed Beßini's Opera of LA SONNAMBLYLA ; or,
The Village Phantom. Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler ; Elvino, Mr. Harri-
son; Alessio, Mr. Horticastle ; Amina, Miss Rainforth ; Lisa, Miss
R. Isaacs ; Teresa, Mrs. Daly ; Annette, Miss Vaughan.
To conclude with the new Nautical Drama, called THE WRECK
AND THE REEF. Captain, Mr, Tindall ; Halstead, Mr. Horn-
castle; Ben Block, Mr. Neville; Christmas, Mrs. Ware.
Bow. ls.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence
at Halt.rrFt Six.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS Will be performed THE LONELY EVENING
MAN OF THE OCEAN ; or,
the Night Before the Bridal. Characters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks,
Dale, Smile, Bird, Raymond, Gardner, Miss Vincent, Mrs. G. Lee,
and Miss Burroughcllffe.
Attar which a Drama from the French, entitled DONZELLA ; or,
The Monk and the Assassins.
To be followed by Mr. Cox's DISSOLVING VIEWS.
To conclude with ADMIRAL SAM. Sepported by the entire
strength of the Company.
Boxes, Is. ; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c.
Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
AdLnission, One Shilling.
The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable
expense, erected a new Entrance, and a magnificent Walk, with
flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the
grand Pictorial Representation of
THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR.
The Menagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe,
Gazelles, &c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted by Godfrey. A
• !seents.tion of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge
of 'tiktnes. The grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the
likeedqg SIEGE OF G IBRALTAR
uon of the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc-
ixi,, "'1
„own, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships.
fhe t..T.3eLson, 31. JULLIE_N will give a series of Concerts;
consist of one Imdrei Performers.

The mortality of the metropolis has already begun
to increase, and, by reason of the dearness of provi-
sions, the poor are unable to recruit their physical
strength as heretofore, and are consequently more
disposed to become victims to epidemic disease. The
hospitals are crowded. Numbers of their inmates
are being hourly numbered with the dead. The
safety of society demands that every exertion should
at this moment be put forth throughout this metro-
polis in the cause of the poor. Humanity and
skill must be tasked to deliver the people from the
imminent danger by which they are now unhappily
beset.

WEATHER.—Sim OFFICE, MAY 27.
Titzusiostreim. Lowest,
48 ; Highest, 69 ; Noon, 72.
BAR"ETRIt, 30.13.—WIND S.S.E.; fine.

England is essentially a mercantile and trading
community. We have been termed " a nation of
shopkeepers ;" and, although the title was given as a
mark of depreciation and contempt, we willingly ac-
cepted it. We are not ashamed of the fountain and
origin of all our greatness—of that which has placed
a small island in the foremost rank amongst nations—
which has made the English character respected
throughout the civilized world—which has induced
the most implicit confidence in our probity and
honour—a confidence which has rarely, indeed, been
misplaced. We owe everything to our commerce,
commerce has attained its extraordinary
andre- that
benthdeingcarreectwit-uitdh
awhichnd
integrityw a fobsy-
PteredemannTleefrlr
in the great majority ofe instances, all our
dealingswhich lave been characterised, There must how-
Matters are decidedly approaching a crisis in the
ever, be many evil disposed and
d.lis.
nos, and being unable to honest, men
Spanish capital. The infamous machinations of the g l
adl y
among so great a multitude, whoo, fbtaaii n
m
gin bns i-
I
French- Government must be totally and for ever ! ,
tood b a liveli-
y their honest industry, would defeated, or the whole kingdom will be speedily in-
defraud their creditors of their just rights, and when
volved in a moral conflagration. Queen ISABELLA 1
unable to pay in full, would make away with every_
has already evinced a capacity to act upon her own 'na - to be divided. For
independent opinions, and LOUIS PHILIPPE must Illti thing, and leave nothing such
matelv experience the effects of her unexpected bold- men there must be stringent and binding laws, and

HIGH WATER L"41)01I-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 0 minutes after 0.
15 minutes after 12

ECOND EDITION.

a Ating punishment for their offences. But the mis-
fo dune that has hitherto attended the legislation on
a if; subject is, that the innocent have been subjected
to, the same treatment as the guilty—the unfor-
ton ate man, who sinks -under the pressure of un-
fo mseen difficulties, as the wilfully dishonest and
fral idulent debtor. Credit is essential amongst a
corn mercial people. Nothing, therefore, is more
imp( irtant to the community in general than a
welt -regulated and maturely digested law of debtor
and creditor, the object of which should be at
the same time to protect from oppression the honest
bra unfortunate debtor, and strenuously to repress
the knaveries of the dishonest.

the attention of many of our most eminent legal
ref' armers has of late years been directed to the im-
provement of the law, and many valuable alterations
'rive unquestionably already been effected, while
others have been submitted to the Legislature for
approval, and are now actually before the Senate.
The Society for Promoting the Amendment of
the Law, in the progress of their useful labours,
11:313 also entered into the consideration of the sub-
ject, and have obtained a valuable report from one
of their members (Mr. Commissioner FANS), a gen-
tleman whose intelligence and ability, added to his
great experience, must command the greatest respect
for any opinions he may form on a topic so peculiarly
within his sphere.
On Monday we published a letter from Mr. FANE,
with which he kindly sent a copy of his report, which
want of space has hitherto prevented us from giving in
extenso. It is the first of a series of papers, in which
he proposes to consider the subjects referred by the
society to its committee. In the present document
the Learned Commissioner enters into the question of
the power given to individual creditors to seize the
property of their debtors, which he considers to be a
delusive remedy, injurious alike to all parties
—creditors as well as debtors—as it enables the
latter more effectually to cheat the former under the
forms of law, and he submits for the reasons which
he sets forth, "that the committee should report that
the power which each creditor now possesses of seiz-
ing his debtor's goods under a fieri facias for Ms own
exclusive benefit, is a mischievous power which ought
to be abolished." This will no doubt at first appear a
strange conclusion, but it will be difficult to combat
the arguments by which the proposition is supported,
and by which the injurious effects of the system
is made apparent, as well in the cases of dishonest
debtors, where the creditor is too frequently not only
deprived of his debt, but also amerced in heavy costs
for attempting to set aside some conveyance by which
he is cheated, as also in cases sustained by fraud,
where it produces a great inequality, some being paid
in full, while others will not obtain even is. in the
pound ; also a scrambling for and destruction of pro-
perty, lamentable sacrifices in mismanaged and hur-
ried sales, and, finally, that it enables a knave to put
out of the creditor's reach even the means of paying
for inquiry, which he will not willingly undertake at
his own expense. We shall shortly return to this
subject, our time not at present permitting the full
consideration which its great importance calls for.

not one of the most ignorant, must be among the
most impudent of Ministers. The debate on the
proposition of M. GLASS Blzoti had not terminated
when the post left.
The Echo de l' Agriculture states that all its ac-
counts from the departments concurred in describing
the prospects of the approaching harvest as extremely
cheering—a circumstance which had induced the
holders to send their grain in greater abundance to
the markets, and rendered buyers more circumspect.
In Brittany and Normandy it had been ascertained
that there was plenty of grain for the local consump-
tion until the ripening of the next crop. A fall in
prices had accordingly taken place, as also in Picardy
and Alsace. At Strasburg the diminution had
amounted to 4f. per hectolitre. At Lyons, Dijon,
Besancon, and throughout the south of France, prices
either declined or remained stationary.
The produce of vegetables of all kinds in the French
provinces is said to be astonishing, and all fear of
famine is at an end. There is also every prospect of
an abundant produce of apples.
The condition of Portugal appears to excite con-
siderable alarm in the political circles of Paris. The
Union Monarchique says, that on Monday
" Towards the close of the sitting of the Chambers,
several deputies, known to have intimate relations with
the Cabinet, mentioned that the Government had re-
ceived via England, dispatches of a very serious nature
respecting the situation of Portugal, and the definitive
resolution of the British Government to interfere with
force of arms in the affairs of that country. If that an-
nouncement be confirmed, it will suggest a difficulty re-
specting the interpretation of the treaty of the Quadruple
Alliance, a temporarytreatyit concluded for a special ob-
ject, and of which is impossible, in point of law and
fact, to revive the stipulations henceforth without ap-
plication."
The Courrier Francais publishes the following from
Otaheite

" A letter from Otaheite informs us of a fact which
deserves to be related. When Queen Pomare, after her
conference with M. Bruat, was solemnly proclaimed, a
great number of English families made preparations for
their departure, in order not to live under the protecto-
rate of France. They were expected to leave the island
in the course of a few days. The Methodist mission-
aries, on their part, do not abandon the field, but remain
at their post. They asked the commandant of the En-
glish station to nominate, provisionally, a consul in the
island, in order to protect English subjects ; but the
Admiral replied that he could not take upon himself to
do such a thing, and that he would refer the matter to
the Government."

It was reported in Paris that General NAnvaEz
had received orders to return immediately to Madrid
to assume the Presidency of the Council.
The National de l'Ouest, of Nantes, gives the fol-
lowing letter from the Island of Bourbon, dated Feb-
ruary 14:--

" We have this morning received afflicting accounts
from Madagascar, which lead us to fear that the sloop of
war the Berceau, Captain Gout, has been totally lost. In
December, the frigate Belie Poule and this sloop, in
going to Sainte Marie, Madagascar, were caught in a
violent hurricane. The frigate reached Sainte Marie
after having sustained severe damage, but the Berceau
has never made her appearance after being two months
at sea, and having come within 50 leagues of Sainte
Marie. Another ship has been round Madagascar in
search of her, but without being able to gain the least
tidings. She had a crew of 250 men and several pas-
sengers for Sainte Marie."

The Minister of the Marine, it appears, has not re-
ceived any information of thin kind. The Berceau,
which carried 30 guns, was built at Brest in 1834.,
Intelligence from Algiers to the 20th has been
received. On the 14th, Marshal BEUGEAUD was in
the Kabyle country, negotiating with, and receiving
the submission of, the native tribes.

A letter from Bayonne of the 22d inst. says—

" Monsignor Brunelli, the newly-appointed Nuncio to
the Court of Isabella Segunda, has just arrived here from
Rome on his way to Madrid. He sleeps to-night in the
Palace of the Bishop of Bayonne, and, as to-morrow i*
Sunday, his Eminence will probably resume his journey
on Monday morning. The Bishop of Pampeluna will
receive him at the Spanish frontier, and conduct him to
the limits of bis diocese."
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tues-
day at 78f. 10c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 15c.; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2351. ; Rouen, 950 f ; Havre,
645 f. ; Great Northern, 602 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 735 f. ;
Vierzon, 5851. ; Basle, 187 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 325 f. ; Paris and
Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 412 f. 50c.; Paris
and Lyons, 438 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4501. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 4501. ' • Spanish Acgve, 3034 ; Ditto Three
per Cents., 35; Ditto Domestic Debt, 29 ; Ditto Passive, 41,
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 26.
Boulogne and Amiens, 16—Namur and Liege, 3%—
Northern of France, 11%—Paris and Lyons, s%—Paris
and Strasbourg, 1%.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was again
advancing. Sales, 8,000 bales, including 1,200 bales of
American for exportation, and 1,500 on speculation.
The market was very firm. The rise is id. to -id. on
American, compared with Friday last, and id. per lb.
on Surat. Other sorts were at very full rates. Ameri-
can sold at &id. to lid. per lb.—ln Railway Shares there
was a further improvement, and a general advance in
pries. The demand for Midland and North Stafford
shares continued good, and also for D3ver halves.
The accounts from the provinces, as well as from
abroad, continue highly cheering as respects the weather
and the decline in grain.
A gentleman already favourably known for some sug-
gestions on the improvement of sugar-manufacturing
processes, has just circulated some " Observations on
the present State and future Prospects of the
West Indies," in which it is " remarked that the
mother country is called upon to provide a tempo-
rary substitute for an active middle class, which
under the institutions of slavery the colonies had no op-
portunity of raising for themselves. There comes also
from the colonies a cry for labourers; and Government
may perhaps with benefit 'give facilities for their judi-
cious introduction; but the promotion of a good manu-
facturing system on sound principles would, it must' be
remembered, set much labour at liberty, which would
at once be applicable to agricultural purposes. May we
cot suppose then that the mother country would do well
to encourage in some of the chief islands the intro-
duction of a sound manufacturing system, under
such restrictions as would prevent any encroachments
upon the liberty of the people ? And considering that
the raising a healthy social system in those colonies is
the best measure for securing our power in that portion
of the world, would not our Government be fully justi- '
fied in lending pecuniary aid, if it should be required,
for the establishment of railroads and factories?
" We seem as yel little to understand what, in a
commercial point of ,view, may be the ultimate value
of .our West Indian Colonies, possessing, as some of
the islands do, on their mountain sides great diversities
of climate, with soils of surpassing fertility, capable of
rewarding their cultivators with an endless variety of
productions. We are told also that the ruddy glow of
health is found upon the faces of the inhabitants of the
higher portions of Jamaica, who are said to be remark-
able for their longevity."
Everything looks cheerful again in the City, and
stocks feel the influence of the splendid weather, while
the settlement of the account is much more in favour of
a rise than many had predicted. Consols have been 874
to 88 for present transfer, and 88;1 for account. Ex-
chequer-bills have been par to 2s. premium ; and East
India Bonds ls. to 2s. premium. The New Threes
and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 88i. to t, and the
Three per Cents. 86i to 4. Bank Stock is wo:th 189 i.
to 1904.
There is the same apathy exhibited in respect to deal-
ings in the Foreign Market. Mexican Bonds have been
marked 204 8, being rather higher again. Not a bargain
is reported in Spanish or Portuguese. Dutch Two-
and-a. Half per Cents. have been quoted 58k.
Railway Shares have been advancing, and there is
more demand.

Accounts of April 4, from Bahia state, that shipping
was very scarce. The exchange on London was 292 d.

BiiITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock 1894 1901
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • VIA/
Three por Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 871 %88 871 88
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 88143
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • 9
Ditto, 30 years, Jan 5, 1860 .. 9%
India Bonds, 1,000/. . • .. 2 p
Ditto, under 1•0001. • • .. 1 p
Consols for Opening, July 16 • . 88% IA %1/.
Exchequer Bills. I%d, 2d.
1,000/. •• .. • • 2p par 2p
500/. .. • • 4 p
Ditto, Small .. ...• 63p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent • . .. 20%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 8914
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastni Jn. 2% .. to
Birmingham, W olver., aud Dudley • • 5 .. • • 91 .. to
Caledonian .. .. • • • • •• 35 29% .••. to
Eastern Counties .. • • • • • • 20 .• • . 19% 18% to 1914
Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1,6/. 130. 4d..... .... to
Ditto, ditto .. N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 4d..... L p.. to
Ditto, York Extension • • • • • 7% •• • • 6 .. ••to
East Lincolnshire .. • • • • • • G .... .... to 814
Edinburgh and Glasgow • • • • •• 50 ••• • 69 .... to
Great Northern .. ........334.... 2 .... to
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 30 .. • • 23 •• .. to
Great North of England • • • . • . 100 228 .. ••to
Great Western .. .. 85 .. .. 110 .... to

Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • . 50 •• • • 64% .. • . to
Ditto. Fifths .. • • .. • • .. 20 ... • 26 .... to
Ditto. New .• • • • • • • .. 4% .. • • 8%•.., to 8
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds.. • • 14 •• • • .• • • to
Ditto, ditto, and Norwich •• • • • • 8% •• • • 4% .• • . to
Leeds and Thirsk • . • • • • • • • • 26 •• • • •• • • to

Do.. do.. Preference, 6 per Cent • • 3% •. • • 3% .... to
London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 5274 53 to 52%
Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • . • 10 1134 •. • • to
London and North-Western . • • • .. 100 . • 173 172 175 to 173%
Ditto, Fifths .. • • • • • • 2 •• • 16%.... to --
Ditto, 401. Shares .. M. and B. .. 40 .... 65 ... to

Ditto, 101. Shares .• M. and B. (B) 5 .. • • 101/4 to
London and South-Western 411. 6.. 10d. .... 63 .... to 64
Ditto, Scrip .. • • .. • • • • 5 •• •• 4%.. ••to
Lynn and Ely .. 25 .... 26%.... to
Manchester and Leeds • • • • • 82 .• • • .... to
Ditto. Quarter Shares • . • • •. 12 .... 14% •.to
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • • • • • • 71. 45..... % dis. to
Midland .. —lOO ...•115 116.. to 115 k

Ditto, New .. •• •• • • 6 .. • • 8% to
Ditto. Consol. Bristol & Birmingh.
6 per cent. .. ..100 ....124 .... to
Newcastle and. Berwick .. .. • . 20 .... 251,4 .... to
Ditto, New • • • •• .. 5 •• •• 6%3% .. to
Norfolk .. • . • . .. • . .. 100 . • • 126 127.. to 125
Ditto, New .. • • .. 5 •• • • 9 .... to
North British .. .. • . .. 25 .. • . .... to
Ditto, Quarters ............4......•. to
Ditto, Extension 34•.,. 3/.... to
Ditto, Thirds .. • • .. .. 1 .... 2% •• ••to
North Staffordshire •• •• • • • • 7% .... 9%7/8 .. to
Ditto, Scrip (late Churnet & Blythe) 2 .... 1% to
Preston and Wyre •. .• • •• 25 353 g to 36

Ditto, Half Shares (A) .- • • • • 8% 121 A.... to
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate • . 5 .• .. 5 .... to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 3% •• .. 3% ty .. to
Ditto, ditto (B) • • .. • • .. 3 2% •.. to
South Staffordshire-................ 2/. 125... dis• • to
iouth Eastern and Dover .. ..331.25. 4d. 36% 44 • • to - -
Ditto, New (do. 15/.) No. 4 .• •• 5 •• • • 4%1i .. to
West Riding Union .. .. • .4/. 25..• .• dis• •to

York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 353¢ :. • • to

Ditto, Preference .. .. .. .. 4 .. • • 61; •.•• to
York and North Midland .. .. .. 50 .• .. 813,2 .... to

Ditto, Extension .. .. .. 25 •• • • 4012 .. •• to
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 10 .... 20 .... to
- FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Central of France (Orleans & Vierzon) 12 .. • • 14% .... to
Dutch Rhenish •. .. • • .. • • 7 ...• 3% to
Lyons and Avignon (Constituted) • • 5 •• • • 2% to
Northern of France .. .. 8 .. .. 125.•.. to
Orleanz and Bordeaux • . .. 6 •• • • 6% •• • • to
Paris and Strasbourg • • • . .. 5 ••to
Sambre and Meuse . • • • .. .. 14 •• • • 6% ••• • to 714
MINES

Real del Monte. TJnregistered • • • • •• • • 3U •• • • to

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAY 57.—Wind E., light breeze, and fine
clear, sultry weather.
DEAL, MAY 26.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W.—Arrd.
Blakeley, Manilla ; Caroline, Valparaiso ; Newport,
Monte Video; Amy, Havannah ; Cornucopia, ditto;
Palma, New Orleans. Sld. the greater part of the out-
ward bound.
OFF PLYMOUTH, MAY 26.—Wind S.—Queen, Calcutta.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 26.—Wind W.S.W., light.—Arrd.
Don Juan, Wells, Bahia, sailed Ist ult. ; Auckland,
Philadelphia. Sid. Robert Henderson, Bombay; Anjer,
ditto; Broad Oak, Brazils; Urania, Rio Grande; Fame,
ditto; John Tomkinson, Demerara; Shamrock, Barba-
does ; Arcole, New York; Wolga, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Tamarac, Quebec; Mutual, Montreal; Junes,
Sisters, and Henry, Newfoundland.
CLYDE, MAY 25.—Arrd. Gauntlett, M'Gregor, Per-
nambuco; Georgina, New York. Sld. Peruvian, Mon-
treal.
linvcsTowri, MAY 25.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd.
Hoop, Fokkes, Londonderry and Newfoundland.
PENZANCE, MAY 24.—Two casks of palm oil (two
tuns) and a quantity of deals and hulks, some covered
with barnacles, have been picked up here.
OFF HASTINGS, MAY 26.—Westminster, New York.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 26.—Wind S.—Sld. Sharon,
China ; Borneo, New York.
LIMERICK, MAY 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Cumber-
land, Blanchard, New York. Ski. Coquimbo, Boston ;
Charles, Quebec.
BELFAST, MAY 21—Wind S.W.— Arrd. Swiss Boy,
Perkins, New Orleans ; Coverdale, ditto.
RELATING TO A WRECK.
A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's, from the
Admiralty, announcing Lieut. Gardner, Admiralty
Agent, on board the Contract packet Achilles, having,
on the 7th inst., lat. 42. 30. N., long. 9. 35. W., fallen
in with a barque, waterlogged and abandoned, with
mizen-mast, stump of foremast and bowsprit standing,
mainmast gone by the board, name illegible. From ap-
pearances had been a long time abandoned. She was
drifting towards the Corrobeda Rocks, distant seven
leagues.

STATE OF THE WINDBOUND VESSELS OFF
MALAGA, &c.
Malaga, May 17th, 1847.
Sir,—ln allusion to nay last of the 14th inst., I have
to inform you that the westerly wind still continues, and
the vessels windbound still lying at anchor on the coast.
The schooner Juno, of Hull, Hedgecock master, and the
brigantine Lucy, James White master, have bore up
for this port literally without provisions, to take them
to Gibraltar or Cadiz, and should an easterly wind spring
up, they are desirous of not stopping in the Straits, as
many will have to do, and perhaps lose their passage
through. There is a scarcity of provisions at Gibraltar
and Cadiz, as well es all about the south coast of Spain.
A Spanish revenue steamer came from Cadiz to tow a
Sardinian vessel, loaded with grain, through the Straits
for Cadiz, in consequence of the scarcity there, and to
avoid similar riots to those of Seville and Grenada. The
distress amongst the ships is very great, and at present
little hopes of an easterly wind springing up. The
master of the Juno considers the number of the vessels
anchored on this coast to be about 1,100, all wind.
b)und.

(Signed) LLOYD'S AGENT.
W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's.

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. •••• The
annual meeting of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals was held yesterday, at one o'clock,
in the Hanover-square Rooms, and was respectably but
not very numerously attended. His Grace the Duke of
Beaufort presided on the occasion, and the proceedings
of the meeting were of the usual character. The report
gave detailed accounts of the society's usefulness during
the past year, and it stated that auxiliary associations in
other parts of the kingdom, in Dublin, and in Paris, had
been exerting themselves with great activity and success.
Among other matters it made special reference to the
Smithfield nuisance, the removal of which it strongly
advocated. The meeting was addressed by the Bishop
of St. David's, the Marquis of Westminster, and other
speakers, on the claims of the society to the support of
the humane public, and the duties of suppressing wanton
cruelty towards the lower animals. • The report an-
nounced some considerable bequests and donations.

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