The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-13 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY. MAY 13, 1847.

! millions of her children. And these children, as we
have just remarked, are awakening to a knowledge of
the medium through which they can alone hope for
the salvation of their nationality. They have wel-
comed SANTA ANNA with enthusiasm through-
out his march upon the capital, where a re-
volution had filled the streets with tumult and
thrown the detested Government of GOMEZ
FARIAS into confusion. One of the American cor-
respondents has in a sarcastic vein literally depicted
the rejoicings which upon authentic information
actuall?accompanied the Commander-in-Chief during
his progress towards the city of Mexico, when he
says, "No Knight on bis return from the Holy Land,
scarred with sacred wounds, and bearing the crescent
banner of the defeated infidel, ever received more
homage from the people of the middle ages than did
the Mexican hero." And the consequence of this
exultation has been the formal installation of SANTA
ANNA in the chair of Presidency.
President SANTA ANNA has nobly inaugurated his
new Government by publishing a proclamation such
as is best calculated to rouse the hearts, the valour,
and the affections of the most effeminate community.
" Mexicans !" he cries aloud, " Mexicans ! have you 1
a religion ? Protect it. Have you honour ? De-
liver it from infamy. Do you love your wives and
your children ? Rescue them from American bru-
tality." That is the exordium of his bold and stir-
ring appeal. He tells his countrymen that they are
the arbiters of the fate of Mexico; "if it is to be',
defended," he continues, "you will be those who will
have to stay the triumphant march of the enemy that
occupies Vera Cruz : let him advance one step ,
further, and the national independence will be hurled
into the abyss of the past !" Having thus warned
them of the perilous position in which the
nation is placed, he confesses that his duty
is to offer himself as a sacrifice, and assures
them that he will evince his readiness to fulfil that
duty. SANTA ANN♦ then closes his proclamation
with these imrassioned words of adjuration—words
that should make the heart's blood of every true Mexi-
can leap with a respondent enthusiasm through his
veins—" I speak to you," he exclaims, " for the last
time ; for GoD's sake believe me. You must not hesi-
tate between death and slavery ; and if the enemy
shall vanquish you, at least let your resistance be re-
spected. It is now time that there should be no
thought but for the common defence. The hour of
sacrifices has struck. Awaken ! the tomb opens
at your feet. Win a laurel that it may be
reared over it. But the nation will not perish; I,
I will answer for the triumph of Mexico, nay, will
swear for the result, if a unanimous and sincere co-
operation shall only second my desires. Vera Cruz
(
cries for vengeance ; hasten to wipe out the stain of
her dishonour." Every one with a generous sense
of the dignity of patriotism and the love of nationality
will sympathise with the noble and valorous lan-
guage in which this Mexican chieftain conjures his
fellow-citizens to rally round his banner.
As yet, ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA, COM-
mander-in-Chief of the Mexican army, and President
of the Mexican Republic, has fully equalled our most
sanguine anticipations. May he bring them to a
happy and glorious consummation.

Whilst the present exorbitant rates of purchase
continue to prevail throughout the entire provision
market of the United Empire, we may expect that,
so long as Parliament shall continue its vocations,
there will be almost nightly, in one House or the
other, questions put by different Members, and state-
ments made to them in reply by the Government,
with respect to the present and future prospects of
food for the people. Mr. BAILLIE did not renew his
question on Tuesday to the Premier for eliciting
whether the Ministry intend to recommend a prohi-
bition against the use of grain in the distilleries. But
Mr. Humz inquired of Lord JOHN whether, consider-
ing the high prices of articles of general consumption,
a repeal of the duties on butter, bacon, and cheese
would occupy the attention of Ministers ; the
Hon. Member did not press for an imme-
' diate answer, yet there is little doubt but that,
on Friday next, if not sooner, the head
of the Government will announce his views
as to the best course to be adopted for
insuring an adequate supply to the country
of the necessaries of life between this
and the gathering in of the coming harvest. As we
observed yesterday, the great point is to guard our-
selves to the utmost against any serious deficiency in
corn, inasmuch as its price regulates that of all other
edible commodities. In the House of Lords the Earl
of HARDWICILE on Tuesday questioned the Marquis
of LANSDOWNE as to his knowledge of the quantity
of wheat in the country, and also as to his expecta-
tion of the quantity likely to be imported. The 1
President of the Council, in answer to the first ques- I
tion, reminded the Noble Querist that the Govern-
ment had no organized means of obtaining more
accurate information than any other individual, and
that, therefore, he was not called upon to hazard an
opinion upon " a most perilous subject ;" but, from
the fact, that the quantity of corn brought into our
markets had not exceeded the amount offered for sale
during the corresponding period of the former year,
the Marquis inferred that, unless the harvest of
1846 was seriously defective, eompared with the
preceding one, there must be a large stock in hand.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then adverted to the
enormous amount of foreign corn imported since
January last, exceeding three millions of quar-
ters. He said that in April alone we had
received 1,043,000 quarters that from the
United States we had obtained already 1,670,000
quarters and that, contrary to the opinions
of the Earl of HAILDWICKB and Lord ASHBURTON,
but conformably with "the opinion of those most con-
versant with the subject," there would be no
diminution in any future supply from America,
should we requites it. This is very cheer-
ing intelligence, and completely squares with
the views which we yesterday submitted to
our readers. We repeat there is no real
ground of apprehension as to the future, particu-
larly if we should be blessed this year with a fair
average crop. At the same time, looking to the rapid
increase in our population, and to the circumstance
that, large as are our imports of foreign corn, there
is no doubt of much of it being bonded for re-
exportation, the prudence of economy in the con-
sumption of food, should, from a due regard to the
necessities of the poor, be impressed upon the affluent
classes as a permanent duty, the neglect of which
would subject them to severe and well-merited re-
proach.

Hope is beaming upon Mexico. There is a renewal
of brilliant anticipations to that unfortunate land, for
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA has been summoned
by acclamation to the Presidency. The lovers of
valour and disinterestedness cannot possibly have for-
gotten that several months back this patriotic man
was proffered supreme authority over his country,
and they cannot have forgotten how that temporary
dictatorship was refused by SANTA ANNA, how he
transferred the wand of office to GOMEZ FARIAS, and
hurried forward, sword in hand, to the invaded fron-
tiers to keep the unprincipled Americans at bay, and,
if possible, drive them ignominiously into their own
territories. Extraerdinary changes have occurred
in that interval. Several engagements have taken
plane with variable success. Sometimes the Yankees
have been victorious, sometimes their antagonists
have gained the mastery ; but everywhere it
has been acknowledged that the Mexicans have
in a great measure redeemed their character
from the charge of pusillanimity, and fre-
quently covered their assailants with shame. Even
Cruz .
in the recent capitulation of Vera is noto-
rious that the garrison wasoutnumbered. very
we
nearly four times by those who
were bombarding the
castle, and that the latttr, being Wholly b
without any
conception as to what valour and herolsm
compellingrealellyls are
resorted to tee dastardly contrivance of
the defenders to capitulate by throwing shells
rockets into the town from a considerable distance,an
and thereby carrying havoc and carnage among the
unarmed and terrified citizens. It is against these
unmanly invaders that the inhabitants of Mexico are
being summoned to fight; it is against their rapacity,
aeainst their inhumanity, against their vain-glorious
insolence, that the population of the Aztec empire
are rising from the sloth and effemitrcy ofcenturies.
It is impossible but that with unanimity the
people of Mexico must, in the end, prove victorious,
under a leader who has heretofore acted and spoken
like President SANTA ANNA. The proclamations of
that valiant commander are lit up with the glory of
patriotism. And the Mexicans are at length be-
coming conscious that with such a captain they may
set the forces even
scf the United States at defiance ;
for, as he himself observe=, " How shall eight or ten
thousand Americans prevail cgainst the decision of
eight !nieions Mexinan.,, ?" Yes, that is unques
tionably the palladium, under which Mexico can alone
be sheltered—the decision and the unanimity of eight

The public attention will be anxiously directed to the
proceedings of the House of Lords to-morrow even-
ing. On that night the report on the Irish Poor-law
Bill is to be considered. On that night it will be de.
cided whether the landowners of Ireland are to per-
form the duties incidental to their properties for a
limited period only—whether the great experiment
is to be tried under every possible disadvantage, with
a legislative confession of a want of confidence in its
success, an expectation that it will prove a failure—
whether a direct encouragement is to he afforded to
its opponents to make the working of the law as mis-
chievous as possible, to aggravate its defects, and to
impair the effect of its more beneficial clauses in
order to strengthen the arguments against its re-
newal—whether the landlords are to be enabled to
take advantage of those portions which prevent relief
from being extended to occupiers of more than a
quarter of an acre of land, to compel the wretched
cottiers to give up their holdings in order to obtain
food for their families, and then, after a brief period, ,
thtohoelwdm•iinthagsdsraw the right in exchange for which those
were surrendered,f not only to leave
destitute ahsaabe ore,. but also deprived of the
no body of English
little means they
gentlemen,
possessed. Surely
of humanimt
what they owe to their own countrymen, com-
mon feelings
as to their decision. The
ap-
pears to be unsettled;; tl
car-
ried limited the duration of en, possessed of the com-
the Ist of August, 1848, and to the end of
next session of Parliament, while the
tna,dt
.ciu:enn sense,,t
hesitatei il
aeiwhich was
rts of theth Bill to
subsequent
-ecituheent
clause, which the confusion occasioned by the success
a me :aernunt
dnaodmitf
certain
amendment
parts
fmmat
of that amendment rendered necessary, fixed the lst
of September, 1850, as the day for their cessation.
Whatever may he the period on which the leaders of
the party (united only in their hostility to the Bill
and their desire to impair its efficiency) may finally
agree, it is impossible to suppose that when the prin-
ciple of out-door relief has once been recognised and

sanctioned, in cases of extreme emergency, that the
system can ever be put an end to, even if they should
be reckless enough to make the attempt.
The House willtlso have to consider the important
question as to the area of taxation—whether the land-
lords are to be encouraged to clear their estates,
and to drive the paupers into theneighbouring towns.
and thus to impose on others the burdens for which
in justice and equity they should be themselves
responsible. The 11th clause, which was omitted
from the Bill on the motion of Lord STANLEY,
provided that " all expenses beyond a sum of fifteen
pence in the pound should be charged to the union
at large." This was the medium course adopted by
the Ministry between the conflicting claims of the
inhabitants of the towns and the rural districts. It
would have acted as a check against the land-
lords abusing the great powers conferred on them
and have taken away the inducement to banish the
poorer classes from their respective districts.
Probably the most important of the questions re-
served for consideration, however, is the quarter of an
acre clause ; by that clause, as it now stands, it is
enacted—

"That no person who shall be in the occupation of any
land of greater extent than the quarter of a statute acre shall
be deemed and taken to be a destitute poor person under the
provisions of the first recited Act, or of the Acts amending
the same, or of this Act; and if any person so occupying
more than the quarter of a statute acre shall apply for relief,
or if any person n his behalf shall apply for relief, it shall
not be lawful for any board of guardians to grant such relief
within or out of the workhouse, unless such applicant for
relief shall bring satisfactory proof that he has (at least ten
days previous to such application) surrendered to his reputed
immediate landlord, which surrender such landlord shall be
bound to accept, whatsoever right or title he may have had
to the occupation of any such land over and above the ex-
tent of one quarter of a statute acre."

Here we find a direct inducement held out, and
a means furnished to the landlords, by which they
will be enabled to crush their poorer tenants. This
is a cheap and easy substitute for the proceeding by
ejectment. If they desire to clear their estates,
it will no longer be necessary to put
the sheriff' in requisition, to call in the aid of the
military to drive their tenants forth to perish on the
highways. No longer will the open act be neces-
sary, which generally provoked the public indigna-
tion and subjected the heartless and unfeeling land-
lord to well-merited odium and disgrace. He may
now proceed in a more effective manner. His mode
of action, though more secret, will not be less sure. He
need only withhold employment from the person he
desires to get rid of, and induce the neighbouring
squires to do likewise; he may distrain the goods, so
as to deprive the poor man of all his present re-
sources ; he may prevent him from obtaining work,
by which he could procure the means of livelihood.
He may cast him into prison under a civil bill decree,
so as to take from his helpless wife and children their
only supporter, and by these simple means compel
the surrender of his holding—nay, more, when the
torture has had its effect, when the starving victim
has been forced to yield, when he has been driven
from the hut in which he was born, and which was
dear to him in all his sorrow, he is not even then
eligible: for relief. No matter how great may be his
exigencies, how pressing his necessities, although he
may be perishing at the very threshold of the work-
house, " it shall not be lauful to afford him relief
either in or out of the house unless he shall bring
satisfactory proof (query, what will be considered
satisfactory ?) that he has at least ten days
previous to such application surrendered
to his reputed immediate landlord whatsoever right
or title he may have had to the occupation of any
such land above the extent of a quarter of an acre.'s
He may starve in the midst of his family, but no dis-
cretion is permitted to the guardians. The deep
crime of having, within ten days, held more than a
quarter of an acre of land must close against him and
his all feelings of compassion. Most sincerely do
we hope that this monstrous provision may be ex-
punged. It formed no part of the original Bill, but
was introduced avowedly as a " landlords' clause," and
assented to by the Ministry, in the vain hope of the
landlords being thereby propitiated. Such a power
should not be entrusted to any body of men, and our
experience of Irish landlords does not enable us to
consider them as peculiarly trustworthy in such a
case. It is right that the full effects of the clause
and its probable results should be thoroughly under-
stood before it is finally assented to, and made part
and parcel of the law of the land.

The Suabian Mercury contains the following from
Stutgard of May 6 :—" Yesterday and last night
passed over tranquilly. On the night before and yes-
terday morning eighty persons were arrested, and
yesterday afternoon some others, who were uttering
seditious language. They who were arrested during
the riot are for the most part workmen, not belonging
to the town ; however, there also appear amongst
them some respectable inhabitants. It is probable
that amongst those arrested are many who were
attracted by curiosity to the spot where the riot took
place."
We learn from the Grand Duchy of Brunswick
that the disturbances in that country have ceased ;
but the buildings of the royal domain of Walkenreid
have been destroyed by fire, with large stores of
corn and potatoes. This is supposed to have been
done by incendiaries.

The Second Chamber of Darmstadt has decided
that children under nine years of age shall not be
allowed to work in the manufactories ; children of
from nine to twelve may be authorised by the police
to work for a period not exceeding eight hours each
day, and those between twelve and sixteen may work
ten hours. In the course of the debate on the mea-
sure it was stated that there are more than 10,000
children employed in the manufactories in the Grand
Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Madrid journals of the sth instant have arrived.

Senor SALAMANCA read to the Chamber of Depu-
ties on the 4th his statement relative to the finances.
In the Budget presented by the Minister the receipts
of the last six months of 1847 are put down at
630,820,808 reals, and the expenses at 629,610,557
reals, 23,750,000 reals of which are put down under
the head royal household. The receipts of 1848 are
calculated at 1,257,780,466 reals ; the expenses at
1,257,578,020, among which the royal household
figures for 47,500,000. The Bill relative to the
Sinking Fund Bank provides for the establishment of
a special department for the administration of the
state debt. On the same day the Chamber decided that
funeral honours should be paid to its deceased President
Senor CASTRO Y OROZCO. On the sth a royal de-
cree was promulgated proroguing the Cortes. They
will not be again called together, it is said, until the
month of October. At a Cabinet Council held on
the 4th, the Ministers determined to advise her MA-
JESTY to consent to the marriage of Don ENRIQUE
with the daughter of the Marquis DE CASTELLAR,
but to refuse her consent to the marriage of one of
the sisters of Don ENRIQUE, who was about to be
united to an American gentleman.

On the evening of the 4th the QUEEN visited the
theatre, accompanied as usual by her uncle and cousin
—not by the KING. On her return some alarm was
created by a belief that two pistols had been fired
as her carriage was passing. It appears that loud
reports, as of firearms, were really heard close to the
carriage ; but the Herald() says they were caused
by some heavy substance having passed over two
petards thrown by boys in the streets. On the sth
her MAJESTY left for Aranjuez, and was expected to
remain there for some time, going afterwards to La
Granja or the Escurial. The KING has determined
on remaining in Madrid during the whole of her
MAJESTY'S absence.

General BuntoN has been appointed Governor of
Madrid.

MADRID BotsA, MAY s.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 311 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 194 ; the Debt
without Interest at 5;;;, ; and the Coupons at 16.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.

The Moniteur publishes five royal ordinances,
countersigned by Marshal Sour.; containing the no•
minations of the new Ministers, which we published
yesterday. The journals remark that the ordinance
relative to the replacing M. LACAVE LAPLAGNE does
not contain the words, " whose resignation is ac-
cepted," which are applied to Admiral MACKAU and
General Moulin DE S UNT YON. The Di,bats says
that M. JAYR and M. TREZEL have notified by tele-
graph their acceptance of the offices to which they
have been appointed.

The Pres:e continues its attacks on the Ministry,
between whom and the young Conservative party it
would appear that war is declared a Coutrance.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1847.

The following on the subject of the Cubieres affair
appears in the National:—

" It is probable that the prosecution of General Cubieres
will finish by an ordinance of non lieu. His letters are
merely an imprudent trifle; nothing was demanded, no-
thing promised, nothing given; no corruption was prac-
tised, nor any attempt at corruption made. General Cubieres
never entertained so black a thought; when he wrote The
Government is in grasping and corrupt hands,' he only uttered
a foolish joke. The detailed account of this bargain is a
fantastic invention ; it was ISl.Parmentier that asked General
Cubieres to write him these fantasies to amuse his leisure
and his shareholders, and M. Cubieres, Lieut.-General, ex-
Minister of War, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Se-
cretary of the Chamber of Peers, director of several in-
surance and railway companies, and member of several
learned societies, was weak enough to consent to spare time,
from his leisure moments, to scribble out this novel in letters.
A simple clause will cast blame on the imprudence of such
a proceeding, but it will be declared that there is not the
slightest trace of criminality. We are however warned
that if the National should be so unfortunate as to indulge
in reflections a little severe on the justice of the present
day, the Court of Peers thinks of condemning it to three
years' imprisonment and 10,000 f. fine at least I We are
thankful for the warning."

Intelligence has been received from Algiers up to
the sth instant. The utmost tranquillity exists in
the colony, and the spring tribute was being paid
with great regularity.
The frigate La Charte sailed from Toulon on the
6th for La Plata, where it will receive Admiral LE
PREDOUR, Commandant of the French station. The
Admiral, who wished to arrive quickly at his desti-
nation, took his departure some time ago jn the
steam-frigate the Cassini. The greater part of the
passengers conveyed by La Charte are diplomatic
persons. The steam-corvette Gassendi, which formed
part of the station at La Plata, has received
orders to go to Otaheite. The corvette the Oise,
which lately sailed from Toulon for Bourbon, took out
a detachment of fifty gendarmes. The Prince DE
JOINVILLE remains at the Hyeres, with four vessels,
forming the first division of the squadron of evolu-
tion ; and Rear-Admiral DE TILEHOUART, Command-
ant of the second division, whose flag is carried by
the Friedland, is with two frigates and several
steamers forming part of the division still in the road-
sted of Toulon. Queen CHRISTINA was expected at
Toulon, and apartments had been prepared for her at
the Maritime Prefecture. A Government steam-
vessel will convey her Majesty to Naples.
It was stated in the Chamber of Peers on Monday,
by the Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, that
the prospects of the next harvest were extremely
promising. Notwithstanding this prospect, however,
the markets continue to rise in various parts of
France.

The RVortne states that the price of wheat has
risen from 50c. to 2f. in all the markets in the neigh..
bourhood of Paris ; and at Bray-sur-Seine, lf. 66e.;
Vic-sur-Seine, 75c. ; St. Quentin, lf. ; Ligny, 2f.;
Rouen, If. ; 'Versailles, if. 33c. ; Orleans, lf. 50c.;
Meaux, 66c.; Provins, if. 30c.; Chartres, lf.; Pont
St. Maxence, lf. 33c.; Dourdan, lf. 50c.; Clermont,
; Vernon, lf. 50c. ; Etampes, lf.

General CUBIERES has resigned the Presidency of
the Council of Administration of the Paris and Stras-
burgh Railroad.
The railroad from Orleans to Bourges is to be
opened early in July.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Monday at 77f. 95c. ; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 90c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,236 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 936 f. 25c. ;
Havre, 655 f. ; Great Northern, 605 f. ; Avignon, 760 f. ;
Vierzon, 590 f. ; Bordeaux, 511 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 405 f. ;
Basle, 192 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 420 f. ; Tours and
Nantes, 405 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 431 f 25c. ; Lyons and
Avignon, 445 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 440 f. ; Spanish Three
per Cents., 331%.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 11.

Boulogne and Amiens,l6 Dutch Rhenish, 3374—Louvain
it la Sambre, 74—Luxembourg. 114—Lyons and Avignon
(Constituted), 25(i—Namur and Liege, 3%—Northern of
France, 1134—Paris and Lyons, 414—Paris and Strasbourg,
I%—Tours and Nantes, 1.

WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.—Lord John Russell gave
notice on Tuesday evening that on Friday, May 21, he
should move the adjournment of the Howe till Friday, the
28th instant.

MONEY arid COMMERCIAL NEWS. '
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
In the Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday the sales
were 3,000 bales, including 2,500 bales American, at 6d. to
71/2d. The market was flat, and 18d. per lb. lower than on
Monday, for American.
Railway Shares drooped again, and were only saleable at
lower rates generally.
The few letters received from the United States by way a
Havre, notice a further rise in the rate of exchange on
London to 1064 and 107. The probable conclusion of peace
was expected to make the Money Market easier.
The Indigo sales have been going off flatly, at lower prices
than in February, and colonial Wools are also cheaper, but
in Sugar, &c., there has been more doing, partly for distil-
lation, as regards the article named.
The English Securities have risen again to• day, but there
is still very little doing either for Money or next Account,
the " continuation" to which is about % per cent.
Consols have realised 86% for present trans-
fer, and 863% to 87 for the 27th instant. Exchequer-
bills have been rather lower, viz., 2s. to ss. premium.
If trade becomes rather brisker, these are the securities which
it will probably be most advantageous to sell, now Stocks are
so depressed to what they were when a large number of the
present holders took them. The New Three-and- a-Quarter
per Cents. have realised 87 to 87M. Bank Stock has been
quoted 189 to 190, and India Stock 242.
The Foreign Investments have been dull again. Portu-
guese Four per Cents. 34%, and Spanish Five per Cents. 22.
Belgian Two-and-a-Halt per Cents have realised 53, and
Dutch Four per Cents 88.
In Railway Shares there has been only a limited business
doing.
BRITISH FUNDS, ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. • • • • .. • . 189 190 190
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 85%% 85
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 86%%s 87
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 87% 87 874 874
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 9
Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 834
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 93 911
India Stock . .. 242 242
India Bonds, 1,0001. ,
Ditto, under 1,000/.• 5 p
South Sea Stock .. 96%
Console for May 27 .. • • • • • • 86%34 87 87%
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d.
1,0001... .... 352 5 p l p
5001..• .... 62 p 1 p
Ditto. Small 8 b p 5 p
ONE CLOSINii
FOREIGN FUNDS. - O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Danish, 3 per Cent -. •• .• 81% 82% 82%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 83 83
Ditto, Four per Cent .. 34% 34
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 22 22
Ditto, for the Account • • .. 22%
Ditto, Passive Bonds ..
Ditto, Three per Cent —• 33%
Ditto, for the Account 33%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 91 91
Ditto, Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 53 53
Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 57% % 57%
Dltto.l per Cent. Certificates .. 88 834
BUSINESS
PRICES OF
PAID. DONE AT CLOSING
.
RAILWAY SHARES. PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. .. 30 .... 23 24 ........ 24
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. • • 2% .... 114 • • 14
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 16%34........ 16%
Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 5 .... .......... 5 h
Buckinghamshire .. ..61.45.... 14 dis .. 1% dis.
Caledonian .. .. 30 .... 23%3µ.,,,„„ 2334
Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 204 204
Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 18% % .... 18%
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. .. •••• • • • • rµ p
Ditto, ditto.. .. .. No. 2. Gl. 13s. 4d. %tµ p.. .•• 34 p
Ditto, York Extension .. 64 .... 4% • .........
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 ••• • .••• . • • •
Ditto New .. .. 734 .. • 6
East Lincolnshire .. • • • • 6%•• •• • 7% ••••• • • • •
Ely and Huntingdon .. 15 ..... 14% .... •
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% .. 134
Great Northern .. .. • • • 33A . •
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 24% •
Great North of England . ..100
Ditto, New .. .„ 5 58% . 5814
Ditto. New .. .. • • . .. 25 .... 61% .. •. •. 61%
Great Western .. 85 ....110 11 1 •• . 111
Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 65 .... ••• • • 65
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12%.... 15%
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 25% 25
Ditto, Yew 734
Hull and Selby .. .. •. 50 ....
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 25 .... 5034
Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 40 . 83%
Leeds and Thirsk .. 26 .... 19% 20 20
I iDitto, New .. • • 10 .. 5
London and Blackwell .. 161. 135. 4d. 798 •••• .. • • 714
London, Brighton, and S Coast.- 50 .... 51 503 i 51%
London an' North-Western • • iOO .• • .171% 172.... 171
Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 ....
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 „„11% ........ • • 11
Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 15% ..... •• • 1514
Ditto, 10/. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 6
London and South-Western 41/. 68.10 d... 60% 61% .. •• • • 6134
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 441,{, ..... 45
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) •• 50 .. .. 52 . ..... •• • . 5134
Ditto, Scrip • • .. • • .. 5 .... 434 44
Manchester and Leeds .. .. •• 82 • • ..100% •
Ditto, Thirds ( Reg.) .. • • 'H. 45..... par .• . • ....• par
Midland ..100 ....1143
Ditto, New .. 36 .... 33 IA ... • . 3334
Ditto, New .. .. 6 .....
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 89 ...... •• .. 89
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .. . • 21% 25 25
Ditto, New .. .. • . 5 ...,.........694
Norfolk .. • • .. •• ..100 .• —123 121% 123.. 123
North British .. .. • • •• 25 304 30 .- •• • • 30
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • 34 • ..• ...... 3%
Ditto, Extension • • • • . 0% ..........
Ditto, Thirds .. .. • • 1 .... 2% ........ 29%
North Staffordshire .. 7% .. • • 934 9 9
Ditto Scrip (late Churnet and
Blythe) • . •• .. 2 .• 2N ......
Preston and Wyre.. .. 25 3434 3/, .
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... 4% .. ••..• • 4 % ....... , ,
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% .... 34 .. •••• • • ..
Ditto, Class B •• • . 3 .... 2
Shropshire Union 425. ..........
South Devon .. 40 .... 28% 29 • • ....
South Staffordshire •• •• .. 2/. 125... 14 dis.• •• • •
South Eastern and Dovor 33%.... 35% ...... • ...
80.. New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 5 43y
West Riding-Union •• •- ..41.25..... par ..........
Windsor, Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... Ip.
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 34%34 ,••• ••..
Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 14 .. • • ......
Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 6% • • ......
York arid North Midland .. .. 50 .... • •
Ditto, Preference .. 2 ... • 97i •• •• •• •• ••

ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO ASSAS
SINATE QUEEN ISABELLA.

Our advices from Madrid, which extend to the sth
instant, are of some interest. On the evening before, as
the Queen, with the Infante Don Francisco de Paula
and the Infanta Donna Josefa, was returning from the
Prado in her carriage, and, passing the Custom-house,
two detonations took place. Various conjectures were
formed on the subject. According to many persons, in-
cluding our correspondent, two pistols, or a double-
barrelled one, were fired at her Majesty ; but those con-
nected with the Court and Government professed to
believe that it was nothing but the explosion of a couple
of crackers fired by two boys. The Queen is represented
by the Tientpo to have been so little alarmed that she
would not suffer her carriage to be stopped ; but, on
reaching the palace, she summoned the Ministers to her
presence, and ordered an immediate inquiry into the
occurrence, the result of which was the cracker version.
" Yet," adds the Tiempo, " her Majesty ought always
to have an escort when she drives out, in order that she
may not be exposed to such annoyances."—Post.

THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MAY 10.—The following bulletin was issued this
morning. nor has any more favourable reply being given to
inquiries at the Castle all day :

" Monday, May 10.
" His Excellency had a disturbed night, and is not so well
this morning."
"PHILIP CRAMPTON.
WM. STOKES.
J. F. PURCELL."

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