The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

3,IIDLAND RAILWAY.
The Midland Railway Conpany are prepared to receive
LOANS on Security of their Debentures, fur periods of three, Ave. or
seven years, in sums of not loss than 1,0001. each, at interest after
the rate of 41. 10s. per cent. per annum, payable Half Yearly. Ap-
plication to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, Derby
By order,

J. F. BELL, Secretary.

Feb. 211, 1847.

GRAND MEETING on the Subject of
CRACOW.
The MARQUIS of NORTHAMPTON in the Chair.
TG-Molutow. the 2d of March, a Meeting to petition Tli6 CROWN
on the annexation of the free c ty of Cracow to the Austrian Empire.
in ♦iolation of the Treaty of Vienna, will be held at FREEMASONS'
HALL, Great Queen•street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The Marquis of
Northampton will take the chair at one o'clock preeisely.

AN ENTIRE and ELEGANT EXEMPTION
from ENVELOPE EXPLORATION.
BROWN'S PATENT CONDUPLICAT!.:II METAL SEAL EN-
VELOPES arc now trustingly confided to the attention anti employ-
ment of the public at large, as otisriug the only inviolable Letter
Seal ever invented. Securely and protectively closed by one single
second's amount of pressure, this new Envelope is fastened by a de-
vice lighter than sealing-wax, of handsome and attractive appear-
ance, and whether employed by the nobleman er the merchant, can
be embellished either with tke armorial bearings of the former, or
the trading cognomen of the latter. The Official and Ban,er's
Security
fewit dEi)v.s•e.lope, prepared hi the most splendid style, will be ready
in
,0O 4rd.eersasatined-setoreme, mtsinilociabotirioin! to be addressed to the Manufacturer,

RAIL WA Y SHARE 111 ALIKE Ib.
t jot?. STOCK
p.
—aiT:
LIVERPOOL, FESEUARY 26.
Nin bap aut
P•-Birmingham
ghn EasternanJd non;
told Junction,') % p.,-Blackburn, Clitheroe, Szc.. 3s. 9d. dis. - Eastern
Counties, 21%-Ditto, York Extension, 5, p -East Lancashire,
2 p. -Ditto (late B. and P.), p. -Ditto, New, 234 p.- Ditto,
Ni:w Scrip, I% p.-East Lincolnshire, 3 p. -Great Northern (Nos. 1
aensdaleD'udalrewy-,
to lOs,000), Bs. 9d. p.- Great Western , Halves, 70 ex div.-Leeds
and ThirA, I% dis.-Ditto, New, 4 dis. -Ditto ['reference, 15,4 p.
—London and North-Western, ISO ex div.-Ditto, New, Quarters,
12% p.-London and York, (Direct Northern), Bs. 9d. p.- Manches-
ter and Leeds. Fifths, 6 p.-Ditto Halves (late L. and B.) 5% p,-
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late Great Grimsby and
Sheffield), 4% dis.---Ditto, 201. Shares, 114 Ms.-Manchester and
Southampton, % dis.-Midland, 401. Shares, 6 p.-Ditto,'New, 414
P.-North Staflordstilre, 3% p.-Sheffield, Rothe! ham, and Doncas-
ter, par--Shrewsbury, and Chester, New, Is. 3d. dis.- -Shropshire
Union, % dis.-West Riding Union, 38s. 9d. p.-Bellast and Bally.
tuella, dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 2% Ms.
IIII,NCIIESTER, FEB/WAIT 26.

STOCE Eecaasoe. The hales are-Asibergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, par.- East Lancashire, '2 p.- Ditto, 2 p. - Ditto, New (scrip),
1% c. p.-Elinbargh and Glasgow, Quarters, 19-Fleetwood, Pres-
ton, and West Riding Junction, S,z p.-Hudderstield and Man-
chester Railway and Canal, 314 p. Ueda, Dewsbury, and Man-
chester, New, Extension, scrip (pink), liB p.- London and North.
Western, New, 12 13-16 p.-Ditto (Manchester and Birmingham),
73 -London and South-Western, Scrip; 5-16 p.- • anch,ster, Shef-
field, and Lincohishi;v, .5100,•thester said Southampton, 74 dia.
-North British, Extension, % p.-North Stallordshire p.-
North Westsrn, 1%-Preston and Wyre, 35% -Ditto, delves (A),
4Y4 c. p.-Ditto (B), 3y p.-Scottish Central, 7% p.-South-Eastern
and Dover, No. 3, 2;4 p.-Ditto, No. 4, 13-16 p.- West Riding
Union, 2 p.-Wharldale (late North• Eastern), dis.
LEEDS, Fkintuaar 26.
STOCK EXCPIANGE.-The sales are -Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston. 2s. p.- Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, l /4 p.-Buck-
inghamshire, 9s. u. p. -East Lancashire, 2% p. - East and West
Yorkshire, 7s. 6d. p. -Great Northern (Nato Direct Northern), ss. p.
-Huddersfield and Manchester, 3% p.-Leeds and Bradford, 455( p.
ex dlv.-Leeds and Dewsbui y, Branches Scrip (blue), 3/. 3s. 6J. p.-
Ditto, New Extension Scrip (pink), 155. p -Leeds and Thirsk,
dis.--Ditto, New, ss. dis.-Ditto, Preference, 31s. P.-iverFool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 10s. c. dis.-Malton and
Driftleld Junction, 265. p.-Midland, Preference, 3N n. p
British, Extensions (scrip), 15s. W. p.-Northern Counties Union,
245. dis.-North-Western, 81. c. p.- South Yorkshire, Doncaster, a6ndd.
Goole, 9s. p.--5% est Biding Unios, p..-Whftrfdale Junction, 7s.
a
dis. -York and Newcastle (late New. and Dar. June.), 10i P. ex
StlEillELD. FEBRUARY 26..-North
STOCK Excianok.-The sales are -East Lincolnshire, 3 P--
Manchester and Lincoln Union, 19s. dis.-31anchester, Sheffield' and
Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 21( p.-Ditto, Eighth Shares, 18s.
dis. -Ditto, Grimsby and Sheffield, 201. Shares, ig
dsiotutoth,,,,Dmocpktson,
-South
243-
Midland, New, 4 p.-West Riding Union, 385. p,-31anchester and
and Goole,

.
.—BULL, Exaaay 26.
STOCK EICUANGZ.The sales ara
e— n
Midland Bailvray Con sols d 501.
—(,real
Shares, 4 p.—North British, Extension (scrip), 15s. 6d. P*
Northern (London and York), 21. 17s. —West Riding Union, 31. lvs.—
Mstnehester and Southampton, 21s. Gd

GLASGOW, FLIMUAIT 25.
bartonshire, 465. -Direct Bombay and Madras, A v and
Aro:ma EXCIIANGX. —The sales are--Aberdeen, 231*---- r
Galloway, 443.—Caledonian, New, 49a. 6,1.--Caledonian and Duni-
-5 51u—vendee
—Dundee al d
(scrip), 565. Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 3,
Perth, 36/.—Ditto ditto, New, 241. —East Indian, 9s.—East Lothian
6d.—Glas-
Central, 513. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 533•
gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,
6514—Ditto. Naives, No. 1,6% —Ditto,
Gla2s-
Halves, No. 2, B%—Ditto, Quarters (5 per cent. guar.), 16%
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, GE. 3s.—Great Southern of Madras, s.
9d.—Manchester and Southampton, 23a. 6d. —North British, Halves,
6d.
17 —l)itto, Thirds, 778. Paisley, Itarrhead, and iturlet, 520.
Scottish Midland Junction, 23%--York and North Midland, 8%.
4s.—Direc t Norther!?

ASHFORD MECHANICS' INS A
There existed
a few years ago
society, not occupying of
human intelligence, a very exalted position in the scale a rather numerous class of
but still what might be termed a re-
spectable clam, one distinguishing characteristic of which
was—a great dread of education. distinguishing
y did not know much
themselves, and they considered e unpardonable it annpardonable piece of
presumption for any one with an empty pocket to have a full
head. The marked improvement in the Al 3
the poor, far as that improvement falls short of what it ought
to be, was C schools for
the first thing that drove these objectors half de-
mented; but when Mechanics' Institutes began to spread,
and the tradesman and artizan dared to emploY
onee devoted to the pipe and the glass, in listening to scien-
the film-,
tific lectures, or in studying political economy, bounds.
deed their disdain and amazement knew then in-
no
Now, perhaps, their wisest course would have been to
have attempted, out of the resources of a moderately
furnished but little-used library, to keep in advance
of Mechanics' Institutes and their frequenters. _But,
alas! this would have driven the advocates of anti-
quated prejudice sadly out of their usual routine. So they
adopted tee much easier plan of vilifying and traducing
and one of the commonest accusations brought against Me
chanics' Institutes was, that they were untavou
t rah
hale
in pre-
to, or
substituted human knowledge for, religion, and t
par to i II ; the lecturi-room was attended, the church would
no tie,erted. In effectual coefutatien of Vaese charges, we
point triumphantly to such lectures as the one delivered
before the Mechanics' Institute of Ashford, on Thursday, the
ISth List., by the lieu ;John Dutton, M.A., Rector of sV are-
Lorne. We have been favoured with a perusal of that lec-
may be most advantageously
lure, and never were we more deeply convinced that science,
far from being the antagonist.
a The Moral Condition and Relations
employed as the able handmaid of religion. The lecture of
which we speak is on
of Man," wherein the lecturer clearly and eloquently
reveio of
de-
monstrates
that the claim to mental freedom can only »
sustained upon the theory of a Divine
morals. His arguments are forcible, his language
perspicuous, and his conclusions just; and we cannot
but thinkut,
that such a lecture must have produced a g
effect for good upon all who heard it. We cordially cotigreat
tulice the members of the Mechanics' Institute of Ashfordra.
qualifiedintellectual
improvement, as Mr. Dutton. And we would venture to
why should not the clergy more generally take part in ask
institutions? Why should they not seize the opportunity of
And why should
,wcl)bmeenntehdaettyho
directing that march of mind which they cannot, if
would, restrain?
their auspices, pursue her researches, with the la
and edified vealed religion burning in her right hand? We lamp of re-
his brother clergy, the example of Mr. Dufton
excellentled
lieve now for the third time, has delighted be-
lieveclose, con-
Mechanics' Institute of Ashford with a trulythe
talented lecture. It was sustained throughout b and
his propo-
sitions, argument, the spirit of chastened liberty
a highly edu-
cated, liberality, whilst the illustrations, supporting 1d Chris-
sitions, were striking and powerful, showing
comprehensive, and philanthropic mind,.—Maidstone
Gazette.

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