The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1841.

tion is to increase—that this increase is the
healthy spring of social prosperity, and that the
law which starves it down to a quantity of food,
short by a single quarter of wheat or ton of sugar
of what it might otherwise obtain, is the source
of all that vice, crime, and misery which result
from checking the increase of population.

We beg to direct public attention to the great
and influential meeting held at Manchester on
Tuesday. The resolutions were nearly unani-
mously carried. The second denounced the
Corn-laws as suicidal, and the third, while it ex-
pressed satisfaction at hearing of the measures
proposed by Ministers, said " that the changes
contemplated, so far as they are known to the
public, although not so extensive as to fulfil the

wishes of this community, tend in a right direc-
tion." That sentiment will be found to per-
vade the manufacturing districts. The Minis-
ters' measures go on in a right direction, but
they do not go far enough. On Tuesday evening
Sir E. KNATCHBULL stated that as long as
this question was agitated, business would be
partially suspended ; but it will be agitated till
Justice be done, full and ample justice. By no
other means than doing justice can the agitation
be extinguished. Will it not therefore be pru-
dent, wise, and politic in the Ministers to join
with the suffering manufacturing population in
procuring the total repeal, conjoined with a much
larger reduction in the sugar and timber duties,
and so for ever prevent the revival of the agita-
tion ? It will cost as much trouble to realise
their plan of the fixed duty, as to effect
the total repeal, and the former will
cause quite as much disturbance to property
and vested interests as the latter, besides keeping
the possessors of them continually uneasy. It
has been said by authority, that the Corn-laws
are a great national injury, and never, as long
as there is suffering and poverty in the land, will
the nation quietly submit to them. It will be
wise in the Ministers, therefore, to propose the
total repeal.
The picture of distress, suffering, and want of
employment, drawn by Mr.KEasnaw, is terrific;
and it was emphatically said more than once, that
the wealthy people of London, have no conception
of the misery which prevails in the manufactur-
ing districts. When they learn its extent they
will, and must be, ashamed of their apathy, not
to say their hostility, to their poorer brethren.
Perhaps, too, they may be alarmed at the una-
nimity which prevailed, and at finding the
working classes of the manufacturing districts,
are eagerly embracing the opportunity which is
now offered them of obtaining redress. Perhaps,
also, they may begin to think it time to look
about them, when the gentlemen in the ma-
nufacturing districts propose to follow Mr.
O'CONNELL'S example—repeal the union be-
tween them and the agricultural districts,
and establish a Parliament of manufacturers
in opposition to a Parliament of landlords.
These are some of the wild thoughts which the
monstrous injustice of the bread-taxers is engen-
dering, and they will probably be frightened,
like Satan at the offspring of Sin, at the horrible
progeny they have begotten.

Now if the Corn-laws must be abolished—and the
Debuts affirms they must—their abolition will come with
a better grace from the Whigs than the Tories. The
Whigs were the only Parliamentary opponents of the
Corn Bill of 1813, and some members of the present
Cabinet were known to the country to be always unfa-
vourable to a tax upon food, The Tories were the au-
thors of the Corn-laws ; they struggled tooth and nail
to uphold them for a quarter of a century, and were they
now to come into power nothing short of the appearance
of a civil war, which would shake England to its centre,
would compel them to relinquish their grasp upon the
throats of the half-starved millions. We have only
room for a short extract fromt;•c. Constitutionnel upon
this question :
The Corn-laws, in fact, it may be asserted, furnish the third
part of the opulent patrimonies of the English aristocracy. It
was not sufficient for the 600 patrician families, who govern
England, to possess nearly the whole of the soil on which
20,000,000 of souls exist. They desired to add to the profits
of this vast territorial monopoly an artificial increase, resultihg
from the avaricious combinations which they were able to get
formed into law. It is well known that in France the Govern-
ment of the restoration, wishing to imitate the English Go-
vernment, at least on its worst side, also arranged the laws on
corn so as to suit the interest of the landed proprietors. One
of the first acts of the Revolution of July was to reform these
enactments, and establish a system in favour of the con.
sumer. The reduction of the corn duties is calculated,
above all, to produce a moral effect, and hence it was na-
tural that the modification of these laws, which are in fact the
base of the social existence of Great Britain, 'hould be the
consequence of political reform. Parliamentary Reform was the
means, but economical reform the object. The Tories have
precipitated, by their opposition to all political measures, a so-
cial measure, of which they would wish to adjourn the execu-
tion indefinitely. The Whig Cabinet have made, it cannot be
denied, a party weapon of that which ought to be a resolution
dictated by a spirit of justice. We must not, however, reduce
to too small proportions this decisive act of the Ministry. The
situation of the Cabinet furnished the occasion, but not the
cause. The cause of.such a determination is more important
arid more elevated. It is to be found, not in the necessities of
the Cabinet, but of the country,"
The sufferings of France from the Beef monopoly is
exhibited in a subjoined extract from the Gazette de
France, from which it appears that indifferent beef is ten-
pence per pound in Paris, and that the poor are driven to
the necessity of feeding upon horseflesh ! France could
have an abundance of cheap and excellent beef but the
importation of cattle is prevented by the monopolists'
beef tax !

The great number of workmen and soldiers collected round
the capital. by the fortifications, have caused a very alarming
rise in the price of provisions. The Journal La Presse says—
" Some of the officers of the Octroi seized, a few days ago, an
enormous quantity of horse-flesh ; inquiries made by the police
in most of the petty eating-houses in the capital, have led to
discoveries of an equal afflicting nature. It is known also that
it is not uncommon to see unhappy fathers of families go by
night to the laystalls of Montfancon, to pick up the unwhole-
some provisions, the putrified fish which the police have caused
to be thrown in that place, and to feed on that unwholesome re •
fuse. Such. facts, we do not hesitate to say, are a disgrace to the
country in which they pass, and the most terrible condemna-
tion of the Legislature which governs it. The price of meat
at Paris has reached the enormous sum of a franc the pound,
and yet the trade is in greater distress than it ever was before.
This exorbitant price threatens to increase in consequence of
the accumulation of a hundred thousand workmen and soldiers,
in consequence of the works on the fortifications. At this
rate butcher's meat cannot be obtained by the workman
and mechanic, it is a luxury reserved exclusively for
the rich, and for criminals condemned to imprisonment. The
consumption per head, which in 1789 was 68 kilogrammes, is
now only 47 kilogrammes, notwithstanding the immense in-
crease of private fortunes." Thus the fortifications are not yet
erected, and the inhabitants of the capital are reduced to eat
horsesflesh. What a prospect does this hold out to us ! Ga-
zette de France.

The Manchester meeting will give the tone to
other meetings in the same district, and through..
out that hive of industry the voice of the people
will be raised for the total abolition of the bread
tax. It was felt there, and expressed by more
than one speaker, that the people can achieve
this great victory if they will; and they were told
if they do not succeed it will be their own fault.
Their future fate and happiness are placed in
their own hands, and it will depend on them-
selves whether they shall continue or not to be
the slaves of the landowners.

It seems certain that M. Guizot has taken some steps to mo-
pify the Ministry, and that they have failed. He wished to
get Messrs. Dufaure, Suzet, and Passey to enter the Ministry,
in order positively to secure to himself the support of that
fraction of the left centre which is represented by those three
names, and the support of which is indispensable to the majo-
rity ; he has been refused. This refusal gives a fatal blow to
the already precarious existence of the Guizot-Soult Ministry.
BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 17.
first Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Pricy.
French 5F er ants ll5 ... 115 5 ... 114 80 ... 114 8i
4 per Cents ..... 22 30 ... 31) 142 30 99 31
3 per 72 6J 79 60 ... 79 35 ." 79 4'l
-4,,n1c of Vranee'
...3245
UMW: Bank I,oool.Bl,ares, 10*0 ...ICBO 1(80. • ...51157%Mut. shares 6157 50 ...5157 Se ...sis7 se ...5157 50 nelgi an Bank
. 795 "pas
ti,"foish Active ..... t'4% ... 24% 24%; - ',4%
Pa55ive.............
Portuguese 3 per Cents 2O ... 20 ... 20 .20
Neapolnan lll4 25 ... 11'4 30 ... '3 15 ... /14 15
Roman 10214 ... 102$i lON ...
R AIL WAY SHARES.
St. Germain
Versailles.lL.B 232 50 ... 222 50 ... 231 25 32 50
R.
Rouen 460 ... 4tio ... 460 . 460
Mulhausen to Thann ..... ..
4411 ... 443 ... 440 441
Uriotus... .• .... 487 50 487;0 487 50 487 50
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viviga, May 8
fiveper Cents. Metalliques • lOB
FOnr per Cents. •••••.•••••• ....... ••••••••
Three per Cents. . .......... ........
Rank shares ......«.«.«....... •••1••••••••••• ............. 1(40
Zeilung. May 3,

Both Houses of Parliament adjourned over last night.
The Commons meet to-day, the Lords do not meet till
Monday.

The persons who have advocated the abolition of slavery,
and the suppression of the slave trade, on high moral
principles, will discover, from an attentive perusal of Sir
R. PEEL'S speech, that he throws those principles alto-
gether overboard, and throughout advocates only worldly
expediency. They will remark, too, that his notions of
worldly expediency are borrowed from the com-
pany he keeps, and that his pretended regard
for the negro means regard for the profits of the
West Indian Planters. He would not alter the
sugar duties, lest he might injure the capital of
the ci-devant slave-owners, and he insisted on depriving
the negroes by cunning means, well understood
and practised by the landowners here, of their
freedom, and of making them sugar cultivators.
He mocked at Mr. C. BULLER'S picture of negro
happiness, and thought only of protecting wealthy
planters. The Quakers, and other philanthropists, must
now see in what manner they have been beguiled 11
the Tories into supporting, at the expense of humanity
and justice, the owners of sugar estates.

—. •
BEAUVALE, the Brit,: ',..ne Bth inst. state that Lord
.
Minister at that Court, intends
to retire altoget
Letters from
I.V.Lie Vienna n.frn;no Minister at that Court, intends
to retire ftltoget from public life.
Advices -Pirom Trieste affirm that the Greek Govern-
ment ..ts actively engaged in preventing Greek subjects
florn aiding the insurgent Candiotes. Great numbers
were arrested on board steamers ready to sail for Condit/.

On the 10th instant ESPARTERO took the oaths in the
Hall of the Cortes, as sole Regent of Spain during the
minority of Queen ISABELLA. When the ceremony was
gone through, he addressed the following speech to the
Cortes :
" Senators and. beputies—The life of every citizen belongs to
the country—that to her I continue to devote mine is the wish
of the natiA' and thi, will I do, in fulfilment of a sacred
duty.
vs. will defend the Constitution and the laws, the inde-
',,endence, and the throne of our young orphan Queen. I have
ever been seen on the field of battle as a simple soldier, defend-
ing liberty. Elevated this day to the highest rank in the realm,
I shall be the first to obey her law—the first to make her re •
spected. To this end I invoke the ce-operation of the repre-
sentatives of the nation—the aid of a Government at once
strong, independent, and worthy of her—l will strive to contri-
bute to the happiness of the country, and to raise her to the
rank to which she of right belongs."

A Public Meeting of the Electors of Marylebone is an-
nounced for this day, on which occasion Sir CHARLES
NAPIER—the hero of Acre—will address them as a can-
didate for the representation of the borough, in the
event of a dissolution. That the gallant Commodore
will be enthusiastically received by the meeting, is cer-
tain—that he will succeed in the object he propoils:eisart;_
himself, is, we firmly believe, equally so. The
lebone electors must be fully alive to the im-
ort'anejf
having such a man for their represent:: He is no
trimming politician—no discreet V
. .
of accidents—no bigotted pa
-.. .aiter on the chapter
rtzan—but a Reformer in
the strictest and most cor-
In a word, he is a m •
Aprenensfve sense of the term.
to serve his coy
An of action and decision, as prompt
- ..,ftry by m s vote in the Senate, as he has
i alreadysthe• ved it by his sword in the field. Such a man
one of all others most wanted in the present crisis.
the exigencies of the time require that we should have,
not lukewarm, but strenuous, Reformers in Parliament.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER is one of this class—that a con-
stant, sleepless watch should be kept over the interests
of the people. Sir CHARLES NAPIER is the very man
to exercise this incessant vigilance. As he has already
assured us, in his public speeches, he is sprung
from the people, and is exclusively for the people.
He has no interests incompatible with theirs—
no feelings but such as are kindred with their own.
He makes common cause with them, and is ready to sink
or swim with them. We say nothing of those glorious
naval achievements which have rendered his name im-
mortal, for we feel assured that the Reformers of
Marylebone are fully sensible of the honour of
been represented by a man who, in the short space of
a few hours, obtained a decisive victory, in a spot where
NAPOLEON—the Great Captain of the age—sustained,
after weeks of
.labour, as decisive a defeat ! That
the Tories may oppose the Gallant Commodore
by every means in their power is not improbable ; but
forewarned is forearmed, and. we feel satisfied
that they will miserably fail. As regards the Reformers,
we trust that no one will be rash enough to enter the
lists against Sir CHARLES NAPIER ; for by so doing, they
will only be inflicting damage on the cause they profess
to serve, without in the slightest degree furthering their
own views.

THE GREAT MONOPOLY DEBATE.—The (Morning)
Sun was the only Paper that saved the First Trains to
the North, &c., with the Close, and a very full Report of
the grand Debate and Division this morning. All the
other Papers missed. The Sun will, by the time this
is read in London, be also read in all the great
Towns of the North, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds,
York, Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Bir-
mingham; and intermediate places, as well as Bath,
Bristol, Southampton, and other places to the West.
A large• proportion of the people of England will by
this means be in possession of the sliding hold-fast mo-
nopoly speech of Sir Robert Peel, and the truly
statesman-like eloquence of Lord Palmerston vindicating
the great
.and just principles of free trade for the com-
mon benefit of the people at large, and not for the selfish
class-interest of the few in particular.—Evening Sun.
USES OF ADVERSITY.—When Sir Robert Peel was in
office, his speeches were distinguished for an absence of
wit. He left, during Mr. Canning's lifetime, the busi-
ness of joking to his more mercurial colleague, and never
came out in that line without provoking some caustic re-
mark ,on his heaviness. He was considered a plain-
spoken
man of business, and nothing more. Since he
has been in opposition he has had time to cultiVate his
talents, and he has now become 41:1;, elaborate sayer of
smart things. He appears to study wit, and to rehearse
the jokes in his closet which he brings before the House
with all the charms of novelty, if not raciness. He was great
on Tuesday night in this new character, and if he goes
on improving he may, by and bye, rival even the
illus-
trious Sibby. The Right Hon. Baronet has a noble
ambition of making himself the Jackpudding of the To-
ries, and as he cannot lead them—they are too stubborn
for that--he is resolved to make them laugh. He sue-
ceeded ; but his jokes require the Commons for an audi-
ence, and, like the man himself, fall cold and heavy on
the sense out of the House.
y ma d
and'
great
en
NE.
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that
LEGISLATION.--The o
nation
Timese nus iys-teas t eorfd
classes,a
therefore it infers that there must be class legislation.
The inference, we opine, is the contrary. Legislation is
not for classes, burfor society. To make a law first for
one claSs, which at the same time affects the whole people,
and then for another class, and so on all through the classes,
is to establish and maintain conflicting interests by legis-
lation. To harmonize all the people is the professed ob-
ject of laws; to separate them into repelling classes is
the consequence of class legislation. We see no defence
for it.

We have only space to direct the attention of our
readers to a letter addressed to Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
which will be found in another part of The Sun, pro-
posing a substitute for our present indirect and inefficient
system of taxation. Every proposal of this nature which
has common sense for its basis, is deserving of the most
serious consideration. Mr. JOHNSON'S plan is not to be
rejected because it appears simple ; for, strange as it
may appear, simple and obvious truths are the very last
which men in a social state ever think of embracing.
Whatever is intricate or inexplicable the bulk of man-
kind are always ready to regard as profound ; and thou-
sands of the supporters of a system of indirect taxation
are so, because they have never been able to comprehend
it. The object of a system of indirect taxation is always
to plunder the people without their knowing it. By
means of it a Government always picks the people's
pockets in the dark. Now a property-tax, in some shape or
other,
if imposed on equitable principles, would be juster,
simpler, and produce an immensely larger revenue to the
country. Some such measure as Mr, JonNsoN proposes
will soon become inevitable. An alteration in the mode
of taxation must take place ; in proportion to the all
comprehensibility-vaf the advantages of the proposed
change, shall be our confidence in its soundnesS:and, dur-
ability.

DISINTERESTED ADVOCATE OF THE SUGAR TAX.—
We see by the Manchester paper that a Mr. Greg, who
spoke at the Manchester meeting, described himself as
the owner of an estate in the West Indies, and as likely
to lose by. the abolition of the discriminating tax on
sugar. Is this. gentleman the author of the pamphlet
which Sir Robert Peel quoted •so triumphantly in the
House of Commons on Tuesday evening ?
...7,7LECTURE ..t't THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—Last
night Mr. Mason, who is well known as a wood-engraver
gave the first of a series of lectures, at the above Institu-
tion, on the United States of America, where he 'has re-
sided for several years. His audience was numerous and
respectable, and included a considerable number of the fair
sex. .It is extremely gratifying to see them sharing'this
kind of instruction with their huSbands and brothers.
Mr. Mason's lecture,. which was , instructive, was ' ex-
tremelyA •
Well the promises to be at.
tractive.
.•
T• V.

France, although
The Corn-law agitation in England has extended to , .. .. •
..,
Writer as yet it .is confined to the Journals.
s In
atsh.of every shade of political opinion in France : ;l HE Pil:--------rkiori, TOT:T.liiiQUigil I.°. ' 181. T
n apprised of the intention-of
that same with
the
bread tax abolitionists. It is true lattAxn.—Her Ma:
of them question the parity ofthe motives b - her Irish subjects toje - petition to her, praying tier to
purity .)
t__ present a
which the
Debuts Ministers are actuated. The Journal des afittour Ireland by a virit . this summer. I. understand that her'
alld the Constitue and for instance, who have-. !:LlielitY-Ilas exprmsed. her lively satisfaction at this proof of
never forgiven Lord. PALI.° 'sti,has been
'
MERSTON - and the ' tga li, __ _ ,_,,u it 3 W known
sibin
g the Treaty of
July, insinuate that the British '
1 .ave E4Tand this year:—Loridon.Correspondint of the Dab.
.1171 *man

Cnbinet, in conceding a measure which could not longer
be withheld from the country, was influenced only by a
love of place. As journalists, it is not with the motives
but with the acts of public men that we have to deal.
If the acts of a Government be patriotic, we feel no in-
clination to analyse the secret and propelling springs of
such acts. The following is an extract from an article in
the Debats

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS;
CITY, WEDNESD2Y EVENING. •
The report that Lord John Russell .would perhaps re-
sort to ft dissolution, had the effect of creating a great
demand for money, but before the
.day terminated more
ease was felt in this respect. The irirto cause affected
also the value of the public, securities, which, however,
were higher this afternoon than during the morning.
Consols for immediate transfer brought 90 to 894, and
for the Account 90 to 89?-4. Exchequer Bills were Is. to
6s. premium, being a fluctuation indicative of the pressure
that existed •, and- India Bonds were at-3s. discount to
par. Bank Stock took rather a wide range also, being
quoted 1674 to 1684. The New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. were at 98k to a ; and the Reduced Three per
Cents. at 88k to 88i.
The foreign securities continued flat. Spanish Active
Bonds were 234 to 234 for Money, and 234 to 24 for Ac-
count. Portuguese ew Five per Cents. were 33i ;
Mexican Bonds were not higher than 281 to 4 ; Peruvian
brought only 16k to 4 ; Colombian were at 224 ; and
Chilian at 61,f • Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were
dull at 624 ; and the FiVe per Cents. at 994 to 4.
The Railway Shares all ranged rather lower, being
affected by the prevalent scarcity of money.
The importance 'of the fisheries carried on by our
North AMerican • colonies; is too well known to all
who are at all conversant with the matter, to require
elucidation; and we are glad to find that the subject has
been taken up in earnest by the Legislature of Nova
Scotia. We trust that this is but the prelude to more
active measures on the part of the Home Government;
and in order to give some idea of the necessity tbereof,
we subjoin a small portion of the very interesting Report
of the Committee :appointed by the Nova Scotia Legis-
lature, to inquire into the condition and prospects of the
fisheries:—

We are of that body who think that the Corn-laws have run
their time. In our days, when people look on liberty as a se-
rious matter, every privilege or protection, whatever may be
the term, which affects food, and which seizes on the population
by the entrails, cannot be maintained; and it is for this reason
that we are impatient to see our own Administration yield to
its own liberal notions on the question of foreign cattle. But
it is not less true, thst when a Ministry like the English Cabi
net, through a selfish feeling of personal safety, flings an irri-
tating question into the midst of the constitution, at the risk
of giving it a shock, it misemploys the duties of Goverment ;
and if Lord Melbourne and his colleagues had no better means
of entering on the question of the Corn-laws than this, they
ought not to have undertaken to resolve it, as such a duty clearly
did not belong to them. Their hour had struck, and they ought
to have yielded their places to others.

" Your Committee further report that the export of
fish from Nova Scotia, by the official returns made under
the order of this House, in the year ending the sth of
January last, amounts to 327,026 quintals of dry fish ;
71,676 barrels, and 1,137 tierces and 3,643 kits of
pickled fish ; 27,755 boxes of smoked fish ; 2,533 bar-
rels, 4,661 casks of oil ; and 1,735 seal skins, and two
casks of seal skins, the value of which exceeds
500,000/., and the taking of which employed upwards of
60,000 tons of shipping.
" The Committee have procured a statistical table,
showing the extent of the fishing interests in Massa-
chusetts, the State principally engaged in this branch of
commerce, whence it appears that for the year ending
Ist April, 1837 (since which no authentic report appears
to have been made); the catch was 510,554 quintals of
cod fish, valued at 1,569,517 dollars, and 234,059 barrels
of mackerel, valued at 1,639,042 dollars, employing
1,290 vessels, and 11,146- hands ; and this business is in-
creasing yearly, being cherished by the Government, as
tending to advance the commerce of the Republic, and so
furnish seamen for its defence, while the British fisheries
receive no pecuniary encouragement, but little protection,
and are left entirely to individual enterprise ; subject to
fluctuation, and deprived by the local Legislature of ob-
taining provisions: and supplies duty free, a boon in-
tended by the Imperial Government."

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, 'M
18.—The Cotton
Market to-day has returned to its previous languid state.
The sales to the trade, which is, in fact, the' exclusive business,
comprise 1,500 bales only, at previous rates. Several vessels
laden with Cotton have arrived from Mobile and New Orleans.
LIVERPOOL SHARZ.MARKIIT, MAT .18.—The business at
the Stock Exchange this day has been extremely limited.
The transactions comprise the following only :—Glasgow,Paisley,
and Greenock, -29 i ; Great Western, Half Shares, 74; Ditto,
Fifth Shares,
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 18.—The mar-
ket continues very flat. Birmingham' and Gloucester, 1 1*;
London and South Western, 57 57k ; Manchester, Bolton.
and Bury, 53 54 ; North Union, 83 84; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 241 25*; Manchester and Salford yanks, 9j
10k ; Bank of Manchester, 7 7k ; Manchester and Salford
Water Works, 53k 54 ; Manchester Assurance, 9k 9*.
The di'

ne division which took place in the House of Commons last
night on the sugar question has not had the least effect on the
British Funds. The only difference is, that Consols, which
left off at 90 buyers for the Account, opened at 90 sellers, and
may be quoted at present at ' 89k 90, both for time and
Money ; Exchequer Bills 1.3 prem. ; 'Bank Stock 167/ 1681 ;
India Stock 2501 2511; India Bonds 1 dis. 1 prem. •
In the Foreign Market, nothing doing, prices nominal.
Spanish Activ,,, 231 k ; Deferred, 111 ; PaSsive, 5i k
Portuguese, 331 34 ; Three per Cents., 201 ; Brazilian, 671
681; Colombian, 221 1 ; Mexican, 261 4 ; Dutch Two-and..
'a
-Half per Cents. 521 ; Five per Cents., 991/ 100.
SHA eas.—Great Western, 28 291 prem. ; New,l4l prem. ;
London and Brighton, 431 dis. ; Blackwell, 7 6 dis. ;
• Birmingham 68 70 prem. ; Southampton, 56157 k per share;
Croydon, 131 4 per share ; Greenwich 81 per share ; Man-
chester 'and Birmingham, 151 141 dis.
PRICES OF SHRES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWA Ts. Paid.' Per Share.
Eastern Counties
Great Western ' 934 to
London and Brighton 'so ' '46k
;,, to 45 #ll
London and South Western 3Bl 56/ .... i. to
London and Croydon ( Trunk)... 131 l3/ to
North Midlind
South Eastern and Dover

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster . ~ 20
Provincial of Ireland 25 .. 43
The rate of discount in the House had a rise and fall in the
course of the morning, which is a singular event in the early
part of the morning 7 per cent. was given on Government
Securities, soon after the rate fell'to 4 per cent., and afterwards
wis done at 8 per cent. The only difference from the morning
prices of Consols are from 90 for the Account to 894 a ;
Money, 894, have been at9o ; Exchequer Bills 1 3 prem. ;
Bank Steck 1674 1683; India Bonds, 3 dis., par. ..
In the Foreign Market nothing done. Spanish Active 234 ;
Portuguese, 334; Chilian, 613; Mexican, 28g; Dutch Five
per Cents, 993 a.
The Share Market also continues inactive. Easter Counties
Debentures, 84 ; Great Western, 933 ; London and Brighton.
464 453 4 ; South Western, 563; North Midland, 73;
South Eastern and Dover, 15.
Consols, Account, 894 90; Exchequer Bills; 3 5 prem. ;
Mexican, 283 3 ; Portuguese, 333 34 ; Spanish, 234 24.
CLOSING PRICES.

BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock l6Bf India Stock
3 per Cent Red
3 per Cent Cons 9oi Ditto Old /Annuities ... -
3i per Cent Red 9711 Ditto New Annuities... --
New 4 per Cent 98.1 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 6pm
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 4 pin
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7pm
Jan. 1860 l2l Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859
Jan. 1860. l3 Consols for Acct " 90