The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-15 00:00:00

HAMBURG!! PAPERS.

HAMBURGU, FEB. 9.—A portion of ice at Newmuhler
began to drift yesterday, but the frost being sharp in the
night the motion of the ice was again stopped, and fast
ice produced, so that no improvement in the state of the
ice in the Elbe is to be expected for some days.
The London mail is not arrived.
GLUCHSTADT, FEB. 9.—The state of the ice is not
altered. The entrance to the harbour is free.

THE ORIENTAL MAILS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—lt is the Herald newspaper that continually writes
about her Majesty's tub steamers, as they call them, between
Marseilles and Malta, and no matter what happens else-
where by delays, mismanagement, or private purposes of
taking in cargo or passengers, still the Peninsular and
Oriental Company make her Majesty's tub steamers, as they
call them, responsible for everything that takes place.
Now, then, the mail, before this, was delayed at Alexan-
dria, because the P. and 0. Company's steamer Tagus, leaving
Southampton 3d January, could not get to Gibraltar till the
14th.

Again, their brick steamer Ripon (why called brick steamer
that company best knows) leaves Southampton 20th Ja-
nuary, and can't get to Gibraltar till the 30th.
All this is from Lloyd's List. The one is 11 days getting
from Southampton to Gibraltar, the other is 10 days—the
ordinary time being six days; and it has often been done in
four and a half days. Yet the Herald will make her Majes-
ty's steamers between Malta and Marseilles responsible
for this.

This, Sir, is the way the mails are constantly delayed as
Alexandria, and not from the insufficiency of her Majesty's
steamers, although I do not say they are first-rate; but at
the Admiralty are intent on bettering that service, surely the
Admiralty should not be the butt of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company in the columns of the Herald.
I send a copy of this letter to each newspaper, solely for

the information of my Lords of the Admiralty, merchants
of England, and other persons in London and at the out-
ports.—l am, Sir, your faithful servant,

31, Cornbill, Feb. 13,1847.

THOMAS WAGIIORN.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia,—A correspondent in your excellently conducted
journal, asks, "Who is Mr. Cochrane, the present can-
didate for the representation of Westminster?" "Is he
the same Mr. Cochrane who, some years since, travelled
through the country as a Spanish minstrel?" "Is he
the party who published a descriptive account of his
wanderings through Kent and Sussex?" These ques-
tions require a straightforward answer; since it must
not be borne, it must not be tolerated, that the large and
influential city of Westminster shall be represented by
a person who, in the disguise of a travelling musician,
succeciei, in many instances, alas! too many instances,
in insinuating himself into private families, and after-
wards exposed the flirtation of sundry misses, some in
their teens, and others approaching that questionable
age when ladies begin to think they are forgotten by
the sterner portion of the sex. Ido not state that
Mr. Cochrane is the man who thus acted; I do
not aver that he is the individual who pub-
lished sundry amours in his book, which
he pretended took place at Canterbury, Dover, Hastings,
and Brighton ; I can scarcely believe that a man, who
could betray the confidence of any female, after having
been fed and pampered to satiety by her friends, and sup•
plied with money, believing the said individual to be in
the condition of an unfortunate political exile, would
dare to affront a highly respectable and honourable con-
stituency with his presence. But, Sir, you say—" Per.
haps Mr. Cochrane will inform the eh ctors whether he
is the person I have thus hastily alluded to ?" My reply
is, do not take Mr. Cuchrane's word for his innocence.
I knew the wandering minstrel—the poor amiable young
man who had been driven from friends and home, owing to
political disturbances in his own country—l have seen him
often, but not since he gathered silver and gold from
those who pitied his pretended misfortune—from those
who fostered the viper, who felt for and sympathised
with him in his assumed distressed condition, and I
might be able to identify him ; yet, there is a probability
of clearing up the point beyond the possibility of doubt.
The minstrel's work was printed by Mr. Brettel, of
Rupert-street, Haymarket ; and I have reason to know
that that gentleman is perfectly acquainted with the
person of Mr. Cochrane, and can, therefore, without
difficulty, set the matter at rest, and thus ease the minds
of many parties who have promised Mr. Cochrane their
support, but who would at once withdraw it if Mr.
Cochrane can be identified as the wandering minstrel.
Allow me to add, that, for years, Mr. Brettel has
taken a very prominent part in the Westminster election;
he is a Liberal too ; and would no doubt, not only for
the credit of the House of Commons, but for the honour
and reputation of Westminster, set the matter at rest.
I am, Sir, faithfully yours,
J. W.
Fleet-street.

MR. COCHRANE and the ELECTORS

OF WESTMINSTER.
TO THE ED1T01? OF THE SUN.

_ - - - • -
Stn,—As an elector of Westminster allow me to ask,
whether the Mr. Charles Cochrane, who now so ostenta
tiously parades his pretensions to represent Westminster,
is the same person as one Senor Juan de Ve,ga, who some
few years back published a journal of a tour through Great
Britain and Ireland, and who then paraded a series of adven-
tures in various towns and places at which modesty and de-
cency felt ashamed, and whose public avowal signallyproved
the want of good taste and common propriety in the writer.
If they be one and the same person, the electors of West-
minster ought to know it. If not, Mr. Cochrane cannot too
soon disown the identity.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
St. James's, Feb. 12. ALPHA.
We cannot answer this query. Doubtless Mr. Cochrane
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DESTITUTION IN IRELAND.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,--A few days ago I saw in your valuable paper a
letter from a brother traveller, suggesting that we should
raise a fund for the poor of this fine, but unhappy
country; and he suggested that we should subscribe at
least five shillings each. Now, Sir, the object of this
letter is to suggest that every traveller shall do what he
can; but I trust that most of us will give at least a
pound. I have already given at a public meeting; but,
Sir, I am willing to forego some of my usual comforts
to aid in feeding the starving multitudes in this country.
It would be useless for me to attempt to describe the
misery that I witness from day to day. The public
papers are full of the horrors that the poor suffer. I call
on my brother traveldleersmtuoedho
twhehmatsetthveesy,
andcan tthoesytimmauy-
late others in various towns as they go through their
jinoduurnceeyiot;arn,
Sir, your most obedient servant,
JOHN WEBB.
btehrseYtorndaoy more.

Hotel, Waterford, Feb. 10, 1847.

General the Hon. Arthur Upton succeeds his
deceased brother the Viscount Templetown, as a member of
the committee of the Musical Union. The Gallant General is a
well-known practical amateur on the violin, and a liberal
patron of the metropolitan musical institutions.
NUMEROUS SUDDEN DEATHS.-011 Friday Mr.
W. Carter, the Surrey Coroner, held four inquests on the
bodies of persons who had died suddenly. The first was
taken at the Swan Inn, near Peckham. the other three were
held in the parish of St. Magdalen, Bermondsey.
ASTLEYS.—DESTITUTE IRISH AND SCOTCH
BExEm.— We regret to state that the entire evening's
t
receipts of the benefit given by Mr. Batty last Thursday for
the destitute Irish and Scotch did no
57/. ls. 6d., which sum he has entirely appropriated to their
relief, witout any deduction whatever for the expenses of
his extensive establishment, and which has been forwarded
to:the Committee of the British Association for the:distressed
districts, South Sea House. We are sorry the sum was so
small, as every effort was made on the part of Mr. Batty
to ensure success.
The Government are about to allocate a grant in
aid of the orphan charities of Ireland. Similar grants have
been made in former years.—Linierick Chronicle.
We read in a letter from Alexandria, Jan. 24 :
" Since my last letter, announcing the appearance of the
cholera in the Helms and its ravages, we have received other
news. On the departure from Aden of the English steamer
that town enjoyed perfect health, although its suburbs were
infected. From Cairo, under date of the 20th ult., we learn
that the Viceroy, in opposition to the advice of the physician
Clot-Bey, had ordered the cordon to be closed at Suez and
Cosseir, in order to prevent the return of the great caravan
of pilgrims into Egypt, and had sent provisions acd tents
to Akaba, where the caravan was directed to stop. Similar
precautions had been taken at Cosseir and Suez for the pil-
grims arriving by sea. By these measures the Pacha hoped
to prevent the cholera from entering Egypt. It appears,
however, that after having made a great number of victims,
the fell disease had completely ceased. The pilgrims that
have already arrived at Alexandria say that when about to
perform the usual ceremonies at the tomb of the Prophet, a
dreadful wind arose, which continued several days, and
caused many persons to die of the disease. The Pacha of
Damascus and the Mollah of Mecca were amongst the dead.
The authorities had ordered the public criers to recommend
the pilgrims to depart from Mecca, and they all immediately
abandoned the place. It is stated that Geda had not been
g ugnu-nbso—aths:
mounting each from 3 to 5 guns.
visited by the pestilence."
THE Duicu NAvY.—According to the Hague
Journal, the Dutch fleet consists of 7 ships of the line, 2 of
84 guns and 5 of 74; 3 frigates of the Ist class, of from 54
schooners,
100
ships
i fsro amed32,t30148 to 60 guns; 14 ditto of the 2d class, from 32 to 44 guns; 3
frigates, cut down, of 28 guns; 13 corvettes, with two decks,
mounting from 26 to 28 guns; 3 ditto, from 20 to 22 guns;
12 brigs of the Ist class, from 12 to 18 guns; 6 ditto of the
pgu
2d, from 8 to 14• 21 schooners, f. om 3 to 14 guns; is
guns;n
guns.
transports,h3ereared
withbesiei7
5 6
There has been an increase of 20,0001. in the ex-
cise of Limerick upon spirits alone in the past year.
ASTURIAN MINING COMPANY.—A special meeting
of the shareholduts of this association was convened on Fri
thy, at the offices of the company Austin-friars, for the
purpose of hearing the statement of one of the directors, S,
P. Pratt, Esq., EELS., on his return foul the Asturias. The
chair was ti'led by Gideon Colquhoun. Esq. The report t t
Mr. Pratt, in reference to the coudition of the works and
mines in Spain, was highly satisfactdry.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Saturday.)
The Cotton-market at Liverpool was flat again yesterday.
Sales of the week, 19,860 bales. Stock now 449,840 bales
against 857,370 bales at this time last year. The consump-
tion this year has fallen off nearly one-half—say by 95,000
bales, while the imports are 56,000 bales less. The Share
market at Liverpool yesterday was very dull.
There are no arrivals to-day with news of any importance
and the progress of the debate on Lord George Bentinck'a
Bill seems to occupy chief attention, and not even the argu-
ments of such practical men as Mr. Hudson and Mr. Chaplin
convince many here. The employment which railway works
would furnish in Ireland would, it is contended, be too par-
tial to relieve the districts most distressed.
The changes in the Bank of England balance-sheet
during the week to the 6th inst. were chiefly these :
, Notes issued, 25,504,325/. ; decrease, 668,543.
Public deposits, increase, 205,3661.
Ot her deposits, decrease, 477,175/.
Seven day and other bills, increase, 11,208/.
Other securities, decrease, 86,136/.
.Notes, increase, 187,3001.
Bullion, 12,287,7371.; decrease, 613,921/.
It will be observed, therefore, that the directors have
strengthened themselves in the banking department by an
appropriation from the notes issued, and that they
are diminishing their liabilities in the issue depart-
ment to more than the extent of the reduction in
their bullion, which we hope ere long to see partially checked,
although the exchanges continue adverse at present, and a
good deal of silver has left England again this week. Ire-
land will prove as great a drain in this respect as the Con-
tinent, though it is to the Continent we now specially allude.
The Stock Market presents a trifling improvement.
Consols are 90% to 90% for transfer next week, and 901/2
to 903 for account. Exchequer-bills continue at ss. to Bs.
premium. Bank Stock is worth 2031/. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 92% to 92%.
In the foreign house the transactions have been of very
minor interest. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 2474, and
the Three per Cents. 35. Portuguese Four per Cents. have
been quoted 341/2. Mexican Bonds are worth 22. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 5818.
Shares have been without much alteration. Northern of
France are better.
On the London New Stock and Share Exchange, Old
Broad-street, the business during the week has been fluc-
tuating, and in the scrip of the various conveyance schemes
almost nil from the resolution of the committee not to en-
courage any except of a bona fide character. The scrip of
the Parcel Post Company, however, just now seems to be a
favourite in this locality.
131{1T1S11 FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. • • • • 203 203
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9034 91 91
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 90%%% 90%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Inns. 9212 %% 92%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 9-16 9 9-16
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. 14 p 14 p

Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. 14 p
Consols for Account • • •• .• • • •• DON,
Exchequer Bills. INd.

1,0001... .... 5 8 prn.
5001. .... 6 9 pm. 9
Ditto, Small 6 9 pm. 9
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. riacEs.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . ..
Ditto, Deferred 531
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent
Ditto, for the Account .. 22
Portuguese Four per Cent 3414
Russian Bonds .. .. 112
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. 24%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. 35
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 38
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-liall per Cent .. 5814 5
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% 92%
PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSIN(3
DONE AT
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. • • •. • •
Birmingham and Gloucester ..100 .... 122 X:d.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% .14 . 1354
Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 4 ...... 101 A,
Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 225. ....
Buckinghamshire 84s. p. ex int 1i p x.int.
Direct Northern Scrip .. • • •

Eastern Cotutties .. .. 20 .... 21 ex div. 21 x.if
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. •..• • • ...
Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 6!. 133. 4d. .. •.
Ditto, York Extension .. 4 .... 4% ..........
Eastern Union

.. .. 10 .... 13!i..........

Ditto, Quarter Shares
East Lancashire .. • • ..
Ditto Nbw
Ditto, ditto New Scrip • • .. 134 .. • •
East Lincolnshire .. 4 .... 6134
Great Northern (London & York
Regd.) ..
Great North of England
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... • ....
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 121% .. •• ..........
Ditto, New ......
Ipswich mid Bury St.Edmunds .. 11 • ..
Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 5 .... •• • ....... 3%
Leeds and Bradford .. 35 .... 75% %ex div.. 781% x. d.
Leeds and Thirsk 22% .... 19%.......... 191,4
Liverp., 31aneh., & Newc. Junct. 2% 1% 2........ 2
London and 14Iackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. • • ..... . BSi
Ditto, New, No. 2 .. • . •• .. 1 p.. • ... 1 p
London and Greenwich .. 12/. 155. 4(1. .......... 9%
London atm North-Western . —lOO ....IS t x div. ... • 183%
Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 ....
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. 2 .... •• • • ..... • 13%
London and South-Western.. 41/. 6s. 108. • • 65 64 ........ 64
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 46 .. 46
Ditto, New .. 224.... 25% 25 ...... 25
Ditto, Scrip • • .. • • • • • • 5 •• • • 53 •• ..
Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• .. —
Ditto Extension .. 425. .. • • p.. • • •
Ditto % (late Hudiers. & Sheff.) 23 . ..... ...• 27%
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 •
Midland ..100
Ditto, New .. 30 .• .. 35M x div...
Ditto, New .. .. 2 ....
Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .. • • 31% ... •
North British .. .. • . 25 .. • . 34N 34%
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 124 •• • • 1654
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 2M• • .. 4% 34 ...... •
Ditto, Extension .. • • .. % .... 1 tA, ....... .• • Its
Ditto, Thirds • . .. • • • • I .... 3% %%
North Staffordshire .. • • • - 5 ••.. . .
Oxford,Woreest.,& Wolverhmptn. 17% .... 11% ........ • • 11%
Preston and Wyre .. • • • 25 .
Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. 6%.. • . 10%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... ........
Ditte, Class B .. • . • • • • 1M —1%
Shropshire Union .. 425... dis. %dis x.i.
South Devon .. .. 40 .... 33% .. • • •• • • 33%
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's • • 2 .... 334..........
Waterford and Kilkenny .. 11 .
West Riding Union .. • . 425..... p......
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .. .
Ditto, New.. .. .... 11%3,4 •
Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... %
York axd North Midland .. 50 .
Ditto, Extension .. 20 .... 36 M %xd . • 36xd
Ditto, Preference ••.• .. 2 .... 11% •• • • • 11%
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 10 •. • - 21% •.•• . • • • 21%
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 18 .. ••••• • • • 14 M
Dutch Rhenish ..7 41( 414
Namur and Liege .. • • .. 8 .. 2% .• • • 2%
Northern of France • • .. . • 8 .... 1214 • • 12%
Paris and Lyons .. • • .. 8 .... 7 M ....... •.. 714
Rouen and Havre . .20 .... • •
Sambre and Meuse .. .. 12 .......... 6%
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Provincial of Ireland .. 25 .... 44% ..

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