The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-19 00:00:00

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 17.
Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—buteli Rhenish, 4?-4 —Northern of
Franee,l234 —Paris and Lyons, 7% —Paris and Rotten, 34 ex div
—Rouen and Havre, 2614.

MR. COCHRANE and the ELECTORS
OF WESTMINSTER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stn,—My attention has been directed to the inquiries con-
tained in your paper, relative to the identity of Mr. Coch-
rane, the present candidate for 'Westminster, with one JUAN
DE VEGA, who some years back travelled through some parts
of England, professing to be a Spanish refugee, and then
published adventures of- a most immoral kind as the account
of his travels. I remember a person calling himself Don
Juan de Vega soliciting charity in this:town, rot for himself
only, but forhis fellow Spanish refugees. He came as a Spanish
peasant; a large, slouched, straw hat, an open vest, a man-
tilla cloak, breeches, and stockings, formed his dress; he pro-
fessed to speak no English—French and Spanish being the
only languages he knew. He was of slight figure, and stark
mulatto complexion. He excited much compassion in this
town, where he professed to be a Quaker, and attended the
Friends' Meeting House; was fed, clothed, and had money
given to him in no small quantity ; and yet was afterwards,
by his own published adventures, found to be an imposter,
a hypocrite, and a scoundrel. He endeavoured to seduce
every girl hd could come near, and those whom he could not
ruin in person, he sought to lower in character, by imputing
in print tlie actions of charitable feeling to the promptings
of the most unchaste passion. I know, and could identify
the man. I do not know whether the Juan de Vega, of
Brighton, be the candidate for Westminster. I can hardly
believe that the swarthy Juan de Vega can be the Mr,
Cochrane who appears at meetings of charity, dances with
the daughters of the governor of the licensed victuallers at
their annual balls, and is alternately heard of at the Crown
and Anchor and at Exeter Hall, in company with Dr. Lief-
child and Mr. B. B. Cal:then. I say I can hardly believe it,
and yet why does he not deny it? If they be the same person,
I pity the deceived, I despise the deceiver. But I will come,
up to London on his first public appearance, and my own
eyes shall, if I be spared to see him, convince myself. If
Juan de Vega be Mr. Cochrane, I will denounce him, and
the " Tallow-chandler and Grocer," whcm he so described
and whose hospitality he abused, shall shame him from the
Westminster hUstings.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Brighton, Feb.l7, 1847. D. B.

THE GALWAY ELECTION.
(From the Times.)
DUBLIN, FEB. 16.—Repeal is again " looking up," and Mr.
Monahan's prospects by no means as cheering as they were
at seven o'clock on Saturday evening. At half-past two
o'clock yesterday, and when the mail was dispatched, Mr.
O'Flaherty had a majority of 38 over his opponent, but
whether on the gross or the day's poll is not yet known, nor
can an authentic account of the result of the second day's
struggle be received before to.morrow morning. Although
in a minority, the Solicitor-Generat's friends here are by ro
' means disheartened, and still anticipate final success, the
thunders of St. Jarlath and the junction of the discordant
I.lanct I,,,twithstanding. A
clever electioneering ruse was played off in the course of
yesterday, which must have contributed more or less to damp
the energies of Mr. Monahan's supporters, and further
strengthen the position of the Repeal candidate before suffi-
cient time could elapse to detect the trick. The reporter of
the Freeman's Journal thus describes the affair:—
" The arriral of the Dublin mail at half-past two has
created an extraordinary excitement. A report has been
circulated on the authority of a letter enclosing a slip of an
express edition of The Sun from the Messrs. Johnston to the
newspapers of this town, to the effect that Lord John Russell
had ceased to be Prime Minister of England, and that, con-
sequently, her Majesty's Solicitor. General for Ireland could
no longer seek the suffrages of the constituency of Galway in
that capacity. The announcement of this in the Court-house
was productive of the greatest possible sensation. Had a
bombshell fallen amidst Mr. M'onahan's supporters they
could not appear more disconcerted, whereas, on the contrary,
it was the signal of a loud and prolonged burst of triumph
amongst the friends of O'Flaherty and repeal. In all parts
of the town the rumour is rife, and the most unequivocal jay
is expressed by all classes of the community. The p
was retarded in the various booths for more than ten n. nut s
in consequence of the cheering of the crowds within an
without the courts." -

Meanwhile a passenger by the Galway mail, and vho is
moreover a staunch supporter of Mr. O'Flagerty, gives a
very different version of the state of the poll at the t me he
left-to that put forward in the second edition of the in em,a t.
He states most positively that at half-past two o'cloi k t ie
Solicitor-General was in a majority of twenty over the R.t-
pealer, and that, in his opinion, the game was nearly up
with the latter. Between such conflicting accounts it
would be idle to place any great reliance upon either state-
ment.

It is right to mention that the Messrs. Johnston, the re-
spectable news-agents, have indignantly denied being parties
to the hoax practised at the expense of Mr. Monahan, and
have offered a reward of 1001. for the discovery of the author
of the forgery.
At one o'clock the state of the poll really stood thus :
Monahan
O'Flaherty

GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.
The annual general meeting of the members of this asso-
ciation took place on Wedreeday, in the saloon of the English
Opera House (by permission of J. Strutt, and Robert Keeley,
Esqs.), which was very numerously attended.
J. B. Buckstone, Esq., having been called to the chair, the
usual officers were elected.
After which, Mr. CULLENFORD read the financial state-
ment for the year, from which it appeared that the receipts
amounted to 5601. 17s; 9d., and that the total capital
of the association was 3,4741. 7s. 81hd., of which sum
3,4511. Bs. was invested in Government securities, the
balance in the treasurer's hands.

Mr. WORRELL proposed that, in consequence of the pros.
perous state of the fund, the allowance to the several
annuitants be increased from 251. to 301. for the ensuing year,
which proposition was unanimously agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then announced that Mr. Macready had
kindly consented to take the chair at the ensuing anniver-
sary festival of the Fund at the London Tavern.
The SECRETARY also read the following letter from Mr.
Charles Dickens :

"Paris, Feb. 5.
"Dear Sir,--I have been very glad indeed to hear,
through Mr. Macready, before receiving your letter, what
chairman you have secured—a more appropriate one, or
one more likely to do service to the Fund, and good service
too in the public recognition of it, could not; I am certain, be
found.

" I am bold to say, and I hope the committee will not be
uninterested to hear that I shall be able, please God, to at-
tend the dinner this year. I have arranged so to leave here
as to be in London, and at home again on the 27th of March ;
and I beg you not only to insert my name in the list of vice-
presidents, but to keep a seat and a toast for me, to both of
which I will do as much honour as my cordial interest in the
meeting, and its objects, can master.
" Dear Sir, very faithfully yours,
"NV. Cullenford, Esq." "CHARLES DICKENS.
The SECRETARY then read the address of the committee to
the profession, relative to the eligibility of members.
Thanks were respectively given to the treasurer, the secre-
tary, to Mr. Worrell (for the present of a new efficial seal),
to C. J. Roberts, Esq., M.D., to the lessees of the English
Opera House, and to the Public Press, for its kind advocacy
of their cause.
The customary vote of thanks was also presented to the
chairman.
➢lr. BUCKSTONK, in an appropriate speech, briefly acknow-
ledged the compliment, and the meeting separated.

ANTI-SLAVERY
LEAGUE.--A public meeting was
yesterday called together at the Hall of Commerce, Thread-
needle-street, to consider the subject of American slavery,
and of taking immediate and energetic measures for its sup-
pression. The chair was taken by Mr. D. W. Wire, who ob-
served that the Anti-Slavery League was formed for the two
Purposes of exterminating slavery, and of releasing. those of
our fellow-creatures that are, at the present period, in a state
of bondage in many parts of the States of America. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Mr. Smith (Secretary of the As-
sociation), and by Frederick Douglas. The latter drew a
heart-rending picture of the frightful attrocities perpetrated
in the Slave States, and impressively depicted the great
blessings that would inevitably attend the abolishment of
slavery in all parts of the world. A subscription was en-
tered into to defray the expenses of the meeting, and the
pioceedings then terminated.
STRIKES ON THE CALEDONIAN LINE.—A number
of the labourers on this line, in the neighbourhood of
Ecclefechan, struck work last week, in consequence of dis-
putes with the sub-contractors. A number of them have
been paid off, and others returned to their work.—Dumfries
Courier.
THE LATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN DERBY.
Mrs. Osborne, whose case bas mated so much interest, is
still living. On Monday last she appeared in a rapidly
sinking state, but, by the timely administration of stimu-
lants, she rallied towards evening, and passed a tolerably
quiet and tranquil night. At the hour of going to press we
learned, on inquiry, that though a slight change fir the
better had taken place, she still continued in a state of the
gr, a.m, uncertainty and danger.—Derby ,Mercury.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun ~f
The Cotton market at Liverpool rester iay was very heavy,
and all kiilds were 18e1. per lb. lower. Sales, 2,000 bales.
American, 6141 d. to 7%,1. and Egyptian, 9!4d. per lb.—ln
Railway Shares there was very little doing.
Thera are no later arrivals to-day.
The corn-averages to-day, show a great falling off in the
sales.

The system of leasing land with ultimate power of pur-
chase has always appeared to us to be so very advantageous
to the thrifty settler. of limited means, in our agricultural
colonies more especially, that we are gratified to notice
in the last accounts from British North America, that
the Canada Company have resumed the system of
disposing of their lands in the Huron district on
lease. "Its suspension," says a local writer, "in
the tide of prosperity, after doubling the population of
the district in three years, and the recurrence to the old sys-
tem of cash instalments and payment of the balance within
live years, produced a complete stagnation in the settlement.
" The most numerous class of settlers possess but little
cash means, which are indispensable to them upon begin-
ning the clearing of a lot of wild land, and most
of those who buy on a credit of five years
cannot meet their obligations. The Company have accord-
ingly again decided on disposing of their land by lease—the
plan having already proved so successful. This system of
leasing was devised and first applied by the Canada Company
three or four years ago to the settlement of wild lands, and it
Ins more than realised the most sanguine anticipations of
its advocates. Lots in the city of Toronto are
now generally disposed of on the same plan. The
lessee can confidently expend his capital and labour
upon the land without fearing molestation for ten years
(paying annually only the rent), which affords him ample
time to take the deed with the products of his crops; and
lie has also the privilege during the term of depositing his
savings with the company at the highest legal interest, and
which he can withdraw at any tune to suit his convenience."
" We are glad to see the leasing system continued, it pro-
motes the prosperity of the country, and of the individuals
who settle on the company's lands; and the company cer-
tainly deserve great credit for the great attention they have
so judiciously given to the interests of the province. The
heavy stake the company have in Canada, the honourable
manner in which they discharged all their obligations, and
the fairness and liberality of their dealings, are good gua-
rantees to settlers that they have honest men to deal with in
the persons entrusted with the management of the company's
lands."

The Stock Market has been again better this morning, and
preserves the more buoyant tone exhibited yesterday after-
noon, a further advance of 1A t:er cent. having been obtained
in some cases. The fact of no further advance having been
made to-day in the rate of discount at the Bank of England
induces many of the Bears to make preparations for ar-
ranging their accounts. Consols have been 91 to 9114 ; New
Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. 92% to 93 Vs ; and the Three
per Cents., 91% to 9114. Bank Stock is worth 2031 A.
Excbequer- bills have been firmer, at ss. premium, except
those which are advertised, and they realise but ls. prem.
The Foreign bonds are merely nominal. Portuguese Four
per Cents. 35; and Brazilian, old, 853/4 ; Dutch Two .and-a-
Half per Cents. 584.
Shares are rather higher to-day, with a moderate business
doing.
BRITISH FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. • • .. •• 203% 203%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 91% % 91%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 9114 91 91 %
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Amis. 93% 92j7 93% 93
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 9-16
Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 9 7-16 9 7-16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 9 7-16 9 7-16
India Stock .. . .. 251 251
Consols for Account .. 91% 91 911 A
Exchequer Bills. l 3 d. 1 %d.
1,000/.
5001. .
Ditto. Small
Ditto, Advertised

5 - - - pm.
5 1 -- pm.
5 2 - - pm.
1 - - - pm.

ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'Ci.OOK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 85%
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent ..
Portuguese Four per Cent •• .. 35
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Three per Cent ..
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent

CLOSING
PRICES.
85%
224

Dividemis on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Italt per Cent .. 58%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% 92%
BUSINESS
PAID. DONE AT CLOSING
ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES..

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. • • 2% .......... 2%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 14 4 14
Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 5 .... 10% % . . 10%
Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 665. .... 2 „ 2 p
Buckinghamshire .. • • • • 8 1s• •• • • %p. ex int... p x.in t.
Caledonian .. 30 .... 27% • • .... •• •• 263
Direct Northern Scrip .. 2%.... 2% 23
E istern Counties .. • • .. .. 20.. • • 21%9i .% ex div... 2194 x.d.
Do. l'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. I3s. 4d. ..........
Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. % p.....,
Ditto, York Extension .. 4 .... 4A 34
Eastern Union .. .. 40 ....
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 ••..
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 14 •• .• 15% 16 ......
East Lincolnshire .. .. 4 .... 6% ..
Ely and Huntingdon .. 12% ••.. • •
Great Northern (London & York
Regd.) .. • •
Great North of England
Great Western ..
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 72% ......
Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 28A
Ditto, NeW 4% ..........
Huddersfield and Manchester .. 16 .... 203,4
Ditto, ditto, Extension .. 5 .... G 4..
Ipswich ai•id Bury St.Edmunds .. 14 ....
Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 5 .... ..........
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 • • ........ 64%
Leeds, Dewsbury. & Manchester 27% .... • • .... 313%
Do., Old Extension (Green) • • 2%.... .......... 3)%
Liverpool, Croshy, and Southport 2 .... ..........
London and Blackmail .. 16/. 13s. 4d. .......... 8
Ditto, New. No. 2 .• • • •• I 1,4 1 p...... 1 p
London, Brighton. and S Coast•. 50 . 56 5534
Ditto, Consol. Fifths • • .. 50 .... 54
London and North-Western . • .100 .. 1843% 185 x div... 185
Ditto. Fifths .. .. 2 .... 18% x d.... 18%
Ditto, 401. Shares M.•& B. • . 40 .. • • 71% x 71%
London and South• Western .411. 6s. 10d..• 66
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .. 454
Ditto, New 22%.... 253 q % • •
Ditto, Scrip.. .. •• 5 .... .
Lynn and Dercham .. 15 .... 17 • •
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. p........ 7A, p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... • 1%
Midland .. ..100 .. • 122 121 !,4 122x0 122
Ditto, New 30 •• .. .. •• • • .... 31% x d
Ditto, New .. .. 2 .... 5 x div...
Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 20 ...• 32% 313' 32.. 32
Norfolk .. • • .. .. 100 .• .. 130
North British.. .. • . 25 .... 35 •.• 35
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 12% .• • • 16% ...•
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 214 .... 4%
Ditto, Extension .. • . .... 1% I
Ditto, Thirds .. • • • • 1 .... .... :3
North Statforilshire .. • • • • 5 83;;%••
Preston and Wyre 25
Ditto, Half Shares (A)
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 4%
Royston and llitchiu 1334 .... 2 .. • •
Scottish Central .• . .. 15 .... 22% 22 ...
Scottish Midland .. 17% .... 2131
Shrewsbury and Birminghatri .. 3 .... 4 ......
South Eastern and Dovor 33% .........,
Do.. New (do. 331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 131,
Ito., New (do. 451.) .. No. 4. 3% . 4% .....
South Wales .. .. 10 733%........
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
Goole .. . .. 2 .... 2334 i 21
Trent Valley and Midland June. 425..... % p ••••%
Waterford and Kilkenny .. It .
West Riding Union .. 425. .... 134%p•• • • .• p
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 36% • • 36A xd
Ditto, New.. .. .. 5 ... 11% • 1
Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 5343/a 8%
York sad North Midland .. 50 .... 86x0 84;x,i
Ditto, Extension .. .. 20 .... 364 xd • • 364
Ditto. Preference • . .. 2 .... 11% 12% .... I .
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.— 10 ... • 2114 %. • ••• .• • 21%
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. 18 .... 147 g%
Dendre Valley . .. 4 ....
Great Western Bengal .. ss. ....
Louvain ala Sambre .. .• • • 6 .... --
Namur and Liege .
Northern of France
Orleans and Bourdeaux

• •..100 ..232 .....

• • •
• . 232

... • .. 1
3
12%

MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered 31/, • • 3%
MONEY MARKET.
After the regular hours of business yesterday after-
noon, Collo°ls were done at
911 it for this Account,
and

91Z- / for the April Account.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Paget, Earl of Morton,
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain the Hon.
A. H. Gordon, honoured the performance of the French
Plays with their presence yesterday evening. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Fancy Howard, and Sir George Couper, also honoured
the performance of the French Plays with their presence
last evening.
Count Alexander Mensdorff left Buckingham Palace
at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning fur South-
ampton, en route, to Portugal.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took
their accustomed walks and rides yesterday, in the gar-
dens of Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at
Gloucester House.
Her Majesty's Commissioners for considering the
state of the several Bishopricks England and Wales
in
with reference to the Foundation of new Bishopricks,
held their first
meeting yesterday, at the official resi-
dence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-
street.
Mr. Archibald Cuninghame had an interview with
Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements,
held a meeting yesterday at the Office of her Majesty's
Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. There were
present Viscount Morpeth, the Lord Mayor, the Right
Hon. J. C. Herries, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir Charles
Lemon, Lord Colborne, Mr. Hope, the Hon. C. A.
Gore, and Mr. Milne.

Mr. Gibson Craig, M:P., had an interview with the
Right Hon. E. Strutt, yesterday, at the office of the
Commissioners of Railways, in Great George street.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry have
arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Upper Be!grave street, from
their seat, Kinmount Annan, N. B.

CITY OF WESTMINSTER LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC,
AND MECHANICS' INsmuTiox.—A. dramatic reading of
Othello was given at this Institution last night, by Mr. J.
Russell, the comedian. To delineate the fine, open, manly
character of Othello, the very soul of honour, insidiously un-
dermined by a cunning fiend in hirnan form, and by contrast
to display the knave lago in such guise that he shall Le
esteemed a bluff; hearty, jovial campaigner, and still renitr
his villany consistent, is a task requiring no ordinary his-
trionic skill. Mr. Russell, however, secured and held the
attention of his audience to the mournful close of the tragedy,
and his efforts to gratify them were warmly applauded.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON TIIE NEWCASTLE-UPON-
TINE AND NORTH SHIELDS RAILWAY—On Sunday even-
ing, the 14th inst., a young gentleman named Robson, son
of Mr. Robson, draper, Dean street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
arrived at the Howden station just as the train for New-
castle was leaving, and in making an attempt to enter it fell
or slipt, and several of the carriages passed over him. He was
taken to Newcastle, but expired before arriving there.
THE PERPETUAL MOTION.—We hare not heard
anything of the "Perpetual Motion" this year., We mean
the motion which Mr. Brotherton brings forward every ses-
sion of adjourning the House at twelve o'clock,—Punch.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY.

A very flat afternoon, and no change of any moment
in either of the races now in betting. The Chester Cup
transactions were few in number, and without the slight-
est public interest. The same remark may be applied
to the other handicaps, while on the Derby the only
horse backed for any money was Epirote, on whom
several hundreds were laid out at 9 and 10 to 1. The
Horn of Chase was baeked at 28 to 1 in hundreds, and
afterwards at 25 to 1 ; Bedlam once at 2,000 to 30, and
frequently at 1,000 to 20. Will-o'-the Wisp for about
1001. at 1,000 to 15, and 2,000 to 35 ; and Bingham for
40/. at 50 to 1. 800 to 100 was laid agst Van TroTP,
the taker giving six sovereigns for the bet. Closing
pr:ces.

NEWMARKET ITANDICAr.
10 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Footstool—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Devil-me-care—taken
100 even on the field agst ten
It was for this race, not the Metropolitan, in which he is
not engaged, that Brocardo was scratched on Monday.

METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
Nothing done.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—taken
300 even on the field agst Planet, Glentilt, and Conyng•
ham

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