The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1847.

TIMID EDITION OF
"THE SUN."

THE VERY LATEST NEWS

WILL BB FOUND, AS USUAL, IN THE
THIRD EDITION OF 4‘ THE SUN,"

From the short debate which took place in the
House of Lords on Saturday, it is clear that the Bills
for suspending the laws affecting corn and navigation
will be this evening unanimously passed through
their remaining stages. This is prompt legislation,
combining the dictates of wisdom and humanity.
The whole empire—but especially Ireland and Scot-
land—will recognise in this rapid enactment of mea-
sures of alleviation a commendable spirit of benevo-
lence and sympathy on the part of the Legislature
with the severe trials of destitution and famine to which
they are at present so deplorably and extensively
exposed. Our earnest hope is, that the same generous
sympathy, and the like unanimity, will be found to
welcome the introduction of any comprehensive and
philanthropical plans which Lord JOHN RUSSELL may
this evening submit for rescuing Ireland from the
existing social evils, and for preventing their recur-
rence. It is impossible to estimate the advantages of
the moral effect produced in the minds of afflicted
millions when they learn that Parliament
cordially and liberally exercises its powers for
the mitigation of their heartrending suffer-
ings. It binds their affections towards a pro-
vident Government, attaches them to the insti-
tutions of their country, and fortifies them to a conti-
nuance of the exemplary patience which they have
hitherto exhibited to such a praiseworthy extent, that
it properly constituted a theme of eulogium in her
MAJESTY'S recent Speech to Parliament.
We have, however, to regret, in consequence of
what has passed in the House of Commons, and what
transpired in the Upper House on Saturday, that
some considerable delay is likely to intervene before
we shall possess a law, conformably with the scheme
broached by the Government, securing to us the advan-
tages that will accrue from the use of sugar in
breweries and distilleries. The Protectionists are
desirous that this measure should be limited in its
duration—viz., to the Ist of next September. The
Ministry, on the other hand, are fixed in their opinions
that it ought to be rendered permanent. There can
be no doubt that the Ministerial view is the sound
one. That of the Protectionists would, if adopted,
be found pernicious in the extreme. Lord STANLEY
is anxious for a Select Committee to inquire into, and
examine, by vivd voce evidence,the probable effect of the
measure. We hope the Government will resist this
suggestion. Such a proposal would have no chance
of success in the House of Commons. The labours
of a Select Committee may be spun out with tedious
prolixity, and we have no doubt that such would be
the case, were the merits of permanently regulating
the duties on sugar, molasses, and rum, to be sifted
by such a tribunal. Our readers must bear in mind
that this measure is not consequent upon the distress
prevailing in Ireland, but is (independently of its
adaptation to the principles of free trade) an honour-
able fulfilment of an implied pledge, given to our
West Indian colonies, when we exposed them to com-
petition with foreign sugar. It is but just to the
West Indians, that after they were deprived, and
very wisely so, by our adoption of free trade, of the
advantages they possessed in our home market in the
shape of differential duties, they should be allowed to
bring their produce, of every kind, into competition
with that of any other, here or elsewhere. This
hope was distinctly held out to them last year. An
implied pledge of a similar character was given to
the Canadas, in respect of corn, simulta-
neous with the relaxation in our tariff of
differential duties favourable to Canadian produce.
That understanding was subsequently faithfully com-
plied with. Lord STANLEY officially carried it into
effect, and no man more strenuously insisted than did
his Lordship, when threatened to be thwarted by the
agricultural representatives, that it would be a
gross breach of national faith not to permit their corn
to be imported into the United Kingdom with the
benefit of a diminished duty. Mutatis mutandis,
Lord STANLEY is bound to take the same course now
with the West Indians which he formerly adhered
to on behalf of the Canadas. The West Indians
could derive no benefit from a temporary law of a
few months in reference to their sugar, rum and
molasses. Such a law would be only " a delusion, a
m ockery, and a snare." No merchant would embark
his capital upon the uncertainty incidental to a tem-
porary and exceedingly limited alteration of the
respective duties in question. It would be a change
fraught with mercantile vexation, giving rise
to the speculations of gamblers, and entailing heavy
losses upon all who ventured to mix themselves up
with so precarious a commerce. The colonists are
naturally as impatient of particular restrictions as we
have become ourselves. They demand simple justice,
and the Imperial Parliament will assuredly render it
to them, not in a niggardly, but in a liberal and
equitable spirit.

WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE
DEBATES IN BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
UP TO THE HOUR OF POST,

THEREBY ANTICIPATING OTHER PAPERS BY

TWELVE HOURS.

STATE OF IRELAND.

A FULL REPORT of LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S
SPEECH, on his bringing under the consideration
of the House the STATE of IRELAND, will be
given THIS EVENING, in a THIRD EDITION
of " THE SUN."

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER
HALL.
TO-MORROW (TUESDAY) EVENING, Jan. 26, 1847, will be
repeated HAYDN'S ORATORIO, "THE CREATION."
Puticres.f. VOCAL PERFORMIES.
Miss Birch, Mr. Locket', and Mr. H. Phillips.
The Band and Chorus will consist of above 500 Performers.
Tickets, 3a. each; Reserved Seats, Is., may be obtained of the
principal Music Sellers ; of Mr. Howley, 53, Charing-cross ; Mr.
Ries, 102, Strand ; or of Mr. :Allelic% 39, Charing-cross.
THOMAS BREWER, Hon. Sec.

THE QUEEN ON TILE PROSECUTION OF MRS. JANE
BARKER V. THE REV. DISNEY ROBINSON.

die.--;1;;;;e:ramed defendant, hereby express my
1.9 sincere and deep regret at having written and sent the letters
forming the subject of this prosecution. I greatly regret the concern
and annoyance such letters have caused to the prosecutrix, and I
acknowledge that the sending of them was unwarrantable and un-
justifiable.
DISNEY ROBINSON.
Westminster, Jan. 23, 1847.

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
MESSRS: LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY
SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends
and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and
to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the
Hail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containing instructions (with a reference). are respectfully
requested to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
orevious to their being offered ; and advices of results will be
brwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Inimc-
ilately disposed of according to instructions.
Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 24.
TLIERNOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest. 43 ; Noon, 44
BAROMETER, 29.34.—Wind S.W., rainy and squally.

JANUARY 25.

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 47 ; Noon, 45
BAROMETER, 29.4.—W1ND S.W., fine clear weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIS DAY.
Aforning .. 13 minutes after 8. I Evening .. 50 minutes after 8.

A letter from Constantinople of the 30th ult. states
that the Austrian Internuncio had endeavoured to obtain
from the Divan its approval of the annexation of Cracow.
His Excellency had had several conferences with RE.
amino PACHA, and used arguments to make him com-
prehend that his Government would derive great advan-
tages from this annexation. RESCHID PACHA, however,
gave only vague replies. The English Ambassador,
Mr. WELLESLEY, becoming informed of these confer-
ences, had an interview with the Grand Visier, and sub-
mitted to bim the protest of Lord PALIuERSTON. RE-
SCHID lieut.& thereupon declared that he could not as-
sent to the annexation of Cracow, inasmuch as this
annexation was a violation of a treaty.

A letter from Rimini of Jan. 10 states that corn-riots
had taken place on several points of that district, but
that the arrival of Cardinal Gizzi's circular, prohibit
ing the exportation of corn and flour, had contributed to
restore order. Disturbances had also occurred in Tus-
cany. The Grand Ducal Government had put them
down by force, and maintained the liberty of exporta-
tion. Great misery prevails in Romania, but it is hoped
that the employment about to be given by the railways
will in some measure relieve it. The different compa-
nies are to send in their plans on Feb. 7.

The Oriental and Peninsular steam-ship Tiber, arrived
on Sunday evening at Southampton from the Peninsula.
Her dates of departure are as follows:—Gibraltar, Jan.
16; Cadiz, 17; Lisbon, 20; and Vigo, 21.
No collision between the QUEEN'S troops and the in-
surgents had taken place since the last accounts from
Lisbon. DAS ANTAS had made good his retreat to
Oporto, where he arrived on the 7th, at the head of
about 4,000 men. The total force of the garrison of
Oporto is now 11,000 men, exclusive of 2,000 recruits
raised in the provinces of Minho and Tras-os-Montes.
SALDANHA, who has separated his army into two
divisions, is slowly advancing northward. The
slowness of his movements have enabled the
insurgents to fortify Oporto, so as to render it nearly
impregnable; as his whole force does not amount to
more than 7,000 men, it is thought that SALDADV.MA
will not venture to attack it, but will fall back upon
Coimbra, or some strong position, and await an attack
from the insurgents. The insurgents in Oporto seem
quite confident of success. The most active measures
have been adopted by the Junta, not only to defend the
city, but to commence offensive operations, when such
may become necessary, and they have plenty of money.
Count MENSDOBFF, a Cousin of Prince ALBERT, *lto
went out some months since to Lisbon, at the request of
her MAJESTY, has returned in the Tiber.

Madrid papers of the 16th and 17th have arrived.
The debate on the Address in the Senate still co n-
inued.

MARTINEZ DE LA ROSs had positively refused to be
nominated to the Presidentship of the Chamber of )e-
-puties, and it was thought the Senor Busvo MUM; .L 0
would be the Government candidate.

At a meeting of Moderado Members, held on the I.t th,
Senor PIDAL, the Minister of the Interior, protest 3d
against this question of the Presidentship being madS3 a
Ministerial question; but being opposed by Senor X A-
CHECO, the Minister retired with his friends. The• 62
Deputies who remained then proceeded to ballot; for a
candidate, and the numbers were fur Senor CAErrRc) Y
Onozco, 20 ; Senor PACHECO, 5 ; Senor BusTo DI u-
RILLO, 5; and Senor ARTELA., 1.
The Heraldo states that the arrival of a LegeM frs
Rome to the Court of Madrid is shortly expected.
MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 16.—The Three per CO its,
closed at 311 for cash; the Five per Cents. at %I; the
Coupons at 181; and the Debt without Interest at 611-..

We have received the Paris papers of Friday' and
Saturday.
The debate on the Address closed in the Chamt ser of
Peer* on Friday; the Address was carried by a mai. 7,7 it]

the Government of Lord Jour/ RUSSELL, and espe of 144 to 8. In the course of the debate on Thursday
Rially to a rancorous vituperation upon Lord PAL- M. Gomm. read the following note, which he said had
MERSTON. Lord PALMERSTON, however, requires DO been delivred to him that morning only by the Russian
apologia ; he is fully equal to the exigencies of his
Charge d'.!Arcs !
" I have just received your dispatch of the 19th instant, in
eminent office which you inform me of a question put to you by 111. Guizot,
on the subject of the presumed incorporation of the Grand
Duchy of Warsaw with the empire of Russia. I hasten to
reply to it, authorising you, by the express command of the
Emperor, to contradict those rumours in the most formal
manner.
" What may have given rise to this new idea, designedly
propagated by the Polish emigrants, always ready to mis-
construe the intentions of the Imperial Government, is the
announced project of the suppression of the line of customs
which separates Russia from Poland. That measure, solicited
at different times by the population of the kingdom of Poland,
is for its advantage, because it offers for their produce an out-
let which they had not hitherto enjoyed.
"You are requested to make these explanations to tho
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and to conform your
language accordingly to all persons who may exercise any
influence on the state of public opinion."
On this subject the Constitutionnel says—
" The dispatch of Count Nesselrode, which Mr. Guizot read
on Thursday in the Chamber of Peers, was concocted between
the French Ministry and the representative of Russia, and
sent to St. Petersburgb, where it received the approbation of
the Emperor, and whence it was returned in time for the de-
bate on the Address,"
In the same paper we find the following observations
on the speech of Lord GEORGE BENTINCR in the House
of Commons, on Tuesday, on the conduct of the Northern
Powers :

" The Tory leader in the House of Commons is consistent.
The Absolute Powers are the natural allies of his party; the
policy of the Holy Alliance is its policy ; the reverses of
France and her mifortunes are invoked by it to invite the
Powers who have just annihilated the nationality of Poland
fo combine with Great Britain. The defeats of Prance have
been made the triumph of liberty! The destruction of Cracow
is the happiness of I'oland; les; these are the real senti-
ments of the genuine Tories—of those who contend equally
against Russell the Liberal, and Peel the Reformer ! Such
are the allies, the warm friends, that our Ministry finds in
England ! uch is the direction in which they lean. The
Whigs in their eyes are blunderers—dangerous people with
whom it is necessary to break. Sir R. Peel himself, in the
middle of the most lively effusions of the entente cordiale,
was frequently accused by our Ministerial journals of bor-
rosding too much from the reform policy of the Whigs. But
the true Conservatives, the real successors of Lord Castle-
reagh, the heirs of the authors of the Treaty of Vienna, the
natural allies of the Absolute Powers—these are the friends
and supporters of our Cabinet. This preference for the Tories,
and the antipathy it testifies to all the Liberals of England,
is quite sufficient to characterise its policy."
All the Parisian journals notice with satisfaction the
tone in which France was alluded to on Tuesday night
in both Houses of the British Parliament, as a proof
that the desire of England is to maintain, if possible, a
good understanding with France. The Constitutionnel
and the Siecle both declare that the conduct of M.
GUIZOT is without excuse ; that the declarations of Sir
ROBERT PEEL and of Lord JOHN RUSSELL that a Coburg
Prince was never put forward as a candidate for the
hand of the Queen of SPAIN by either of their Govern-
ments ; utterly takes away every pretext for concluding
the Montpensier marriage; and that if there has been a
rupture of the entente cordiale, the British Ministers are
entirely blameless.
Her Excellency the Marchioness of NousIANBY gave
on Friday evening a brilliant soirée dansante, at which
the chief rank and fashion of Paris were present. There
was a full attendance of the diplomatic circle. Amongst
the distinguished personages were noticed Marshal
Solna, Count MOLE, and Al. TRIERS.
The Chamber of Deputies have passed unanimously
the Bill for admitting corn and other kinds of grain at
the minimum duty fixed by the law of 15th April, 1832,
until the 31st of July next. Vessels leaving foreign
ports before that date were to be allowed to discharge
their cargoes, although they may not arrive in France
until after 31st July.
but
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Journal des Debuts says—
"That everywhere in the department of Indre these riots
offered the same character, and appeared to have been all
inspired by Communist ideas. The following was the plan
adopted by the promoters of the disturbances at Buzineais,
and followed in all the revolted districts :—They imposed on
the mayors and landowners an obligation to sell their wheat,
until next harvest, at the rate of 3f. the double acalitre
(15f. per hectolitre); to fix at lf. 50e. the minimum of the
day's wages of labour, and to direct domiciliary searches to
be made to ascertain the quantity of grain in the possession
of each farmer. All the proprietors, whatever might be their
political convictions, were summoned to subscribe to those
conditions, and among the houses pillaged and the mills de-
stroyed were several belonging to men known in the country
to profess the most Radical opinions."
At Chateauroux, the flying columns sent out by
General RIGNY has returned with many prisoners. The
murderers of M. CHAMBERT have been arrested. In
the meanwhile, the cause of these disturbances still sub-
sists in full force.
A letter from Nantes, published in the Journal des
Debas, says—
". The situation of our corn market has become sensibly
worse during the present week. Wheat has been sold at
35 francs the hectolitre of 156 pounds weight, and flour of
the first quality 100 francs the sack. This rise has caused
much excitement, and the Prefect had dispatched two com-
panies of infantry to Juigne, where some disturbances had
arisen."
And the National de t Ouest states, that the distress is
so great in the neighbourhood of Roscoff, in consequence
of the high price of provisions, that there are several
families who do not eat bread once in four days, and
whose principal food is composed of cabbage or turnips
stolen in the fields.
To add to the gravity of the situation, the Government
have received information from a colonel of National
Guards stationed in the neighbourhood of Tours " that
the feeling was spreading among the population that
the high price of grain was owing to the selfishness of
the proprietors, who were holding it over, speculating
upon advanced prices. Should this conviction lead to
outbreaks, it was his opinion that the National Guards
would not act, and all would depend upon the steadiness
of the soldiery."
There was a sort of &acute at Perigueux on the 17th,
at the funeral of M. FEYTAUD, the senior member of the
bar. M. FEYTAUD had been originally a priest, and
during the revolution he had taken the oath of alle-
giance to the civil constitution of the French clergy.
This oath he had refused to retract, and the bishop de-
clared that irk consequence of such refusal the body
should be deprived of the rights of sepulture.
" The authorities," says the Conservateur de la Dordogne,
" however, on their side resolved that such determination of
the Bishop should be broken through, and on Sunday, the
17th, when a priest was about ter- close the door of the cathe-
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A body of infantry was soon placed in front of the sacred
edifice, whilst another was sent to protect the Bishop's palace
in case of need. The crowd soon entirely filled the cathedral,
and at one o'clock the funeral procession made its appear-
ance, at its head.
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A baker, named Blondeall, formerly employed as singer in the
cathedral, chanted the ilitserere. A. number of the members
of the Perigueux bar were present. in their robes. The body
with the commissary of police and mayor•
was placed before the altar, winch. was entirely naked of its
crowd peaceably retired, though not without expressing their
indignation."
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It is announced that 150 vessels laden with grain have
arrived at Marseilles.
The French funds and railroad shares improved on
the Paris Bourse on Saturday.
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Vierzon 582 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 545 f •
25c. ; Avignon, 84".• ; • ;
Basle 211 f. 25c. ; Dieppe
485filf Bordeaux and Cette, 450 f. ;
Lyonsspan Toursis
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_Marseilles and Avignon,
MARSEILLES, •
Paris and Lyons, 505 f.
Northern, 637 f. 50c•
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BUSINESS DONE
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sz Luxembourg, 2k—Madrid -•
Oreat Southern of MadraS,
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and Lyons, 67(8—Rouen 1
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Orleans and Bordeaux, 7—PlzarisTours and Nantes, 3;4,
25)4—Sambre and Meuse,
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MADAME VESTRThis popular actress has been
and last farewell. Sly
fulfilling a farewell engagement for the last month at Liver-
pool, and on Friday evening she took leave of the people of
that town in the following characteristic address :—"Ladies
and Gentlemen,—l appear before you to say farewell, and
that in its most painful shape, a long
health, rather than my inclination, believe me, induces this
apparently sudden step. Were I, indeed, as old as some
owing to the kindness of
good people have been pleased to fancy.me, I ought to have
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quite
superannuated. After this Tou will, perhaps, expect me
to tell you what my age rea IY is' but I claim the privilege
of my sex, and leave that highly important question still
open. It becomes one who bas enjoyed, both as an actress
and manager, a share of public favour and applause, such as
is accorded to few, to submit, without a murmur, to those afflic-
tions which are the lot of many. Great as has been the
favour I have obtained, it has been nowhere greater than in
this flourishing, opulent, and liberal town ; and I beg, there-
fore to offer to its numerous representatives here present my
humble and heartfelt thanks. flow long I may yet perform
in London is uncertain, but my health at present not permit-
ting me to undergo the continual fatigues of travelling pro-
fessionally, I have come to the determination of closing my
country accounts altogether. Before, I depart, however,
allow me on retiring from business, to recommend to your
cordial supp y
ort m junior partner. He has secured for him-
self my good will, and has, I trust, entitled himself to yours. It
is he, therefore, who will in future undertake the travelling
department. Let me, then, express my earnest hope that
the liberal patronage you have for so many years extended
to lf mvse . , will be steadily continued to my husband. Ladies
and gentlemen, I most respectfully, and most gratefully, bid
you farewell!' I

E
XPERIENCES or A Gam, CHAPLAIN.—The in-
tercourse which takes place between the Minister of the
Gospel and the criminal doomed to suffer the extreme
penalty of the law must be allowed to possess great interest
for the philosopher and Christian. In such circumstances
the secrets of the hearts of men are most likely to be laid
bare. In the gaol chaplain's narrative which will be pub-
lished in a few days, will be found facts of the most interest-
ing, absorbing and startling characters which ought to en-
gage the attention of all who can feel for their fellow-coon
trywen. The subject is of the last importance.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool on Satur-
day, at previous rates. Sales, 3,000 bales, all to the trade.
Shares were lower.
The numerous arrivals from abroad do not, as may be
presumed, bring equally favourable intelligence. The
political accounts from our East Indian possessions,
intimate that there was some fear of treachery at
Lahore, but few here doubt the ability of Lord -Her-
dinge to overcome it. The Six per Cent. Loan was filling
up better. In general the markets for imported goods,
whether in India or China, were not active.
The packet-ship Anglo Saxon, with accounts of the sth
inst. from New York, seems to bring a good report to those
who watch with patriotic anxiety the chances of an abundant
supply of food. There is evidently a conviction on the part of
the Americans that they have so large a surplus that it will
be to their interest to sell us as much as they can at existing
rates. In the Metropolitan Corn Exchange these accounts
have had due weight to-day, wheat being dull of sale, while
malt, &c., is decidedly cheaper. At Dublin, and in other
places also, there is a decline in the price of grain.
The news, per steamer, from Jamaica, Demerara, and the
other West India colones, is very cheerful with respect to the
weather and the prospect for the next crops.
In Aris' Birmingham Gazette, received this day, we find
the following just remarks :—" The preduction of railways
is not essentially different from the production of manufac-
tured goods generally—wages have to be paid and circulated
while railways are making, as they have during the process
of other manufactures, and the return of profit will imme-
diately commence in both cases, as soon as the manufacture
is completed; and supposing railways to be—as they ought
to be—in the hands of capitalists, no inconvenience can arise
from the necessary delay in their completion. With the present
scarcity and high price of provisions, it is well that the labouring
classes have profitable employment, and that our captalists
are compelled to circulate their money, since this must tell
immensely to the national welfare and advantage. Fortu-
nately for the stability and safety of the trade of this impor-
tant district, Birmingham has been comparatively free from
that undue and unwholesome speculation in railways in 1845,
the consequences of which continue to be gradually developed
in towns where that speculation was carried to so fearful an
extent. Our merchants and manufacturers have, for the
most part, already furled their sails, and are prepared for the
threatening storm, which will pass harmlessly over them if
legitimate credit and confidence be fairly maintained and
supported."
We join our contemporary in the remainder of his reason-
ing as to the impolicy of the Times, or indeed of any journal
making bad worse by its exaggeration of evils.
We are enabled to state, on the best authority, that the
London and North-Western Company have offered to lease
the Scottish Midland Railway in perpetuity, at 6 per cent.
and half profits; the offer will doubtless be accepted. As
the Scottish Midland joins the Aberdeen line in the neigh-
bourhood of Forfar, it is understood that this offer to the for-
mer is preliminary to the conclusion of the negotiations
between the London and North-Western, which have been
going on for some time for leasing the Aberdeen, in which
case the Euston-square company will next year have an un-
interrupted communication from the metropolis to the north
of Scotland, a distance of more than 500 miles.
The English Funds have been to-day decidedly better.
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have been ls. higher, viz., 3s. to 7s. premium. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 92% 3/4. Bank
Stock is worth only 2031/2 to 204%, not having participated
in the improvement. East India Stock is marked 248 to 250.
The Foreign Bonds have participated in the improvement
of our own market, and are more dealt in at advancing rates.
Spanish Five per Cent. have been 23 to 23%; and the Three
per Cents. 341/4 to 34. Portuguese Four per Cent. have
been 34 to 34%; Mexican, 211/e 3/4 ; Grenada, 183/4 to 19 ;
Brazilian, 84 to 84%; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 57 to %.
Shares have been improving, with a moderate business
doing. Caledonian are 2534 to 26 ; Great Western, 122 to
124; Brighton, 5434 to 55; North-Western, 190 to 191 -
South-Western, 60% to 613/4 ; Midland, 122 to 121%
North British, 33% % ; North Stafford, 7% to 8%; South
Eastern, 36% %; Great Northern cf France, 11% to 12
and Boulogne and Amiens, 14%.
BRITI6II FUNDS.

Bank Stock ..

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. FRG Es.
203M4 2004 2044

Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 917.0,4 1,1%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 90%N? ?{l9l
New Threo-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 92% 34 93
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 11-16 9-16 9 9-16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. •• 91 91-
India Stock .. .. . .. .. ... .. 248 250 251
Consols for Account ..........91 90% 9154 9114
. _

Exchequer Bilis. I%d. 1 % d.
1,0001... .. —• .... 3 7 pm. 7
5001. .. .... 7 4 pm. 7
Ditto, Small .... 7 pin. 7
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 843 85
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 42 40 413
Equador Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 336 3%
Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .. .. . 18% 19 193{
Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 3 q 314
Mexican Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent .. 223
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 21143 2230
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 80 80
Ditto, Small .. .. .. . • • 37
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • .. .. 34% 34 34
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 23 23%
Ditto, for the Account • • .. .. 2314% 23%
Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. --16%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. ..
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 34 331,E 34%
Dividends on the above payable in Loudon.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. -- 94%
Dutch Two-and-a-Hall per Cent .. 573! 57 58
Ditto, for the Account • • • . .. 58
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 91 , 913
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
23%

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.
Aberdeen.. .. _ •

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Amber., Notting., Beaton, and
Eastern Junction 2% • ... 2% ••••• • • • • • 2%
Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 ....128 • ..... 128
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% % 14% . 14
Birming., Wolver., and Dudley 425..... 4%31 p 5% p
Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 225. .... p• • ...... p
Buckinghamshire 8 is. .. par p—.... p
Caledonian . .... 2534 %26. • .. 26N

Ditto, Half Shares ..
Cheltenham and Oxford .. .. 2 .... 13A A ........
Cornwall .. 5 .... l 1........
Ditto, Half Shares ..
Direct Northern Scrip .. .. 2j¢ .... 21 % .....
Eastern Counties ~ .. 20 .... 21% •. • .....
Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 19 ......
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. p.. ..... .
Ditto, ditto, .. ..No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. .• • • .. • •
Ditto, York Extension .. .. 2 .... .. • •• • •
East Lancashire .. .. 14 ..
Ditto New .. .. 5 .. ..... •

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19%
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4%

Ditto, ditto, New Scrip .. .. IIA 216........ • •

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