The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-25 00:00:00

YA I, SURREY THEATRE

and disaffection, and to the costly atrocities of her
legions in Algeria. FERDINAND would then find that
he can no more hope to compete with NAPOLEON in
capturing Rome and incarcerating the PONTIFF, than
the hair-brained nephew of that great Emperor
could vie with his return from Elba by cracking a
few pistols in the streets of Boulogne.

A week has passed since the verdict of a jury
stamped Lieutenant MUNRO with the crime of wilful
murder, and that unfortunate gentleman is still the
inmate of a condemned cell, and subjected to all the
privations incidental thereto. No option, in such a
case, is afforded to the authorities of the prison
certain regulations are laid down which must be;
strictly adhered to. Indeed, no additional comforts,
not rendered necessary by the health of the party,
could be allowed save on the authority of the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department, and the
gallant and chivalrous soldier—the man who by his
own irreproachable conduct elevated himself from the
station of a private to a commission in one of our
most distinguished regiments—who so deservedly
obtained the respect and esteem of his brother officers
and of the soldiers placed under his command—is
restricted to the same diet and allowances that
would be given to the most degraded and in-
famous malefactor. It is perfectly impossible that the
sentence could be carried into execution ; indeed, the
presiding judge, although deprived of all discretion as
to the nature and extent of the punishment he was by
law compelled to award, expressly stated that it
should not be carried into effect, although it was for
other parties to decide to what extent it should be
mitigated. Sorely, under such circumstances, it is
desirable that no time should be lost in deciding the
question, and relieving his mind from the painful
and harassing suspense to which it has been exposed.
There cannot, we should hope, be any necessity for
much consideration in apportioning the punishment
to be inflicted. The public are unanimous on that
point ; it is generally felt that Lieutenant Muluao
has already bitterly expiated his crime—a crime into
which he was forced by unfortunate circumstances.
The usages of society, and more particularly of that
branch to which he belonged, placed him in a
dilemma from which he could not extricate
himself without either violating the laws of
his country, or forfeiting the position he
had attained for himself, and being looked
upon by his friends and brother officers as a
disgraced and degraded man, with whom it would be
impossible longer to associate on terms of friendship
or equality. The strongest opponent of duelling, the
most zealous advocate for its total abolition, we will
venture to say, would feel rejoiced that her MAJESTY
should exercise her royal prerogative to the fullest
extent, and by a free pardon, remit all the future
consequences of the act, and restore Lieutenant
MUNRO to his home, to his friends, and to society in
general. It has been stated, and we believe truly,
that his brother officers, anticipating that full and per-
fect acquittal which had in every former case of a
similar character been obtained, in a manner alike
honourable to themselves and to Lieutenant Murat°,
subscribed a sum of money sufficient to purchase a
commission in his former regiment. Gratifying as such
a compliment must necessarily be to the gentleman
on whom it was about to be conferred, we should
hope that it would be rendered unnecessary, and that
her MAJESTY'S most gracious pardon will be
speedily followed by his re-instatement in his former
rank and position.
Although we have thus earnestly desired that
Lieutenant MUNRO should be immediately released,
we are not the less alive to the evils, or less hostile
to the practice, of duelling. It should be put an end
to by every possible means. New laws suitable to
the crime should be enacted, and it should be fully
understood that their provisions would be strictly
and rigidly enforced in every future case but
nothing can be more unjust than to judge and con-
demn a person for an act committed several years
ago, according to the altered state of feeling that
now prevails with respect thereto. Why should not
the Legislature grapple with the admitted evil ?
Duelling is not of yesterday—it has been practised
for ages ; philanthropists have deplored its fatal
results, and have desired to put an end to the prac-
tice, but in vain. It never received a legislative
notice, and our voluminous statute-book is without
one single Act relating thereto. But then our legis-
lators themselves were, generally speaking, duellists,
and it could scarcely be expected that they would
have enacted laws against a system which they sanc-
tioned by practising. The military authorities would
have cashiered an officer who neglected to demand
whatthey termed honourable satisfaction for an insult ;
it was recognised in every rank and station in society ;
and it required a degree of moral courage which few
men possessed to encounter the trials to which any
person who refused to submit a trifling dispute to a
mortal arbitrament, would be exposed. Although a
great change has taken place in the public mind
within the last few years, and a healthier feeling now
exists with respect thereto, no person can look
upon one who has slain his antagonist in a
fairly-fought duel—where no undue advantage was
taken, and where the deceased was not compelled to
fight by unreasonable conduct on the part of the
survivor or his second —as on: a par with
' the midnight assassin, the fiend-like poisoner, the
cold•blooded and deliberate murderer, or deserving of
an equal punishment. He may, according to the
strict letter of the law, be equally guilty of the
offence, but the public will not regard him in such a
light, and the infliction of the extreme penalty would
be repugnant to, and shock the feelings of all. A
sentence that will not or cannot be carried into
execution encourages the offence it is intended to
repress. If parties escape altogether, the impunity
encourages others to perpetrate similar acts. If, on
the contrary, there is a conviction, the extreme
severity of the punishment takes away from its
effect. The public lose sight of the crime, the
horror of the offence is merged in sympathy
with the sufferer. Either result is equally
injurious. It is not the severity of a punishment, but
its certainty that is efficacious. The great object is
example ; it is not for vengeance that an offender is
made to expiate his guilt, but that others may be de-
terred from similar crimes. Now let us see what has
the effect of preventing duelling. It is found that the
most noted fire-eater will not fight if he is bound over
in a heavy penalty to keep the peace, and it is looked
upon as a sufficient excuse forhis refusal. The man who
will not be deterred by the danger to his own life, or
the possibility of being executed as a felon, will
shrink from the pecuniary loss which he knows he
must sustain. Let every subject be considered as
bound over to keep the peace, should he be guilty of
fighting a duel (which should be made a separate of-
fence and indictable as such), let him be heavily fined
according to his means, and also imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for a certain period. Let this punish-
ment be invariably carried into execution without
reference to the result, and let no rank, no provoca-
tion, no circumstances of any kind exempt any of the
parties, principals or seconds, therefrom ; indeed, the

Under the Iliutagement of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee.
Re-ant igement of 3lr. andlS Mrs.
N KEELEYG for Six Nights more.
THIS EVENI

will be presented the popular Drama of THE DUSTMAN'S
BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley; Sally Bloomly, Mrs. Keeley.
Alter which, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL. Pierre Pica, Mr. Keeley.
To be followed by the popular Extravaganza of VALENTINI
AND ORSON. Valentine, Mrs. Keeley; Orson, Mr. Keeley.
To conclude with Buckstone's Drama of THE tEAR HUNTERS.
Principal characters by Messrs. T. Fredericks, Tindell, Phelps, and
; Mrs. W. Daly, Mrs. H. Vining, Miss E. Terry, Miss Love,
and Miss Daly.

Fit, IL; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence
i~aL'•rret

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty.
THIS EVENING
A gruld Grecian and Fairy Legend entitled THE PRINCE OF
CYPRUS; or tre Horse of the Elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and
Water.

Entire: r new Scene in the Arena, and first appearance of Signor
Ricardo In England, supported by the talented Artistes of the Lbta-
blishment, in the s arious modes of equestration.
To conclude with ALESSANDRO MASSARONT.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

I IIE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUG. 25.
T MI:METER, Lowest, 51; Highest. 66 ; Noon, 64,
BAROMETER, 30.15.—W1ND N.N.W.; fine.

not give information of the journey of a Polish lady,
of which he was accused, but of the journey of a
French lady, inasmuch as Mdlle. MtEaosLAwsKt was
born in France, and her family claim to be French
subjects. This is just one of the subterfuges in which
Is!. GUIZOT delights.
Madrid papers of the 18th have arrived.

It is said that the QUEEN has consented to certain
terms of reconciliation, and that the Minister of the
Interior had gone to the Prado to lay them before the
KING. A Ministerial crisis is expected, and it is
said that SALAMANCA has made overtures to NAR-
VAEZ. General PAVIA has, it is said, been dismissal
from the office of Captain-General of Catalonia, in
consequence of a note presented by the British Am-
bassador, denouncing the atrocious cruelties of which
PAVIA had been guilty to his Carllst prisoners.
MADRID BOLSA, Aua. 18.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 26i fur cash; the Coupons, at 15 ; the
Five per Cents., at 17i for paper; and the Debt without
Interest, at 5-1.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
The constant exposures that are taking place of the
scandals and corruptions of the haute society of Paris
are beginning to tell. The Ministry not daring to
accept the challenge thrown out by the National and
Courrier Francais—not daring to offer to those jour-
nals, by prosecuting them, the opportunity they have so
long sought, of publicly proving before a court ofjustice
the truth of the charges of corruption which they
have brought against it, has adopted the plan of
seizing those journals which comment on the reve-
lations so made. This is a confession of weakness on
the part of the Ministry for which we were by no
means prepared. It is a proof that the lessons of
TALLEYRAND have been forgotten. It is worse than
a fault—it is a blunder, and a blunder of the very
grossest kind. The journals seized are the Gazette
de France, the Reforme, the Charirari, and the
Union Monarchique. The latter journal thus com-
ments on its seizure :
" The Union Monarchique is prosecuted for an article
on honesty, and for the reproduction of a few lines from
the Charivari, on the overwhelming flood of crimes with
which society has been afflicted. To prosecute journals
for making moral reflections on scandalous transactions,
on extravagance and waste, and on murders, is to us in-
conceivable. Is a man culpable because he thinks that
society has fallen into sickness, when such symptoms of
immorality and decomposition are evident in its bosom?
No one dare venture to maintain this seriously. The
Ministry, by seizing the journals, has fancied that it can
put a stop to these redoublable accusations. It will not
allow of the imputation that it has thrown France into
a frightful condition, both materially and morally; and
to escape from the responsibility it has incurred, it relies
upon intimidation. It hopes to impose silence upon the
press, thinking that the public would not of itself thaw
conclusions from the sad events which have put all social
principle and public integrity in peril. The Ministers
who have had M. Teste for a colleague will not havellpe-
culation, forfeiture, delapidations, and other scandal ous
acts and deeds any longer talked of. For ourseiwps,
we have obeyed the dictates of conscience, and we .will
persevere in the mission we have undertaken. Strilng
in our intentions, we will appear with confidence bef ore
the judges given to us by the law, and we shall see
whether a jury can be found to punish us for har,.ng
spoken honesty, for having invoked honest men, :and
for uttering a cry of alarm, not against society as it is,
but to preserve its safety, by protecting it from ntew
crises."

WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIB DAY.
M'rning.. 41 minutes after 12. f Evening .. S minutes after 1.

The National, in allusion to the seizure of the
journals, and to the accusations against the Ministry,
thus turns to terrible account the doctrine of " moral
complicity" proclaimed by M. HEBERT, the present
Minister of Justice, in his prosecution of M. Du-
POTEY, the political writer, and adopted by the
Chamber of Peers in the conviction of that gentleman
for " moral complicity" in the attempt of QUENISSI ;T.
After reciting the various accusations of corruption
which have been brought against the Government,
and quoting the doctrine of " moral complicity," ac-
cording to which those whose acts tend to suggest •or
to tempt to crime are equally guilty with the parties
committing it, the National continues—
" Let M. Hebert interrogate himself. When we oee
issuing from the bosom of the Government or its flard'ts
so much effluvium of depravation, does not reason da-
wand that we should inquire into the cause? And wile
the accused and the guilty are so closely connected wit h
our rulers, are the latter to complain if we show thi .t
this perversity reaches even them? And now an atrc
cious and barbarous crime is added to these odiou s
offences. This column of corrupting and corrupte d
Ministers, of an officer of the Court driven out as a
cheat, of gentlemen greeks and thieving functionaries s,
has for its head a Peer of France accused of murder, ars d
yet M. Hebert will not allow the instinct of the puhat c
and the logic of the press to show the connexion there LB
in the facts. No I We have not said that your course c•f
policy had put arms into the hand of the assassin—we hay e
not said that you were guilty of the disgusting atrocit: y
revealed by this crime. What we said, and what we repeal
is that the society that you have composed round yo
betrays its morals and its ideas by its acts, and tba t
those acts are hideous. Have you Ministers no shay
in that ? Look at the examples given by you and th e
doctrines you have inculcated. As Ministers, you hiry e
regarded truth as a mockery. As governors, you hair e
been influenced by a factious spirit. You, being cor -
rapt, could maintain yourselves solely by corruption .
You could not exist but by denying your faith in grea.
actions. You have denied it. Your system requireC
that you should degrade the banner of France. Yot
have laid it under the feet of Prince Metternich. It wat
for your advantage, in order to arrest all attempt al
action, to waste the finances, and you have squandered
them. You have supported those practices by ma:xiall
the most exciting to cupidity. And you are astonished
that this abominable system should have engendered
vice and crime amongst those who received its , first.
contact ! No ! that society fortunately confined wit hin
a circle, from which the population shrinks with dis-
gust—that society is yours. You have cultivated, che-
rished, and excited it. It belongs and is united to yo'a
by the most tender bonds. It is the offspring of y
ideas. And the press is not permitted to denounce th e
infamy, nor demonstrate the relationship, nor evolc e
public execration upon you ! Since what period hi is a
Government been established which is to escape all re-
sponsibility ? Since when have we been obliged' to
treat with delicacy the virus which affects a Minist, al
atmosphere ? Well, let the Government prosecute tbe
papers ! It is not the latter, but the Ministers w, ho
will be brought before the Court of Assizo. We a: ;k
pardon of our cotemporaries if we congratulate then a • on
being at length enabled to drag before the justice of • t be
country those who ought long since to have received the
chausement of their crimes. M. Hebert has :not
thought proper to include us in his anger, and M hi lit
we express our opinion with all the candour which tthe
laws permit we will not assuredly challenge the la w
officers by any vain bravado. Wo shall, howei, tea.,
always wait their attack with a firm and tranquil c,
in-
science. And it, by chance, the Ministers suppose th a t
others are more deeply impressed than we are with tl r.. e
profound disgust with which we are inspired by th i, s
regime, it would be a calumny upon the National—
calumny against which, as our readers know, we have r
need to protest."
The feelings which are thus given utterance to by
the National are not confined to the Republicara
party, they extend through all classes of society. The
Siecle says—

" The Reforme, the Gazette de France, and the Chet.
rivari were seized on Saturday. The object of this step
appears to be to impeach different articles appreciating
the moral responsibility of the Government in the crimes
and scandalous acts which hare one after another spread
abroad shame and alarm. We have not immediatel! ,
under our eyes the text of these articles, and we cann o t
point out the passages specially incriminated ; but r e
doubt not that these three journals have, in avowiLig
their opinions, said nothing that goes beyond pubdie
opinion. If the Ministry wishes to know what is though
of it, let it listen to the murmurs in the streets, in thee
saloons, in the workshops ; and it will find that never-
has there been a judgment more formally, more unani-
mously pronounced."

It will, however, be impossible for the Ministers
to prevent a public investigation into the charges of:
corruption brought against the Ministry of War, for
its conduct in Algeria. The Courrier Francais pub—
lishesde,l,egTaht(e:tifonriwtheres
callscity offor Bona
"'rho (Jniwers calls for a legal the following letter from M. WARNER; the
—d
enunciation. Undo,
this head I am about to put forth a summary of all my
revelations up to the present day. To this summary I shall add four letters, which I yesterday addressed to the Minister of War. These letters enumerate more thal
i
eighty instances of peculation and plunder, with the
names of the persons, all of whom are public functiona—
ries, for I know what it costs to denounce as immoral
men who are not invested with a public character. This
summary shall be addressed by me to M. Delangle,
the Procureur-General, with a letter of denunciation
in legal form. If several printers had not refused me.
their concurrence, being in fear of the laws of Sep-:
tember, my denunciation would have been already sera
and published.

" WARNERY,
" Delegate of the City of Bona."
The Journal des Daats states that Marsh At
NARVAEZ left Paris on Sunday for Madrid, in col 1-
sequence of an order received from the QUEEN
Spain. The same journal, compelled at length t o
admit that Ferrara has been occupied by Austrian
troops, preaches moderation to the Liberal party in
Italy, and submission to the will of Austria. M.-
GUIZOT does not even remonstrate, but, as the Na-
tional justly observes, " lowers the flag of France to
the foot of METTERNICH." Matters are strangely
altered from the time which France took possession
of Ancona on an occasion much less menacing.
The body of the murdered Duchess DE PEASLIN
was deposited on Srtnday morning in the vault of the

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN I N Cam. AUG UST 25, XB47.

Madeleine. The trial of the Duke will take place in
about a month.

The loan of 350,000,000 to the Government is to
be adjudicated on the 10th November, the con-
tractors to pay instalments of 9,000,000 a month to
the Treasury.

The Three per Cents. closed at 76f. 60c. ; the Five
per Cents., 118 f. 20c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares,
1,228 f. 750.; Rouen, 948 f. 75c.; Havre, 602 f. 50c. ;
Great Northern, 5311. 25c. ?; Avignon, 592 f. 50c.;
Vierzon, 5671. 50e. ; Bordeaux, 4701. ; Basle, 175 f.;
Paris and Strasburg, 391 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes,
371 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 395 f. ; Lyons and
Avignon, 447 f. 50c.
MARSSILLES, Auc. 19.-Marseilles and Avignon,
6071. 50c. ; Northern, 5251: ; Orleans, 1,230.
LIWNS. Atm. 21.-Pdria and Rouen, 958 f. 75c. ; Avig-
non and Marseilles, 605 f. ; Vicrzon, 5601. ; Northern,
530 f. ; Orleans, 1,2381. The.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Amu UST 24.
Northern of France, 10%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4%

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
The fifth half-yearly general meeting of the pro-
prietors of this company was this day held at the
Great Western Railway Station, Paddington.
Thg chair was taken at twelve o'clock by C.
Russell, Esq., the chairman of the company.
The notice convening the meeting having been
read, and the common seal affixed to the registry of
the shareholders,

The CHAIRMAN said that, in the present state of
the money market, it had been thought prudent by
all companies to abstain as much as possible from the
expenditure of any large sums of money more than
was actually necessary. This company had also
acted entirely upon that principle, and during the
last session had not pressed forward any Bills which
would increase the rate of expenditure very consider.
ably. The Hon. Chairman then proceeded to state
the course which had been adopted, and the Bills
which had been obtained in the last session. Every
effort, he said, had been made to prevent the resolu-
tions from passing prohibiting interest on calls being
paid. He, as a member of the Committee of the
House of Commons, had most strenuously opposed
the resolutions, but was supported in his opposition
only by one single Member, the Hon. Member for
Salisbury (Mr. Chaplin). Their united opposition
was fruitless, and though renewed in the douse of
Commons, was equally unsuccessful. He considered
that the principle of paying interest on calls was in
itself a perfectly sound one, it was one universally
adopted by all commercial men in all their transac-
tions where the gain or profit to be obtained was
remote or distant. He and his brother directors
regretted most deeply the passing of those resolutions
which would hare the effect of preventing the direc-
tors carrying out the engagements they had made
with the proprietors. Upon the best advice they were
enabled to obtain, they had thought it right to enter
into the supplemental contract referred to in the
report. The works of the line, he was happy to say,
were proceeding in a most favourable manner, and he
felt confident that as soon as this line was completed,
and its resources developed, all the returns which had
been held out to shareholders would be most com-
pletely realized. The line was one of the greatest
importance, not only in a national point of view, but
also to the Great Western Company. In conclusion,
he would call upon the Secretary to read the report.
The SECRETARY then proceeded to read the report,
which stated that the sanction of Parliament had
bsen obtained in the last session for certain deviations
and improvements in the South Wales line, and for
the purchase of the Ballo Pill Railway. The Mor-
gam deviation, which had been rejected in a
former session, had also received the Royal Assent.
This latter deviation would enable the company to
fill up the only remaining gap or interval in- the
whole South Wales
line, between Gloucester and
Fishguard. The Swansea Valley Bill had also
received the sanction of the Legislature, which
incorporated a separate company, with powers
to sell the line to the South Wales Company; but the
formal act of sale would be deferred, in consequence
of the recent resolutions of the two Houses of Parlia-
ment, until one-half of the capital of each company
should have been paid up, and expended on their re-
spective works. The actual purchase of the Bullo
Pill Railway would also be deferred until one-half of
the South Wales capital should have been paid up.
An arrangement had been made with the Severn and
Wye Company, at the strong recommendation of the
Committee of the House of Lords, to the effect that a
sum not exceeding 15,0001. should be contributed by
the South Wales Company to the former company,
for the purpose of rendering that line available for
working with broad gauge stock, under the manage-
ment and control of the engineer of the South \Vales
Railway. The clause in the " Amendment Bill" of
this year, authorising interest on calls to be paid at
the rate of five per cent. per annum, in lieu of four
per cent., as permitted by the original Act, had been
expunged from the Bill by the Committee of the
House of Lords, as inconsistent with the spirit, if
not the letter, of their standing orders ; but
there was little doubt in the minds of the di-
rectors, that they would obtain power in another
session to raise the rate of interest, as contemplated
by their Bill of last year. It was intended, with the
concurrence of the Great Western Company, that an
agreement supplemental to that for the lease, should
be made between the two company's renewing the
condition of paying the advanced rate of interest in
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The engineers' report also stated that the works were
being proceeded with most satisfactorily, without
any peculiar circumstances either of difficulty or
delay. The statement of accounts of the company
was also laid before the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN then moved the adoption of the re-
port, which having been sanctioned,
Mr. SPENCER wished to know whether the direc-
tors had pledged themselves to pay all the interest
upon the calls which might accrue in arrear when
power to do so should be obtained from Parliament ?
The CHAIRMAN had not the slightest hesitation
in saying that if the five per cent. interest could not
be paid by the sanction of Parliament, yet that ar-
rangements should be made to prevent any loss what-
ever, arising to the shareholders, in consequence of
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The CHAIRMAN—They have.
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In answer to several questions put by shareholders,
Mr. BRUNEL, C.E., stated that he had no doubt but
that the line would be completed within the specified
time, namely, two years, and that the contracts
upon nearly the whole of the line had been let at
prices little, if anything, exceeding the original
estimates.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at ,Liverpool yesterday were
about 3,000 bales, with a firm market. Shares were flat
again.

There are no later foreign arrivals, but a curious
statement is circulating relative to the very threatening
aspect of affairs in China. After what has recently
occurred the renewal of active hostilities would not
excite surprise, but the statement will need confirmation.
The discount market is in some quarters reported less
stringent, but we cannot find that for the general mer-
chant there is any particular relaxation. Indeed, both
in and out of the Stock Exchange, money is too dear in
relation to the profts obtained.
The produce markets are not active, but sugar has
beon firmer, and tea is held steadily. The general con-
sumption is steady, but the dealers are compelled, by
want of discount facilities, to buy merely from " hand
to mouth."

A SHAREHOLDER thought that it would tend to
give stability to the concern if the Great Western
Company would consent to give 5f per cent. in per-
petuity for the concern.
The CHAIRMAN could, not hold out any hopes
whatever of the Great IN estern Company departing
from the terms of the original agreement. Indeed,
he thought that it would be most improvident upon
the part of the shareholders of the South Wales Com-
pany themselves to give up a line so full of promise
for the additional half per cent.
The resolution was then agreed to, a vote of
thanks was given to the chairman and the directors,
and the meeting broke up.

The gossips of the Stock Exchange have been edified
by the fact having become known that a certain noble
lady who has been speculating in the Funds has not
come forward to arrange about losses. This, we believe,
happened also upon a former occasion, matters subse-
quently being arranged. Consols have gone down
again in consequence to 86k, being 864 :4 for October.
The New Three and a-Quarter per Cents. have realised
884 to 894. Bank Stock has been at 197 to 4. Exche-
quer-bills have been 2s. premium to Is. discount.
The Foreign Securities are heavy again. Spanish
Five per Cents. have been 194, and the Three per
Cents. 294 4. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been
at 26. Dutch Four per Cents. are 884.
Railway Shares have been steady, but not brisk.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 19714
8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . . 871,414
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 87% 86%
New 314 per Cent. Annuities B9 88% 89% 88%
Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9 1-16 9
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 8%
India Bonds 1,000/............... ........ 7
Ditto under 1.0001
South Sea Stock 95%
Consols for Account B7 86%
Exchequer Bills.
1,0001.
500/.
Small
I-RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cents
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 1934
Ditto Passive Bonds 414
Ditto 3 per Cent 29%
Ditto for the Account 29%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONr: IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAIS. PAID. Pas SCARE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c.
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 10 ..
Birmingtam :4 Oxford June... 15
Birmingbain, \Vol., & Dudley 10 .... 16
Birrning., & Stour Val. 8
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshir, Junction 6%
Boston, Stamf, , & Birmirag... 5
Bristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds .. 15
Buckinghamshire 8/. 4s — ...... to
Caledonian

Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 35 -

Chester and Holyhead... 32%.....
Cheltenham and Oxford
Clarence. . .... 100 .....

Do., ls;t Class, 6 per Cent... 10

Do., 2(.1 Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Cornwall

Ditto, Half Shares
Dublin and Belf.:st Junction.. 20

Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 121/2 ......
East Anglia, 251., L. & E.
L& D.
Ditto, 181., E. & H

Ditto, 31. 10.., E. & IL.. 1
Eastern Counties 2O ...18% li x. div. to
Do. Perpet., 5 per et. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., do. N0.2..6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension
Eastern Union
__. .... ... .. .50

CAUTION.—FORGED 51. NOTES.—This day a pro-
clamation was issued, cautioning the public against the
receipt of forged 5L notes, of the bank of Messrs. Rud-
ford and Wragge, of Stourbridge, of the date of June 1,
1847. Those genuine and issued by the firm on that
day were from Nos. 5,001 to 5,400 inclusive. The
forged ones may be detected by noticing that their entry
and signatures have been lithographed, while it is not
the case with the genuine ones. Messrs. Wragge and
Rudford have offered a reward of 1001. for the detection
of the parties coneerned in the above forgery.
EXPENDITURE OF THE LORD STEWARD OF TIIE
ROYAL UOUSEHOLD.—The following bill of fare for one
year (1846) may not be uninteresting to economists and
the public:—Breul, 2,0501.; butter, bacon, cheese, and
eggs, 4,9761.; milk and cream, 1,4781.; butcher's meat,
99721.; poultry, 3,6331.; fish, 1,979/.; grocery, 4,644/.;
oiler}, 1,7931.; fruit :and confectionery, 1,741/.; tege-
tables,4B7/.; wine, 4,8501.; liqueurs, &c.,1,8431 ; ale and
beer, 2,8111.; wax candles, 1,977/.; tallow candles, 6791.;
laps, 4,166/.; fuel, 6,8491.; stationery, 8241.; turnery,
sat
for
the o
la P
last
S time U RG
thisEO N Ss
session Mt..; braziery, 8901.; china, glass, &c., 1,328/.; linen,
1,0851.; wa•hing, table linen, &c., 3,130/.; plate, 500/.
am ROYAL
in er s COLLEGE
SURGEONS.—The
on
evening, when the following gentlemen, having pre•
Court
Monday
Exof
v!cusly undergone the necessary examinations for the
diploma,
were admitted members of this College, viz.:—
Messrs. William Lawrence Cashel Nenagh, Tipperary ;
Robert Twemlow, Spark Newcastle, Staffordshire ;
Charles Ferraby, Swaffhan; , Norfolk; Thomas William
Crosse, Norwich ; Robert Abercrombie, Manchester ;
John Mussendine Camplin, Finsbury-square ; Matthew
Jab,z Booth, Rochdale, Lancashire ; Charles Thomas
Wagstaff, Brixton, Surrey ; William Ottley James
Woullaston, East Derehaw, Norfolk ; and Benjamin
Fielding Matthews, Bedford.
CLASSICALITY OF THE LONDON TAVERN SIGNS.—
It is curious that when we speak of ‘,
kVhitbreati's En. i
tire, &c., we use a most classical phrase. It is the
Merlyn of the Romans, frequently translated Wine ;
and, indeed, that is what it means. But merum never
meant wine originally, nor anything of the kind. It
meant entire, that is, sincere, genuine, unmixed. In
the same way the Greeks called wine ukraton, that is,
unmixed.-7 ulhot's English Etymologies,.
This morning, shortly after four o clock, a fire was
discovered in a wire work, No. 56, New. Wynd. ;.. hut. on
the arrival of the engines it wassoon extinguished, with-
out having done much damage.—North litigate Mad of
Monday.

Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d — to
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ... lO
Do., do., Extension Scrip... 14 — to
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares l2lh — . to
Edinburgh and Northern ... 20
Ditto, New... ... ... 21h — ..... . to

Ditto; Newport 7

- •••• • • t 0 ~-

..._ ... _
Ditto, ditto, New ... 1% — ...... to
Edinburgh and Perth
...

Ditto,Extension ... 108....... ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to
Ditto, New -
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 61.8 d...
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New
Do. 1A Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12%
Great Northern
Do. London & York Exten. 2% — to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35
Great North of England 100 — to
Ditto, New 40/ 5 -
Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ••• .• .. ••• to --
Ditto, New 15/.......... ...... 1 %...... ..... to
Great Western
Ditto, Ilalf Shares .
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 17/.
Huddersfield and Manchester 19 .. -
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby 50
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Ipswich& Bury St. Edmunds 15
Do. do. and Norwich
Lancaster and Carlisle.— ... 50 -
Do., Thirds lO
Leeds and Bradford 45 •• •••
Leicester and Bedford
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 321/ — to
Do., Branch % Sbares 716 — ...... to
Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2% — to —.
Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to
Do., New Exten. (pink)... 21/s — ...... to
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, N. ew
Do., do ~ Prefer., 6 per Cent. 31/2. ....
Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h-
port
Liverpool, Manchester, and
NewcoUlo Junction 2% to
London. A; Blackwall-16/. 13s. 4d....... 61/2 to 5%
Ditto New, No. 1..
Ditto. sew, No. 2 3/. 134. 4d.... —....... to
Do. E.S. tension
...... to
Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 4814% xoto
Do. consolidated Eighths 2O ......
...... to
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent 9 ......
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ..... _
London. and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... -- to
Ditto. Preference
181 lis 2d...
..... d .
to —to
x
London and North Western..loo 1631/241/2
Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 12 ...... ...... to
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 ...... ...... to
Do. do.. Fifths
...... to _
Do. Qr rafters G. J. 20 - .. to
Do. 401. Shares.....L. &M. 15 •
Do. 40/.. Shares... M. and B. 40
...... to
.....
Do. LW.... M. and B. (A.) 5 ..„ _
Do. IAII. .. M. and B. (B.) 5
...... to
Do. 1.41.... M. and B. (C.) 1
. 5% •••••• to --
London, 'Oxford, and Cheltm. 2
London. :and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 6014...... to
Do. is w ConsolidatedBths. 40 -
Ditto, 'New SW.
Ditto, .New 404 .......,.. .. .. 26 ...... ...... to
Do. ' tenths (Consolidated) 50 ......
to
Do. Ten the (Consolidated) 40 ......
Ditto Scrip SN.
Ditto, elitto 401
London„ Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — ...... to --
Londo,2de rry and Coleraine.... 25
Londo aderry and Enniskillen 221/2 _ to
Manch ester and Leeds
Ditto. fKaf Shares
Ditto Quarters 14%
Ditto it fifths 6% to
Ditto S:xteenttis ........... 61-A — ...... to
Ditto Thirds (Keg.) 71.4s — -
Do. I iircerpool and Bury... 29
Do. I) TAW Shares (late H ud-
ders field and Sheffield... 28
Afanch. Saxton, & Matlock 425.
Manchr, SAieffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 114 E Shares ( No. 1) ... 13
Ditto, till to (No. 2) 25 —
Ditto, N 3 Shares (No. 3)... 71/2 — ...... to
Ditto Glri ,msby 25 — to
Ditto, d 7 i tto.
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, t 'slle,ffield, and Linc. 7%...... ...... to
Manchester and Southampton 214 — .... to
Midland. lOO ll6 a d... to 116%
Ditto I ri fths
Ditto, lid. Shares
Ditto, 50!. Shares..... ...... 6
Midland, Bi rm., and Derby... 100
Midland, ,f 3 jnsol. Bristol and
Birmir tg' awn 6 per cent.... 100
Midland, !Bristol and Glouc. 34
Ditto , lit :to
71. 98.... ..
to
Midland,. L .eices. and Swan-

ningtor.r. (8 per et. gua.).... 50 .... • ...... to
Midld. •ei It Western (Irish`

) 30
Newcastle., el nd Berwick ...... 20
Ditto
N'emo .................. 5
Ditto Nor ,h Shields.. ..... 25 ......
Newcastle a id Carlisle ...... 100 .....
Ditto Qua ter Shares .... 4034... ..
Ditto Nest Quarters.. 8/. 18s 9d ... .. to
Newmarket and Cliesterford 1314
Ditto ExA 3nsion ......... 2/. 19s.
Newport A. orgy., and Heref. 4
Newry and' Enniskillen ...... 7
Norfolk . ..... ... .. ........... 100
Ditto Ne' Ar 101.. to
.............. 5 .....•
Ditto 17,`: :tension ............ 13
to
•• to
Do. S crip, 1847,N. of Norflk 2
--Do. d o. Waveuey Valley... 2
•.. .. to --
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
lost re or
..... _
*" '. to
to
Northern Counties Union
North - arl tish
Dia( , a alt Shares
_2934......
t 0
00
.....
to
Ditto Do. Qu.; •rters 434 —
to
E xtension
214 .....• to T 1 tints .... 1 •
North sta) Tordahire.... 7% 9:14.... to

N —erthem and Eastern SO
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto New
... .. to
Nora' Wales 3% .
..
North Western
Oxford, Worcester, P,nd Wol-
verhampton
Portsmouth Direct -
Preston and Wyre
Ditto, Half Shares ....(A) 81/2 12% to
Ditto ditto ..............(B) 14
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 74 ...... -I-
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central -
Scottish Midland .. ... 17% — ..... to
Ditto, New lO
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 31,4 2x i ... to
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ...
Ditto, Oswestry
Ditto (New) 1
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2
Shropshire Union
South Devon ....... ......
Ditto, Preference lO
South Staffordshire 2l. 125... ..... . to
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, New, N 0.2 l7
Ditto, New, No. 3 ls
Ditto New, No. 4. 614 —
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Goole
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 2
Thames Haven Dock and
Railway 17% to
raw Vale Extension
Vale of Neath
Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Goole 42% to
Waterford and Kilkenny 13%......
Waterford and Limerick... .. 324... ..
Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw,

and Dublin - 2 - •••• . to
West Riding Union 4/. 2s. % dis... to —.-
West Cornwall
Whitehaven and Furness 8 ••• •• .....
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western ...... 425. -
Wilts,Sornerset,&Weymouth 25 ..... ...
York and Newcastle 25 ... 344 xd .. to
Ditto, Extension lO .. . -
Ditto, Preference 8 .. ... 11 ...... to
York and North Midland
Ditto. Extension
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and West Riding
Extension l5 24% to
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian
Barbadoes
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 133/4.. ... to --
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
(Constituted)
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon)
Central of Spain ...
Ceylon
Demerara.
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . -
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian . ss. —
Great Indian Peninsular
Great Southern of Madras -
Great Western Bengal ss.
Great Western Canada
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1
Louvain a la Sambre
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted) - ••• •• to
Madras
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % —
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege . l2 ...... ...... to
Northern of France.
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... -
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris & Strasbourg ...... ....• 8
11mten and Havre ... 20
Sambre and Meuse l6
Strasburg and Bale l4
Tours & Nantes ..
Tournay, Jurbise, Louden,
and Hasselt
Trinidad.. ........
West Flanders 8 -
JOI;sIT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia - 18
British North American .... 50
Colonial
Commercial of London 2O
London Joint Stock
London and Westminster... 20
Ditto, New
National Provincial of Engld. 35 — to
Ditto, New
National of Ireland 22% ... .. to
Provincial of Ireland -
Ditto, New lO
Union of Australia
Ditto, New
Union of London ........ ...... 10 -
Union of Madrid

MINES.
Anglo Mexican lOO —
Astrian Mining Company ... 10 . —
Australian ...
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial .... .. ... 21 ......
Cobre Copper
Galvanized Iron
Real del Monte, Unregistered
United Mexican 281. 2s. 83/4d. ...„

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