The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-26 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1847.

From Venice—the marble city of the Adriatic—
RICHARD COBDEN has addressed his constituents at
Stockport. His communication to the electors who
have honoured themselves by returning him to Par-
liament, is published this day in another column of
The Sun. It will be perused with avidity by many
thousands ; it will sound like the voice of the clarion
to the hearts of the free-traders throughout the
United Kingdom. Under any circumstances we
should have rejoiced-at the announcement contained
in. Mr. COBDEN'S electioneering address, that he is
preparing to return homewards with a renovated
constitution. Supposing there were little to be ac-
complished of any importance in the way of legislation,
we should still exult at the probable restoration to
his Parliamentary duties of a man such as the
Illustrious orator and champion of the Anti-Corn-
law -League. Now, however, considering the ex-
tractrdinary accumulation of difficulties, simultaneous
with the dissolution of Parliament, we are, in a very

' peculiar manner, delighted at a statement of so en-
couraging and consolatory a character. Often as
the community has had cause to congratulate itself on
the 00-operation of Mr. COBDEN in the furtherance of
popular measures and the protection of popular in-
terests, a period has never before arrived in which
his efforts were more desirable for the maintenance of
those enactments by which our insular commerce
has been emancipated from the thraldom and restric-
tion of centuries, and for the acquisition of those nu-
merous and important boons which would be jeopar-
dised by a questionable representation.
Alluding to the scarcity of provisions, and the
general stagnation of trade, by which the nations of
Europe have been latterly desolated, he annihilates
in a single sentence the insidious reproaches of
the Protectionists. " Free-trade," say he, " cannot
avert a sudden and calamitous visitation of Pro-
vidence." And by the utterance of that significant
observation he rebuts in a conclusive manner the
insinuations which have for months been levelled
derisively at the principles of emancipation to
commerce. Nor does he restrict himself to this
emphatic vindication of the doctrines subversive
of the system of agricultural monopoly ; he
argues, with a very considerable show of reason, that
as a failure of the potato and grain crops throughout
the continental and insular countries of Europe has
brought the population of those kingdoms to the
verge of famine and destitution, so will the reaction
consequent upon the increase of the agricultural
energies in the cultivation of cereal and vege-
table produce tend to originate a glut in those neces-
saries of existence—a glut as disastrous to the
interests of the corn-growers as the previous defi-
ciency had proved baneful to the mass of the population.
Calculating that such must be the natural result of
our prolonged privations, it is most obvious
that there will be an increased necessity
for the transmission of tried and consistent repre-
sentatives to the Lower House at Westminster, tor
the salvation of the glorious measures achieved during
the last session. In all human probability, an agri-
cultural panic will ensue from the reaction of the
recent scarcity ; the effect of that panic will be the
storming of the doors of Parliament with petitions
against the abandonment of imports upon foreign
grain and breadstuffs. Support—and adequate sup-
port—must be provided betimes for the Government
—support against the storms of discontent—support
against the specious reasoning of the depressed agri-
culturists—support against the possible retractation of
the timorous and the probable frenzy of the enraged.
It is incumbent, therefore, upon all the Liberal con-
stituencies throughout the country to remember the
severe ordeal still reserved for the free-trade enact-
ments introduced by Sir ROBERT PEEL. If possible
there is a greater necessity than ever for the con-
tinuance of a watchful supervision over the cause
inimical to the so-called system of Protection.
Electors of England ! remember the enormous diffi-
culties and perils already surmounted for the attain-
ment of the blessings of freedom to commerce.
Electors of Stockport ! remember the gratitude due to
Mr. COBDEN—remember the courage of the champion,
remember the toil of the advocate, remember the
eloquence of the orator, remember the wisdom of
the statesman. Restored to England with renewed
health, animated by the distinguished encouragement
of the sagacious and the populous of continental
Europe, Mr. COBDEN will re-enter Parliament at a
moment when his genius for legislation will be
afforded a noble opportunity for its manifestation.
That alone should be an ample incitement to the lovers
of liberality and the promoters of national pros-
perity during the approaching struggles of the general
election.

Again has the British Association, in defiance of
an ill-advised ridicule and the most ungenerous
contumelies, met for the public promotion of scientific
discovery through the miscellaneous discussions
evoked by its annual assemblage. Gratified as we
have invariably been at these periodical convocations
of the most eminent philosophers of all countries, we
are especially gratified with the peculiar circum-
stances attendant upon the present assembly—cir-
cumstances which, from their remarkable character,
must render the eighteenth meeting of the Association
one of the most extraordinary and unquestionably
the most interesting in its annals. An ennobling
sympathy has latterly manifested itself among the
population in the proceedings of the Association, and
has altogether precluded us from the necessity of
becoming the vindicators of its utility or the labo-
rious exponents of the advantages already accruing
to the chemical and mechanical sciences from
its establishment. The distinguished names of
those individuals who have throughout afforded it
the sanction of their presence, and animated it by the
genius of their co-operation, are of themselves suffi-
cient to elevate the society beyond the most
audacious derision, and render it invulnerable
to the most unprincipled vituperation. The
arena selected for the deliberations of the
present year is very appropriately one of those
academic cities immortalized by the intellectual de-
velopment of the athletes of our insular learning.
Oxford has been felicitously selected as the scene for
the discussions of 1847; it has been felicitously chosen,
because the president who succeeds Sir RODERICK

IMPEY MurtcnisoN is one of the Parliamentary re-
presentatives of the University, Sir ROBERT HARRY
Imatis—a man for whom we have no political sym-
pathy whatever, but whose capacious ability and
versatility of accomplishments must always command

our unaffected respect. Beyond this the selection of
Oxford has been peculiarly felicitous, remembering
that it was under the walls of her colleges that the

present Dean of Westminster acquired his geological
reputation—and Dr. BUCHLAND, be it remembered,
is about the most assiduous, as he is unquestionably
one of the most gifted members, of the British Asso-
ciation.

A variety of circumstances impart an air of 1
particular importance to the present gathering to-
gether of the savans of both hemispheres. Foremost
among those circumstances is the arrival at Oxford of
the illustrious LE VERRIER, the discoverer of the

planet Neptune. Alluding to the presence among them

. .
of that immortal astronomer and mathematician, the
President very beautifully remarked, in the coarse
of his inaugural address, " I will not presume to
dispute upon the rivalry or merits of LE VERRIER or

- -
Ar&us, but it is certain that one had found by mid-
night watchings what the other had predicted by the re-
sults of calculation." Another reason for our regarding
the present convocation at Oxford as perhaps the
most striking in the history of the Association, is the
fact that unusual numbers of distinguished fo-

reigners have hastened thither for the purpose of par•

ticipating in its proceedings ; amongst whom must
be particularly enumerated the Prince DE CANINO
(son of Prince LUCIEN BONAPARTE), the Hon. Mr.
Biavcaorr (American Minister), the Chevalier Ihriv-

SEN (Prussian Ambassador), and the Count ROSEN
(Emissary Extraordinary from the Crown Prince of
Sweden). It is decided, moreover, that among those
who will attend the meetings of the Association will
be one who, since his first arrival in England, has in
some measure striven to emulate the Magnificent
LORENZO as a promoter of art, science, and literature
—we mean, of course, his Royal Highness the Prince
ALBERT. An announcement of a propitious character
was made at the commencement of the introductory
meeting on Wednesday afternoon, namely, that intelli-

gence had been received of the improvement of the
health of the renowned Baron HumsoLDT.

If ever frivolity was avoided in the periodical con-
-ocations of civilised men it is assuredly shunned in

.he assemblages of the British Association ; and yet

his eminent society is vilified by certain malcontents

as a league of venerable zanies and fribbling
dilettanti. Before there is any recurrence to the ex-
travagant caricatures which have disgraced society
during the past few summers we would thus emphati-
cally protest against such wilful distortions of the acts
and
the utterances of the true nobility of intellect.
When the great F
his
earriageatßAcoN was riding in
Highgate, engrossed with that
experiment of a fowl and a handful of newly-fallen
snow, which immediately
ave
dleepdicttoedhhiiss
pdreocceeaesdeingsosmine
contemporarythe
most
might h ludicrous language, and have tickled the
thoughtless into explosions of laughter.of n
0 But, how
would such a reminiscence be heard
w- a-days ?
Surely, with expressions of the Profoundest scorn
and the most undisguised indignation.
Were the philosopher 6 of the British Association
to clothe themselves in the harlequinade
dress, worn I

by the one-eyed genius,7 of the Flying Isl2.nd, were
they to precipitate themselves from the roof of
Magdalene College in one of HE:isoN's patent
aerial machines with a confidence similar to

that of the wing-maker in Rasselas, where
they to stew over the furnaces, of a Rosicrucian
laboratory, after the fashion of Friar BUNGEY,
they might be lauded as the most practical philan-
thropists of these civilized times. But as they restrict
themselves to matters of the most marvellous scientific
interest, as they listen, for example, to the expositions
of MICHAEL FARADAY on the identity of light and
electricity ; as they examine the meteorological ob-
servations of Colonel SABINE, showing that the
atmosphere, as well as the ocean, is affected by tidal
movements ; as they hearken to the psychological
revelations of Professor Marruccr, explaining that
electrical currents are produced by the mus-
cular contraction of the living body (and
thereby affording a possible key to the
mysteries of Mesmerism), as they sedulously explore
the latest innovations in art and the most recent dis-
coveries in science, they are derided as little better
than overgrown children out fur a sort of artistic
gambol and scientific holiday. The people will evince
a loftier perception of the inherent dignity of know-
ledge by regarding such bodies as the British Asso-
ciation with the sobriety of earnest approval, and the
ardour of merited approbation.

We have already pointed out the injurious and de-
moralizing effects produced in Ireland by the un-
necessary time allowed for polling the constituencies in
that country, and have expressed a hope that a measure
should be passed before the next general election to
provide a remedy for the evil. We are therefore re-
joiced to find that the Solicitor-General of Ireland
has introduced a Bill for that purpose. Counties,
however, for what reason we know not, are not in-
cluded in the proposed alterations, and scenes of riot
and disturbance, of drunkenness and debauchery, and
of the various schemes and plans by which voters are
corrupted and induced to vote against their honest
convictions, or kidnapped and removed from their
homes and families, will be of frequent occurrence,
and most unnecessarily protracted for four days.
We cannot conceive any good or sufficient rea-
sons for an extension of time beyond that which is
found to be amply sufficient in this country. Why should
it be more difficult to bring the Irish elector to the
poll than his English confrere ? Why should the
hundreds on the registry of Kilkenny or Carlow re-
quire a greater period to make up their minds and
express their wishes than is allowed for the tens of
thousands of Yorkshire constituents ? Are the Irish
so much milder in disposition, so much less excitable
in temperament than the English multitudes, or
so little interested in political questions, that they
can safely be permitted the prolonged indulgence in
their saturnalia ? On the contrary, every mischief
which was found to prevail, and which most properly
led to the limitation of the time of the elections here
to the very shortest period consistent with the ex-
pression of the popular wishes, prevails with tenfold
force on the other side of the Channel. On one side
may be found bribery and intimidation, offers of re-
ceipts and acquittances for formidable arrears of rent,
and promises of indulgence for the future, if com-
plying; or threats of distress, ejectment, and all the
engines of oppression, if firm in their refusal. On
the other, denunciations of popular vengeance, or
still more striking demonstrations of the anger of the
many for what they may choose to term " a betrayal
of the country." Sometimes the unhappy voter is
tossed on the horns of a dilemma, undecided as to
which of the dangers he shall encounter, and well
assured of the certainty with which the threatened
retribution will be carried into execution by the dis-
appointed claimants, until, in the bitterness of his
heart, he curses the franchise that has exposed him to
such annoyances and difficulties. If the contest is a
close one during the first few days, there is
scarcely anything that will be stopped at by par-
tisans on either side. Even the candidates will
suffer themselves to be hurried into excesses and ex-
penses, at which they would have shuddered before
the opening of the proceedings. If, on the other
hand, one party has a decided majority, turbulence
and disturbance of every kind become prevalent.
Hostile voters are assaulted or intercepted on their
way to the various booths. Personation is frequent,
the general plan being to send the false voter first to
the poll, who, pretending he has lost his certificate,
votes from the affidavit, while the real Simon Pure sub-
sequently, and after the time has elapsed within which
the fictitious vote can be erased, comes forward with
his title deed, and threatens the returning officer with
an action if, on the discovery of the ruse, he refuses
to admit his claims. Dead men, and those residing in
another hemisphere, separated by the broad Atlantic
from the place of election, are all represented in due
form for the occasion ; while oaths are sworn with
the greatest alacrity and the most perfect indifference
as to their truth or falsehood.

It would, indeed, be impossible to describe within
moderate bounds the various schemes resorted to, or
the mischiefs occasioned by the extension of the time
of polling to five days ; but surely there can be no con-
troversy with respect thereto, or about the importance
of removing the cause by which they are so fearfully
aggravated and increased, and limiting the period to
that sanctioned in England. Much good will be ef-

fected by the proposed alteration with respect to
cities and boroughs, but why restrict the benefit, and
exclude the counties, where the change is, if possible,
more urgently called for ?
While on the subject of elections there is another
point on which there should be a change in both
countries. We allude to what are termed " the legal
expenses" which candidates can be called on to
defray. It is the constitutional privilege of every
voter to exercise his franchise in favour of any one
whom he may suppose calculated to prove an honest
and efficient representative, and who is qualified ac-
cording to law for a seat in the Legislature, but a
to cover
instance,
the
bar may be interposed by the necessity of a large
legDalubleixni-Lenistesi;
8:117 el l being
nn some depositedplaces—for
said will amount to several thousand pounds.
This is morally wrong, and opposed in the highest
degree to the principles of the constitution. It is not
for the private benefit of the party that he is selected
for the honour of a seat in the Legislature : it is that
he may give due expression to the wants and wishes
of those by whom he was chosen, and he should not,
neither should any individual elector who might think
proper to propose or second him, be subjected to any
cost therefor. It is for the general benefit of the county
or borough that he is elected, and the expense of that

election should be defrayed by a county or borough rate,
flow can they hope for faithful or disinterested ser-

vices if, to a certain extent, the party is forced to

purchase his seat? The honest and zealous voter may
be surprised at its being supposed, and indignantly

Four per Cents. at Is for paper; the Five per Cm at
17i ditto the Debt without interest at 6 ditto; an the
Coupons at 15 for cash.

We have received the Paris papers of Wedneay.
The Minister of War has just had distribud to
the two Chambers a return of the state and ut of
the works in the fortifications of Paris for thyear
1846. It results from this document th; the
totality of the ground purchased will form auper-
ficies of 778 hectares (1,922 i acres) for which idem-
nities have been paid to the amount of 14,37,883 f.
There are still 210 small pieees of ground to)e de-
cided on, which are estimated at 440,000 f. )f the
140 millions voted by the Chambers, sum
remained, sufficient to allow a new wort to be
undertaken at the head of the Isthnus of
St. Maur, destined to commani the passage of the
Marne at Joinville-le-Pont, a..ad cover VirY:ennes,
Nogent, and Charenton. This work was undertaken
without the authorisation of Vie Chambers, in the
responsibility of the Minister of War. The leaks of
all the forts were finished and rendered babitlale in
1846. The sums expended lbg the fortificatons of
Paris, from 1840 to 1846, anount to 13608,999
francs, leaving a surplus of 3,311,001 francs. which
will suffice for the new fort at St. Maur, and some
works of consolidation found to be indispensaile.
The greater number of these papers have articles
on the acquittal of M. EMILE DE GIRAIIDD by the
Chamber of Peers, which, accorc:ing to the Journal des
Debats, was voted by a majority of 134 to 45. This
simple announcement is given by the Journal des
Debats without comment. The silence of the Mi-
nisterial journal is very significant. The Presse is
almost equally guarded. " Afoderation," it says,
" does not exclude independence. This was strongly
evidenced yesterday by the Chamber of Peers. By
dismissing the complaint against the responsible
editor of the Presse, and thus raising it3olf above all
essentially transitory Ministerial considerations, the
Chamber of Peers has done an act of high political
bearing. It has effaced in one day many mistrusts
which we had not been able to overcome."
The National concludes a long article on the sub-
ject, in these words The second act is finished ;
but the drama is not at an end, and yesterday's
judgment must precipitate the denouement."
The Courrier Francais considers that it is impos-
sible the affair can be suffered to remain as it is.
It says—

" The condemnation of M. Emile de Girardin would
not have been the slightest justification of the Ministry.
Would the Chamber of Peers, by declaring that it had
been insulted by a single affirmation, and that a promise
of a peerage had been sold, have shown that the Ministry
had not committed a crime? No! The Chamber of Peers
was called upon only to consider its own lignity. The
honour of the Ministry was left entirely oat of the ques-
tion. M. de Girardin still remains an accuser of the
Ministry; and it is now left to be known whether the
accusation brought by him is to stand or fall. It will not,
it cannot fall--for it is not yet elucidated—for it must
terminate inevitably in the establishment of a hideous
fact, and this fact must be called calumny, or it must be
called corruption. There is in this case a culprit, and
if this culprit is not called Emile de Girardin, you know,
Monsieur Guizot, and you also, Mcnsieur Duchitel,
how he ought to be called ! The other day, the Cham-
ber of Deputies was called upon to grant its authorisa-
tion for prosecuting M. de Girardin behre the Chamber
of Peers, and the event has proved that the majority
was wrong in granting this authorisation. To-day
another application to the Chamber is it contemplation,
—a demand for the consent of the Chamber to prose-
cute M. de Girardin before a jury, and this, we doubt
not, the Chamber of Deputies will as readily accede to.
We shall see whether M. de Girardin cal persist before
the jury in the strange reserve within which he has
hitherto confined himself ! Before a jury, M. de
Girardin will be compelled to bring forward full, cir-
cumstantial, and irrefragable proofs, un:ess he should
prefer seeing himself exposed to an infamous sentence.
But if M. de Girardin does bring forward such proofs,
have we any need to point out what further authorisation
Must be demanded of the elective Chamber ? Have we
any need to say, that at no other period have there
been more decided grounds for convoking the Court of
Peers ?''

deny, that he has received any pecuniary benQfit
from his representative; but, while that represaittative
has to pay any money for the expenditure which ought
to fall upon the constituency generally, he cannot
be free from the degrading imputation. Those who

buy will be more ready to sell, and the same fidelity
and disinterested devotion cannot be hoped fcr that

The Constitutionnel considers the acquittal of M.
DE GIRARDIN to have been a cruel disappointment for
the Cabinet ; and the Patrie states that, in conse-
quence of that acquittal, MM. GUIZOT and Du-
CLIATIIL tendered their resignations, which were not,
however, accepted. In fact, M. GUIZOT could be
but ill spared at the present moment by the dynasty,
who stand in need of the assistance of his unscrupu-
lous and intriguing diplomacy to forward the Orleans
interest in Spain.

The Mion Monarchique says—
" The arrival of M. Sarragossa, member of the Cortes
and the constant intermediary of General Narvaez in
the mysterious negotiations carried on by him with the
principal chiefs of the Spanish Conservative party, was
expected every moment on Monday, with a certain im-
patience at the Spanish Embassy. We are assured that
the special object of the journey of M. Sarragossa is to
determine the immediate return of General Narvaez to
Madrid, a blind obedience, on the part of the Conserva-
tive party, and a most flattering reception on the part of
the young Isabella being promised him."

M. GUIZOT may, therefore, defy Peers, Deputies,
and all constitutional authorities for the present.
The Deputies were still occupied in the discussion
of the Budget.
The Bourse was heavy on Wednesday, partly owing
to the account received of the unexpected death of M.
COIJRPON, the respected Syndic of the Agens de Change.
The Three per Cents. closed at 77f. 65c.; the Five per
Cents., at 117 f. 95c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,276 f.
25c. ; Rouen, 971 f. 25c. ; Havre, 657 f. 50c. ; Great Northern,
581 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 715 f. ; Vierzon, 608 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux,
512 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 411 f. 25c. ; Troyes and Montereau,
275 f.; Basle, 187 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 315 f. ; Paris and Strasburg,
427 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 407 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons,
448 f 75c. ' • Lyons and Avignon, 448 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux and
Cette, 452 f. 50c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54i.
LYONS, JUNE 21.-Paris and Rouen, 968 f. 75c. ; Avignon
and Marseilles, 713E75c. ; Vierzon, 612 f. 50c. ; Northern, 585 f. ;
Paris and Lyons, 442 f. 50c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 24.
Dutch Rhenish, 4—Louvain it la Sambre, I—Namur and
Liege, 334—Northern of France, 1134—West Flanders, 3%.

might reasonably be expected from those freely and
gratuitously elevated to a seat in Parliament. We
trust that this suggestion may be taken into con-
sideration, although we fear but little time remains for

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bringing it into effect before the dissolution.

Madrid papers of the 18th have arrived.

The rumours of a change of Ministry were again
revived. According to some of the rumours, General
NARVAEZ is to be chief of the new Cabinet; accord-
ing to others, the Presidency of the Council is to be
given to General SERRANO, who still continues in
high favour, and who will, probably, be the new
Captain-General of Madrid.
The Faro is very bitter against Mr. BULWER, for
a note which it says he has addressed to the
Government, complaining of the proclamation of
General CONCHA, in which he recommends his sol-
diers to act in such a manner as "to prove that the
Spaniards are the best allies of Portugal." Orders
have, it is said, been sent to General CONCHA to
suspend his further advance. Important dispatches
were received from General CONCHA on the 18th, but
their contents have not transpired.
General DOMINGUEZ, the uncle of SERRANo, hcs
been created Count DE SANTA ISABEL.

£23,632,575

BANKING DEPARTMENT.
Fropri etors' capital.. 14,553,000
[test •• ..
l'ublic deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt. Say-
ings-bank s, and Di-
vidend accounts) .. 9,258,290
Other deposits
Seven day and other

773,870

X 36,199,646

Dated the 24th day ofJune, 1847.

Senor LOPEZ has been appointed Minister to the
Hague.

The Three per Cents. were done at 30 for cash; the

LONDON, SATURDAY eIVORNING, JUNE 26, 1847.

left him, and turned off to the souttisvard to return to
their own province.

Viscount Sa, Count Mello, Count Taipa, and the Mar-
quis of Louie, are prisoners on board the Sidon, and are
to proceed to England.

A decree has been issued making Bank of Lisbon
notes legal tenders for only one-third of each payment,
from the Ist of July forward.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton, at Liverpool yesterday, were
7,000 bales, of which speculators took 500 American and
300 Surat. The market was very firm. The sales in-
cluded 4,500 bales American, at 6fd. to 7113. ; 250
Pernam, at Bd. to Bid. ; 300 Egyptian, at 'lid. to Sid. ;
and 1,500 Surat, at 44d. to sd. per lb. The demand for
Railway Shares was not so good, but prices were firm.
There was a better demand for shares to-day at the
sale of Railway Shares by Messrs. Lamond and Co.,
and prices have improved considerably. The following
are a few of the principal sales:—
East Indian ...
_

Great Luxembourg
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 2 7 •
Shropshire Union and Canal 2 3 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 14 0
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston 1 7 6
Northern Counties Union 1 2 0
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate
Lond )n and Blackwall, No. 1
Newport and Abergavenny
Eastern Counties. York Extension ......
North Staffordshire

South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and G001e... 1 7 6

The accounts received by the Henry Clay to the 7th
instant, from New York, advise the existence of much
excitement in the Corn market, owing to the high prices
received out, but this is not considered by any means an
unsatisfactory circumstance, inasmuch as it offers a more
certain prospect of our receiving abundant supplies. In-
deed the arrivals are so heavy, both here and
at the outports, that business has become ex-
cessively dull. A gradual decline in prices may be
anticipated, but it will be to the interest of the consumer
that there should not be such a fall as to check further
imports until the harvest is secured. In the south of
France harvest operations have already commenced, and
we hear from Silesia (Germany) that, the recent floods
were fast subsiding.
from Hamburgh to-day of further
bread riots there on the 17th, in which one or two parties
aro acid to hay° boon Vinod.

It is to be hoped that the petition of the bankers and
merchants now in course of signature, and praying for a
relaxation of Sir Robert Peel's Bank Charter Bill, will
be pushed forward with alacrity, as the bare possibility
of another monetary crisis when the Legislature is nut
sitting is too serious to be contemplated without alarm.
It is a well-known fact, says a French journal, that
the interior of Spitzbergen has never been habitable.
Last October a party set out from Archangel for this
destination. It was composed of fifteen gentlmen, who
were of sound constitutions, accustomed to cold, and
excellent huntsmen. They established themselves in the
small island of Barents, part of the northern group of
islands, where no man yet had resided, and which was
only frequented by the more valuable of the animals of
the country. In a short time, however, six of them, in
spite of their precautions and hardy constitutions, died
from the intense cold. The remaining nine lately
arrived at Archangel with much booty, but not till they
had experienced the most intense suffering from various
causes, the absence of daylight being one of the principal.
The English Funds have been rather higher, and the
fine weather has again imparted some degree of buoy-
ancy thereto. Consols have realised 881 for Account.
Exchequer-bills have been quiet at Cs. to 9s. premium.
Bank Stock is 195 to 196. Consols scrip looks well at
premium.
In the Foreign market the transactions have been void
of interest. Portuguese Four per Cents. are marked 32
to 32i, and Brazilian 84. Mexican Bonds are at 20,
and Grenada Deferred at 3-a to 31. There have been no
bargains in Spanish. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
are 58i I.
Railway Shares have been firm again, in the absence
of extensive operations.
BRITISD FUNDS.

ONE
O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock .. .. 196 195
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 88%%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 9014 Y.
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 1-16
India Bonds, 1,0001. ..
Ditto. under 1,000/. .. .. 8 p
South Sea Stock ..
Ditto Old Annuities 88
Consols for Opening, July 16 .. 88%%
Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. •p
Exchequer Bills. 1, d. 2d.
1,0001... .. 96 p
500/. . 12 8 p
Ditto, Small .... 17 12 p

CLOSING
PRICES.
195
88%
90%
9%

ONE CLOSINt,
O'CLOCK. PRICES.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, for the Account .. 84
Grenada, I per Cent ..

3%%

Ditto, Deterred .. .. ..
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 20
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. .. .. 323 323(
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 32 31%
Russian Bonds .. .. .. .. ..

Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 110% 110%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. ..
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 34%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 94 94
Dutch Two-and-a-Hall per Cent .. 58%% 583%
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 58%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 89%% 89%
PRICES Or BUSINESS
CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
29

Aberdeen..
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. • • 2%.... 1 !,‘ . . •• •
Birming., Wolver., & Stour Valley 8 .. 8%3,4 .• •• .
Bristol and Exeter • • .. 75 .... ..........
Chester and Holyhead .. 2754 .... 22 21 . • • •
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 15 .... 154 2........
Eastern Counties .. .• •. .. 20 20%
Ditto, York Extension • • 7 •• • • 6% ••••• • • • •
East Lancashire .. .. • - .. 20 •• • • 194 • .....
East Lincolnshire .. .. 6%.... 754 .... . . . .
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... •
Great Northern .. . .... 2 2%........
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 32%.... 2834 .... • • • •
Great Western .. 85 .... •• •
Ditto, Half Shares _ 50 7054 70
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1254 •• • • •• • •
Ditto, New _ 454 834 4
Hull and Selby .. .. •• 50 .... ••
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1254 23 •••• • •
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... • • • •
Ditto, New .. 754 .. • 1154 ....
Leeds and Bradford .• 40 .... 88 • •
Leeds and Thirsk .. 26 .... .... • • ....
Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. 354 .... 2N% ..
London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .... 554 ........
Ditto. Consol. Eighths .. .. 10 .... 13% ..........
London an North-Western • • 100 .• .. 180 ..........
Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... 24 23% ......
Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 13 12% 134..
Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. • • 40 .. • . 7054
London and South-Western 411. Os. 10d... 6634 • • ....
Ditto, New .. 2734 3134 •••. . • • .
Ditto, New .. .• .. • . 22 .... • •
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 .... 5654 . ..... •• • •
Ditto, Scrip.. .. .. 5 .... 5 ..........
Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 .... ..........
Ditto, Half Shares .. 38 .... 45% 4554
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 12 .... 154
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. —7l. 45..... ..........par
Manchester and Southampton 2 ....
Midland .. ..100 •• •• • •
Ditto, New 36 .... 42%•
Ditto, New .. 6 .... 9%34
Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm.
Six per Cent. .. ..100 ....128 127.
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .... 2854 29
Ditto, New .. 5 .... 7%
Norfolk ..100 .... 12634 125% • •
North British • • .. .. 25 .... • •.• • ••
Ditto, Half Shares 1234 .. • • 1534 %• • •• -• • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 34 ....
North Staffordshire .. 734 .... 10% .. •••• • • • •
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .. 554 %•••• • • • •
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 334 .•••• • • • • •
Ditto. Class B .. • • • • 3 .. .. 24 ••••• • • • • •
Shropshire Union .. .. • • • - 4 •• - • 254 NC•• • •• " •
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. • • 37 .. •••• •• •-
11.3., New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4% •.••• • • • • •
Routh wales .. 10 .... 634 .. •••• • • • •
Waterford and Kilkenny .. 1334 .... 6 .... ••.. .•
Windsor, Staines, 8c S. Western.. 425..... 2
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 38 3734
Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 ... 1634 %......
Ditto, Preference .. .. 8 .... 12 11 34 12.
York awl North Midland .. .. 50 ....
Ditto, Extension 2.5 .... 4 2;.2
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Northern of France • • .. 6 .... 11
9rleans and Bourdeaux .. 6 .... 6%
I'aris_and Lyons .. .. 8

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Union of London .. .. .. .. 10 .. •• 1214 ..........
MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered .... 34 3
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Amsterdam ...... C.F. 12 5% Gibra1tar..............
Ditto, at sight ...... 12 2% Leghorn ... 30 60
I.lotterdain ...... 2U. 12 6 Genoa.... ....... .. •. . 26
Antwerp „ „ 25 95 Milan ................
flamburgh ......M.B. 13 123¢ Venice . ...........
Naples ............ • • 40%
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 65 Palermo, per oz 120%
Ditto,• 25 95 Lisbon
Marseilles •••••• • • • • • • 26 Oporto .... ...... ••.. • • 533 E
80urdeaux......... .. 26 Rio Janeiro • • ...... • • 26
Frankfort on Maine 12234 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • Buenos Ayres ...... • .
Berlin •• • • New York, 21 days' sight
Vienna, effec. flo ••• • • • 10 6 Philadelphia .... • • ....
I'rieste, ditto.... ••• • • • 10 6 PRIM!' OF BULLION, PLR OZ.
Madrid ....... 473 Q Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 g
Cadiz .. :••• • • • • 4634 New Dollars ••• 0 4 914
8i1ba0.... ••..••• • • • • • Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0
Barcelona •••••• • • • • • • Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0

Sliver in bars .... •• • . 0 4 1 t ~i

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
kn ♦ccount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 19th day of June, 1847.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued • • • • • • • • 23,635,575

Z.
Government debt . • 11,015,100
Other securities '2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 8,183,575
Silver bullion .... • • 1,449,000

X 23,632,575
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 24th day of June, 1847.

Government securi-
ties (including Dead

Weight Annuity) • • 11,708,258
Other securities • • • 17,947,411
Notes .. • ••• • • • 5,684,955
Gold and silver coin • . 879,022

£36,199,646
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

A
WILLING WIFE.—Yesterday, a fisherman was
summoned at the Police•court, charged with being
drunk. His wife, who appeared for him, said that when
he was . sober he was one of the quietest men the
world; but when he got drunk, poor fellow, he did not
know what he was doing. He was fin. d ss, and costs,,
when his wife, loving soul, said, " You must take me for
it, for he's gone out fishing."—Liverpool Courier.