The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-23 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols opened at the same quotations as they left off, 881 g
for Account; Money the same ; Bank Stock, 165 167; Exche-
quer Bills, 4 6 prem. ; India Stock, 247 248.
In the Foreign Market the prices are also the same as they
left off; Spanish Active, 23[1 z ; Portuguese, 31i 4 ; Three
per Cents., 191 4 ; Deferred, 12i i ; Passive, 5i 6 ; Brazilian,
711 721 ; Chilian, 62 64 ; Colombian, 22i 23; Mexican,
27i 4 ; DutchTwo-and-a-Half per Cents., 50i a; Five per
Cents. 99k.
Shares.—Great Western. 24 25 pram. ; New, 11 12 prem.;
London and Brighton, 87/ di4. ; Blackwall, 51 5 dis. ; Bir-
mingham and Southampton, 57 55 per share; Croydon, 114
12,i per share ; Greenwich, 8i 4 per share ; Manchester and
Birmingham, lt4 154 dis.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
London and Birmingham
Ditto i Shares
Ditto Thirds
London and Greenwich ..... ...... 20 - to
London and South Western Bsi s7l— .. to
Loudon and Croydon (Trunk)... 131 /24.- to

HA LF-PA ST ONE.
Thursday next being settling day, in the British :Market the
brokers and jobbers are preparing their accounts against that
period.

It is stated in the City that Ministers will have a majority on
the Irish question of about 7 or 8.
The Briti,h Funds continue in the same state as in the early
part of the morning, and it is not expected that any operations
of consequence will take place until after the settlement of the
account.

Consols are a shade lower ; at present 881 for the Account ;
Marley 881 a with scarce anything doing ; Exchequer Bills,
( 4 premium ; Bank Stock, 16611; India Stock, 248; India
Bonds, 10 15 discount.

In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23-i, a shade lower;
in Portuguese nothing done; Chilian 631 64 ; Danish 774 ;
Three per Cents. 194 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 5q ;
Five per Cents. 994 3.
tqlares are lower. Great Western, 881,; New, 64 ; Fifths,
; London and Birmingham, 166 ex.-div. ; Quarter Shares,
261 ex.-div. ; Thirds, 56 ex.-div. ; London and South Wes-
tern, 571.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 194 ; nothing done in the
Five per Cents,

TIIE IRISH IN 1840, BY N. P.WILLIs.—"BiIt
what shall I say of the human habitations in this (so called)
most thriving and best conditioned quarter of Leland ? If
I had nut seen every second lace at a hovel door with a
smile on it, and heard laughing and begging in the sarne
breath every where, I should think here were human beings
abandoned by their Maker. Many of the dwellings I saw
upon the read-side looked to me like the abodes of extin-
guished hope—forgotten instincts, grovelling, despairing,
nay, almost idiotic wretchedness. I did not know there
were such sights in the world. I did not know that men
and women upright, and made in God's image, could
live in styes like swine; wills swine, sitting, lying down,
cooking and eating in such filth, as all brute animals,
save the one unclean,' revolt and avoid. The ex-
traordinary part of it, too, is that it seems almost alto-
gether the result of choice. I scarce saw one hovel, the
mud floor of which was not excavated several inches
below the ground level without ; and as there is no sill or
raised threshold, there is no bar, I will not say to the
water, but to the liquid filth that oozes to its lower reser-
voir within. A few miles from Drogheda pointed out
to my companions a woman sitting in a hovel at work,
with the muddy water up to her ancles, and an enormous
hog scratching himself against her knee. These dis-
gusting animals were everywhere walking in and out of
the hovels at pleasure, jostling aside the half.naked
children, or wallowing in the wash, outside or in ; the
bast conditioned and most privileged inmates, indeed, of
every habitation ; all this, of course, is matter of choice ;
and so is the offal-heap situated in almost every instance
directly before the door, and draining its putrid mass into
the hollow under the peasant's table." In another piece,
he says—" God's image so blasted, so defiled, so sunk
below the beasts that perish,' I would net have bereved
was to he found in the same world with hope."
THE LAW OF DZI3TOR AND CREDITOR.—
One of the striltiag defects in the present law of deLt br
cud c editor is the absence of a power to enah!e debtors to
give up their property o ithcut going to prison, unless all
the creditors agree to an arrangement ; and a nuniLer of
uses have occurred of persons who. in order to prevent
one creditor sweei.ing away the whole of their property,
have procured friendly arrests, and submitted to from two
to three months' imprisonment, with the view of equal!),
benefiting the whole of their creditors.

It was at one time expected that the appointment
of " superintendent of the Royal nursery " would have
been conferred upon the Baroness Lehzen, who at present
holds no recognised situation in the household of the So-
vereign ; but, whatever the intentions of her Majesty, in
this respect, might have been, they have, it is said, been
abandoned at the instigation of the King of the Belgians.
Her Majesty, in clef, renee to the judgment of others, eon-
s: quently gave up all idea of conferring the appointment
upon the Baroness. The lady who has since been sc-
lected to fill the office is a highly-respectable widow,
named Southey, the sister-in-law of tEe celebrated Dr.
Southey, residing at Canterbury. Her husband was the
late Captain Southey, in the Royal navy. The amount
of salary is stated to be 300/. per annum.

EVENING FDITION;

THE ICE ON THE RHINE•

(Extract from Letters.)
NEAR GORCLTU, FE8..16'.
These are very criticrl aaments, aad the uneasiness r
of
e;
people is manifest. Betwe,n six and eleven o'clock the/,
has risen several feet. At eleven o'clock the ice broke win,,,,,
tremendous crash, and ple I itself in such a manner on
r'..
Schaardyke as, I beeve, has never been recollected be"
fore. The ice is above a man's height the cl);ke'
on
_,lnir
so that even the foct passengers are prevented P"th'e
along. Notwithstanding this immense pressure, rising
5
dyke has kept in good condition, though the water was
in all quarters : expresses wore despatched to the various. ste3a
tions,—and the tidings from Heteren (between Wagenin
otitisth stopand Arnheim) were as follow:—in consequence
pages of ice, the water streamed since three o'clock son'
ing over the dyke ; we anticipate every moment one or . ,7.,
ruptures; such spots as appear weak have been sup
piles, baskets of earth, and other means to withstand any
acts of
and they appear to be giving We have o pro
-
way. n
escape except FEB.e removal of the ice •,ke,
FLisrmaEw, l7.—The water is running over the (1:, .
and there ale
and we are doing our bet to save ourselves, so On•
seven dangerous, points to loot( after, but the ice is not
aiderable, and the water is falliug. oter
LIENDEN, FEB. 17.—Evening, Nine o'Clock. The .
rou_.
ran this afternoon at different places, more than one fotridi eaT,
over Ihe dyke, since which it has fallen rai idly. Accur".'u
we begin to entertain hopes that all will go off well. 411 te'
The danger is passed at the Lek, but the Waal i 5 S',l of
ported to be in a bad state, both these rivers are brancrfor,
the Rhine. The rivers are known to our travellers. th
mere
passing Arnheim, the latter Gorcum and Nyrynlen.
A TRAVELLEit
MIIIIF•Ia!INWT.~.....
Ti I Y.)
LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS 4#---

•
LONDON, FEB. 23.—Wind this day at noon E., fine' the
Michael's
v:FaEernilli.uzarn2b2,et.fh—i Wind N. N. W., light.—Arrived St.
line, Limerick; Hibernia,
mF r
aNiiecsev
Quin,ol% ir
alNel,ra,satettise;efsor; Britainji
don N,:.Ehwa sPb°eneTn' got on
Dovnt, FEB. 22.—Atrived 'the Hope, Janes, from Li
rick ; and Rapid, 111iller, Waterford. the G
ff. 21.e—The
dMaaunids ttoonue.e,dCi
iiljai;l7elsileitCn:coe(;°,l;oll,e:ri.
PORTLAND ROADS, FEB. 22. Arrived a
Dine, Pearce, from Valencia. St.
SWANAGE, FEB. 21.—Arrived the Jol:an Julus, from
Thomas ; and Ilepi,ens, Zwarting, Surinam. Cal'
CORK, FEB. 20.—Arrived the Copeland, Sims' 'rjirliitby,
cutta ; Nelson packet, illedhurst, Newfoundland
Wellbank, Lombock. Leghorn.

PETERIIIAD, FEB. 20.—Aivee rie, froulf,'-c,
OP.
FOLKSTONErr
, FED. 21.—A smad the
a F
' ck, pparentlY rr.„nhT
'
terlogged, and rigging hanging alongside. was passel
.?vej ill
day off St. Catharine's Point by the Francis Yates'
the Downs. A tnjll,ur
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 22.--Wind S., light..—Arrtv--, onn
sell, from Natchez; Alexander Edmond, Strong, °t.,y,iney,
Neiv Brunswick. Sailed the Margaret, Tornkinslt„;llll4
New South Wales; Palmyra. Croat, Demerara ;_,..worleao!
Stewart, Antigua; Lord Maidstone, Taylor, .Iw' egliote'
Nonpareil, Harding, St. Michael's ; Syren, Fosters
Lady Scott, Forbes, St. Marks ; Hannah Grayson' rapnini
Malta. The Baboo upset uhis morning in the `(„lit
Graving Dock. The wreck of a ship,
two, with stern gone and cargo all out, was ftdicjishertili
yesterday morning, about 16 miles w cstward of the 10, 04
by the Birmingham (steamer), arrived at Pub • ,g,
boarded her, and found two men dead in the riggi,The
took from her a trunk containing
watches, &C. /,‘
above is supposed to be the Governor Fenner. , n,„
In t
MILFORD, FEB. 21.—Sailed the John 13entle, 11!le:s0e"'
apparentlY
Savannah ; Gen. Wiltshire, Wilson, Liverpool;
to
Deans, Swansea ; Ariel. Borough, London. publiti,es
PROLTHETI, FEB. 20th. —The Sheldrake Forster, has bt
Newcastle, put in here last night to stop a leak which „,
fro'-
stopped, and she is ready to proceed. roa,,
.KIRSCLIDBRIG HT, FEB. loth.—The Hectorine, SP,-,oringt A
Drindalk to Glassondock, which went on shore in ex "..„"9 o'7'o
place on the 13th instant, has floated off and renla'od
bound. The Silius, Coulton, of this port ran 00 theej. is
Weyton Bay on the 13th instant and sunk ; crew sac,i, off
BELFAST, FEB. 20. —The Prince of Waterloo, Wt'agsleo
port, half laden with coals, struck on the Bar durittg,dairaiec:,
the 18th, but was got off this morning without unit
Tut G N UTII, FEB. 20.—The sloop Mary 4—:1,110,1-0'5,80
Shoreham to Runcorn, which was run on ?hove G" :bar
Shoe, has been got got off and brought into the Ja j
repair. „nietheplois
YARMOUTH, FEB. 22.—The Trent, Delande,of;' 116
has been assisted in here with boats, stove, &e., 'lDg
• NO
in contact with the Sea Bird of Shields last ' night., ,i,e :t„sr
WEXFORD, FEB. 19.—A1l hopes of the safety bun'.
have ceased, her boat having been driven on shore in
, poeh,rst:
Ba
Hy.
' n ari
EDCAR FEB. 20.—The Percival, roster, of --:„1;01
on the rocks
near this place, but was assisted off 091-1
Hartlepool.
the 919
The St. Ives, Quick, to Geneva, was stranded el" t
instant crew saved. ilthtao
The Stafette, Schildwach, was wrecked on the • d,
going into St. Übes ; crew and part of materials sareo,sl9ol,
The Planet, Wrangles, from Corunna to Oporto, 000"
doned near Ville de Conde on the 11th instant; crew
terials saved. Al Jeli
0,410
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The North Brrtoar I
to Cork, lat. 14 S. lon. 33 W. ; Jenny, Llordea"s:illit.or
Cruz, 6th inst., let. 42, lon. 21, by the l'auliae' cositif ;
arrived at L'Orient her Majesty's ship 11°1',1,,,, 1610'n,
Guinea to Ascension, Dec. 24, lat. 4 N., 1"4.-.1,;,,/cfr
Persia, Stevens, London to Ceylon, 3:st, 16t. itChl;feil
22, by the Nepslennia, arrived at Niew
Ceylon to London, off the Cape, by the Carla°
Da
at St. Helena. Oudcriteming front ,13ctsit;, Core'
Clarke and Forth, from Calcutta, eadwrrd
by the Sarah, arrived at SI. Helena. Rhoo,
S.
Ha‘ra to Valprrriso, Nov. 12, let. 56 S 17-,
6
59
Rimar, Sproule, Liverpool to Vali- a.aiso,
lon. 79 W.

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HER MAJESTY'S NAVY. By a st3ts;; P.PeA,eir;
sued from the Admit alty on the 1, I NAVY.--By
tbat there will be required to be
beyondvoleid ornder;- siso'"f
the excess of the r.:Nal expenditure
the year ended March 31,1840, the su Y f 29,6-air
March, n'
I" *IP'
and for the year ending 1841, the su
as dgf
The Rev. Joseph Rapier Stephens
rate.] on Monday, the Ist of February', fr°l-1101•1'.
Castle. This lit eeation took place eight dale e°
the term of his scnteric,.. *IV(
We regret to hear that Mr. Clleraft, tack °
her for Wareham, is labouringre st--
under a sae
the scarlet fever.
BURGLARY AND SUICIDE.
Ass( 11 and Mary Ann Chapman, two well-edsrteeijrielatlel4ol::::
who have been in custody for a week, on a c figo g 4,11);
log in their possession a quantity of p pert/ 'lll2,
Me,srF. Drayson and Sons, draer-sreat San "„,- 1er5.„.4.1
which had been stolen from theirp premise'. he- elr'",e;
place d at the bar, before Mr. Henry- the--10it, as "it'
Magistrate. From the evidence it appeared tt.°B gesf:l;
night of the 16th of January last, the shop of wt"eto 07-%,
Drayson was cede ed, and property amountTbry thedt4
4001. carried away. Some time after the rob°e,,;veoe-
bands. of. both the prisoners, who had ben 6"-i- 006 r,
committing the robbery, were taken at a public' obv- '
cAsequenee of their being overheard to ofPlB''„tbe °free.
of a gentleman in the vicinity, and a (losnuti WI "col,
b:eak'ng implements being found upon thetlairbarlogoso;
committed fur three months each to Car.
where one a them (Chapman) hung himself 01 /heed :ell('
ing of Friday vt St rgeant Smith havinrti.ctriesrcii'l
the prisoners as the wives of the suspected sdi
the house of each, and found the p Pert' Preurtle° ern
lam Grcarson attended from Sai;drwele,, and itePiriseti-6
property. Mr. Henry directed Suit)'. to take t"" •
f 11'9
and property to Sandy. i.h. •ne o Lird
RURAL POLICE.—A special meet', °be 5:13
Hertford Magistrates took he yesterday' fOr'",:
Hall, Hertford, for the purpose ofe considering w'L-t° ''^el
steps should be taken in reference to a resolutl;-peas"
estabAliseloblisbb;
Cuurt, made II few weeks back, for the
the rural in the county. The propose" -boot
mcrt has c tuned very great excitement througf gage
entire cnunty, and an unusually large_ number ° in if
tae,
Ryder,
g,l\l
art.h
ve
cm,
1,011117
"pe7r
re,
the tlmi eu.,,p73'21,ral rogsfujiggr
eeonglicoll
tr.ten was present, there being p ards of Pri '45-
Ger
LCo.oruicl t:llfzycAld
and a number of other gentlemen of. rank and intii,caslts
the e•iunty. Lang, and occasionally angry,
wetioob'en
took placa as to the lega!ity of a former
mending tlrt
the establishn cot of a rural policgPi.the✓
Marquis of Salisbury moved the adjournment °' d Ss'w
amid loud cheers, and cries of a.• brave, °Y. Lord
csdr:
bury.'' On the question being put, the rootO ado',
ried by a majority of 51 to 41. The Cbairinfo re JO'
ingly left the chair, and the former preceedirgg
virtually rescinded.

ites"
pafr
STEEL FIRE-IRONS, with BroOrty of the
Iss. per Set, Bronzed Fenders, 9s. A vt,ili Priftre6,
terns and prices, from the above to 30g. at es'-'
fenders are particularly handsome, with splendid screi 051
richly intermixed will] steel, the ends are steel, ad: ye•ir°
porters for the fire-irons bronzed. Polished We'
cie of
from 4s. per set.
FuCnaiitsahloi,g,gtnisrognrmatoisn,gecroyn.taining the prices of every
, Wells-street, OXfor".
greet"
RIPPON and BIJR:TON

Establi;lied 1820.

B IRTHS. Lady, °f
On the 21st inst., at Ho/gate House, near Y°l.l‘' the
isay of
the Hon. W. Stourton, of a son :„the
On the 15th ir.st., at Duks-eldo• rf Rh
,on the 'i'e' ,Jacho
Rau"
George E. Salomons, Esq , of a (laughter.
On the 19th inst , at Be•dford, the wife of Captain,
lA'
of a daughter. • Rent s'
On the 19th inst., at No. 2, Chester-place' „ adi
_Mrs. Edward H. Smith, of a daughter.
... ,A,. le w`i
On the 20th inst., at the Clifton Villas, all''''''l3 ' ei
of M. P. Guimararns, l'sq , of a son.
On the 7th inst, at Paris, the widow of E• Ir°ll6l.tie' FA.'
„wool,
a daughter. near
On the 18th inst., at Siam Hall, Newton'
the lady of T. L. Tiffen, Esq., jun., of a dau,„ollter'

On tim 15th inst., at \MAT-I[ff R-------M
F:1 °f SValthaingt°'
Ari Jane Adams, eldest da'4lliteer, of T.' Addy, .'Esq' G. 11'
On the 18th inst., at Si Margaret's,Airestminster, rof s.
IN rt 9
Henry Bran.
On the 20111 inst at IV'
irksworth,Derbyshire, •sg
t 0 11
Jr.cer',v,ei::ll,7:,(ll:: ilolf.l,.tilsington., to Agnes, eldest
Fsq., of s , "
Southampton-street, Fitzroy-square,
maw, of AVirksworth aforesaid. --------------
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DIRD.f his s°ll
in-law, Captain inst.,o Real ...Admiral Lord Mar-
ultl9eitehbwy at Ball's Park, Ilerts, the seat o Georg
On the 21st inalsisti s.b,
otiii..nrns t3im.aalas.,;ihrsitagol
AciSluitailOils.aqi:outf.tish.Bellis Lordship was the youno-est son of the late
resent
M.
A., of Jesus College, Cambridge, aged 84. ir, Oa
test
On the 14th of December, at Kingston, Jaxaaics, •'•
~,e1;i:7:8:10)
ul.dareu,newle.te
rtrebiel
fol.,
Esq., son of Mrs. Oates, of Sion-hill, Bath, aged 6-4* 3.100'
On the 28th ult., at Berne, in Switzerland, Anna
daughter of 11. Shuttleworth, Esq., aged b.
On the 27th ult., at Lowestoft, Suffolk, J. Elph,Esq'v oriv.
On the 15th inst., T. E. Dyson, Esq., of Willowfield, '
shiro, aged r 35. gnarUes'
On the 16th inst., at Stoke, near Guildford, 1J r• --..ar l, °-
On the 17th inst., Sarah, the wife cf Mr. T. Woo "
Camaby-street, Golden-square, aged 66.
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