The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-10 00:00:00

5p
CLOSING
PRICES.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 82%
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. .
Ditto, 3 per Cent .. • • .. 51%
Equador Bonds .. 23,4,
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 201,1
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 82!4
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • .. 35
Ditto, for the Account • • .. 3434
wSpanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 2214,
Ditto, for the Account • • • . .. 22
Ditto, Passive Bonds .. • . 5
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. • • 3334
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 38%
Dividends; on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 91
Dutch Tvro-and-a-Hall per Cent .. 57 %
BITSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SILARES.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. 2% •.••• • • • • •
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 17 . • •
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares ......214.... 3 ••.. . . .
Eastern Counties .. • • .. .. 20 .... 18%%. •. ••. . . .
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. p ........
Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. ...• .• ,• • •
Ditto, York Extension .. 614.... .. • •
East Lancashire .. • . • • 17 ••• • ••••• • • • •
Ditto New .. .• • . .. • •• • ••• • • •
East Lincolnshire 61.'2 7% ..
Great Northern .. . • .. • • 334 .. • • 231 • ... • •
Do., London & York Extension 214 •• • •
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 _ .....
Great North of England . ..100 .. 230 ...• • •
Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 131.... 18 .•.. • • ....
Great Western .• • • .. 85 ....112 .. • • •• •
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1214 .. •• ..
Ditto, Fifths .. • • .. .. 20 .... 25
Ditto, New . • • • .. 414 .. • . 7% .. •• _
Ilull and Selby .. • • .. •• 50 102
Lancaster and Carlisle • . .. .... 59 ..... •
Leeds and Thirsk 26 ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, l'reference 6 per Cent. .. 311 .........•
London, Brighton, and S Coast • • 50 .• .. 51 5034 514 ..
London an , North-Western ..100 ....171 .... ••• • . •
Ditto, Quarters .. L. and B. 7 .... 21 .• .. ••• • • •
Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 11%34 •
....
Ditto, Fifths • • .. .. 2 .... 1514 . ..... • •
Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. 40 .... 66 .. •.• . • •
London and 6outh-Western • • 41/. 6s. 10d.• . 6114
Ditto, New • • • . .. 27 y, .. •
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 .... 5154 .. •• •• .• •
Lynn and Ely . • • . .. •• 25 •• • • 26%'4 •••• • • • •
Manchester and Leeds .. • 82 .• .. . • •
Ditto, Thirds ( Reg.) ..71. 45..... 1,4; p par.. • •
Ditto 34 (late lludders• & Shell.) 28 .. • • ...... •• • •
Manchester and Southampton .. 2
Midland .. ....114 ..... • •
Ditto, New ........36 .• 383 i ... . .
Ditto, New .. . • .. 6 ....
Ditto, Consul. Bristol and Bir-
mingham 6 per colt. • • .. 100 .. • . ••.••• • • • •
Newcastle and Berwick .• .. 20 .... • • •• • •
Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 5 .... 634 ••• • • .
Norfolk .. ..100 .......
North British .. .• •• .. • • 25 •• • • 3011 .. •••• • • • •
Northern and Eastern • . .. 50 .... 5514
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 •• • • 6% ••• • • •
-••- •

North Western • •
Preston and Wyre • • 25 .... 3414 • ..... •• •
Ditto, Ilaif Shares (A) .. 8% 12 ••••• . • • • •
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .. .. 4%• •••.• • • • •
Royston and llitchin . • • .. 1% .. •• 11,4 .• . .
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... S.• ••• • • •
Ditto, Class B • • .. .. 3 •• .. 21i .... ••. • • •
South Eastern and Donor .. •• 33% 361...... •• • •
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 5 •• • • 414 ••••• • • • • •
Squth Wales .. • • 10 .• .. 764••.. • • • •
West Riding Union • • .. 4/. 2s. •• .. 34 p par .• •
Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... 114 p.... •• • •
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... 11 ••• • .. • •
York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 34% .• •••
••• • •
Ditto, New.. • • . • .. ..10 •.... 1374 ..••. • . • . •
Ditto, Preference .. • . .. 4 .... .. • •
York and North Midland .. 50 •
• • •
Ditto, Extension • • .. 25 40 ti •
Ditto, Preference ......2 1014 •••••• •• .•
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Demerara .. • .. 2%.... 2% ...• .•• • • •
Northern of France • • • . 8 .• .. 114 %•••• • • • •
Rouen and Ilavre . .. 20 .... .. •••• • • • •
Paris and Lyons • • • • .. .... 5 .. •••• • • • •
West Flanders . 8 .... 4 .• ••• • • •

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THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
IRELAND.
DUBLIN, MAY 6.—There is no change for the worse in the
state of his Excellency ; on the contrary, the official reports
announce a continued tendency to improvement, although
nothing has occurred to warrant any very favourable antici-
pation as to the ultimate result. The following bulletin was
issued this morning:—
"Ills Excellency passed a good night, and the cough
which, for some days past, had been troublesome, has
abated."
The Dublin Evening Post has the following announce-
ment :
" THREE O'CLOCK.—The indications of improvement still
continue. Ills Excellency is better and cheerful."

ARRIVAL OF yI'HEWEST INDIA

MAIL.
SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—The Tay
has just arrived, bringing the West Indian and Mexi-
can mails. By this conveyance there is no additional
news to that recently received, with the exception that
the Americans were preparing to march towards the city
of Mexico, with a force of 14,000 men, 1,500 waggons,
and a heavy train of artillery, under General Scott. The
general opinion is, that the troops will not meet with any
efficient opposition; they expect to reach it in the early
part of May. About a third part of Vera Cruz is des-
troyed, and nearly 150 lives lost. About 4,000 shells
were thrown into the city.
Tampico was occupied by about two thousand Ame-
rican troops.
Bills on England 9 per cent. premium, and in some
demand.
The Tay has 950,000 dollars on board; all on mer•
chants' account; none for the dividends. She has also a
valuable cargo and 73 passengers; amongst whom are
Lord and Lady Howard Dc Walden and son.

DECIMAL COINAGE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR—Allow me to suggest, as an improvement on
Dr. Bowring's decimal system of account, published in
Thursday's Sun, that the new 2s. piece about to be
issued, the " Queen," be adopted as the integer, in place
of the £. ; by this arrangement, two decimals only would
be required instead of three; Id. would stand .04 instead
of .004—in calculation wottld work thus :-
71.25 = 71 Queens and 25farthings, or 71.26. Gd•
Multiply by 5

3 356.25 356 queens 25 farthings,
35 _Vs, 6 queens, 25 farthings,
or, 351. 12s. 6d.
As above the two decimals would stand as farthings ;
the units' integer as queens, and the remaining integers
on the left, .C's sterling.
The Currency to remain the same as proposed by Dr,
Bowring. _
May 6,1847.

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TIIE NEW NOVEL, by the Author of " Tempta-
tion, or a Wife's Perils," entitled "Evelyn Harcourt," is an-
nounced for immediate appearance. We have no doubt it
will fully sustain the well-earned reputation of the writer,
who now acknowledges herself in the person of Mrs. Gas-
coigne. It has been justly observed of the productions of
this lady, that " they belong to that estimable class of
novels, the aim of which is not merely that pleasant and
piquant amusement which results from presenting a vivid
and striking picture of actual manners and society, but also
to convey lessons of the deepest moral and practical im-
portance:" The author writes chiefly for her own sex, and
her productions forcibly remind us of the excellent works of
Miss Edgeworth and Slim Austin. Like them, they are cal-
culated to refine and strengthen the morals and to amend
the heart.
THE ENGLisu OrEax llousE.—The shareholders
of this theatre haying waited some eight or ten years without
getting a farthing of interest, or even obtaining a statement
of the accounts, meet on Friday morning in the saloon of the
theatre for the purpose of determing on the best means to be
adopted for the purpose of recovering the arrears. The
mortgage on the property does not exceed 8,0001., and as it
hraatshheeresntrlaeng
let foerthseaNt-eirtalsbsoeuasidonhsaavtea
bleaerngeurnepnrtoadl,u;cttdivoeestos seem
proprietors. In the event of satisfactory explanations not
being furnished, there is every probability that the theatre
4 will be thrown into Chancery.