The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-08 00:00:00

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THE SUN,

in con,equence of the timidity arising from
the financial condition of the country. With the
cellars adjoining the Exchange crammed with larger
quantities of bullion than can be remembered-to have
been in the possession of the directors for a con-
siderable period, there is the diminution of
value in the Three per Cent. Consols,
there is the difficulty of obtaining discount,
there is the incapacity of paying up instalments,
there is the impossibility of completing foreign
orders upon our manufacturers, and there is the
consequent incapacity of affording employment.
All these gigantic evils spring, moreover, from
a single source ; they all originate, as Lord
ASHBURTON very simply intimated to the House
of Peers, they all originate, without one excep-
tion, in the deplorable Bank Restriction Act of
1844. From the disastrous effects of that very foolish
result of a very foolish hypothesis, come a multitude
of evils such as would have entailed opprobrium upon
any class of men, providing the public were as quick to
detect their pecuniary foes as they are to recognise
their social and constitutional antagonists. From
the enactment of 1844—the notorious enactment of
1844—the enactment nurtured under the Peel-
Loyd auspices—have arisen—stoppage of employ-
ment, unnecessary exportation of specie, en-
tanglement of the monetary affairs of the
kingdom, interference with commerce in
all its multiple branches, and the exceed-
ing and appalling probability of an actual panic.
The financial crisis of 1825 was not preceded by such
ominous fluctuations in the pulse of trade as those
which have latterly aroused the fears of the com-
munity, and which on Thursday induced Lord
BROUGHAM to revive the question to the consideration
of the Hereditary Senators. And all these fluctuations,
all these sufferings, all these diminutions of confi-
dence, all these malign approximations to the bank-
ruptcy of many thousands of men whose characters
are unimpeachable, and whose fortunes are of un-
doubted amplitude—all these deplorable things,
we repeat it, with a comparative glut of
bullion in the coffers of the Bank of
England! When we say a comparative glut of
bullion, we cannot well be derided, seeing that ac-
cording to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S enactment, the Bank
of England is at any moment in the risk of being
left witk merely 2,500,0001. disposable issue, whilst
it has 10,000,0001. in its cellars. We cannot
tire of repeating our abhorrence of a plan by
which this vast commercial country is placed
in perpetual danger for the bald satisfaction of grati-
fying a diseased whim. Literally, the scheme, under
the penalties of which the market is at present
groaning, is the tying of metal about our heels
to enable us to keep afloat ! Precisely
when credit money is most wanted, it is restricted in
amount; when it is little better than a superfluity it
is lavished about in abundance. Assuredly Lord
ASHBURTON was justified in stigmatizing the course
adopted by the late Administration as equivalent to
the perseverance of the doctor in " Gil Blas," in his
undeviating remedies of hot water and phlebotomy.
Assuredly the Act of 1844 is about as judicious as a
prescription penned by SANGRADO. And little pre-
ference can there be betv‘ een the dreamings of La
SAGE or the obstinacy of Sir ROBERT PEEL.

The Paris papers of Wednesday have arrived.
Attention is altogether engrossed by the emplana-
tion.given on the preceding forenoon in the Chamber
of Peers by M. TESTE in extenuation of the conces-
sions made by him in regard to the :mines of
Goubenans. Nearly all our French Contemporaries,
without exception, speak in the most condemnatory
terms imaginable upon the course pursued b) the
Hon. Gentleman in that matter ; but we cannot but
regard their adverse observations as premature in
utterance, and as too vituperative in tone. Of all the
papers published on Wednesday the Commence
speaks of M. TESTE in the discreetest manner. "We
think it unbecoming us," it says, "to pronounce a
definitive opinion upon the merits of explanations,
which are destined to furnish an important document
in a judicial discussion." According to the Consti-
tutionnel M. TESTE, who was Minister of Public Works
at the period when the concessions were granted to the
company in which Gen. CIIDIERES was interested, pro-
tests most solemnly and emphatically, that those con-
cessions were made in accordance with all the cus-
tomary forms, and with the strictest integrity.
The National speaks out pretty plainly however,
and with something like a show of contempt for the
protestations of the Hon. Gentleman. It says as
follows:

" The concession of a mine, according to M. Teste, is the
ministerial act in which the personal influence of the chief
of the Administration is the least possible. Everything
passes without his interference, according to certain pre-
cise regulations by which the rights of all are protected.
These rules have been followed, and these rights have been
fully respected in the matter in question. This is all that M.
Tests knows ; the rest, as far as he is concerned, being
enveloped in mystery. Such is an analysis of the
speech of the late Minister of the Public Works.
It will be at once conceived that we are bound
to keep the greatest reserve as regards him until
the facts are made known. We shall make only this
general observation, which appears to us to be important :
M. Dumon and M. Teste have both greatly exaggerated
the purely negative part which they represent to be played
by the Minister in the concession of mines. Were we to
listen to them, we should believe that everything was done
without his meddling with it, and that the responsible chief
of a Ministry had nothing more to do than to sign bis name
at the foot of the report or the ordonnance. This, in truth,
is lessening somewhat too much the action of the man in
power, in order that he may be relieved from responsibility,
and such a proceeding is not founded in law or in fact. In
each step of the official ladder the Minister has a decided in-
fluence. He may suffer to sleep or expire any application for
a concession; he may choose any engineer he pleases for in-
spector; he may accept a report or order it to be reconsi-
dered; it cannot be denied that his voice has weight in the
Council of Mines, over which he presides, and in the deli-
berations of the Council of State. It must be admitted, on
the other hand, that none of these formalities can be con-
summated mahout his direct participation. Not only is this
legal, but it is necessary ; for his responsibility is involved in
allithe resolutions come to by the Ministry. Let it not,
therefore, be asked with such singular simplicity, where is it
that favour can be exercised or corruption creep into this
series of operations? The answer is ready enough :—Favour
may be exercised from the first to the last day, and corrup-
tion is a subtle poison which may penetrate every part. Let
then this pretended improbability be laid aside, for it will
not bear the slightest examination. Let us wait then till
M. de Cubieres can give his explanations before we decide
whether he is to bear all the odium of this affair, or whether
it is to be divided."
The Courrier Francais contains the following re-

What we feared has come to pasi. Noble Lords,
hostile to an efficient poor-law for Ireland, could
not, in the face of the frightful scenes of misery
and destitution that are of daily occurrence in that
unhappy land, venture to meet with a direct ne-
gative a measure intended to afforti relief to the
sufferers—a measure, which affirmed the great
principle that the poverty of the country had a
right to relief out of its property—a measure
which declared that henceforth no man should
be suffered to die of starvation in a Chris-
tian land, and that the necessities of all
should be provided for before any portion could
be made applicable to luxuries or superfluities.
These Noble Lords, however, have attained their
object indirectly, and by a side wind. One of
themselves (Lord ABINGEE), after stating that
the principle of a poor-law, at all times dan-
gerous, was peculiarly so in Ireland, advised that they
should not reject the measure altogether, but so
modify it as to deaden its effects. The recommendation
of the Noble Lord has been acceded to. The effects
of the measure have indeed been deadened. As Lord
GREY truly remarked, " the great experiment must
now be made under every possible disadvantage," un-
less their Lordships recal their fiat, as it is still possible
for them to do, and unless the representatives of the
people refuse to accept the Bill in its diluted and
emasculated form.

marks :
" The shameful affair of the mines of Gouhenans, in which

the morality of the whole Government is profoundly com-
promised, was yesterday the subject of all conversation, and
gave rise to strange commentaries. We exaggerate nothing
in saying that it is a fact which compromises the honour of
the Ministers more than anything that has occurred since
1830. M. Taste, Minister of Public Works in 1842, could
not dispense with ascending the tribune of the Chamber of
Peers to offer explanations. It must be stated that he was
heard with extreme coldness, and that his brother was the
only one to advance towards him and press his hand when
he descended from the tribune. When M. Teste affirms that
he remained a complete stranger to the practices employed
to obtain the concession in question, we are entirely dis-
posed to believe him ; but when he declines all responsibility
in an act which occurred under his administration, we be-
lieve that he is strangely mistaken in the sense which he
attaches to ministerial responsibility."
In addition to the interest excited by the statement

made by M. TESTE, in the Chamber of Peers, the

political circles of Paris were agitated by a rumour,
insinuated by the Presse, that nearly half-a-dozen
members of the Cabinet had intimated their intention
of withdrawing from the Administration. This it is
which causes that organ to observe that the Ministry
at present holds but a nominal existence.
In the Chamber of Deputies M. BILLAULT availed
himself of the opportunity aflbrded by the renewed
discussion upon the Supplementary Credit Bill, for
inveighing against the Government for its lavish ex-
penditure in reference to the foreign department.

The Noble Secretary for the Colonies spoke out
boldly and manfully in defence of the measure.
He pointed out that the great principle had for three
centuries been recognised in England, and that he was
prepared to recognise it—not for three years only—
but permanently in Ireland. And in that he is
sanctioned and confirmed by the unanimous voice of
the British people. Are we prepared to encourage
what has too truly been termed " The Irish Invasion ?"
Are we prepared to permit the Irish landowner to
withhold from the people born on his estate that which
the more humane landlord of England extends even to
the casual poor Here every destitute person is
entitled to relief in or out of the workhouse.
If that relief is practicable in the workhouse so much
the better, but under any circumstances it must be
afforded whenever it is required. But in Ireland
however urgent may be the necessity, however
pressing the demand, it cannot legally be given if
the workhouses are full. The starving wretches
may sink and perish at the very thresholds of the
poorhouses, but they cannot be permitted to receive
one solitary meal until room is made for their admis-
sion into the house. Is this legal obligation
to maintain the poor of Ireland only to commence
when they arrive in this country ? Most assuredly
not 1 Such a system is not compatible with the con-
tinuance of a free intercourse between the islands.
If persevered in, we must be contented to take upon
ourselves the duties which we permit the landowners
of Ireland to shirk. We must be satisfied to feed
the hungry, and to clothe the naked, in that par
of the United Kingdom, at the expense of British
industry. We are willing to render every assistance
to the landlords who are disposed to exert themselves
properly and efficiently. We are willing to pledge
the national credit in order to procure these means
for the improvement of their properties, the ade-
quate employment of the labourer in useful and
profitable works, so that the capabilities of their
country may be fully developed, and their
lands brought into the highest degree of culti-
vation and productiveness. We will assist those
who endeavour to aid themselves, but we will not
assume the burdens from which they have shrunk,
or the post from which they have deserted.
Already the measure is, perhaps, of too restricted
a character as to the power of affording out-door
relief. It is only when satisfactory proof is given
to the Commissioners, that by reason of the want of
room in the workhouse adequate relief cannot be
afforded them, or if by reason of severe or infectious
disease it is unfit for the reception of poor persons,
that it is lawful for the Commissioners, by order under
their seal, to authorise and empower the guardians
to administer relief out of the workhouse, for a time
not exceeding two calendar months, and that relief
cannot be given to the able-bodied, save in food only.
Surely this might satisfy the most cautious. They
cannot suppose that the Commissioners would
wantonly abuse that power, or that they would au-
thorise that out-door relief save in cases of
the utmost urgency. There is still an
opportunity for revising their decision. On
the bringing up of the report, the measure
may he restored to its original form. If not, we
trust that the House of Commons will be firm and
unyielding,wa
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House to be afterwards frittered away and deprived
of its efficacy. If a collision should take place, we '
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tegrity.

The Prince of SYRACUSE had reached Paris on a
mission, so it was reported, from the Neapolitan
MONARCH to Queen CHRISTINA.

Wednesday, the sth instant, being the anniversary
of the death of NAPOLEON, a solemn funeral service
was performed in the church of the Invalides ; and
the bodies of Marshal BERTRAND (his com-
panion in exile). and of Marshal DUROC (his
most beloved adherent and Grand Marshal to the
Imperial Palace) were buried in tombs adjacent to
the sarcophagus of the Emperor.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
%Vednesdav at 78f. ; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 75c. ; the
Orleans Rlilroad Shares, 1,235 E ; Rouen, 943 E 75c.; Havre,
666 f. 25c ; Great Northern, 611 f. 25c.; Avignon, 7651. ;
Vierzon, 5821. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 5131. 75c.; Basle, 1931.
75c.; Dieppe, 327 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4271. 50c. ;
Tours and Nantes, 4161. 2.5 c. ; l'aris and Lyons, 432 f. ;
Lyons and Avignon, 4521. 50c. ; Domestic Debt, 30%.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 6.
Boulogne and Amiens, 1618—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 1.13 i —Demerara, 234—Dutch Rhenish, 3%
—Namur and Liege, 4,A—Northern of France, 11%—Paris
and Lyons, 434—Tours and Nantes, 13/4 West Flanders, 3%.

THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
IRELAND.

Duauw, MAY s.—llis Excellency has made another rally.
The bulletin issued at ten o'clock this morning was as
follows :

" His Excellency has passed a good night, and is much
better this morning."
Ne other bulletin was issued up to post hour, and the an-
swer to inquiriel at the Castle was that his Excellency con-
tinued to improve.
The Mail of this evening says—

" But whilst the general course of his Excellency's illness
forbids us to encourage the expectation of his eventual re-
storation, it gives us sincere satisfaction to be able to an-
nounce those occasional mitigations of his complaint, which
give immediate ease to the noble patient himself; and in some
measure relieve the painful anxieties of his affectionate fa-
mily. We are quite sure that if his Excellency's skilful
and considerate medical attendants were able, from
the symptoms that have marked the progress of his
case, to relieve the anxiety so prevalent on the subject
by a favourable prognosis, they would not have failed to do
so. We cannot, therefore, but regard their long-continued
silence on this point as a disastrous indication, and lament it."

The Societe Generale of Belgium has just lowered
to 4i per cent. its rate of discount on commercial bills.

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR 'TARRY SMITH, BART ,
G.C.B.—The officers of the Rifle Brigade intend to give the
gallant General a grand banquet to welcome his return from
India. The banquet is to take place on the 17th instant, at
the Thatched House, St. James's-street, when Lieutenant-
General Sir An.lrew Barnard, G.C.8., Colonel-Commandant
of that distinguished corps, will preside.
The lovers of literature and the fine arts should
pay a visit to Robins's Auction Rooms, where the library of
a well-known collector is arranged for public sale on Mon-
day, and to continue during the week. The auction seems
to be formed from the gems culled from the most valuable
libraries which have been offered fox' sale during the last few
years, and thus, in one catalogue, offering more of variety
and value to the collector, than is often to be met with.

Catesby Abbey, in Northamptonshire, one of the
most attractive estates in this luxuriant country, is, we per-
ceive, announced for public sale, by Mr. Robins, in July next.
This property, described in Dugdale as Catesby Nunnery,
was seized upon by, the Church Spoliation Commissions in
the time of Henry.ylll., and there is no estate in the
country which bears more interesting evidences of ancient
period, than Catesby Nunnery; indeed, we know of none
which can conkr greater importance upon a purchaser.
LORD LINDSAY'S LETTERS ON USE HOLY LAND.

—The prediction of the Quarterly Review as to the " ensuing
editions, which this work very richly deserves," has been
amply verified—a fourth edition having just appeared, com-
plete in a single volume. "Amongst the many travellers,"
says the Quarterly Review, " who have contributed to our
knowledge of th 6 interesting regions dignified by events
recorded in Holy writ, a prominent place must. be assigned to
Lord Lindsay. His abilities and accomplishments are of a
high order; a spirit of enquiry, and a glowing enthusiasm,
have been aided by various knowledge, and relined by a
sincere piety • he exhibits a considerable store both of ancient
and modern learning, but his draughts of Helicon have been
abundantly tempered by
Siloa's brook that flow'd
ICitalrivispilgrintigan°g:' Fast by the oracle of God.'
n,ae out with the perseverance and devotion of a
wisdom
hfe has felt and recorded what he saw, with the
philosopher and the faith of an enlightened
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contain l
Madrid journals of the 30th ultimo
ac-
counts of an interview which had taken be-
tween her MAJESTY and the Count DE CApstai
Lce beNwhen the latter had presented to ISABELLA a memorialA
from her cousin, the Infante ENRIQUE. The QUEEN
is described as having received the document very
graciously. Pope Pius IX., it seems, has expressed

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very little doing, and prices
The Duke DE SAN LORENZO had been appoint
1 Chere was no change worthy of note in the Railwa ' Share
Captain- Genera of the Halberdiers, the Duke D 'i
41e,ncY'
BAYLEN having resigned that post. The Ministerial
‘B,
(1
1 kw4aatstEt to-day. The follow ing
combination under the personal influence of General ulk,
,q!!ailway shares by Messrs. Lamond and Co.:— 1
Derr_ v. Stafford, and Worcestershire .... £0 7 6 I NARVAEZ had failed, and the General was to leave
Leic;stet' & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 10 o
for Paris on the Ist instant. It was still believed
Calcutta am. .
4 St. George's Point ..... 01 6
e and P •• •
that the Parliamentary labours would be suspended Armagh, Coler:4l,,N ortrush ......... 0 2 6
Liverp. Manch. aril-. 'L eWCaStIe'UPOII-I'Yni 1 0 0
during a fortnight. The Gazette publishes a royal
North Staffordshire .................. 6 9 0
decree confirming the authorization granted by the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston.-- 1 9 0
Cortes to the Ministry to collect the taxes until the
tfinsgenstanerdanlidtoulathal-PiOW ..............
0 11: 0
latter end of June. Northern Counties Union 1 5 0
The Three per Cents.were done at 31f for cash; London and York Extension ...,... 1 12 0
the Five per Cents. at 191; the Debt, without in-
Newmarket and Chesterford..
terest, at 5j- ; and the Coupons at 16. Shropshire Union and Canal 0 5 0
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 4 12 6
We have no further arrivals to-day from abroad, but there
is an improved feeling in the money market generally, and
mutters are certainly easier. We have the exchange from
Hamburgh decidedly higher again : viz., 13 53A, and we see
nothing unfavourable this morning, except that the corn
market is again higher. This, however, may probably be
corrected ere long by the increased arrivals from abroad, large
as our wants undoubtedly are.
As a satisfactory result of the frequent interviews between
the " Chairs" of the Bank of England and the heads of the
Government, we may mention that the Directors of the
Bank have this day made the very agreeable intimation
that they will advance money at 5 per cent. to the holders of
Exchequer-bills, a circumstance which at once caused a de-
cline in the value of money in the Stock Exchange, and
which must be felt beneficigy out of doors likewise, and in
the general discount market.
The Funds have not been higher to-day, but have a firm
tone. Consols have ranged from 863/4 to 871/s for present
transfer, and from 87% to 87% for time. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 88 to 87%, and
Three per Cents. 86 to 85%. Bank Stock is quoted 187 to
189. Exchequer-hills have been Bs. to 3s. discount.
The Foreign Market is dull. Spanish Five per Cents. are
marked 23, and the Three per Cents. 34%. Mexican Stock
has been steady at 193/t, and Grenada at 19%. Dutch Four
per Cents. have realised 871. Austrian Bonds are 104}.
The Market for Railway Shares is very quiet, and there
is consequently no improvement in the quotations. On the
other hand there is no general decline.

BRITISH FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. • • 188 187 189 188
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 86 85% 85%
three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 87% 86% 873 87
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 88 87% % 87 x
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 1-16 9
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 9% 9%
India Stock .. .. • .. .. 1.. .. 243 243
south Sea Stock .. .
.. ..
..
..
......
Ditto: Old Annuities .. .. .. 84% 84%
Consols for May 27 .. • • .. .. .. 87% %% 87%
exchequer Bills. 1 M. 2d.
1,0001... .. .... 83 7 dis
5001. - . .. —.— .. 83 7 dis Ipdai re
Ditto, Small .... 83 7 dis 1 p
• ONE CLOSINt
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK, PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 104 104%
Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Gull • • .. 57 57
Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .. .. . 19% 19%
Mexican Bonds, 184 G, 5 per Cent .. 19% 19%
Portuguese Four per Cent 35
Ditto, for the Account .. . • .. 35
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 23
Ditto, for the Account .. • • • . 23
Ditto, Tluce per Cent .. .. ..
Ditto, for the Account .. .• .. 34 U
Venezuela ponds, 2 per Cent .. ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent • • • • --f. —c.
Exchange .. .. .. • • • • • • —f. —c.
- Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent ..
Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 57%
Ditto, for the Account .. .. ..
Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 87%
BUSINESS
PAID. DONE AT CLOSING
ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE :5.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

77f. 25c.
25f. 90c.
914

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. • • 2% .. • • 1%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 1734 17 ...
Caledonian
Cheltenham and Oxford .. .. 2 ...,
Dublin and Bellast Junction 15 .... .........„
Eastern Counties .. .. 20 .... 19
Ditto, York Extension 634.... 5%•5........
Eastern Union .; 45 5.
East Lancashire .. 17 •• •• ••• 16 .• 16
Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. 134 --..........
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 6914 69%
Great Northern •234 ........
Great North of England . ..100 —231% 23ls„
Great Western .. .. 85
Ditto, Half Shares• 50 .... 66 65 ....... •64
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1234 .... 1634 15%
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 2534 . ... 25%
Huddersfield and Manchester .. lb .... 19 ..
London and Blackwell .. 161. 131. 4d.7%.. •
LOndon, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 50% 51%34 % 51%
Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. .. 10 .. •• • • .•• • •
Ditto, Fifteenths .. • • 2 .... 2% ...• • • 2%
London and North-Western • • 100 ....17234 171% 17114
Ditto, Quarters .. L. and B. 7 .... •• • •
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. 2 .... 11% .. • .
Lordon and South-Western .. 411. 6s. 10d... 6134 62 6114 6134
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... 52 ...... •• 52
Lynn and Ely 25 ...... • • 26%
Manchester and Leeds 82 .
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 .... 1414 14%
Ditto, Fifths .. 5 .... 9 ..
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. • • 71. 40..... 34 p........ 14 p
Manchester, Buxton, & 'Matlock 425. •• 14 dia. ....... 14 die.
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... ..........
Midland —lOO ....114% 11534 .... 115)4
Ditto. New .. 36 •• •• 395‘.. - • 39%
Ditto, New .. 6 .... 8 ...
Ditto, Consol. Bristol and Bir-
mingham 6 per cent. .. —lOO ....123 • • 124%
Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .. ••
Ditto, New .. • • . .. • 5 .... 6% 6%
Norfolk .. ..100 ....122 ..
Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 55 .
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 •• .. .. • • 6%
Scottish Central • . . 1744 .. •. • • .... 2314
Shropshire Union .. 425. .......... dis.
South Staffordshire .• • • .. 21. 128... %dis,. % dis
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 3314 .... 3634 ..36 m
Do., New (do. 1514 .. No. 4. 5 .... 4% ••
West Riding Union • • • • .. 41.25...•, p„
Wilts, Somerset, and.Weymouth 20 .. 10% .. 10%
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 34
Ditto, New.. .• • • • • • • 10
Ditto, Preference .. • • .. 4 6%
York sad North Midland .. .. 50 .... 82 83 ...... 83
Ditto, Extension • • .. •• 25 .... 4034 • • 405.
Ditto, Preference • • • • • . 2 10%
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. • • .. 20 16%
••••16u
Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • • • 7 _• • 4
Lyons and Avignon (Constituted) 5 24
Northern of France • • • • • • 8 •• •.. 11%
Orleans and Bourdeaux .. 6 34.... 6%
Paris and Lyons • • • • .• 8 ..• . . 4
Sambre and Meuse .. 14
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unrenistered 314
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Amsterdam ...... C.F. 12 9 Gibraltar..
Ditto. at sight
Rotterdam 2U. 12 914 Geaoa ... ......... 26 50
Antwerp... ...... ••• • • 26 40 Milan .••••••• • • • •• ••
Efamburgh M.B. 14 Venice ••••
&Rona •• . ..... .. ••• • • • Naples ............ •• 39%
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 26 Palermo, peroz 1194
Ditto, 3 months.. •• • • 26 40 Lisbon.. .. 53
Marseilles ••• • • •-• ••• • • 26 50 0p0rt0......
80ttrdeaux......... • • 26 40 Rio Janeiro •• • • 26%
Frankfort on Maine.. 124
Petersburgh, 3 Us.. •• • • Buenos Ayres ........
Berlin .. .. •••••• • • • • • • New York, 21 days' sight
Vienna, effee. flo ••• • • • 10 16 Philadelphia ..
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 16 PRICES Of MILLION, PEE Of
Madrid •.•
Cadiz .• :..•• • • • • 4734 _ New Dollars 0 4 91/4

Bilbao.. • • • • .
Barcelona • • • •
Seville • • • • • • • •

Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons 0 0 0
Silver in bars ...... •. 0 4 10%

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the lit day of May, 1847.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
X.
Notes issued ........ 22,506,585

X22,506,58b

Government debt • . 11,015,100
Other securities •• • . 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 7,083,767
Silver bullion • • • • 1,422,818

£ 22,50G,5g5
r. MARSHALL, Chief CA3hier.

Dated the Gth day of May, 164'

i .
oEPAZTKEN T.

Government securi-

ties (including Dead

Weight Annuity) .. 11,727,319
Other securities • . 16,112,676
Notes ••• • ••
Gold and silver coin.. 831,131

£30,412,206
➢MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

IN G, MAY 8, 1847.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Leiningen, left town yesterday morning for her Majt-*,ty's
marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and
her Royal Consort, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and his Serene
Highness the Prince of Leiningen, left Buckingham Palace
at half-past nine o'clock in a carriage-and-four, for the ter-
minus of the South-Western Railway, at Nine Elms.
The Countess of Desart, Hon. Miss Dawson, Major. General
Bowles Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Captain the
Hon. A. H. Gordon, and Dr. Meyer, followed in two car-
riages-and-four.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen and Prince Albert early, at Buckingham Palace, to
take leave of her Majesty and his Royal Highness.
The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted to their
carriage by the Hon. Misses Kerr and Cavendish, Maids of
Honour in Waiting; the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of
the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, Lord
Waterpark, Lord in Waiting; Viscount Clifden, Lord in
Waiting to the Prince; Admiral Sir Edward Codrington,
Groom in Waiting; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in
Waiting to Prince Albert; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in
Waiting to his Royal Highness.
The august party left the railway terminus by a special
train for Gosport.
tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George
Couper, honoured the performance of the French Plays with
her preseno- yesterday evening.
Among the visitors yesterday to view the Royal pictures
in St. James's Palace, were the Dowager Marchioness of
Downshire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the
Marchioness of Westmeath, the Earl of Galloway, the
Bishop of Ely, Viscount Clifden, the Baroness de Clifford,
Dowager Viscountess Glentworth, Hon. Sir Henry and Lady
Dymoke, the Lady Mayoress, Lady Elizabeth Courtenay,
Lady Granville Somerset, and Sir Alexander Johnstone.
A. deputation from the Midland Great Western Railway of
Ireland, including Lord Dunsandle and Mr. Percy, had an
interview with the Right Mon. Edward Strutt, yesterday, at
the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George-
street.
A deputation of the merchants of Liverpool, consisting of
Messrs. Potter, Sands, Mosley, Wylie, Maury, and Harold
Littledale, accompanied by the following Members of Par-
liament—Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P.,
Sir William Feilden, M.P., Mr. William Brown, M.P., Mr.
Wilson Patten, M.., and Mr. Talbot Clifton, M.P., had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday
at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Rev. Mr. Perry had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Rev. Mr. Taylor had
also an interview with his Lordship.
The Duke of Richmond and Sir Andrew Leith Hay had an
interview with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing street.
A deputation from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Company, consisting of Col. Lowther, M.P., Mr. Hodg'on,
and Mr. Swift, had as interview yesterday with the Right
Hon. Edward Strutt.
The Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy-
Governor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ezz-
chequer yesterday.
Inc Marquis of Westminster had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday. Lord Charles Fitzroy had also an
interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet.
A Deputation, including the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson,
Mr. H. Houldsworth, and Mr. George Wilson, had an inter-
view with the Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Co-
lonial-office for the Governor of Ceylon, and also for the Lord
High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.
Mr. Leftwich had an interview yesterday with Sir George
Grey.

Lord Adolphus Fitz Clarence left town on Thursday after-
noon for Portsmouth, to embark on board the Royal Yacht.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Mademoiselle Jenny Lind made her second appearance
on Thursday night, which was a "long Thursday."
The impression she produced on her audience on this oc-
casion completely shows how firm a hold she has taken on
the public mind. Here is no transient, flashy success, but
the more she is heard, the more she is appreciated. Those
exquisitely-lengthened notes which sound clear as a bell, and
then become more and more piano, preserving their musical
quality even when they sink to the lightest whisper,
always come with fresh power on the hearers; the shake in
the subdued voice, so firm, and so delicately warbled away,
strikes as something new in vocal art, and when executed
on Thursday night drew forth the loudest acclamations. In her
execution of passages nothing is more delightful than the
feeling of confidence with which she inspires her audience.
One never feels a moment's doubt about the truth of her
intervals, and her utterance pf a passage is at once marked
by the greatest accuracy and the greatest ease. Her
acting gains upon repetition ; the more the minutice are fol-
lowed out, the more perfect do they appear. The scene at
the cross in the second act is in itself a complete study, so
various are the emotions which she introduces. Now it is
in mere terror that she flies to the symbol of refuge,
now she clings to it with child-like faith and confidence,
the feelings regulating her gestures and pervading her song.
And throughout she completely preserves the innocent de-
portment of the simple peasant girl, who though capable of
the greatest energy, always remains to a certain degree un-
conscious of her own power. The character of Alice is really
the only interesting one in the book of .Robert le Diable, and
'as represented by Mademoiselle Jenny Lind is a complete
personification of feminine goodness. The house was crowded
to the roof, and Mademoiselle Jenny appeared three times
at the end of the opera, to receive tumultuous plaudits, and
abundant showers of bouquets.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
SHREWSBURY RACES—THURSDAY.
The Wynnstay Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 50 added,
T.Y.C.
_ _

Mr. Bristow's Sponge (Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Little's The Convict 2
Mr. Marsh's Mother Cary's Chicken 8
Lord Caledon's b c by Simoom, out of Pergama
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles.
Mr. Johnstone's Annandale, 5 yrs 1
Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs
The following also started, but were not placed
Meiklam's Alliance, 4 yrs • Mr. Grimbo's b g by Despot,
aged; Captain Campbell's drcesus, aged; and Mr. Copeland's
Arthur, 5 yrs.
The Herbert Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 30 added. One
mile and a quarter.
Mr. Quartermaine's Lady Lift (Marlow) 1
Mr. Meeson's Jovial 2
PLYMOUTIj SPRING RACES—Tnuasnay.
The Lyneham Stakes of 5 sous. each, h ft. Heats, once
round and a distance.
lir. Conyngham's Fugitive, 4 yrs, 12st llb
Mr. Prothero's The Hatter, 4 yrs, list 131 b
Mr. Deacon's Trebartha, 6 yrs, list llb
Sir W. Carew's be by Voltaire, 4 yrs, llst 31b
Mr. J. H. Fleming's Miss Vernon, 6 yrs, 12st Illb 5 .5 dr
Three well contested heats.
rt.,'"'" Handicap Plate of 501. Heats, once round.
Mr. E. Scobell's Royalty, 4 yrs, Bst I llb
Mr. J. H. Flemming's the Duke, 6 yrs, Bst Illb
Captain Crofton's Porto Bello, aged, lOst
- Won easy.
The Hurdle Race was won cleverly, in two heats, by Mr.
Nix's Saracena, 12st 91b (Mr. Newcombe), beating Cerito
and Mazeppa by a neck.
The Silver Cup of 10/. was won very easily by Mr Judd's
Minx, lOst 31b, beating Saracens, 9st 101 b, and another.

RAILWAY SHARE IVIARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MAX 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 265. 3d. dis.-Birming-
ham and Oxford, 7 p.-Buckinghamshire dis.-East
Lancashire, New (scrip), par-Huddersfield Canal and Rail-
way, par-Leeds and Thirsk, 514 dis.-Liverpeol, Crosby,
and Southport, % p.-London and North-Western, 17114-
Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 16 p.-Manchester and Leeds,
Fifths, 4 p.-Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), % p.-
Ditto, Fifths (late W. R. U.), 14 p.-Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 21'4-Midland, 115-
Ditto, 401. Shares, 3 p. -Ditto, New, 21/8 p.-North Staf-
fordshire, 13/4 p.-North Union (A), 210 p.-North-Western,
dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, 3614-Ditto, New, No. 4,
3s. 9d. dis.-York and North Midland (East and West
Riding Extension), 1014-Irish Midland and Great Western,
14 dis.-East Indian, lie dis.
MANCHESTER, MAY 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 1% dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, 13% c. dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 714
p.-East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New (scrip), 1-16
dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 114
dis.-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension),
3-16 p.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), '4 p.-
Manchester and Southampton, 28s. 3d. dis.-North Stafford-
shire, 1 9-16 p.- South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 3-16 dis.
LEEDS, MAY 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, Nevi
114 dis.-Ditto, New Scrip, Is. Gd. dis.-East and West
Yorkshire, 11,14 dis.-Great Northern, 275. dis.-Leeds and
Dewsbury, Extensions, Scrip (green), 10s. dis.-Ditto, New,
Extensions, Scrip (pink), 14s. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, New,
dis.-Ditto, Preference, 7s. Gd. p.-Malton and Driflield
Junction, 10s. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late
Extensions), ss. p.-Ditto, West Riding Union, 4s. p.-
Midland, Preference, 1% p.-Newcastle and Berwick, New,
335. 9d. p.-North British, Extension (scrip), 7s. Gd. dis.-
North Staffordshire, 15 p.-North-Western, 345. dis.
SHEFFIELD, MAY 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 275.-East Lincolnshire, 1% p.-Leeds and
Thirsk, 5/. dis.-Ditto, Preference, % p.-Manchester, Bux-
ton, Matlock, and Midland, 1/ dis.-Manchester and Leeds
(West Riding Union), 14 p.-Manchester, Sheffield. and
Lincolnshire (Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 8/. dis.-North
Staffordshire, 1% p.
HULL, MAY 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-North British, Quilt.
ters, 625.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 7s. 6d. p.-Ambergate,
Nottingham, and Boston, 255. 6d.-Great Northern, 21A
North-Western, 13/4 dis.-West Riding Union, 14,p. "z
2 --
NE WC ASTL E-UP ON- TYN E, MAY 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 15 dis.-Newcastle and Carlisle, 1111 L
cum div.

EDINBURGH, MAY 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, New,
395. 6d.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 325.--. Dundee and
Perth, Quarters. 625. 61-East Lothian Central, 41s. 6d.-
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 2214-Edinburgh, Leith,
and Granton, Preference, 201/2-Ditto, Quarters, I Is. - Edin-
burgh and Northern, 171/2-Ditto, New, 625.
-Ditto, New-
port, 7-Ditto, ditto, New, 398.-Edinburgh and Perth,
40s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 12s. 6d.-Great Northern, 523. 6d.-
North British, 31-Ditto, Quarters, 82s. 6d.-Ditto, New
Quarters (scrip), 19s. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 50s. 6d.
GLASGOW, MAY 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, 244-
Ditto, New, 425.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 345.-
Clydesdale Junction, 421/,'-Dundee and Northern Junction,
335.- Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 575. 6d.-East Indian, 2s.
6d.-East Lothian Central, 425.-Edinburgh and Glasgow,
704 Edinburgh arid Perth (New Co.), 405.-Ditto,lla)_wyees:
its. 31-Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct,
)3534
5/.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (5 per cent.
-Ditto, Halves,
Carlisle, 5 Vs-Great Southern of Madras, 1
s
No. 2, 61. 4s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and
nock and Ayr Direct, 275. 6d.-
South-
ampton, 13s. U.-North British,
SI
ama ,
Quarters (scrip), 205.-Scottish Central, 24/.- nnan
24k-Stirling and Dunfermline, 665.
'Thirds,he 9ser and
4st.-Ditto, New

DEATH OF MAJOR GENERAL JAMES ALEXANDER'
--It is with deep regret we have to announce the death o
Major-General James Alexander, Commander of the Forces
in tke 13enares division. This melancholy event took place
yesterday, March 11, between the hours of 10 and 11 A.M.
The General was taken ill of dysentery, from the effects of
exposure to rain at the Artillery review, at Sultanpore, in
the early part of last month, and never rallied during the
rapid progress of the disorder. Society sustains a great loss
by the death of this amiable man. His interment took place
on the following day, with military honours; the 9th, 21st,
and 48th Regiments of Native Infantry, and all the officers
of the division, taking part in the melanchy cuentony.—Be.
nom Recorder.