The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-24 00:00:00

92%
BUSINESS; CLOSEDPAID. DONE AT
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. • . 2% .. • •
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13%%..
Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 5 .... ....
Wolver., & Stour Valley 5
Bristol and Exeter .. •• 75 .... 77 78
Buckinghamshire 61. 45..... 4 p..
Caledonian .. • • •• .. 30 .... 27% .•
Eastern Counties .. .. • 2O 19% % ........
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. 74 p ......
Ditto, York Extension .. .. 554 ....
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 .. • • 18%%•. .•• • •
Ditto New .. 7 .. • 9%% • . . •
East Lincolnshire .. .. 4%.... 7 6
•
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 72 71 70 ex div.
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 10 .... 1934 ..........
Ditto, Quarter Shares • . 12%.... 17% ••••••
Great Northern (London & York
Regd.) .. 236 .... 2% • . 23/B
Do., do (Direct Northern Regd.) 3% .... • • 3%
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27% ..... 23%
Great North of England . ..100 ....232 •...• •, 233
Ditto,-New 5 GO
Great Western .. .. 85 ...,116 .......... 116
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 68 .. •• . 68
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% 17% .. 18
Ditto, Fifths .. 20 . •
... 27 27
Ditto, New .. 4%.... 8 .. •. . ..... 8
Hull and Selby .. .. •• 50 ....108 ... 103
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 ..........
Ditto, New . .. 5 . .. 10 ..... ..... 10
Leeds and Bradford • . 30 .... 78% • • 7
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 27%.... 33 .......... 33
Leeds and Thirst: 22% 203/4 % ........ 201
Ditto, New .. .. 10 9%
Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent... 3% • . ..... .
London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 42. 7T. 8 ..... • B!ii
Ditto, New, No. 2 .. . • I/. I3s. 4d. p.......... 11]
London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .. • • 53% 3/4 % .... 53%
London an North-Western • • 100 •• • • 179%
.......... 179
Ditto, Quarters .. . .. 2 .... ........
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 13% • • • 18 t,(3
Ditto, 10/. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 • • 7 % .. • •
• • 7%
London and South-Western -411. 6s. 102... 65 63% 63%
Ditto, New .. 22%.... 25%34 254
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .• 50 .. • . 543(
London and York Extension Scrip 2% .... 2% .• • • 2%
Manchester and Leeds .. .. •• 82 ..... ... 104
Ditto, Quarter Sharer, .. 12 .... .. • • ..... 1614
Ditto, Thirds ( Reg.) .. • • 71. 45..... p.. • ..... • • 234 p
Ditto, Liverpool and Bury •• 24 .... 29 •• .. 29
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. ••.• 34 p.......... % p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1%
Midland .. ..100 • 118 11736 •• 117%
Ditto, New .. .. 30 .... 34% .......• 343
Ditto, New .. .. 2 .... 54% 5%
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... .........„ 92
Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 ... • 29% .. • • 29%
Ditto, New .. .• • • • • 5 .... 8% 9 834
Ditto, North Shields.. .. •• 25 .... 32% • • 32%
Newport and Abergavenny .. 4 .... .. •• •
Norfolk .. .. • • .. 100 . • ..135 136% 136%
North British .• • • •• 25 • • 33% • 33%
Ditto, Extension .. • • . 1% ..... .
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 8% ....... • •
Preston and Wyre • •• 25 .... 34% ........ • • 34%
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... 5% .. 5%
Scottish Midland . 17%.... 2036 ..... 2058
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3
Ditto, Class B .. • . • • • • 1% .... 1% .
South Staffordshire Junction ..11.135.4d.. 3 p..........
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. • • 31% ........
Do., New (do. 151.) ~ No. 4. 3%...•
South Wales .. .. 10 .... 7%
West Riding Union .. • • .. 4/. 25..... 14 p..
Windsor, Staines, &S. Western.. 425. ..........
York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 3574 35:- ....
Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 .... 15% 16 15%.
Ditto, Preference .. 4 ... 8%
York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... 8434 85
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 0 .. 16% 16%
!lord., Toul., & Cette kConstituted) 4 .... 134 134
Dutch Rhenish .• .. • • • . 7 .... 4 4 . •
Namur and Liege • • .. 10 .... • • 4%
Paris and Lyons .. .. • • • • 8 .. • • 6% .... • • '6%
Rouen and itavre .. 20 .... 27% .......• • • 274
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered —••••3% • • •• • 3%
To-morrow being the day appointed by her Majesty for the General
Fast, the Stock Exchange will be closed.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 336 Gibra1tar.......... ._Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1 Leghorn . ... ..
. 3O 20
'tolterdam ...... 2U. 12 4 Genoa ....... ....... 25 85
25 80 Milan
Hamburgh -MM. 13 lON Venice........ ........
Altona • • ........... •.. Naples .......
Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 45 Palermo, per oz. ...... . 121
Ditto, 3 months...... 25 75 Lisbon.... ........ '53
Marseilles .......
80urdeaux.......• • • • 25 80 Rio Janeiro • • 26
Frankfort on Maine.. 121
Petersbargh, 3Us — Buenos Ayres ..... •• •
Berlin .... • •• • • New York, 21 days'sight
Vienna, effec.flo...• • • 10 3 Philadelphia
Trieste, ditt0...... •• • . 10 3 PRICES OF BULLION, PEA OZ.
Madrid ••..•• .. • •
Cadiz ••• • • : .. • •
Bilbao.. ...... Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0
Barcelona -.... •• .. Spanish Doubloons .. 00 0
Seville.... . • • •• • • Silver in bars .... ••0 5 0.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
TO THE EDITOR OF -THE SUN.
SIR--A paragraph in reference to the Lyceum Theatre
rppeared in The Sun of Friday last, quoted from the
Era of the 14th instant, which observes, speaking of the
rent, " The latest demand, report says, is enormous,
and equal to that asked for Drury-lane. The present
lessees have determined upon rejecting such an ad-
vance," &c.

Allow me to say that no advance whatever has been
proposed.

- The rent was fixed and the agreement signed on the
sth of February, 1845.
On the 12th instant an application was made by
Mt ssrs. Strutt and Keeley, the lessees, for a reduction of
that rent which, not being acceded to, led to their
giving notice on the following day of determining their
tenantcy. _

As report speaks of Mr. Strutt as one of the propri-
etors of the Era, it must be a matter of surprise how a
statement so erroneous should have originated in that
paper.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,

31, Golden-square, March 23, 1847.5.
W: ARNOLD.

Tim COUNTY COURTS.—The District County Court
of Westminster, which includes the inhabitants west of
Temple-bar and Holborn-bars, south of Oxford-street. to
Bayswater, across Hyde-park to Sloane-street, and from
thence to the river by Chelsea Hospital, was opened (at pre-
sent in Castle•street, Leicester-square) on Wednesday last,
and will be open every day (Sundays excepted) between the
hours of 10 o'clock and 4. In this court and the other county
courts just established. all actions for debt or damage under
201., that is for moneys owing or matters of contract; all
cases of assault or injury to the person or goods in which the
damages claimed do not exceed 20/. ; all matters in dispute
between masters and servants, or masters and workmen,
under 20/., may be tried and disposed of in less than 14 days.
A debt of 20/. may be recovered for less than 21., which the
defendant would have to pay with the debt, and smaller
amounts at a proportionately less expense if parties attend in
person. The great advantage of these courts to the public
over the old system will be the expeditious mode in which
business will be disposed of, the small amount of expense
attending the proceedings, and that persons may see to
their own business (if so disposed) instead of employing at-
torneys or agents at a great expense, and often incurring,
from negligence or dishonesty, the ultimate loss of their
money. The evils thus counteracted had got to such a head
that parties frequently rather consider their debts under 201.
as bad debts than go to law with the forlorn hope of reco.
vering them.