The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNES!IAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1847.

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tions with foreign countries, her MAJESTY will not have
to reproach the Administration with having in any
manner embroiled this empire with foreign Cabinets,
cr with having, by the slightest error of commission
or omission, endangered the peace of Europe
and of the two hemispheres. Should her MAJESTY
allude to the improvements effected in the laws
relating to commerce, her MAJESTY or her MAJESTY'S
Commissioners will have ample reason to speak in
terms of exultation. Should her MAJESTY or her
MAJESTY'S Commissioners, on the other hand, refer
directly to the advisability of further efforts to
assuage the sufferings of the community by sanatory
and other similar measures, that reference can be pro-
nounced with perfect reliance upon the Parliament
and the Administration. In every essential parti-
cular the approaching session in England can be
looked forward to with unalloyed- pleasure, and with
the most sanguine anticipations.

In France every preparation was duly made for
the meeting of the Peers and Deputies. The different
political chieftains, with the exception of M. nu
LANIARTINE and M. ODILON BARROT, have assembled
in the capital in anticipation of the forthcoming dis-
cussions. M. GUIZOT is fully primed for the Minis-
terial explanations. M. DUCHATEL is prepared for
any emergency which may summon him to the tri-
bune. M. THIERS, M. DE REMUSAT, and M. BIL-
LAULT are all equally in readiness.
In the Peninsula the hum of preparation has been
sounded through the streets of the capital. Queen
ISABELLA. has opened the Spanish Cortes in person.
The speech delivered on the 31st of December, 1846,
by her MAJESTY to the Senators and Deputies—a
translation of which speech is given in another
column of The Sun—is precisely the description of
announcement which might have been expected. In
the whole range of political matters the question of how
tar the friendship previously existing between Spain
and other countries has been recently endangered,
was the most difficult and even hazardous. And
how has th;s difficult and hazardous question been
treated by ISABELLA ? With masterly simplicity.
A myriad of intricate eclaircissements are avoided in
one inimitable sentence :—" In our relations with
Foreign Powers there is no change worthy of re-
mark!" The felicitousness of the brevity !—" in our
relations with Foreign Powers there is no change
worthy of remark." What a bold and magnificent
quibble, what a delightful resignation under the for-
feiture of external confidence, what an ingenious
adaptation of the style employed in domestic compli-
ments "No change worthy of remark," for-
sooth, when for the nonce the Peninsula has
estranged itself from the fountain head of the world's
commerce, for the enviable privilege of lay-
ing itself, bound hand and foot, before the throne
of the French Sovereign ? "No change worthy of re-
mark," when Spain is virtually insulated for the time
being from the current of political regeneration ? The
remainder of the royal address to the Spanish Cortes
is proportionately straightforward with the foregoing
sentence. The young QUEEN does not appear less
inclined to listen to the insidious dictates of the
Afrancesados than previously to her nuptials. Although
the very name of la grande nation is scrupulously
avoided in this amusing speech, it is manifest in every
paragraph that it has been modelled upon the plea-
sure of the French SOVEREIGN. The speech to
the Spanish Cortes, indeed, is as anomalous,
and as replete with incongruities as a dis-
rolving view only partially dissolved. Parts of
the picture of Spanish policy are jumbled up
in the most bewildering manner with parts
of the picture of Gallic policy : the will
of GurzoT peeps out in the most impossible
manner through the transparent will of IST URITZ—
the machinations of the Parisian Court are just dimly
discernable through the vapoury indications of the
sentiments entertained in the Court of Madrid. There
are, nevertheless, several auspicious recommendations
as to mercantile and social reform in the address
which may, if interpreted with wisdom by the mul-
titude, lead ultimately to the re-organization of the
Government and the regeneration of the Spanish people
generally.

We have perused the proceedings of the meeting
held last evening, at the Literary Institution,
in Leicester-square, and presided over by Mr.
Iluain, M.P., for the abolition of punishment
by death. The perusal ended with the same feelings
of dissatisfaction which grew out of our review of
the propositions advanced, and arguments adduced, at
the meeting which assembled in Holborn, on the pre-
vious evening, for the same object. Every right-minded
man must be predisposed to Le convinced that the time
had arrived when capital punishment could be safely
abolished. If bold assertions and specious reasonings
could of themselves suffice to justify the extinction of
the extreme penalty of the law, it were impossible to
question that the justification presented at both the
meetings to which we have adverted is as complete
as could be desired. But, premises rashly laid, and argu-
mentation fraught with fallacy, are not exactly the ma-
terials calculated So reconcile our Legislators to a trial
of the great and coveted experiment in favour of
humanity. The demonstration of last night
was not so advantageous as that of the pre-
vious one. Palpable mistaternents were made, and
the speakers were not all of one mind on points
of essential importance. For instance, Mr. ROWTON
remarked, that " morally man had no right to punish
man ;" whereas the Rev. Dr. CARLISLE, who followed
him, held that "society had a right to protect itself
from crime by all means short of capital punish-
ments." This is a serious discrepancy between the
views of the respective speakers. Again, Mr. 11TJ312,
M.P., boldly gives his hearers to understand that,
compared with other countries in Europe, England
" stands alone" in regard to punishment by death.
This is a serious mis-statement ; for though we would
not allude to Russia, yet, in France, certainly a highly
civilised nation, judicial power over the life of man is
not abandoned. A good cause is never strengthened
but always weakened, when, from negligence, it must
be presumed, rather than ignorance, such hap-hazard
and groundless assertions are fearlessly made.
We are sorry to perceive these gentlemen con-
stantly adverting to Scripture in furtherance of the
cause they espouse, and, not only so, but that they
indulge this propensity with greater freedom than
judgment. We think they would do well to abandon
the idea of enforcing their views through the medium
of Holy Writ. In the first place, they only seem un-
necessarily to involve the question in greater intri-
cacy ; and, in the next, it is always painful when they
so marshall their reasonings, upon what they consider
emanates from this sacred source, as to educe mani-
fest contradictions. We are grieved by an unhappy
example of this nature, as elucidated by what trans-
pired last evening. Assuming the correcter'pansla-
tion of the oft-quoted passage to be that the words

" by man" should be omitted, it would then run thus :
—" Whoso sheddeth man's blood, shall his blood be

shed," which does not remove the difficulty, for blood
is still to be shed. Then, if not by man, by whom
is it to be ? Not by Divine Power, according
to the abolitionists, for they quote again from one
of the Prophets, " As I live saith the LORD, I will
not the death of a sinner, but that he be converted
and live." So that, on the one hand, we are directly
told in the Bible that blood shall be shed, and, indi-
rectly, by those who desire to get rid of capital
punishment, that blood shall not be shed. We hope
we have said enough to lead to our being spared from
a repetition of these unhappy allusions to Scripture.
Nothing could he more infelicitous than the train of
reasoning in which the Rev. Dr. CARLISLE indulged,
founded upon his references to other portions of the

sacred writings. This could be easily demon:
strated ; but we decline the ungrateful task
lest we should seem to be infringing upon
the advice we have just sincerely tendered. Besides,
the question can be well enough handled without
leaning upon doubtful interpretations of particular
passages in the Bible ; for the whole matter in issue
turns upon the point, whether human life is, or is not,
best protected by the existence of punishment by
death ; and which ever way it be determined, so that
the best security be realised fur the preservation of
life against the machinations and assaults of the
murderer, we may feel assured that the human law is
in keeping with the divine. To decide this question,
we must be chiefly guided by our own experience,
and that of other civilised countries whose social
condition is analogous to the condition of Great
Britain. But experience alone is not sufficient; it
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experiment the abolition of capital punishment would
be proved to be in the event of its• failure ! If the
crime of murder were largely to increase upon the
extinction of expiation by the gallows, we should
incur the haz Ird of the revival of extreme punishment,
to be administered, not as it now is, in a spirit of
leniency, but as it might, and probably would be, in
a spirit of excessive and deplorable severity.
We must again repeat that this serious question has
been treated with great inaptitude, and attempted to
be illustrated by arguments of a most ungrateful
character, to a discerning and high-minded people.
Are shall, therefore, shortly revert to this subject,
with the view of putting the abolitionists upon their
guard against effectually marring the ultimate success
of what they so ardently desire to accomplish.

The Revue de Geneve, of the 30th ult., publishes
the project for a new constitution by the committee
of the Grand Constituent Council. It comprises
14 chapters and 153 articles. Among them are the
Collowing :—Under chapter 2 (declaration of the
rights of persons) is found a promise that no fiscal
measure shall be imposed upon publications by the
press, and a guarantee for freedom of education
to all natives of Geneva. Under chapter 3 it
is declared that no corporation or congrega-
tion can be established at Geneva without pre-
vious notice to and license from the Council
of State, which may be revoked by the Grand
Council. Under section 2 it is declared that
the maintenance of the Catholic religion is at the
charge of the State. According to chapter 11, pri-
mary instruction only is to be given gratuitously by
the State and the communes in every canton.
Chapter 13 prescribes that every fifteen years the
question of a total revision of the constitution shall
be put in the Council General—the assembly of the
people. By chapter 14 it is established that all the
organic laws of the present constitution shall be drawn
up within a period not exceeding, at the most, two
years.
M. PART PASTEUR has given in his resignation
as president of the Grand Council of Geneva, de-
claring that he could not any longer share the
opinions of the majority which had called him to
that post.

Madrid papers of the 29th Dec. have arrived.
Intelligence has, however, been received by express
from Madrid to the 31st ult., on which day the ses-
sion of the Cortes was opened by the QUEEN in
person. Her 3/lAJESTY'S speech is given in extenso
in another column. A telegraphic dispatch received
by the French Government states that the QUEEN
was received with numerous acclamations, and that
the news from the provinces is everywhere good.
The Gaceta publishes a decree, abolishing the tax
on the nobility called " Service of Lances," by which
they were compelled to furnish a certain number of
men for the army, or a sum of money equivalent to
the expense of raising them. In place of this obliga-
tion there is to be a fixed tax upon titles, varying,
according to rank, from 40,000 reals (10,000 f.) for a
grandee of Spain, with the title of Duke, Marquis,
or Count, down to 8,000 reals, the title of Baron.
This tax is not of course to be an annual one, and
being once paid, the titled person has nothing more
to pay to the Government than the taxation to which,
like all others, he is subject by 'nis property.
The Cabinet has determined that Senor
CASTROY OROZCO, shall be the Ministerial can-
didate for the presidency of the Chamber of
Deputies, and that the Absolutist Marquis DE
VILLtml shall be the Ministerial candidate for
the presidency of the Senate. The nomination of
the Marquis DE VILLUMA has given great offence not
only to the Progressistas but also to the great bulk of
the Moderado party.
The _Herald° is much annoyed, and not a little
alarmed, at the courtesy with which the Count DE
MONTEMOLIN has been received in London. Large
reinforcements have been ordered by forced marches
to the Basque Provinces, where a Carlist outbreak is
apprehended.
According to the Espanol, the parts more particu-
larly threatened by the partisans of the Count DE
MONTEMOLIN (" who will present himself with the
Constitution of 1837 in his hand ") are Navarre, the
Basque Provinces, Catalonia, Gallicia, the Maeztrazgo,
and the Balearic Islands. " Ministers," says El Eco
del Comercio, " met in council last night. Their po-
sition is, above all, critical, owing to the information
received from abroad as to designs which may expose
our Liberal institutions and the QUEEN'S throne to
the greatest peril."

The sanguinary General BRETON, the Captain-
General of Catalonia, has established his head-quar-
ters at Banolas, from whence he has issued the fol-
lowing proclamation :
" A band of fugitive malefactors, actively pursued in
all directions by the military, are scouring the country,
concealing themselves in the woods, ravines, and marshes
of this country, with the view of reviving a fratricide
war, which, at a very recent period, caused so much
misfortune and so many disasters. Being resolved on
exterminating them, I have coma among you, confident
that your own interest will make you efficiently co
operate in promoting an enteprise which will free you
from the evils and calamities a culpable apathy
would lead to. Six mouths ago, a party of rebels
penetrated into this province, but were soon compelled
to abandon it ; for, far from finding protection in the
country, they were pursued and compelled to seek re-
fuge in the neighbouring kingdom. Being the authority
entrusted with the maintenance of tranquillity in this
principality, I make no distinction between the colours
and shades of such as disturb order. All of them are
enemies to the Queen and Government—all are enemies
to their country ; and we are all obliged to endeavour
to destroy them. For my part, I shall do my best : as
for you, I tell you, for your government, that your
conduct shall regulate mine.
(Signed)
" llead-quarters at Banolas."
s MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 29.—The Three per Cents
!were done at 331 for cash. The Five per Cents. at 20k.
The Debt without interest at 61. The Coupons at 19,
and the Vales at 81.

"MANUEL BRETON.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
The Ministerial Epoque has the following on the
subject of the congratulatory New Year's addresses:—
"
It is known tha*he diplomatic body given to the
Nuncio the right of addressing the King in the name of
all the Ambassadors. Whatever the Con.s4itutionnel may
say to the contrary, if anything important has taken
place during the year the person who is to deliver the
speech always communicates to his colleagues at least the
passage that has reference to it. This year the marriage
of the Duke de Montpensier, respecting which it was
natural to felicitate the King, became a subject of diffi-
culty for the address of the diplomatic corps, on account
of the protest of the British Cabinet, and the instructions
given to Lord Normanby. On the one hand, the Am-
basaadors of the Cabinets which had favoured and ac-
cepted the marriage were naturally desirous of compli-
menting the Royal Family upon it; on the other hand, it
was necessary that the compliment, being paid in the
name of England also, should be drawn up in terms
which would permit Lord Normanby to subscribe to it.
On this account, therefore, the Nuncio had submitted
them to the British Ambassador, who alone could
appreciate them with reference to his official position.
We must here do justice to the Noble Lord by saying
that he neglects no effort to bring the two Governments
to a friendly understanding. He therefore desired that
the phrase on the marriage might be in such terms that
lie could adhere to them without violating his instruc.
tions; and the visit which he afterwards paid to the
King was the most eloquent comment that could be made
upon them. It is impossible, in our opinion, to appre-
ciate too highly in the Noble Lord so prudent a conduct,
each step of which has its value for the peace and liberty
of Europe. Thus the speech of the diplomatic corps
contains a felicitation to the King on the marriage of the
youngest of his children; everybody finds this in it, and
the King has replied to it. The speaker, indeed, had
turned it in such a way as to induce the British Ambas-
sador to accept it, but this fact, far from making us regret
the delicacy of the terms of the Nuncio, is, on the con-
trary, a reason for thanking him for doing so."
We are rejoiced to find the French Ministerial
journal thus bearing witness to the prudence, the
tact, and the kindly feeling of the Marquis of NOR.-
NUNISY. Let us hope that his efforts in Paris to re-
concile conflicting interests will be as successful as
they were in Jamaica and in Ireland. According to
England
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the Courtier Fran gais there is to be an European
Congress, at which the renunciations demanded by
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such a way that the British Amba.,“ador had reason to
congratulate himself on his discretion, dthe tscretion, Court of
the Tuileries no right to feel discontent. The
too much
Father received tie congr
atulations of the representative
of the diplomatic body on the renewal of his family joys,
but the King had nothing to
The Pere de famille replied his
in reply to, and was silent.
of his family, that Providence
had
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to him one
of the sweetest consolations which could be accorded to
him. It would have been difficult for the
British Ambas-
sador to have found fault with these legitimate effusions.
One of the sweetest consolations, even to the distrustful
eyes of a European Congress, would apply as much to the
birth of a grandson as to the marriage of a son. Lord
Normanby will not therefore have much trouble in justi-
fying himself to Lord Pahneraton for having been pre-

sent at the reeep don of New Year's-day. One may there-
eore ask one's stiff with the Presse, if the King of the
French weighed less in the balance where all is weighed
than Lord Palmerston ?' and one may even resolve the
question in a different manner from what the Conserva-
tive journal has done. It is curious to see how the
Debats takes up the thing. You will never divine, and
the Presse which throws itself on the emphatic tone of
the reply of the throne, the Presse is outdone. Listen
rather to the organ of the Camaril/a We call the
attention of our readers to the address of the Nuncio, a
speech imprinted, with a noble and candid cordiality,
and which expresses faithfully we are convinced, the
true opinion of all the nations of Europe.' There is
more under this than words. Admire, in the first
place, the noble candour of the Apostolic Nuncio, who
does not even mention the name of the Duke de Mont-
pensier, and who, in presence of the King of the
French, affects only to address himself to the Rre de
foliate ! If this noble and candid speech of the Apos-
tolic Nuncio expresses faithfully, the true opinion
,if all the states of Europe, there remains nothing
for M. Guizot to do but to send to all the Governments
the double renunciation of the Duke and Duchess de
Alontpensier-a renunciation which the Powers demand.
Chen, the fire de finale may accept at his ease the
diplomatic compliments on another daughter-in-law.
Since the DeLats shows itself so satisfied with the speech
if the Apostolic Nuncio, the double renunciation is, in
fact, decided on. What has given so much offence to
the Powers, particularly England, in the marriage, is
the political importance which has been attributed to it.
It was therefore necessary to remove all cause of offence
to the Powers, and the following is the manner in which
it is said the thing is to be effected. A European Con-
gress was, it is known, earnestly solicited by the Cabinet
of the Tuileries. Austria refused to submit the incorpo-
ration of Cracow to this congress, and why ? It was the
question put forward by the Cabinet of the Tuileries, and
the following, according to the German journals, is the so-
lution :-If a new European Congress were to be assem-
bled, Spain must naturally form part of it. But Queen
Isabella has not been recognised by the Powers, and it
is this which renders the congress impossible. What is
to be done? Obtain from the Powers the recognition of
the Qeeen of Spain. But how ? In renewing the re-
nunciation of the Duke of Orleans to the throne of
Spain by that of the Duke of Montpensier, and in ac-
cepting the bases of the peace of Utrecht. This plan is
very simple, and England will content herself with it.
The interdiction which weighs on the Queen of Spain
would no longer remain as an objection for the Powers,
and the much-desired congress would become possible.
This congress is, in fact, the prevailing idea of the
Government ; it would stand in history as the first
great European act of the new dynasty. Besides, all
the difficulties resulting from the Spanish meninges,
and the incorporation of Cracow, would be thus re-
moved. By the double renunciation, the mouth of Eng-
land would be closed; by a congress, that measure would
be justified to the country, and to those who should ask
what has been done about Poland, the reply would be
nous congressons."
The following account of the transactions between
the Banks of France and England appears in the
Presse. Having stated that M. HOTTINGUER, the
banker, came to London, authorised by the directors
of the Bank of France, to purchase bullion to the
amount of 20,000,000 francs, it says-
" That which is most remarkable in this important
operation is that the Back of France has not had re-
course to the Bank of England, except to purchase
from it purely and simply the precious metals at
the price fixed for any ordinary purchaser, a price
which secures to the seller a very considerable
profit. In order to pay for this specie, the
Bank of France has procured the necessary funds by
contracting a loan with certain English capitalists, to
be repaid at a distant period, which may be extended if
necessary. It will be easily conceived that this mode
of proceeding will not present the inconvenience of a
purchase for ready money, which would produce to a
certain degree the export of specie, and would, con-
sequently, neutralize to a certain extent the advantages
of this immediate importation of the precious metals.
If, as we have reason to believe, this information be
accurate, we must congratulate the Bank of France on
having avoided incurring any obligation towards the
Bank of England. No doubt the directors of the Bank
of France would have found the same accommodation
from the Bank of England which they afforded the latter
in the year 1839, but it was better for many reasons
that they should not claim that reciprocity, and that
' the respective situation of the two banks should remain
such as it was created by the precedent to which we have
referred."
The following account of various experiments,
made for the purpose of testing the effect produced
by shot on steam frigates constructed of iron, appears
in the Constitutionnel :-
" It appears that the employment of iron-built steam-
ships will be given up, at least for ships of war. The
English Aduiralty has come po-itively to this decision.
In France the question has long been under discussion,
and although it is not yet determined to relinquish
them, the results of trials made at Gavres lead to a
belief that the same resolution will be come to on both
sides of the Channel. The experiments made were
for comparing the advantages and disadvantages at-
tending ships built with iron and timber. It was
proved that balls in striking them made larger rents in
the aides of iron ships than in those constructed of timber,
, but that the first are lighter and more durable than the
others. The latter quality has created a desire to orer:
come the great objection, and trials have been made
upon a wall formed of double sides of iron plates, filled
up with coal. But this experiment, from which much
was expected, has entirely failed. The wall was cum
pletely pierced by the balls. This result is much to be
regretted; nevertheless, a new idea leads to a hope that
iron may still be used in the construction of ships of
war. A French ship-builder has laid down a plan for
building first-rate ships partly of iron and partly of
timber; suggesting that such part as is below the water
line be constructed of iron, and all the works above that
line of timber. We cannot tell whether this combi-
nation of the two materials will have the promised
advantages, for that part of the ship which is under
water is precisely that which requires the greatest
protection from damage. At the same time we would
encourage every experiment which may tend to render
the management of our war-steamers more light and
easy. It would be a great saving of timber, which has
become scarce and proportionately costly."
The price of provisions continues to rise through-
mit France, the markets are badly supplied with
corn, and the greatest apprehensions are entertained
of famine. On this subject the Reforene says-
" We copied, yesterday, the official document of the
Moniteur, indicating that the price of wheat had risen in
all the markets of France during the month of Decem-
ber. It was hoped, during the last ten days, that the
price of corn would either decrease or remain stationary,
as is generally the case after a continued rise. The news
received from the departments, for two or three days,
preclude such a hope. The markets were everywhere
badly supplied, the quantities of wheat exposed for sale
being barely sufficient for local consumption; and
in many places the millers wanted grain, and the
bakers could not procure flour. As to trade, it was
entirely at an end. In a great number of localities
the small farmers have nothing in their barns, and
find it extremely difficult to live until the next crop.
Should the cold continue intense the embarrassments
will necessarily augment. Not only is the navigation
interrupted lay the ice on the canals, and the internal
circulation impeded, but the arrivals from foreign
countries have considerably decreased in conse-
quence of the ice and the inclemency of the
season. Marseilles and Cette, in the south ; Havre
and Dunkirk, in the north, that is, the principal harbours
of importation, have seen scarcity succeed to abundance.
At Marseilles a deficiency has already manifested itself,
and the price of wheat had increased, and now ex-
ceeded what it was previous to the fall. At Havre
the price of wheat and flour was also augmenting. The
barrel of American flour, which sold for 40 francs eight
days ago, now fetches 42 francs. In the districts ad-
joining Paris a rise took place on Saturday in most of
, the markets, and the supply was extremely scanty. At
Rouen, Montivilliers, Provins, Melun, Charleville, and
Lille, wheat increased in value one franc per hectolitre ;
and at Nogent-le-Roy, Orleans, Clermont, Chateaudun,
Coulommiers, Lagny, Pont St. Maxence, Eterepes, Ram-
bouillet, and Beauvais, the rise was from 33 to 66 cen-
times per hectolitre. This augmentation, which is nearly
general, will certainly affect the Paris market, where
the prices were very firm during the last week. Bread
is already very dear. In 1839 it had not reached the
present price, 47c. per kilogramme, the highest having
been 45c. It was apprehended that it would undergo
another augmentation in the month of January."
. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse,
on Monday at 80f. 15e. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f.
40c. • the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,260 f. ; Rouen,
911 f: 25c,; Havre, 680 f. ; Great Northern, 638 E 75c. ;
Avignon, 865 f. ; Tierzon, 606 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 565 f. ;
Tours and Nantes, 487 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 508 f. 75c.;
Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 450 f. ;
Spanish Domestic Debt, 31% ex div.
MARSEILLES, DEC. 30.-Marseilles and Avignon, 885 f.
75c.; Northern, 6531. 75e.; Paris and Lyons, 510 f.
LYONS, JAN. 2.-Paris and Rouen, 915 f.; Avignon and
Marseilles, 872 f. 50c. ; Northern, 641 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons,
508 f. 75e.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE, JANUARY 5.
Boulogne and Amiens, 153i-Dutch Rhenish, 434-
Mauritius, 3%-Northern of France Constituted, 1234-
Orleans and Bordeaux, 834-Rouen and Havre, 27-Sambre
and Meuse, 43/4-West Flanders, 3.

THEATRE ROYAL, EXETER.—WO cannot but inform
our theatrical readers, that youcg Oliver Twist, of the
Royal Surrey Theatre, Mr. George Owen, the youthful
tragedian, appears on Monday next at the above theatre
in Hamlet. He is just returned from Irelaud, where he
was highly admired.
THE SMITHFIELD NUISANCE.—At.a late hour in
the afternoon of Monday two accidents occurred through
the still existing nuisance of Smithfield market. The
first occurred in High Holborn, opposite liingsgate-
street : a gentleman was knocked down by a very
powerful bull, and before he could recover himself he
was severely trampled upon and gored by the infuriated
beast. The second accident occurred in Long-lane,
Smithfield : Henry Bennet, a lad of scarcely seven years
of age, in attempting to cross the road, was knocked
down by a bullock proceeding from the market, and be-
fore he could be rescued wounds of a most shocking
nature were inflicted.

ExrLosiort or BOILERS.—The constant occurrence
of accidents to steam boilers is disgraceful to us as a
nation, in a mechanical point of view, and calls for in-
quiry. It would seem to be necessary that every boiler
should be examined by a public officer before it is sent
out.-- The Builder.

1101'4E1 and COAIfvIERCIA 13 IN S. I
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. I
The sales of Cotton et Liverpool, yesterday, were
4,000 bales, of which one-fourth was on speculation.
In prices there was no change. Shares were steady.
The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, at Messrs.
Lamond and Co.'s, was well attended, and went off with
more spirit than usual, on account of the small cata
logue. The bidtlinga were firm, and at advanced prices.
Indian lines are loaing better, as there are not many
sabers. The following are a few of the principal sales :
Leicester g: Bedford, Exchange Certificate £0 11 0
Madrid' and Valencia
Northern Counties Union 2 1 0
Direct Northern (scrip) 2 12 6
Manchester and Southampton 1 19 6
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham 2 0 0
London and South-Western, Tenths
Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tvne 2 10 0
North British Extension - 1 13 0
Great Indian Peninsular
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 12 0
Taw Vale Extension and Dock ..
Leicester and Bedford
In right earnest has a bold and generou,,, subscription
been opened for the relief of the extreme distrers in the
remote parishes of Ireland and Scotland. Her Most
Gracious Majesty the Queen heads the list, with a do-
nation of 2,0001., Prince Albert, 5001., her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Gloucester with 2001, and six mer-
cantile and banking firms with 1,0001. each.
The Duke of Devonshire, with a princely generosity,
gives 1,0001. ; and Messrs. Baring, Brothers, 1,0001. ;
Messrs. ; Jones Loyd, 1,0001. ; Messrs. Overend anti
Gurney, 1,000/. ; the firm of Rothschild (celebrated for
its generosity throughout Europe), 1,0001. ; Messrs.
Smith, Payne and Smith, 1,0001. ; Messrs. Truernan and
Banbury, 1,000/. ; and the Lord Mayor, 300/. Added
to the list are various names, giving a helping
hand to the tune of 2001., down to 50/. and
less. The most prompt measures are to be taken to
forward, food and clothing to the destitute. In so holy
a cause no doubt a strong desire will be felt among
those who can afford it, to aid the praiseworthy endea-
vours of the " British Association for the Relief of
extreme Distress in the remote Parishes of Ireland
and Scotland."
There are not any late colonial arrivals announced in
the City. this morning.
At a meeting of the Committee of Portuguese Bond-
holders, held yesterday afternoon, it was unanimously
resolved to protest, in the most serious manner, against
the confiscation7of 20 per cent., as announced by the Go-
vernment of Portugal, of the legal claims they have
upon the Treasury of that country.
There were private transfers made this morning in
Consols at 93? and 4, ex dividend, and in India Stock at
253, also without the dividend ; Consols for the Account
were steady at 934 and I. Bank Stock has advanced to
2065, and Exchequer-bills have been quoted at 10s., lls.
and 14s. premium.
In the Foreign Market there bas been some business
transacted in the Brazilian Five per Cents. at 871 ; in
the Five per Cent. Mexicans at 2.1 t ; in the Portuguese
Four per Cents., fcr the Account, at 3SI ; in
the Spanish Three per Cents. at 26i ; in the
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 59} a ; and iu the
Four per Cents., at 921.
In Railway Shares and Scrips the variations have
been very limited this morning. The official prices are,
as usual, annexed.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICE's.
Bank Stock .2051/1 206 206
3 por Cent. Reduced Anns 93%3% 94 93%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93% th 3/4 ex div 93V2
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 95%%% 95%
LongAnnuitiesto expire Jan.lB6o 9 13-16 9 13-16
India Stock 253 ex div 253
India Bondr, 1,0001
Consols for Opening 933/4% 933
India Stock for Account... ...... 254% ex div 254%
Exchequer Bills, 10001.1',4d.... 10 14 11 p II p
Ditto, 5001
Ditto, Small

ONE CLOSING
•RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES
Brazilian Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 243/4 2434
Ditto, Account
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto. Account 38%
Russian Bonds ... IIOLA
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
. Ditto, Account . 26%
Do., 1838-40, div. frm. May, '4O
Ditto, Passive
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent —f. —c. 79f. 75c.
Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 50c.
Belgian, 2% per Cent — 533/4
Dutch 2% per Cent. .
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 92%
Ditto Bonds
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RIILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
,therdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%.. ... 2./704 23/4
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush ..... 1%.....
Belfast & County Down 4%
Birmin. and Gleucester..loo 129
Ditto New 17% 32%
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley Us. ... .. 6%3/4 p 6% P
Birming., Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley... .. 49s .... BVs
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 23/4.
Boston, Stamfd, & I3irm. 225. lp •• ••• • i
Br istol and Exeter 75
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 52%
Buckinghamshire
„Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares._ 24
Ditto, Clydesdale June 25
Chester and Holyhead... 27% 253/4 26
Cheltexham and Oxford 2 — •
Clarence lOO .....
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Cork and Killarney ... 2v2
Cork and Waterford ... 11/2 l%l/2
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 2%
Direct. Northern Scrip.. 33/4 2%3/4
Direct Norwich • 1
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% —
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 23%4. 23%
Ditto New l2l 16s 7% n 7%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto, N 0.2... 61. 13s. 4d... % p •
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%%
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 10
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1% — ......... .....
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21,2 —
East Lancashire - ..... .........
Ditto. Now
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk)... .. 5
Do., do., New Scrip... 1%
East Lincolnshire ....,. 114. 33/4 IA
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .....
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — •••
Ditto, New
Ditto, Newport
Ditto, ditto, New .... . I % —
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% 13%
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2%
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New .. 15 . —
Do., % Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... ...... 12%......
Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 2
Great Eastern &Western 2%......
Great Nortkern (London
and York Regd. )...... 214..... 3%% 4
Do. (Direct Northern
Regd.) .. ... 3% 4%
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
GreatNorthof England..loo
Ditto New 5
Ditto, New . —
Ditto, New
Great Western B5 133
Ditto % Shares.
Ditto %Shares
, F;

3734
1101/2

26
25
5 %

1 p

9 1/2
5214
'/8 P
:604

I V,

2A

S

173/t

......
1914

13 I/2
114

234

6 1 V 2

84

Ditto Fifths 2O
Ditto, New —.. 2
Huddersfield & Manches. 13 ......
Ditto, Extension 3
Hull and Selby
Do. Half Shares
Ditto 14 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14
Do., do., and Norwich 5
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Do. New
Leeds and Bradford 3O
Leicester and Bedford... 16s. —
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 221/Q
Do., Branch 1% Shares 21/2_ ... 8
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 214 — ......
Do. Extension( Green) 21/2 ...
Leeds and Thirsk 171......
Ditto, New
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% 5
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport .... ......... 2 .
Liverp., Mnchstr& New ....

4%

75%

16%
514

castle Junction 2%.„ . 2% % ...
L3ndon and Blackwall. 16/. 131. 4d ..........
Do. New
Ditto Extension
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O .. .. 58%
Ditto, Fiftks
Do. Consol. Eighths.. 10
Do. Guarant. 5 p(r ct. 9 - ••• •• •• et. ••• .
London audGreenwich 12/ 15s 4d —
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d —
1 ondon and N. Westernloo 2Ol 202... 202
Do. Quarters ..
Do., ao., New
Ditto Fifths
Do. 14 Shares (G. J.) 5
Do 40/.Shares( L. M.) 8 —
Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40
Do. 10/. (31. & B.) A. 5
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 ...... 13
Do. 101. M. & B.) C. 1
London, Oxford, and

59
47%

763/4

13
858

Cheltenham
Load. & S.Western 411 6s 1ud.../.. 641,4 65%
1)o. New ConsoL Bths 4)
Do. New
Do. New - . 18
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4
~s 4 4
Ditto Scrip
Ditto ditto

14 .7,..10•: ~.:.t,.,.:.t, ;4irx scrip z 14„,. . 3% r-ii• ••••••...• 33
Do. Extension
Lcneion, Salisbury, and
Yeovil -
Londonderry &Ctlersin 15 -
L:,n,3cnderry and Ennis-
i, ii(n l 5 -
Lynn and _E33,
Lynn and Dereham :5
Manchester and Leeds 82 lll 112% 11214
Ditto L/4 Shares . ... 38 -
Do. Quiiiters l2 .... • -
Do. EN', .. 5 • . 111/,, ll4
D 14 o. Sixteenths ... 6 -
Do. Extension 425.
Do. Liverp. and Bury 24
Do. do. Fifths -
Man..ilie,,ter,Buxton,and •
Alatloci- 42s. l% ' p l% P
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire 100 - ••• •• ••••••
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 -
Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2% — -
Ditto and Griiwby.... 15
Ditto ditto -
Ditto ditto . ....... l'& — -
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 2!,'2 — -
Manciniot. & Southampt. 2 ...... 2% ...... .....
Midland 1(X) l3l ••• 21,4
131V0
1)o. Fifths 2
Do. New
1)o. Birm., and Derbyloo lOB ...... 107
Midland Great Western
Irish
Newclstle awl Berw:ck 20
NewcastleandCarlit1e...100
Ditto New -
Ditto Quarter Shares 6% —
Newmrket&Chesterfrd. 5
Newport& Abergaveuny 21,4 ....-
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and llostrevor -
Norfolk lOO -
Ditto Half Shares .. 9
Do. Extension -
_ _

Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk...

Do, do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 2% l3/1 134
North British . ....... .•. 25

Do. Half Shares ll ...... __ ,
Do. Quarters
Do. Extension l4
SA, ...... 14,4
Ditto Thirds 1 _. . 374 3/i
Northern and Eastern... 50
Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 50 -
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% —
Do. New
North Staffordshire 5 ...... 9', % 94
North Wales
Northern and Southern
Connecting
North Western 2l/2 —
Oxford, W,,rCester, and
Wolverhampton
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham....
Portsmouth Direct -
Preston and Wyre - 25 -
Do. 1/2 Shares -
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate 3l. 12s. ll dis.
Roystcn and Hitchen ... 1% — --
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 12% — . ---
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole 2% , ---,,
Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... 514._ ......... .. 5,0
Ditto ditto, Class B. 1M
Shropshire Union
4 di5.......... Ni 4
South Devon 4O ...... .• ....... ... _ --'
South StaffordshireJunc 11.135. 4d
South Eastern & Dover. 33% __
Do., No. 1
Do., Nc. 2.
Do., No. 3
Do., No. 4 - •••• 3
South Wales 5
1....... ..... .-
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 ..-•
Taw Vale Extension ... 3 - ...... ••• ...•
Trent Valley, Midland, &
Grand Junction 42s. l% p l% P
Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2
W akefield, Pontefract. &
Goole
Waterford and Kilkenny 11
Waterford and Limerick 27% —
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wexford, W aterford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley ...... ... 2
Welsh Midland
West Riding Union 42 1/
. 21% p........ '' Oh ,'
West Cornwall .. 2 ... , ...0
....,
Wexford and Carlow ... 3% .... .- .........
Windsor, Staines, and
....
South Western ..... ... 2 ......
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York and Newcastle....
-,......54

Ditto New l2'' Si 5 ...... 12.%% ~* 1%
7;
Do. Preference ..... 2 ...... 7 Vifi .. ••• .....
York and North Midland 50
....
Ditto 1., Shares. 25

Do. Selby 5O —
..-
39
Do. Extensiox
Ditto, Preference ...... 2
Do.ast and Westßid- VOA
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian
Barbadoes 1 .....
Belgian Eastern Junctn
Boulogne and Amiens... 18 .....• 15% ............... -•-•
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
--•
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ..•
....
Do. (Espelete's) . 2 ...• • ...
Calais, Dunkrk,andWest
Flanders
Calcutta and Diamond
Harbour
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast 1 .. ••• ••• .. .........
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon)
Central of Spain ... .... 2
Ceylon
..•
Demerara 2% .. ..
Dendre Valley
D:rect Bombay and
•••••
Madras
---
Dutch Rhenish 6
...0"
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
....„,•
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4
71.
Great Indian Peninsular ss. ......
Great Western Bengal... Sc.
••••
Great Western Canada... 314
...•
Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ... ...
•••••
JaDmica S.Mid. Junction. 1
Jersey : ....
...-,
Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ...
fi
Luxembourg 4
••••
Lyons and Avignon 2
•••••
Madras ...... 1
Madras, Nellore, and
Arcot % —
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... ..
Mauritius ..
,!
Nat-liar
and Liege
Northern of France. 8 ..... UN% lO7O
..•-• •
North Jamaica... ...... ... 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ......
.....2%
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 8,4 k
Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d —
4
Paris and Lyons ... .... 8
Paris and Orleans 2O
s6*
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg 5 —
Rouen and Havre ...... 20
Sambre and Meuse ..... 10 ••••
...
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 ......
•••••
St Laurence & Atlantic .....
Tours and Nantes Con:
......
stituted ... ..... ••••••• 5
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt......• 8
Trinidad
•••••
West Flanders ...... .... 6

Is tli

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
British North American 50 -
National of Ireland 221,4 — . 0....
•
Provincial of Ireland ... 25 --•••••• .....
••
r
Union of L0nd0n......... 10 -
London & Westminster. 20

MINES. 31A
Real del Monte Unregd.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DA Y 2
Lomax, JAN. 6.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.E., light
airs and thick hazy weather.
DEAL, JAN. s.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Cambria, Shadduk
Mauritius; Clio, Mules, Demerara; Georgians, SYnler*
Honduras; Margaret Evans, Tinker, New York; Augusta,
Wilson, Miramichi ; Fourteen, Williamson, Montreal. Sld'
Fairy, Garron, St. John's, Newfoundland. Arrd. from the
River, the West India, Rich, Sierra Leone; Audacia, YAW,
Bahia.
SANDIVICII.—Maron, St. Lucia.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. s.—Wind S. S.E.; moderate.—Anal. Jobs
Campbell, Africa; Pakenham, Bourne, Jamaica; Sunbeam,
Winsor, New Orleans. Sld. Mary Worrell, Gardner, Valpir
raiso ; Fame, Manley, Brazils ; Copia, Jarvis, St. Thomas;
Liverpool, M'Lcllan, New Orleans; Tarquin, Moody, Mobile;
Chenango, Snow, Baltimore; Niagara Russell, New York;
Hibernia, (steamer) Ryrie, Halifax, Ecc. Off port, Emma
Watts, New York; Columbus, St. John's, New Brunswick'
Abbotsford, Restigouche Aleyon, Quebec; Midas, Montreal'
WATERFORD, JAN. S.E. to S.S.E.—SId. Star'
Mountain, Newfoundland.
CORK, JAN. 3.—Wind E.S.E. very strong.—Arrd. Sieel"
low, Steele, St. Domingo ; Delhi, Hecker, Honduras; ,
taro, Walker, Miramichi ; Alpine, Corry, Halifax ; Mattheo
Pearce, White, Laguna. Sld. Giaour, Belcher, Jamaica. The
Ellen, of and from Yarmouth, N. S., to Barbadoes, was Oar
Boned waterlogged, lath ult., lat. 32 N., long. 54 ; ere(
saved by the Swallow, arrived here. The Isabel, from Liver-
pool for Antigua, has put in with loss of foremast. 'lll6
wreck of a small dismantled brig was passed 13th ult., lat'
' 28, long. 57, by the Matthew Pearce, arrived here. TheCar-
ron, Thompson, from Demerara to Dublin, arrived here today
leaky, and lower tier of cargo washed out.
LLANELLY, JAN. s.—The Catherine, Patten, of and for Ayr,
from Newport, is on the sands near the entrance of Kidwell,'
river, and is likely to go to pieces ; crew saved.
Pcursarourrn, JAN. s.—Wind S.E.—Sid. her Majesty 'S
ships Daphne and Semarang, Eastward.
POOLE, JAN. 4. —Arrd. Flora, Pidding, Newfoundland.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind E.—Arrd. Chapman, Sher
cott, Quebec. Sid. her Majesty's ship Recruit, a cruise to
relieve the homeward bound.
FALMOUTH., JAN. s.—Wind S. fresh breezts.
Salisbury Harrison, Brittain, Richebuctu.
BRISTOL, JAN. s.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Louisa, Carpenter'
Lima. Sld. Growler, Allen, Newfoundland.
KINSALE, JAN. 2.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Serafin, rolde*
Havannah.
OFF CAPE CLEAN, DEC SO.—Devonshire, New York.
CROOKHAVEN.—Arrd. Exile, Card, Pictou, for New Yin"'
with part of cargo thrown overboard.
GALWAY, JAN. I.—Wind E.—Arrd. Prescott, New york•
DEAL, JAN. s.—The Isabel, Medhurst, arrd in the Deifllt
got on the Newcomb Sand, off Dungeness last night, 07,
assisted off with damage, and proceeded for the River W"
of a steamer.

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