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E SUN; LONDON,

changed for an equal amount of money, and therefore
the industrious and productive classes were injured to
that amount by the unfair appreciation of the value
of money. Away then with the argument, that in-
justice would be committed -on the fandholders and
creditors generally by the introduction of a
currency Which would not be subjected to those
repeated fluctuations in the value of money which
occasion -such Injury to the industrious classes.
Not the least valuable part of the paper is the com-
parison between the possible or probable conse-
quences of an " appreciation" of the value of money
on the one hand, and a depreciation on the other. We
can scarcely hope, for some time at least, to attain a
perfect monetary system, and it is therefore highly
desirable to know on which side it is least dangerous
to err.

hisses and derision; and the result of this extraordi-
nary affair- was a—massacre. Besides Many who
were killed' by the swords and bayonets of tho Aus-
trians, one hundred and fifty of the unarmed citizens
were conveyed to the hospitals dangerously wounded.
Among those who were arrested by the.military was
the Podesta CASATI ; and among the victims of the
tumult was Counsellor MONGANINI, man.venerahle
in years, and"of exalted reputation.
' Such has been the beneficent conductof the police
undei TOIIRESANI, and of the Dragoons under "AA-.
DETSIET; sucihas been the fate of the Milanese, and
such the paternal tenderness of the Imperial Govern-
ment ! Since a aullen tranquillity has been restored
to the Capital, a proclamation issued by the Arch-
dukeitathexart,, the ViCeroy of Lombardy, addresses
the people upon 'whom the soldiers of FERDINANIOave
but recently practised their skill in butcheries, as his
dear Milanese,' suoi diletli Milanesi. Nothing could
be Mere expressive of the hypocritical and insi-
dious _re
of the Viennese Cabinet since the
first moment in which it undertook to direct
the _ social and political affairs of the Lombardo-
Venetians. • With every pretence of gentle-
ness in its manner of administration it has
combined every rigour and cruelty in execution. If
it has secured to its Italian populace a comparative
amount of physical comfort and intellectual pros-
perity, it has done so merely within such limits as
are compatible with the retention of its predominant
authoritY—just as a prisoner may be fattened by his
gaolers is toile the bars of his dungeon are strengthened
'andehis manacles made immeasurably more burden-
some. Already hal this policy been persisted in too
long. The people of Lombardy are incapable
of bowing 'patiently to the yoke :of theie
unaYmpathising taskmasters, while southwards
;the sound. of the hymns of liberty are
'audible from the palace of Florence and the precincts
of the Quirinal. A•stuperidoul catastrophe appears
to U 3 to be inevitable ;:and it is impossible for the
lovers of *freedom to observe the progress of events in
Northern Italy without - trembling for the 'cause of
those patriotic civilians who are struggling to effect
their emancipation ;,bee bearding the representatives of
a puissant ant military despotism. Thanks to the
wisdom atid'henignity of Pius Lt.; the Papal states
have arrived at theeblessiagslof representative legis-
lation without :one -drop- of .blood" being spilt- eithei
iipon.,‘ the Montee-Cavallo or upon- the Piazza del
vopoioi tiiitnilar manner the, sagacious inno-
vations of Leorop and the laudable changes effected
by CHARLES ALBERT
.haye:rendercd 'the revolutions
of Sardinia and Taseany.blondless, without being in
, 4ny respect insufficient. Lombardy has -amore ter-
rible ordeal 'to pie& thtouglC before her people can
hope to aclii4e'thefil'indepiendeno. The- crowned
imbecile e'i-:.tch4eibila is, surrounded by parasites
who will net willingly allow this Italian jewel to
drop from' the diadem of FERDINND. Before the
liberty' of -Lombardy can be secured, it must, we
fear, be baptised in the blood of its population. As
Mr. MAcAut..‘.l- has most eloquently. said, the
ex. . ,
orcism .ur Jae demon of.. tyranny wracks
- body a , with throes .:end convul-
slons ..which stun-Rime's bring it to the very
bkink. of 'dilsoliition. Still, terrible as those throes,
and eplielling as-those eavuliiiolls may be, it is as.
surediy better that the ..dt;rmrin should he exorcised,
even at the risk of such: agonies, rather than that a
vjhole race-; should continue to be abased by its
brittalizinee! domination. Already has the tocsin
siliunded Minn, at •'Corn-o,- at Lecco, and at
Oren-1611a; Yet a little while, and Lombardy may be
fries ! • . .

Any very great depreciation would probably be
injurious -to the' non-productive classes living on a
fixed income. Appreciation, on the contrary,
would act as a total check to production. The benefit
to the landlord or fundkolder would not be uncon-
ditional, it would only last while the goose which laid
the golden egg was-dying. The end of a country
burdened with a heavy debt must inevitably be
a " national bankruptcy and universal con-
fusion." " Depreciation " and " appreciation "
therefore, mean injustice to " the few" or injustice
to " the many." Although it would be desirable to
avoid either alternative, it reqUires little argument to
11 show which would be productive of the most inju-
rious and calamitous results. In one case an idle
gentleman, living on a fixed income, may have to re-
linquish some useless luxuries, or even to exert him-
self in order to earn a livelihood ; in the other, the
industrioqs, and skilful operative 'may starve in the
• midst. of his family, although able and willing to
work, or seek the means of supporting a wretched
existence in the tender mercies of the union work-
house.

We are informed by a Copenhagen letter of the
6th that in the afternoon of -that day the King of
DarimAux, on returning from a carriage drive, sud-
denly found himself so unwell that 'his physicians
considered.it necessary to bleed him immediately. A
grand ball, which waA to hive taken Place in the
palace in celebration of Twelfth-day, had to be post-
poned.

IVe learn from Malia,pcc 31, that when Captain
MiItEDITI, the chief of the rebel troops at Patras, was
embarking with his men in theboats of the Spitfire ih
pursuance of the convention with the foreign Consuls,
and by 'which.. he-hai consented to accept
.82;000
draChnias instead of the 60,000 which be bad levied
on the town, the secretary of the noinarch, M.
lIONDOPOULON, arriving with a, force of 200 to 300
men, and ordered:a volley to be fired on the insur-
gonts, by which fiiur or five Were killed; and fifteen
wounded. Some of the balls struck the boats,land
Lieutenant MACDONALD, of the Spitfire, considering
the act as an indifferent !requital for the services he
had rendered, entered a formal protest against the act
jof the Greek functionary ; the Spitfire reached Malta
on the 24th ult., with 54 of the revolutionigts. The
CothinissiOner of the lonian Islands had
reflig'ed *permission for them to land at Corfu; but the
Governor of Malta permitted them to land there.'

117.6 have received the AthenS Journals to the 29th
ult.' The Courriei- Athenes contains .a number of
doennientS relative to the late diaturbances at nitres,
but they add little to the information brought by the
last mail. it :appears that the foreign consuls, parti-
cularly those of Franco and Austria, exerted thCm-
selves with great energy in their efforts to -send away
the rell soldiery, according to the convention
between them and the civilauthorities,. and to induce
their commander to reduce the amount, of the sum
which he had stipulated to receive as the' condition of
his ceasing hostilities and evacuating the' town. The
Courtier d' Athena., however,coMplains that ne sooner
had the civil authorities. recovered from their panic
than they recommenced. a system of persecution and
misgovernment.

Oa Wednctid.ty we directed the public attention to
the " History and Expoiition ,of the Currency Ques-
tion,!' contained in-flirTVEs77lliTi.qei-Review for the
preient quarter,- to which we promised to 'allude at
greater length_ on a future oCcasion. We .now pro..
cued to the redemption otthat pledge.
. .

The
.talented. writer .tells us that " Distrust
strengthens itself in the conviction now widely spread
among all classes, that whatever may be the modest
self-reliance Of fiolitici.:us and economists, in their
own judgment, there is something in 'sound. prin-
ciples of currency ' which nobody understands; and
that it is therefore just as possible that the terms of
th next 'renewal of the Bank Charter rnay lead to fresh
di asters, as certain that the.last ' settlement' has wholly
dilappointed the expectatiOns not only of the public,
I
1 butt olitS authors::
...The .". sound principles of cur-
re icy " to which he alludes are the doctrines intro-
dubed by the Act of 1819, establishing a fixed price
fort gold, that tlpiiiistind of account is always to he,
liqUicjated by 5. dwts. 3 grs, Of iold, ind'Aiaat, although.
thlrer-4net a stiihetent qu:mtity of gold in the world
to ia.ti.sfy the -demand that might possibly be made, if
there was a total ,suspension of credit, and every one
in4sted on the payment of .the debts due to' him in
bullion, mid would accept' no ' other description of
satlsfaction, still the integrity of the standard must.
be maintained at, any price, although it in.
volVed ' the - sacrifice of - our mercantile and
maidifactUring- interests, and the reduction ,of our
labouring crasses • 'to the lowest depths of
poverty, and destitution. The Act of 1344 was
merely intended by its - authors to afford a greater
degree of security for the 'maintenance of the prin.
cip4e formerly introduced to insure at all times the
con trtibility of the notes issued under the former
law',. ' The disasters and _ Calamities to which the
nation has been exposed from its operation are too
well known to require further proof ; and although
' BirCuAur.ii:WOOD may still chaunt its praises and
declare :it to be, the perfection of human wisdom, it
is possible that.the wisdom of the Legislature, assisted
by the pressure from without, may compel him to
consent to a revision of the law. But We can
scarcely hope that a. free trade in money will
be at once conceded ; other regulations, perhaps
equally injurious, may be substituted. 'for- those
which,have prOVed so great a
.failure, and the ruin of.
the Pation may be i occasioned by the mistakes of
thos who cannot be induced to abandon their "sound
principles of currency"—while anything remains to
be lost—until the sufferings and misery of the many
lead to a general conitasion, in which every descrip-
tion of property is swept away and destroyed.
The fallacy of the bullionists and the triumphant
demand " What is a pound ?" is well met by the re-
viewer. He shows that it is foundbd on a -dietum of
Locines, 'which his been received . as an axiom
withbut examination,. .in deference - to - Ids
authority. That great philosopher lays it down
that :" men in.their bargains contract not for denomi-
nations or sounds, but for the intrinsic value." This
was the foundation of the theory of the Bullion Com-
mittee of .1810, which was the
.fountain and origin
of all our subsequent calamities, and the chief sup-
port of the assumption that a contract for a pound
sterling is a bargain for the delivery of 5 dwts. 3 grs.
of gold, and nothing more. This is really a gross
misapprehension of the real meaning of the great
metaphysiCian, which has led to much injustice. It
is a strict adherence to the letter of a contract with.
out any regard to its spirit. We shall let the
writer 'speak for himself on this point. He says—
" The quantitY.of gold in a pound sterling never, or
,
but rarely, enters into the calculation of either buyer
or seller: What buyers and sellers mean by a pound
is not. 5 Anti,: 3 grs. of yellow metal, 'but' that'com-
maw, over the necesiaries and coaifirts of life which
was convt.yed by a -sovereign or a one pound note, in
the
acomge of the transactions id which they have seen
ipattr7eoeirenit:ii/ctitilffdieeic;,.r'l.lB7s...dt,,,,,,iiview.of a contract most materially
,
argument,
ethicsii:r the
t()
discover reader
meat of7ITNA. t in f
VeT ntdhanot tthbee pvaeryy-
o'f'-ye—llnii nu does not satisfy
the equay;yr 4;.(,ik,i, ..,Less , - ~.
~. , . , . 0, ::_ - • : , _,.-•, toil clie.,,a, convey the
:Swai,iii:bP, '1.1rv::314:011111:1711r:\:IN\:::, nubi..vituheril,d,:r.t();*felcsf 7t7:1-en, :di:
rueful
1-.; laiwk:r than was mutually
,contractli:,-Cween them
convey a, ,-.os purt.ha.,l
,
azreol. Inr,,theo th c e cntc,r takes anAinjust advantage
of the er,-.,clitor: If it.-convey a greater • purchasing
• - thci iite ci- .cli:.or, :sz,ppoting ilim- • ,
pov,cr,
...
.. s .
,_ to moist upozi
an rldikerenee to I,IIC !et:(1. Or ill' contract, takes an.
- . •
Unjius,Laid,ivazoieiibi.::tictee ::fael.iiit:iodneb,,taOrit.:
true
footing.. xted
u'e,'aski I,vhie,ii ii(ie
.leas obtAiin:4l the undue.}..dvantage
within tho I,re;ent year ? has the mar.ulacturf;
l'een• able to sfiti:4v his . debt iy an -equal quantity
of g"0(14, -ifie % poducc of .. his _ in4ustry, that
would. lave- 'been adequate. Jet that purpOse
when the'llibtLvvls.conti4el6.? it is well kr;own that
the depree44 jii . the 'Y;idue ,of every tlee.erlption of I
manufactured artiClewalsse great
required fully tilatA.;:. *du id -have i
30 per cent. more to have been ex-

The last accounts fram Turin state that the King
of SARDINIA has become somewhat seriously indis-
posed. The Duchess of Savor, hereditary Princess,
is in such' an alarming state that it has been considered
necessary to offer up special public prayers in her be-
half. Therriocess, though an Austrian,has made herself
very-popular, in spite of the prejudices - which-exist
against her country. The l'OrE lately conferred on
her the " Rose of Honour."
Patria of Florence of the sth announces that
PoLtrurnuli has bJeh. formally delivered up to the
p, ulce: of PARKA by the Tuscan Commissioners, and
that.thepoce of the town had not been. disturbed.

Madrid papers of the 7th have arrived.. • -
A letter fromi-SALamaleca was read in the ChaMber
of Deputies on that day, stating that his haalth.wasi
'SO bad that he
-could not be present, whereupon GON-
zAiis BaAVo declined addressing the Chamber. The
proposition, for bringing SALAMANCA to trial Was
carried by 128 to 39, and a committee was 'appointed
to draw up the impeachment.
The. Eco 'del Comercifi, in a special supplempt,
announces the, arrival 01 ESPARTNRO in Madrid on
the 7 th,

The Herald() gives a formal contradiction to the
rurnours in circulation as to the unsatisfactory state
of the QuE-Eres health. • Notwithstanding this con-
tradiction, however, it was universally ,believed in
Madrid that the QUEEN was suffering from an organic
disease, which, although not necessarily,of an imme-
diately fatal character, yet, from its nature, could not
'b'ut;give rise to the most ominous forebodings.•
A. letter from Malaga of the 2d says—" Lieutenant-
General SERRANO arrived at Malaga some days ago.
From his arrival it was rumoured that a military ex-
pedition wa.s being prepared, for nothing less than
planting the flag of Castile on the Cheffarine Islands,
near to the presidio of Melilla, and posted in
face of the mouth of the Moulouia, which divides the
French possessions from the empire of Morocco. At
present this supposition has become a reality, and the
preparations for this campaign, which are being
pushed forward with extraordinary vigour, cause it
to be presumed that it is to be accomplished without
delay."
MADRID BOLSA, JAN.' 7.—Threc3, 26i ; Fives,
; Exchange on London, 48 30.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

The speech of M. Guizo'r in the Chamber of Peers
on Wednesday, in the course of the debate on the
Address, is important, as containing an exposition of
the policy of. the French Government with regard to
the movement now going on for the liberation of
Italy. It is to encourage all the Italian Princes to
grant nothing to the people which they can
possibly withhold—to frighten . the POPE by con-
juring up a phantom of revolution and infidelity,
and thus to endeavour to bring him into accord with
Austria, and to justify Austria in " taking precau-
tions"—that is to say, in overrunning Italy with
troops to put down the reform movement, if it cannot
be put down by any other means. It is, in fact, the old
"willing to wound and yet afraid to strike" policy, of
which M. Guizoz has always been the representative.
He said—" Ile believed that inmost of the Italian states
persons were to be found who pushed matters to ex•-
tremity. Ile was decidedly of opinion that: the
conduct of these persons was founded on erroneous
-views, 'and that if persisted in it would lead to
'anarchy. What the French Government desired to
see, and Would always promote, was the establish•
meat in each of these states of a preponderating. party
of Moderate and prudent reformers, which might
direct the agitation now existing and bring it to a
ssfeissue. If his dispatches on Italian affairs were
examined, it would be evident that this wag
~Tongly on as absolutely neceaearv.
Much bad, no d:subt been alreatlyeelTected.:in Italy,.
without. any very injurious perturbation ; abut he
could not conceal it from himself that the future.
looked lowering. lle could not contemplate the
pr:)bable course of events in the Italian states
without a certain disquietude, and principally
on account of . the unsettled. state of .the popular
mind. They seemed to have no fixed object in view,
but tlemunded -vagtto 7ieforms, • as- if, because they
it:d a e ought to call for something, •so.,nething more than
w-
a tne aspiration after- liberty er reform was required
to
vo elb lin them ;
he
hcomplicated,the Italian axi d
i ve
.numberthoe.fnir.oed(:itea ss, w
states seemed to have ovefloacd. .But thOugh he
thus a.certain,ananner, despondingly of the
ge pecialteefei iefebiLi he;---14*.~i., inki.h 6
that he was net without hope when be, looked in tho

FRIDAY
. •
El Ws N 1N CIL
direction of Rome; and considered the etracter of ti AN A 11 4.2
the POPE.—(Hear, hear.) His aiu:AP,:g evidently
to introduce domestic reforms in states, and
it was likely that his efforts would be crowned
with success, from - his possessing two eminent
qualities essential to every, reformer—a clear
decided aim, and a power of resistance to all impul-
sion coming from abrOad; he seemed, in fact, to have
in view a certain point d'arret, which would prevent
his going too far. The Porn also was perfectly
aware that factions existed, and was sagacious enough
to take into account the opposition which they might
produce to his attempts at reform. France had every
reason to support the efforts of that eminent man,
and would do so by very constitutional means. She
considered herself bound also to forward the views of
the Italian states in their efforts at reform, but not if
they aimed at ;violent measures. It was asserted
that France was friendly to ,A.ustria, "and opposed to
the Italian states which were under her rule. The
latter part of the assertion was not the case; no
doubt France was on good terms with Austria, and
believing that that power was threatened in . her
rule, considered 'that she was justified' in taking
precautions ; but France went no 'further. He
even felt convinced that if the reforms aimed at in the
Austrian states. in Italy were carried out with
tranquillity and propriety, Austria would not
offer any opposition. The Honourable Minister
here read a dispatch addressed in September last to
Count Rossr, which he 'declared was strongly cor-
roborative of the views which he then expressed. In
it he had, he observed, directed the Ambassador to
firmly support the head of tho Catholic Church,
which it was the interest of Europe to see placed in
an honourable position. France was on' good terms
with Austria, and would endeavour to remain so.
! For Austria to take up arms, would be: alike disadvan-
tageous to Europe and Italy ; and, in consequence,
the French Government hoped to be on good terms
with her, but that would not prevent him from giving
every encouragement and support to the Porn, who,
he trusted, would pursue the course which he had so
admirably commenced."—(Cheers.)
We also trust that the Porn will pursue the course
which he so admirably commenced twelve months
'since, yet his recent acts incline us to doubt whether
he has not sunk the reformer in the PONTIFF ; and the
feet that he has incurred the praises of M. GUIZOT
would lead us to fear that Count ROM has been but
too successful in persuading him to adept the doc-
trine of finality, which is but another word for re-
• trogradation.
The discuSsion on this paragraph of the Address
terminated by the Government giving its consent to
the introduction of a a passage expressive of sytn
pathy with and encouragement
,to the Pore to pro-
ceed with those reforms which had given so much,
satisfaction. • '
Thb Prase complains that the arrangements under
, the Postal treaty are so bafily,Aausged at the French
side of the Channel, that the mails rarely' arrive in
tirne.for the railway trains, and consequently too tate
in Paris for men of business,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL :ti KW 8.
CITY, QUAII7'ER TO
In the Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday the
sales .were 4,000 bales.—Railway Shares were firm.
The state et' the weather this morning being so ex-
tremely unpropitious, the market for grain at Mark-lane
has Veen very heavy to-day. There are bad reports in
circulation relative to: the dividends which more than
one or two suspended establishments will ultimately
pay.
By the letters that have come to hand this morning
from Brussels, it is stated upon competent authority
that the Treasury of King Leopold is about to be
strengthensd by anew loan. It is not represented with
anything like certainty what amount will be required.
The contract will, in all probability, be• taken by capi-
talists in Paris.
The correspondence relative to the Peruvian Debt,
which has recently taken place between the agents of
the Committee of Spanish American bondholders at
Lima and the Peruvian Government, relative to the
claims of the bondholders, is considered so far satisfac-
tory, that it is to be referred to the Congress of Peru,
that the course adopted by the Government• of Chili,
in settling with its creditors abroad, should be fol-
lowed by the authorities of the former. It would
further appear that there is no disinclination of
the Ministry of Peru to recommend that- such a pro-
cedure was most proper to be followed.
We have not heard of any failures of importance this
morning.
It was noted under this head yesterday afternoor,
that- the Court of Directors of the Bank of England had
not, as anticipated would have been the case, made any
alteration in the minimum rate of discount. The
policy of this course of proceeding is questioned by
speeulators and other "go-a-head" people. Careful
men think that, for the necessities of the day, the value
of money is now lOw:enous.;11 upon good bills and le-

Galignane s Messenger says :77" Some sensation was
excited this morning' in, .the Passage de l'Opera
among the stock-jobbers by a report that the KING
was taken ill yesterday whilst at dinner, and was
obliged to be bled. The • Three per Cents. fdl .to
74f. 416., but at the time of our going to press had
recovered to 74f. 30c. to 50c. We are happy to
learn on inquiry that there is not the slightes ttruth
in this report; .his MAJzsxr has for a few days been
labouring under a cold, the effects of which are so
slight as not to prevent his MAJEsTY from attending
a' Cabinet Council, which is now being.held."
PARIS VOLIRSB, TiIiIRSDAY, JAN. consider
able degree of sensation was caused on the Bourse
to-day by areport that the KING was seriously ill,
and Threes before the opening of the business were
done as low as 74f. 10c.; as it was, however, soon
after ascertained that the rumour was without
any foundation, the payments opened at 74f. 40e.,
and after going up to 74f. 60c , closed at
74f. 50c.,- being; however, lower than yesterday.
Fives are also below yesterday's closing quotations,
having been last called at 116 f. 70c., and New Loan
75f. 30c. The market closed as follows -,-:.Three per
Cents. for cash, 74f. 50c.; for account, .74f. 500.;
Five per Cents. for cash,. 11'67. 450.; for account,
116€..70c.; New Loan, for; cash, 75f. 259„;- for'ac-
connt, 30-c.'; Bank of France shares, .3,190 f.;
Neapolitan, reeripolitan, 102 f.; Spanish
.Th . 291 ;, Spanish
FiVes, not quoted... ,

4.{.ArLwars.-7.The:Share Ilarke,t, has .Been also
aftbcted, and the closing quotations 'are again lower
than yesterday.. For cash, Paris and Orleans; 1.183 f.
750, • Paris and Rouen,: 893 f. 75c:-;-•_Nantes,•3Bof.;
Northern,
.531 C
.2,5 c. ; Paris and --Strasburg, '4o3f.
74.; Paris and Lyons, .887 f.
BUSINESS DONE v FOREIGN,IZAILWAYS AT THE

LONDOY:StOCK EXCHANGE:. JAX. -11. 7' 7
Don.logne and Amiens, 1.4 —Namur 'and Liege, 474—Wes1
Fiander3, 1%. •

THE AVENGER.

:Admiralty, Jan. 14; 1848.

Letters, have been received to-day at the Admi-
ralty, from Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis,: dated
Malta, ~,January 4, , reporting the return of the
" Hecate," to that porti after a close but fruitless
search for any survivors from, the wreck of her
Majestfs late ship Avenger, and reporting that
scarcely, a -vestige of that ill-fated ship could be
found on the rocks and islands adjacent.to the scene
of wreck.

No hopes are, therefore, entertained at -the Ad-
miralty of any lives being saved, except those of
Lieutenant Rooke and the three other persons landed
from the Avenger's cutter on the Barbary coast.

SANITARY REFORM--(THIS DAY.)
A very numerously attended meeting of the rate-
payers of St. Martin-in-the-Fields was held in the
Vestry-room of this parish to-day, to consider the
propriety of supporting Government in any compre-
hensive system of sanitary reform whidi they might
introduce.

, .
Mr. DAWKINS (churchwarden) was innigi to the
chair, and stated that the meeting was called in com•
plince with a very numerously signed requisition of
the rate-payers of the parish.
Mr. COCMRANE moved a resolution to tie 'effect that
a committee be formed to
,co-operate with the Board
of Guardians and the Paging Board in carrying out
sanitary improvements, and afFord every assistance to
Government in effecting that object..

Mr. Mittman seconded the resolution.
Mr. BaooKEs proposed an amendment•tothe effecl
that such committee was. unnecessary. .
Mr. STAUNTON seconded the amendment.

After a protracted discussion, a resolution of ad•
journ.nent till after the introduction of the Ministen
rial measure was carried.

curities. .
• .
• At the commencement of basinets this morning there
were many buyers of Consols fur the Account, and the
price reached 88. Soine realising then occurred, as the
value of the Rentes on the Paris Bourse came over
'lower. The reaction here was to 874, at which
a large amount of dealings took place. For im-
mediate transfer there were the same changes.
The premium on Exchequer-bills advanced to 275. Bank
Stock, from the advanced point of 19(11, has fallen to 194,
and East India Stock from 236 to 233:
Scarcely half-a dozen bargains were made in the
Foreign Stock market this morning. Brazilian Bonds
went back from 83 to 81; Mexican rallied from 17i to
1 sk. The Dutch Teo-and-Ralf per Cents. opened at
541, and are now at 54f. Tins Spanish Three per Cents.
remain steady ,at
.291. •
The market for the Railway Shares has been pretty
good this morning.
The reason of the fall in the R(-ntes at Paris, as com-
mimicated, is that Louis Philippe has really had a very
severe attack, of illness: Ncitwitli,L.nding a direct eon-
tradiction had been given to the report, the French
spettlators plaCed some.roliance upon the assertion.
. . ONE cl..)st:‘ G
!'!:ICES OF totrrtsrl FUNDS: O'CLOCK' IRI‘'ES
Bank St4wk ... ........ .. . .... I9G% 191 191
3 per Conf. 11,r1.;....; I aura 681,•:1 8734 . .:! 0,, 0 1
••2
3 per Cclit. :,::, ;,..:- _l;einities •68 871 i :-i 1,-4 .2 . :::7
New' 311 per .i!t. Anus .... 891; 88% 8814
LongAnns.t,,,:xpire.iatr.lB6o ... '8 13-16 15-16 % . 826
. Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... ..... - ' 8%
Ditto 3i) veltre*, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8% -8%
:India St.,i,; - 936 233 - 233
India Bottsil, 101)4 • .. - 10 p
Ditto under 1,0001.
South Sea Stock - . -
' Ditto Old Annuities
Con Sols for Account...
.Exchequer. Bills. - 3d.
1,0i:01.
SGOL ....
Small
0::E CLO ;IN 0
.ItiCEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'tA,CCK. FateEE.
Brazilian Bonds - 81
Grens,lft-Btrnds,-1--per-Cent. - -••-•- - - - 1314
Ditto, Deferred ' 37$i ---4-,'
Mexican,'s per Cent. 1846 l7;Tis 1814 ' 18 ..
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents • - - .37
Portuguese-5 per Cents. - -- •
Ditto, 4 per Cent - - ' ''' " i-- 901,
/2
Spanish 5 per Celli. 1840. -
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Venezuela BbnilS, 21A per Cent - 36 .
Ditto Deferred ............ - 10
Dividends on the above payable hi London.
Dutch, DA per Cent., 12 Guild 54%54 54%
Ditto. 4 par Cent. Certificates 85% 85%
PRICES OF PAID. RIJS[NESS DONE Cf.OSING
r
RAILWAY SIIARES. - Al' ONE O'CLOCK. I'ItICES.
Aberdeen ....i • • 45 .. . :--. -
Amber.; Nett., Boston, .
and Ea.sterri•Junetion 25/4. - -
Ayrshire and Galloway-- 2,/,2 - -
Belfast & County. Down. 10 - -
Birmingham ' and; Ox- . .
ford Junction .... ... 20 .. .... - ...... ...
_., -
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, arid DUdley 10 , ..... -
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 10/...145... - -
Birkenhead, Lancashire, - -
and (lhe2hire June. ... 7N......... - .. ~. -
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 3 • -
Bristol awl Exeter. Bu
Ditto:. ITirds ' 20 . -
..
Buckinghamshire...lol. 4s• .. .. 2% 3 din •
Caledouiel ' 5O -35% .36 355% 36 35N
Ditto,'l-ISlf.Shares- .-.-- -3./1 ...... - - - -
DittopY*,deOale June* 50' - . . -
Chester and Ifolyhead....: 311/2 " 19 .19% . 19%
Ditto, Preference . .12 - -
Clarence a • .7811 - -
• Do. Ist Class, & per Ct. -10 - -
Do. 24C1ass, 5 perCt; 10 . -
Do. GeVernmentLelin; ' ' ' ' ;.•
4 per Cent. -
Dublin and Belfast Junc: 25 ..;:.. 4.... ... -
Dundalk & Enuiskilleri:l3' - -
East Anglia, 25/.; L. & . .• - - .
E. and L. and D...... 25 . - ...:,.: ---
Do., 18t, E. & H...: 18 •• • - -8 Vz BIA
D0.,:3/.105.,E. &11. 2 • • ' 'PA
Eastern Counties...*: ... . 201: ~,,,..,1614 16 t 6/ l6
Ditto (B) 2:4 - ..... -
Ditto,Latension.,s per • - • •
Cent., No. 1.4.... IA 1.35..4d - ... ......... • • -
Ditto (lift), No: 2..:6/. 13s: 4d - -
Do., York Extensibn. 10 * - -
Do., North. & Laitern :50 - -
Do., Quarters
' Do., New ... 23 - -
Eastern Union 5O - -
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% -
Ditto, 'Thirds '.......135.4d. . - ••• ......... •• -"-
Do. (guar. G percent.) - - ...... •• •• •• -
East Lancashire -
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 33a -
. East Lincolnshire ...... 1214
• Edinbtirgh and Glasgow 50 ..
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. -
Ditto, Quarter. Shares 12% -
EdinburghandNorthern 22% -
'Ditto, New 3:i4 - •
Ditto, Newport- --- 12
'Ditto, ditto, New 2l. . . -
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% - -
Ditto,..New .. - -
Glasgow, Dutnfries, and
Carlisle , • 8/. 6s. Bd. - ..... ......... -
Gliis?ow;Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... -
' Ditto, New 4O - •
Do.Preferen.ce Consol. 12% - . ..:.... •-•
r •Great Northern
Do., London and York -2% • --.' •••••• .• . -
Great South. and West.
..(leland) ....... ........ 35 ...... - -
Great North of England .100 ...... 235
Ditto, New 40/ 5 - -
Ditto, New 30/ • 30 - -
• Ditto, New, 151. - ......... ----- -
Great Western 9O 103

The meeting then separated.

DREADNUL FIRE.—(Tun Dmr.)—A few minutes
before five- o'clock this morning, a conflagration took
place oh the premises of a coachmaker, near Southamp-
ton-street, Camberwell-green. When first discovered,
a small quantity of water would have arrested tho pro-
gress of the fiamest but no supply could be obtained.
Several engines were soon on the spot, but as only a
little water could be procured from a ditch, barely suffi-
cient to supply a garden engine, the firemen's exertions
were fruitless, and the whole range of workshops, tools,
stock, Sic., were quite destroyed. Nothing was known of
its origin, and the loss is estimated at between 5001. and
6001 The property destroyed is insured in the Royal
Exchange and Sun fire-offices.
The Centenary of the Aberdeen Journal was cele-
brated on the sth instant by a dinner given by his fel-
low, townsmen to Mr. Chalmers, the proprietor. Up-
wards of two hundred. gentlemen were present at the
festival. • .•

3 dig
35

BUTCHERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.—Last even-
ing the annual meeting of the supporters of this charity
wus held-at. the Freemasons' Tavern, Mr. Sharpe in the
chair. The Secretary read the repOrt, by which it ap-
peared that, the income of the. society had increased
during the past year by 2007. W. Collins, E&q.,•had
left them a legacy of 100/. 550/. had been invested last
years nialciug their funded stock amount..to 10,4381. 10s.
Five men and throe women had been, at the last election
admitted to the beeefits of the institution, out'of twenty-
nine" Candidates, leaving twenty-one. unproyided.kr.
The total number of pensioners was 131. the- last'
year's ,:gt!.regate income was 2,1771 151.., 81. And the
expenilitu re was loss by 5021. 2s. Bd., lesVing that balance
in the bankers' hands.
FATAL ,RAILWAY ACCIDIeINT.OII Tuesday an in-
quiry was held at the Sasso* County ll,spitai, on t)
body of Michael Brmin, "switchman" at the Loxes
'WI way station, aged 30. On Monday evening, on the
last train erriving from Brighton, the deceased came out
of the ;switch box and Mounted on the steps dire of
the cariiages to ride to the terminus. While tho train
was still in motion, deceased jumped from the step to,`
the platform, in doing which ho fell, and before he could re-.
-cover himself the step of the carriage caught hold of his
boots-aiict drew him between the carriages and the plat-
feral, vihere he was jammed and crushed in a frightful
manner, particularly at:the lower part of the body. lie
was eo;uveyod- to the. hospital, •where he died at tgo
o'cloi.ition Tuesday morning. " Accidental delith,w4'
13r iyhiiin Gazette,

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441 i

4%

Ditto,' % Shares 5O ...... 60 59%
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171.
Huddersfield and blanch. 24
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby ..
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... ..
Ditto, 14 Shares ..... 12% .. ... —•••• .. .....
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 17% 8
Do., do., and Norwich 15 - •••.
• Do., do, Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 214 l% 1 IV,
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 55
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire &. Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, % Shares
Do. Quarter Shares... 1414 —
Do.. Fifths...• ~. 8
Do. Sixteenths......... 614 —

7~

_
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 45......
Do. Liverp. and. Bury 34 ......
Ditto (late I.lwl-
de. 14
It•
rsticld and Sheir.) 33 ' —
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte
tracts, and G001e)....'.47%......
- - 'DO. (.'W: itidingilnion)4/.25...... 2 Jti dis .) 7, dia.
„
Do. (Preston & Wyro) 25 .. _
• Do. I'4 Shares (A)... ' 9 ......
. . Ditto ditto (B) ... 11,„( ...._
Leeds and 13radiord • 5* . 9-4 - '93
Leicester and Bedford.... 16s
Leeds, ,Dewsbury, &c... 4214_ . ,
Do. Branchl/A Shares 12c.. .. -.--. ...... - •
• Do.NTßrancil (blue), 21,4..... ...
.. Do.Extensiou (green) 2i k, - -
Do. gCW EXten.(pink) 2L. -":Leeds awl Tilirsk ....- 20
' 35
Dittd, Ndi4-' .... '.. ...... 20
' • Do., Prefer.; 6 per .Ct. 31.:. .. .. .... ...;. 7
I.irmußyl, Crosby and
• Southport .
.Liverp., Anchstr&New- •
casJo Junction 214 . --
London & Black wali.l6l.' 13s. 4d
Do.. New, No. 2 ... 4,. 13s. 4d.... .. • —
Do. Extension ..... .... 171,i
London, .Brightnn, and
, , Smith Coat / 43 50
4 43
'T Do. Consol. Eighths. 30.
' ' Do. Gnaran t. 5 per ct.., 9 ...... • — •
Do. Pref. Con46per et. 50 .. ... .. .„ —
Ditto, ditto.-- 1852 50
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d...
Ditto;'Preferonce.;.• 18117 s 2d,... --
London pid .1.1. w'-stera 100 153 1524 152 •
, Do.iQuarters L. & 13. 22
Do., dO., New .
Ditto Fifths