The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-19 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY. Ifl RUARY 19, 1846

The Lords did not sit yesterday.
The Commons assembled at Twelve.

Several railway and other private Bills were forwarded
a stage, and various petitions presented.
The report on the County Works Presentment (Ire-
land) Bill was agreed to.
On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM the third reading
of the Drainage (Ireland) Bill was postponed to
this day.
Several returns were ordered, and the [louse ad-
journed at One o'clock.

We were enabled on Tuesday evening to publish, in a Third
Edition, the important Bill introduced by the Earl of St.
GERMANS on Monday, for the better protection of life and
property in Ireland. It was looked to with great interest as
well as anxiety by the inhabitants generally, but more
especially those of the south ; for, being well aware of the
severity of Tory Governments in former days, they feared
that the same system might still be pursued, and that the
innocent might be subjected to deprivations and hardships
which could be of little service in brieging the guilty to
punishment. The Bill, however, will speedily remove
these apprehensions, for, taking it altogether, we cannot
see how any measure, to be effectual, could be of a
less severe character. It is entitled " An Act fur
the,better protection of life, and to facilitate the appre •
hension and detection of persous guilty of offences in Ire-
land," and though, like most other legal documents, it ex-
tends to a considerable length, embracing twenty-seven
clauses, the substance of it may be briefly stated. It em-
powers the Lord Lieutenant, in case of murders or attempts
at murder being committed in any county, or part of a
county, to appoint additional magistrates and police forces
in the disturbed district, to announce the fact by • proclama-
tion, warn the inhabitants in the districts specified to remain
within their places of abode at all hours between sunset and
sunrise till the proclamatlonisr
offenders,
to offer and pay re-
wards for the discovery
of
1 tOlO pay by way of com-
pensation such sums of money as 3
child, or other relation of
reasonable to
the wife, parent,
or anyutrhe person,injured
and wt :amt.
shall have been murdered or permanently
all the expenses incurred in consequence additional
constabulary force, and the payment of rewards' and
com-
pensations, shall be at the charge of the disturbed disa-n
dis-
tricts. The latter clause is both politic and just, because
it gives an interest to every householder possessing
bereditaments in the district in the preservation of the
peace and the maintenance of law, and will therefore induce
all concerned to use their endeavours to restore the district to
such a state of security as will warrant the rccal of the
proclamation. This is an extraordinary power conferred
by the Act. Both in this country and in Ireland, when
any damage to property is caused by a lawless
assemblage of people, the owners have a claim upon the hun-
dred or county, but when it is caused by
any individual or
number of individuals that dces not come under the appella-
tion of a lawless mob, there is no remedy but by the ordinary
course of law. Two clauses, relative to the parties who will be•
come liable to the rates, are of great importance, because they
show that a share will fall upon the smallest tenants,
and that they shall not have the power to deduct the amount
rom the rent. Clause XIII. enacts, " that the said rate
shall be payable by, and be levied from, the actual occupiers
whether the hereditaments in respect of which rate shall
be Payable; shall be under the value of 41. or
not ;" and the next clause provides, that the
occupier shall " not be entitled to deduct from the rent
any portion of the rate which he may have paid in pur-
suance of this Act." Thus everyinhabitant occupying a
here litament, whether under the of four pounds or
not, has an interest as as pro-
prietors, in
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complain, because the Act is for their protection, and those of
a different character are justly condemned to the penalty.
But there is another crime of a fearful character prevailing
in Ireland to an extent almost universal in the south, namely,
the deterring of witnesses from coming forward to give evi-
dence, either by actual violence or by menaces and intimida-
tion. The Bill also applies to this crime, and enacts that all
such offenders, when convicted, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanour, the punishment for which is to be transporta-
tion for any term not exceeding nfteen years, nor less than
seven years, or imprisonment for any term not
exceeding three years. Even the highest punish-
ment is not too severe fur an offence of such
magnitude and frightful consequences. Without witnesses
can be assured of protection, and come forward freely to give
their evidence, the law is a dead letter, and the only alter-
native probably- is the military occupation of the district.
From such a stretch of power the country is happily as yet
exempted, and all the precautions and restrictions pro-
vided by the measure are to be executed by the
civil force under the responsibility of the Lord
Lieutenant. The intelligence as regards Ireland
is of the first importance, and will be gladly received by all
well-disposed persons, with the exception, perhaps, of the
Orange faction, who will regard the scheme as far too mild.
Let us hope, however, that it will be effectual, and that the
most powerful party in Ireland, the Catholic priest-
hood, will lend their aid fn- that purpose, and thereby
endeavour to remove a grievous reproach which their
violent enemies, the Orangemen, cast on their religion.

Each successive night of the present discussion has been
remarkable for some characteristic entirely peculiar to
itself; and, notwithstanding a very natural anxiety to see
the question settled immediately, we must candidly confess
that our sympathies havo been so aroused, evening after
evening, by the sentiments uttered within the Parlia-
mentary walls, as to have rendered the debate in
our regard anything but tedious. Nevertheless, . filled
as we are with a conviction of the perils impending
thousands of our countrymen ; listening to the
solemn warnings of the Prime Minister, and the stern
enunciations of Mr. O'CONNELL; hearing the burning
words and seeing the energetic gestures of those two remark-
able men, as they tell us of the " famine, and the disease
which follows famine," of the woe, and the helplessness, and
the total destitution with which millions of the Irish popu-

lace are threatened, we cannot but feel a certain proportion
of impatience at the still further adjournment of the pro-
posed measures, conscious that such an adjournment must
retard the administration of relief. This terrible con-
sideration has been insisted upon by one Member in
characters of fire. "I tell you," said the Hon. Gentleman,
" that thousands and tens of thousands are pining, and faint-
ing, and dying; and it is no answer to say that the misery
has not reached Bel,grave-square." Legislative intellect
however cannot be propelled by any discoverable kind of
steam-argument : the agricultural dullards—no less sluggish
in utterance than in the reception of improvements—must
have their opposition filtered out in infinitessimal drops, even
to the dregs; their vituperation upon the great statesman
whom they are now pleased to stigmatise as a renegade,
must be meted in tardy instalments, and even thos
instalments must be, so to speak, mere driblets. Hence, a
certain amount of resignation is incumbent upon every in-
dividual who Krutinises the various harangues delivered
by the representatives in the House of Commons—procras-
tination is inevitable, and as such, it must be endured.
Animated, then, with these sentiments, it is with a mix-
ture cf pleasure and regret that we meditate over each
night's discussion, and note their different peculiarities. Not
the least remarkable resumption of the adjournment was the
one commenced on Tuesdly night by Lord JOHN MANNERS, in
a somewhat temperate, but likewise a somewhat unsatisfac-
tory, address, and concluded by his railway majesty Mr.
GEonon HuosoN, in language apparently intended for the
assassination of Mr. LINDLEY Munrav's latest editor. But

these did not constitute the peculiarities alluded to, neither
did they consist in the thrice-told sarcasms of Mr. Sit.tw, or
in the nautical facetiousness of Sir CHARLES NAPIER.
The great feature of the evening—the feature by which
it became conspicuous amongst its predecessors—was the
circumstance of the League having at length mingled in the
conflict of tongues, having at length broken its " sullen
silence," having at length descended among the rhetorical
gladiators of the Commons. And this first thrust, as it were,
of their intentions within the echoes of the Parliament
House was allotted to Mr. BRIGHT, owing to the unfortunate
_ _ . .

indisposition which has excluded the Hon. Member for Stock-
port just as his earnest and unmitigated exerticns were
driving matters to a consummation. Still, maugre the
crushing and solid reduplication of facts by which Mr. COB-
DEN'S oratory acquires such extraordinary influence, the
opening speech of the Anti-Corn-law Leaguers could scarcely
have been more chivalrous, more imperative, more dignified,
and honest and magnanimous than it proved to be under
the auspices of Mr. BRIGHT. In it that Honour-
able Gentleman excelled himself; the singularity cf his
position, as he rose to address the (miscalled) Oppositionists
and Ministerialists, seemed to animate him to an unwonted
pitch of rhetorical excellence ; his periods were, as usual,
adroitly and elegantly turned ; but, in addition to this, they
alternately glittered with satire, and burnt with energy,
and thrilled with a tone even occasionally pathetic- Nor
was there anything forced or conventional in his speech ; he
became effective without apparent labour, and never ap-
peared to strive for the attention of his auditors. And
indeed this very aspect of being spontaneous and unaffected
lent to each opinion its principal interest. There is some-
thing absolutely noble, there is something admirable, there is
something great in the pure and generous eloquence with
which the lion. Member eulogised his former antagonist. the
courageous, the large-spirited, and now popular Sir ROBERT
PEEL. "I watched the Right Honourable Baronet go
home on luesday night," said Mr. BRIGHT, " and I confess
I envied hint the ennobling feelings which must have
filled his breast after delivering that speech—a speech, I
venture to say, more powerful and more to be admired than
any speech ever heard in this House within the memory of
any man in it." This was no idle compliment, it was no
ebullition of sycophancy, it was no favour-currying laudation,
it was full-hearted, it was unstudied, it was most strictly
deserved. And in a subsequent passage we discover a death-
blow to the incessant recrimination hurled at the devoted
head of the Premier ; a few simple syllables, in which the
jeers of Messieurs the Protectionist s are smothered up for ever.
When the Right Hon. Baronet resigned." said he, " he was
no longer your Minister; he came back to office as the Minis-
ter of the SOVEREIGN, as the Minister of the people,
and not again as the Minister of a class, who
made him such for their own special and private
objects." As such—namely, as a statesman actuated simply
and ostensibly for the good of his country, for the just main-
tenance of the consitution, for the integrity of the empire, the
confidence of the Monarch, and the general happiness of all
classes of the people—we honour the heart and admire the in-
tellect of the Prime Minister ; while as a man animated with
purely liberal sentiments, and as one ready to acknowledge
justice in whatever rgat b she may assume, Mr. BRIGHT has
no insignificant place in our estimation. With men thus
tired with a feeling of competition in the cause of humanity
and right legislation, measures like the one proposed by Sir
ROBERT are assuredly not to be retarded.

We have accounts from Madrid of the 10th, but they fur-
nish no additional information respecting the dissolution of
the Ministry. It would appear, however, from various ru-
rnours that a difference of opinion in the Cabinet respecting
the QUEEN'S marriage, bad led to this result.
The Funds were flat. On the 10th the Three per Cents.
closed at 32V,, and the Five per Cents. at 23 5-16 at 60 days.

The Paris papers, in the absence of any question of interest
in the French Chambers, are chiefly occupied with the debates
in the House of Commons on the corn-laws. Most of them
give summaries of the speeches, with comments, in which
they assert that the argument is all on the side of the Go-
vernment, and that Sir R. PEEL, on a division, will be as
triumphant in numbers as he is morally strong. " It appears,"
says the Journal des Debats, " that from time to time some
member of the Government or of the former Opposition,
which has at present become the majority, rises to break the
monotony of the complaints which the vanquished console
themselves by raising from time to time. It appears that
the discontented Members collect in a corner of the House,
from whence they keep up a brisk fire at the impassable
bench of Ministers, which, however, causes more noise than
mischief. When any of their party resumes his seat after
having hurled his flowerless thunderbolt, a dozen others rise
immediately to speak. These, however, may be considered the
last dying efforts of a party, and produce as it were funeral ora-
t ions upon themselves, and upon their lost child—protection."
The Courrier Francais states, from what it calls an authentic
source, that " the English Cabinet has proposed to the
French Government the opening of conferences with the
view of settling in a final way the situation of Mexico,
which greatly excites the solicitude of England, especially
since the very serious differences recently arisen between her
and the United States." This is extremely probable. In
the independence of Mexico, England and France are equally
interested, arid some Eteps must be immediately taken to put
a stop to the encroachments of the United States.
The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance, by which
Captain TItEIIOUAIIT is promoted to the rank of Rear-Admi-
ral, upon the report and recommendation of the Minister of
the Marine, in consequence of his gallant conduct in the
attack upon the batteries of the Obligado in the Parana, on
the 20th November last, in conjunction with the English
naval forces. Admiral MacKAU, in recommending this offi-
cer for promotion, makes these remarks :
" I have the henotir of 1
the attack directed, on the 20tnn'ifCaptain Trehouart, relative to
reports of Rear-Admiral taalent:g.aunder the
eyes of your Majesty the
^aeyoo,c.nadthe Parana. The King was
ilsorember, 1545, against the
Stockade and batteries of Obli
in
tneactt of the chief of the expe-
dition,dcult and perilous cir-
pleased to remark the praiseworthy
all. To-day
ore particularly
and of the officers and seen
ajesty
cumstance, and the proofs of courage and zeal by
1812,
.1 feel bound to call the attention et your M
to that of Captain Trehouart. That seuertor
years of age. Ile entered the navy on the 20th of Veils forty-eight
and his services at sea amount to near twenty-four yearsrua;?i;
out his career he ranked among the most riling, steady, and e
gent officers. In the command of the last expedition, Trehouart
distinguished himself amongst all hy his energetic demeanour, his
resolution, and sang Mid. yis brilfiant conduct on that glorious
worthy of being promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral."
occasion induced Itear-Adtrural Lainc to recommend him as etni-
nenotnly
Monday, at eleven o'clock, the Duchess of NEMOUIts
was safely delivered of a Princess, at the Tuileries.
The following important intelligence appears in a letter
from Berne of the 12th inst. :
situation wh
e4ll
hich the vote
nary sitting, to take into consideration the " The Grand Council of Berne assembled to-day, in an extraordi-
TOTI
coastitutio, had preiluced Ott decided, after
of the primary assemblies of February 1, relative to the revision of

discussion, by a majority of 129 votes to 25, that it would confide the
revision of the constitution to a constituent assembly, named directly
by the people. To-morrow the Grand Council will discuss the in-
stitution of the constituent and the form of election. The project
proposes a deputy for 3,000 souls, which would raise the number of
&pities to 138. The Ultra•Montane cantons, frightened at the popu-
lar victory in the canton of Berne, are about to meet in a new con-
ference, and to which they have invited the two liberal cantons of
Soleure and Tessin°. Both have refused the invitation in peremp-
tory terms."
On the Paris Bourse on Monday the Three per Cents. closed at
24f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 123 f. 25c. ; the Orleans Railroad
shares, 1,307 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,036 f. 23c. ; Great Northern, 770 f. ;
Havre, 725 f.; Avignon, 995 f.; Vierzon, 705 f. ; Bordeaux, 646 f. 25c. ;
Boulogne, 550 f. ; Basle, 250 f.
The following are the quotations for other lines :-Paris and
Lyons (definitive), 627 f. 50e. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 558 f. 75c. ;
Tours and Nants, 597 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 519 f. ;
Ditto (Lecointe), 505 f. ; Ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 503 f. ;
Lyons and Avignon (definitive), 565 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette
(Mackenzie), 504 f. 50c. ; Ditto (Espeleta), 512 f. ; Charleroi, 496 f.
MARSEILLES, FEB. 12.-Marseilles and Avignon, 977 f. 50c.
LYONS, FEB. 14.-Marseilles and Avignon, 987 f. 50c.; Paris and
Orleans, 1,285 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,022 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 17. _ _

Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Espeleta), 21i—Central of Spain, 1% —Dutch Rhenish, PA—Great
Northern of France Constituted, 15—Great Indian Peninsula, %
Louvain and dentappe, 174 —Luxembourg, 2%—Madrid and Valen-
tie. 1 I.4—Namur and Liege, 2U—Paris and Orleans, 39%—Rouen
and llavre, 29.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 1,500 to 2,000 bales.
There was no change in prices. Shares continued inactive generally.
Much alarm had beau excited at Liverpool by the occurrence of a
bad lire, but fortunately the flames were confined to the original
building, a cotton warehouse.
At length there is official information supplied as to the real
amount that has been lodged with the Accountant-General, on ac-
count of new railway shares. And truly has the " leading morning
journal" been wide of the mark. At first, as our readers must
be perfectly aware, the statement was (as per the autho-
rity quoted) that from twenty-five to thirty millions ster-
ling would be absorbed as deposits. Then changing its tone,
5,000,0001. only would be required ; and, then again, from
14,000,000/. to 15,000,0001. And, after all, it turns out, as the official
returns mentions, that the total sum paid into the hands of the Ac-
countant-General, for the purposes represented, is 11,000,0001., and
raker over. Of this comparatively small amount (previous exag-
gerations of course being considered), about 1,000,0001. has been
invested in Stock and Exchequer-bills.
There are no late arrivals in the City to-day.
A further reaction has taken place in the public securities this
morning, notwithstanding there has been the regular purchases of
Government brokers on account of the reduction of the
National Debt, and for the Savings' Banks. Consols for
the Account, after having been done at 95%, ;have
improved to 96, while for immediate transfer the value is 95%.
This shows most unquestionably that cash is somewhat tight. The
premium upcn Exchequer-bills has ranged from 365. to 395. There
have been some heavy sales made this morning. The fall in the
Three per Cents. Reduced has been from 96% 34 to 96% only, and
the New Three.ami-a-Quarter per Cents., after having receded to
97%, have rallied to 9834. Bank Stock opened at 208%, and is
now 207%.
♦ good deal of business has been transacted in the Mexican and
the Brazilian Stocks to-day. The former have fluctuated from 3034
to 31 and the latter have gone back from 83% to 823. Peru-
vian Bonds are a shade lower. Russian Five per Cents. have been
sold at 112, and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 5934 14.
Not a single bargain has been made in Spanish Stock this morning.
The demand for Railway Shares is not brisk to-day. The latest
prices are given in the usual place.

ONE CLOSING
BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. • .. .. .. .. 203% 207 4 207%
Three per Cent. Annuities • • .. .. 961,4 se % 964
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 95% 96 95% 96
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Auns. 98% 97% 98% 98%
0%
Lon', Annuities, Expire Jan. 6, 1860 .. 10%%
India Stock • • • • •• ••.. .. 260 260
Consols for Account ..........96 95% 96 96%
Exchequer Bills. l%d. I%d.
1,0001... • • .... 37 39 36 39 pm.
5001... • • 37 39 36 39 pm.
Ditto. Small .... 37 39 36 39 pm.
ONE
O'CLOCK.
.. .. 83% 82%

CLOSING
PRICES.

FOREIGN FUNDS
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Danish, 3 per Cent -•
Equador Bonds .. . • • •
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 por Cent
Ditto, for the Account .
Ditto, Deferred .
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .
Portuguese Four per Cents .. • •
Russian Bonds .. .. 113
Dividends on the above payable in London,
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% %
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF

RAIL WAY SHARES.

-3%
30,,i 31 30% 311,,i 31,,

16V,
.. 39S

Amber., Notting., Boston and
Eastern Junction . • .. 2% •• •• 2 .... ••• • ..
Birm;ngham and Gloucester..
.. .. 7
100 ~..12714 ex div 127% aid
Bristol and Exeter . • .. 0 .• • . 88%
Ditto New .. • • • . 5 12 .. ..... 12
Buckinghamshire .. • • .. 425. .. • . % p par •• • • par
Caledonian .. • • .. .. 10 .... 139,E 14 ...... 14
Ditto Half Shares .. .... 3%1% ........
Cambridge and Oxford.. ..
Chester and Holyhead .. .. 20 .... 21% ... •• • • 2114
Chuniet and Blythe .. 2 •.... 2..••• • .• .. 2
2sjs 2%
Cheltenham and Oxford .. .. 2 ....
Cork and Waterford .. .... 1% ..........
Direct Manchester (Remington's), 1234 .. • • 1/
Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 514 .. • . 3%
Direct Northern .. 2% •• • • 2% li% ..
Dublin and Galway .. • . .. 4 .• .. 4% • .....
Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 16s. .... 21%
Ditto New .. 8/. 16s. .... 7% 7
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61 13s. 4d.
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 1% % p......
Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. 1%% • .....
Eastern Union .. • • .. 25 .•• . ..
Do. Extension to Norwich • . 2% ....
East Lincolnshire .. • • .. ... • ..
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... ......
Ditto New 14 Shares.. . • .. 10 .... ••• • . • •
Goole, Doneast., and :Theffield, &c. 425..... I 4 Ip. 1 p
Gt. Grimsby, Louth, Horn., &c... 425. • • ........ I -dis.
Great North of England . .. 100 .. .• .. •
Great Western .. . • .. 85 ....150 ex div 145 x d
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 85 82 ex div... 82 x d
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... IS 17% • • 1714 x d
Ditto, Fifths .. • • .. .. 20 .... 3314 ex div. 33% x d
Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 5 .... 5 4%
Hull and Selby .. .. 50 106% 107 lO7
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 .. 1%% l%
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 35 .. • . —
Ditto, 14 oar . . 5 .... 10% lON
Leeds and Carlisle • • .. .
Leicester and Bedford .......... 225..... par % dis % dis
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. dis
London anti Birmingham , ... .100 .. •.221 220...
Ditto Thirds .. • • .. 16 .... 50 ex div
Ditto Fifths .. • • .. .. 2 .... 23 .• • • ... .. 23 x. d
London and Birmingham Extens. .••• • • • • Ti
London and Brighton .. 50 .... 653 %ex div 65% xd
Ditto. Consol. Eighths. . • .. .......... 53
London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 2214
Lund., Chelt., Oxf.,Glouc., &c. .... se
..... . . . .
London and South. Western 41/. 6s. 10d. 78 79 ••.. • •
Ditto, Consolidated Eighths .. 28 .... 431 .• • ... 4314
London and York .. 2%.... 4 ..... 4
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 234 ..
Londonderry and Enniskillen .. 5
Lynn and Dereham .. 5 ..
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .... ••• • • •
Ditto Extension .. 425..... 3%14 p......
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . • .
Ditto, New Quarter Shares • • 2 .... 10 .
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425... • • 1%,,p •• . .
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... .....
Ditto, New .. • . .. 12 .... 28 . • ......
Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 ....
Ditto, New .. 1 .... 1034 •
Ditto, New, Brandling .. 29 •• .. 38
Newcastle and Berwick .. 10 .... 21%
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% ....
North British .. 171¢ .... 25
Ditto, Dalkeith 25
Ditto, ditto .. .. • • .. .. 5 .... 614 ..
North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2%.. • • 2% .....
North Staffordshire . • 425..... 374 % 4 p.... 4 p
Norwich and Brandon .. 18 .... 25% x d 25% xd
Northmpton,Banbtay,&Cholthm. 2 .... 1;4 •• . ... 1%
Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptn. 12% .... 15
Pertk and Inverness • • .. .... 2 . • ........
Scottish Central .. • • .. 7% .... 16 15% . .
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% • • ........
South Midland . • • • .. 425. p........
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .... 38 % 38 .. •• ..
Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 .... 19
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 10 .... 1034 11% ....
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% .• .. 334% ........
South Wales .. • • • 5 .... 5% a..
Trent Valley .. • • • • .. 5 .... 25%
Trent Valley and Holyhead Junc. ....
Vale of Neath .. • • .. .. 2 .. ••
Welsh 31idland .. • • .. 2;4 .... 1 ..• • . .....
York aad North Midland .. .. 50
Ditto, Extension .. .. 15 .... 3214 33 •• ..
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 •• .. 10 .. ••.••• •.
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 10 .... 1134
Bord., Toul., & Cette thlackenzie) 2 .... 21,4
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 2iS % .
Dutch Rhenish .. .. 5 .... 7 .....
East Indian .. . ss. ....
Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 15% .
Jersey .. 1 .... 09% .
Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4
Luxembourg .. 4 .... 2% ......
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 1114
Paris and Orleans .. 20 .... 50% .....
Paris and Rouen .. .... 40% ..... ••••
Sambre and Meuse 6 .... 5%%..
West Flanders

3%
2%
44
21%
734 P
3s 13
1%

. ... • ..

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
MINES.

National of Ireland

Real del Monte, Unregistered .. ••• • • • •• • 4
Britishirron .. 10 .... • lixd
United Mexican .. 281. 2s. 8 d.. 4% x 1... ..... 4% xd

-ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN CRIPPLEGATE.

Last evening, about five o'clock, a man named Lacey, or Facey,
made an attempt to murder by stabbing another party, whose exact
name could not be ascertained, but who, at the time, was in the
house occupied by a Mr. Lewis, cordwainer, 8, Cradle-court Red-
cross-street, Cripplegate. The culprit is in custody, and 1113 victim
is declared to be in great danger.
The Royal South Floricultural Society hale arranged
with the proprietor of the Surrey Zoological Gardens to hold four
shows this season, the first to take place en the 21st of May.
NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—If a contest should take
place for that division of the county, the cash which the Duke of
Portland is exacting just new in the way of increased tithe must be
brought out for Lord henry Bentinck. 0. S Foljambe, Esq.,
of Osberton Hall, in consequence of his unhappy loss of eye-sight,
declined to be put in nomination again. Had not this been the case,
there is but little doubt of his having been returned. In 1837 he was
only beaten (without a shilling bribe on his part) by a majority of 84.
Since then the register, on the part of the Liberals, has been very
much improved ; and, besides, a different opinion and feeling prevails
amongst the electors generally now than at that period.—From a
Correspondent.
THE EUTERPEON SOCIETY.—The members of this
Society gave their fifth grand concert on Tuesday evening, at the City
Lecture Theatre, Milton-street, Fore-street. The concert was in two
parts, the first consisting of selections from Handel's Judas Mac-
caberts, and the second selections from the works of the most emi-
nent composers of the present day. The professionals present were
Mrs. Newton, Miss Chambers, Mr. Leffler, and Mr. Turner. The
band and chorus were efficient. Mr. W. Blagrove was the leader,
and Mr. Holderness the conductor. The entertainment was evi lently
appreciated by a numerous and respectable audience.
GREAT FIRE.—LIVERPOOL, FEB. 1 7. —At two o'clock
this afternoon an alarming fire broke out in a corn and cotton ware-
house, in a street called the Rack Gorge, in which all the buildings
are large warehouses. It originated in the third store, in which some
porters had been employed before flintier, and as they were prohi-
bited to work except by the light of locked lantherus, it is supposed
that some of them must have been smoking and left a pipe behind
them. The flames were very rapid, and in a few minutes the fire
ascended through the four upper stories, threatening all the ware-
houses on each side, and opposite. In the rear there was nothing
but warehouses ; these were in no danger. The fire police, with se-
veral powerful engines, under the command of Mr. Dowling and Mr.
Hewitt, were promptly on the spot, but were compelled to direct
their whole efforts to prevent the fire from extending. Fortunately,
the warehouse itself, as well as those on each side, were what are
called fire-proof, that is between each building arose a wall three feet
above the roof, and this most effectually protected the adjoining
roofs, and enabled the firemen to play, under their directions, on the
flames. In less than twenty minutes the warehouse was completely
gutted. It was the property of Mr. llarbord, and was filled with
cotton, corn, sugar, and tallow. All the parties are insured, and the
loss will not exceed 20,0001.
We are authorised to state that there is no truth what.*
ever in the report contained in a morning paper of Tuesday, that
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