The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-18 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY lB, 1846.

BANKRUPTS.

John Saunders Rayment, builder, Thomas street,
Mil!wall, Poplar.
John Edward Smith, James Rait Beard, and Richard
Tew Smith, warehousemen, Cheapside._
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John Brocklehurst, gas-fitter, High Holborn.
Stephen Stringer, coach plater, Northumberland-
street, New-road,
Robert Martin, ale merchant, Plymouth.
Charles Westbrook, shoe maker, Stafford.
Jehu Townley, agent, Manchester.
John Birch Gregory, straw plait dealer, Birmingham.
Peter Cruikshank, coal-dealer, Ardwick, Manchester.
James Birbeck, coach proprietor, Manchester.
Richard Martin, tanner, Tavistock.
Henry Gully, surgeon, Taunton.
Thomas Payne, licensed victualler, Falkingham, Lin-
colnshire.

Francis Blair Henderson, ironmonger, Liverpool.
John Packer, quarryman, Cheltenham.
George Garton, stock broker, Sheffield.
John Binch, grocer, Nottingham.
Charles James Challenger, dealer in salt, Quay,
Bristol.

Alexander M'lsTaughtane Paterson, John Walker,
James Boydell, and Charles Blayney Trevor Roper,
iron founders, Oak Farm Works, Kingswinforcl, Stafford
James Scott, chemist, Strand.
John Bentley, linen draper, St. John-street-road,
Clerkenwell.

Ralph Datling, miller, Darlington, Durham.
William Pain Beecham, banker, Hawkhurst, Kent.

James JacksoniFerens and Robinson Ferens, drapers;
Durham.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending February 15,
1848, is 255. 5Yi d. per cwt.

rt Aiv tc dr% ve 17. iv- 4—, lr ....-51`7.7tr •
(From this night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and sth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 12th day of February, 1848.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Yot( s issued•• •• •• •• 27,82,895

Government debt • • 11,015,100
Other securities .... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 12,139,880
Silver bulliom • • • 1,443,015

427,582,895

1 £ 27,582,895
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
, 1848.

Dated the 17th day of February,

BANKING D:
Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest • .. ........ 3,805,025
Public deposits(in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts) .. 5,382,795
Other deposits ...... 9,5,61,845
Seven day and other
bills • • • • • • • • •• • • • • 901,890

Or.PARTHEN T.

Gevernment securi-
ties (including Dead

Weight Annuity).. 11,574.921
Other securities ••.. 13,343,570
Notes ..
Gold and silver coin.. 621,829

434,604,555

I £34,604,555
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
, 1848.

Dated the 17th day of February.

COURSE OF EXCH.
Amster ituu ...... •• • • 12 3
% DIV. at sight ...... 12 1
Rotterdam ........ • • 12 3
Antwerp ...... ........ 25 SO
Ramburgh .... • • M.B. 14 13
Altona ..... ...........
Paris, 3 days'sight 25 45
Ditto, .............. 25 70
Riarseilies • • ••.. • • 25 80
Rourdeaus 25 80
Frankfort on Maine.... 122

LNGE.-(THIS DAY.)
libraltar— ........ • • ..
Leghorn ........ 31
Genoa •••••••• .• .• • • .. 25 85
Milan ........
Venice • • • • .... --
Naples -- •• • .... • • 311
I'alermo, per 117 )%1
Lisbon.....••• • • ...... 5134
Oporto.. .. • • ............... 52
Rio Janeiro • • • •
Bahia ....
Buenos Ayres ...... • •
New York, 21 days'sight
Philadelphia • • ....

Petersburgh, Sil. Itble ..

Berlin •:• ..• ••••• • • •• —:

Vienna, effec. 10 12
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 13
Madrid •• .• •• .• •• •• •• 46N
Cadiz • • • • ............ 48%
Barcolona •• ••
es •• •• •• •• •• •••

PUTOIS OF BULLION, FLZ oz.
Foreign Gold ha bars.. £3 i 7 9
New Dollars ...... 0 4 934
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Shyer in bars ......•• 0 4 11%

NEWRY, WARRENPOINT, AND
ROSTREVOR RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The fourth ordinary general meeting of the share-
holders of this company took place to-day at the com-
pany's offices, Moorgate- street. Lord Newry took the
chair at half-past one o'clock.
'1 he usual preliminary proceedings having taken place,
the Secretary read the following report of the directors:
" The balauct-sheet of this company to the Ist inst.,
exhibiting the state of accounts to that date duly audited,
is now submitted to the proprietors.
" The directors subjoin the report of the company's
engineer, by which it will bo seen that the works have
been progressing satisfactorily, and with as much expe-
dition as the means at the disposal of the directors would
admit of. The circumstances of the times, however,
have operated to delay in many cases the payment of the
calls, which is to be regretted, as necessarily retarding
the period of opening the line.
" The directers have availed themselves of the recent
important reduction in the price of iron, and have pur-
chased the rails necessary for a single line, which are
now in course of delivery at the works. Thus, so far as
it rests with the directors, every provision has been
made for opening the line to Warrenpoint early in the
ensuing summer; this object, if attained, would secure a
prompt return to the shareholders upon their whole out-
lay. It will therefore be understood how materially
their interests will be benefited by early payment of the
calls in arrear.
"The directors announce that half the capital having
been paid up, the borrowing powers of the company
come now into operation, and this meeting has been
made special for obtaining the assent of the proprietors
to the exercise of these powers.
"In compliance with the Companies' Clauses Con-
solidation Act, two of the directors will retire from
office at the ensuing general meeting, but are eligible for
re-election. One of the auditors also retires, and is
likewise eligible for re-election."
The following is the engineer's report, which was also
read:—
" The embankments through the slob lands adjoining
the Newry River are in a very forward state, and that
portion between the Rampart and Green island, a distance
of about one mile, I expect will be closed in the course
of a month. I have much satisfaction in stating this
fact, as I had been led to anticipate some difficulty in
the construction of this portion of the line.
" The retaining walls and excavations through the
demesne of Narrow W ater are completed and the public
road diverted at this point, as originally intended; the
embankments, also, in this neighbourhood are progress-
ing rapidly, and present no difficulty in their construc-
tion.
" From the arrangements which the contractor has
made with the landholders in the neighbourhood of the
line, for procuring the necessary material for the forma-
tion of the embankments, together with the very efficient
working plant on the line, ho is in a condition to acce-
lerate the progress of the works, should the directors
deem it expedient to do so."

The reports of the directors aud also that of the en•

Dividend ) Amount $
Name Of Company. per of Paid. t Price
Annum. Share. '
s. d. s. d.
Australasia 40 0 0 40 0 0 -3ritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ceylon ••• • .• 6/. par cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
S.lonumercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
. • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Gloucestershire • • 151 per cent. - -
lonian ........ •... 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Ditto
- 13 0 0 -
London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 43
Ditto, New..... •• • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New... •• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
South Australia •. • ... - 22 10 0 -
Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 23t
2 10 0
of L0nd0n..... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Union of Madrid -
E..IST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 198
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 113 i
Clydesdale Bank •• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12
Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 154
Eastern Bank O/, per cent. 25 u 0 16 0 C 10'
Edinbic Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 6/ Os
Exchange link of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 47%
Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 814
National Bank 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13%
North of Scotland Bank 71. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 6
North British Bank • • 50 0 0 10 0 0 5%
Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 143
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 84
Western Bank
Aberdeen Fi 'e and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 813.6 d.
B. Accord. Life and Fire 20 0 0 0 11 0 9s.
British Guar..ntee Ins. 10 0 0 1 0 0 10s.
Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
Church of England 50 0 I 2 0 0 2
City of Glasgow Life 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 9s
Edinburgh Lite Insur Si. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17 4
East of Scotland Life lO 0 0 0 15 0 12s.
Eng. & Scot, Law Life hl. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 24
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 11%
Insur. Co. of Scetind.• Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7
Life Assoc. of Scotland Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I/ 53
Mercantile Life
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 243.
North British Incur. 5,41. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23
North & West of Soot. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ' 1/. Is
Scottish Life and utiar. 20 0 0 0 11 0 I
A •C
Scot. 31a4. and Gan. Life 5/. per cent. 8 0
u 0 0 11. Is
Scottish Union Inzrilci.
(.51 per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 , 9%
la.T.l..l,:".lle.j).'assurance 151. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ! 12s.
nRIDGES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X. s. d. X. s. d.
llungerford ••• • • . • 45
Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. 632 12 8 2%
Ditto Nw of 7,4 p. c. 3.55. per cent. 50 0 0 16
Waterloo . 100 0 0 5
Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 1/. ss. 4d. CO 0 0 27
i)itto Nw ditto of 77. 1/. 2s. 2d. 40 0 0 25
Vauxhall .... ••• Av 1/. 10s. 70 10 0 26
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of \ Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X. s. d. X. s. d.
Australian Agriculturl 100 0 0 30 0 0 -
Anglo-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 16
Ditto, Half Shares..
- I 210 0
Canada .......... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 31
Uppr Canada Bonds Si. per cent. 1 -
City Donis - - 89
Comp. Cppr Mnrs Eng 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 -
Gen. Revers. & Invest sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Equitable Iteversionry 4,4 pr cent. 100 0 0 95 0 0 -
Gem. Steam Navigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 24%
London Institution - - 11
Peninslr& Orient.Strn. 2/. per cent. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 59%
Reversionary Int. Soc. 3%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 95
Royal Mail Steam- 3%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 60 0 0 -
South Australian -
Van Dieman's Land lOO 0 0 23 0 0 -
Universal Salvage.. • • 25 0 0 j 5 0 0 -

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 17.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE

COURT OF ROME.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE opposed the Bill, but
spoke in so low a tone as to be inaudible in the gallery.
He moved that the Bill be read that day six months.
The Bishop of WINCHESTER admitted the great
importance of the present measure. The principal
ground on which the Noble Marquis rested his defenee
of it was the inconvenience which arose from being
obliged, in the uncertainty of the law as it stood at
present, to have recourse to indirect communications
with the Court of Rome. But whenever it was neces-
sary to hold communications with that Court on secular
matters, some mode—although it might not be the most
desirable one—always presented itself of effecting that
object.--(Hear, hear.) The Noble Marquis, however,
forgot that there might be inconveniences the other
way.—(Hear, hear.) These inconveniences might be
conceived to be of such a character as would determine
their Lordshipsnot to allow any direct communications with
the Court of Rome. The language of the Bill showed
how easy it was to slide into and familiarise one's self
with the language of Popery; for the language of the Bill
was, that a minister from this country was to be ac-
credited to the " Sovereign Pontiff." (Hear, hear.)
This was the first time that the Bishop of Rome was so
designated in an Act of Parliament. In other Acts he
was called " the Bishop of Rome," or the " Pope of
Rome." He was not making any captious objection to
the words, but he begged to remind the House that in
all other Acts there was a careful abstinente from any
expressions that might appear to sanction, in any way,
the sovereignty of the head of the Romish Church.—
(Hear.) With respect to the letter of his late Majesty
George IV., which had been read by the Noble Mar-
quis, he believed it had been sent in actual contradiction
to the opinion of the then law officers of the Crown. The
late Mr. Canning took the advice of the la,w
officers of the Crown ; and the opinion given (which
was signed J. S. Copley), was to the effect that a person
using these words might be brought within the operation
of the statute of prcemunire, and that the Legislature, by
adopting the title of Bishop of Rome in all their Acts
since the Reformation, seemed to have anxiously avoided
any such words of recognition.—(Hear, hear.) IHe
begged to disclaim any intention of appearing disre-
spectful to the Roman Catholic Members of their Lord-
ships' House. If they passed this measure he thought
they must go a step further, and must repeal the lath
Will. 111., c. 6. That Act referred to the Bill of Rights
and the Act of Settlement, " on which," the words of the
statute said, " the safety of your Majesty's royal person
and government, the existence of the monarchy, the
continuance of the Church of England, and the future
peace and tranquility of the kingdom entirely depend."
He begged of their Lordships to pause cefore they dis-
turbed an Act on which such important considerations
depended. He begged leave to support the amendment.
The Bishop of St. DAVID'S said it was evident, from
the Noble Marquis's statement, that the law, as it stood
at present, was by no means so clear that a violation of
the Bill of Rights would be committed if her Majesty
were advised to send an ambassador to Rome. With
respect to the political necessity of the measure, he be-
lieved there could be no doubt. That necessity had
existed in former times, and they were now only asked
to legalise what had been the established practice of all
Governments from the Revolution to the present time.
It was doubtful whether the measure introduced any
innovation in law; it was quite clear it introduced no
:substantial innovation in practice, and Ike kind of inno.