The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-17 00:00:00

MONEY and CO MME R CIA I. 11/4‘ EIVS. Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40
Ditto, New .... 22% — ......,.. —
(MT Y, ()CARTER TO TO ' ;-t-• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3;,, — ...• I •••
The Cotton Market et Liverpool yesterday was Liverpool, Crosby and -
quiet. Sales, 4,000 biles, at about previous rates. Southport .
Livirp., Mancheste,and
American sorts realised 4id. to 61-11. per lb.—ln Itiil way
-,,,v.weastle Junction... 21A......
Shares there was no improvement. A moth rate busi- Lon_.len & lilackwall...l3/. 65.8 d.... .
ness was dune, but prices rather tended downwards. o. New, .No. 9 5/.135.4d.... % dis % die.
Do. Extension ..... ... 17%
There are no foreign arrivals with late newb of any • -•
Jlto- id

interest, but it is satisfactory to learn from Havre
that the Commercial Bank of Dubois and Co. is expecttd
to resume payments very shortly.
In the general mercantile markets there is a moderate
business doing, sugar being the dullest article. Indigo
anti wool have a brisk sale.
The quantity of grain sold in the provincial markets
last week was 102,448 quat ters of wheat, and 99,972 of
barley.
The payment of a third dividend of ss. in the pound

London, Brighton, an,
South Coaxt ........ 50 364;y cx diy...:,'634x.d.
Do. Consol. Eighths. 40
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 ......
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ... ......... --
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 —
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ...............
Ditto, Pref-rence... 18117 s 2d...
Lon ton and N. Western 100...1451/2 146 145 146%
Do., Quarters L. &B. 22 ......
Do., n0., New
Ditto Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... 10 1/2:lAt .....
Do. 14 Shares (G. J.) 25
Do 40iJihares( Lill.) 15
._ _ .. .

by Messrs. Scholes, the bankers of Manchestt r, has been

Do. 40/. (M. &'B.) ..: 40.

announced by circular.
Some curious particulars, relative to the inadequate
pay of the minor officials in the Customs department,
are given by a mercantile writer. He states that—
" There is a theory known to mathematicians, called
the compensation of errors,' by which it is scien-
tifically contrived that a gross blunder in one di-
rection is compensated by another in the oppo•
site direction; and it is upon this theory we
suppose, that the Treasury imagine that they repair the
inefficiency of the well•paid superior class in this per-
versely organized department, by securing them the
assistance of a very ill paid subordinate class. These
latter are called weighers and lockers, to the number of
. .

Do. 10/. (111. & B.) A. 7%
Do. 10/. (ML & B.) B. i
Do. 101. ( & B.) C. 1
Lon I.& S. vr( stem 5O
Do. Now 501. ... ..... 37%..
Do. New 401 3O
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto 40
Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d.... 2 dis.
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ......... ........ 1%......
Londonderry&Coleraino 27%. —
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen.-- ........ ... 25 ......
Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20
Ditto (6 per ct.)

300, and although they must be capable of the same
duties, and are open to the same temptations, as
the superior class, their good conduct, efficinncy,
and integrity is provided -forin a very different
. .

Pdanzhe:ter,BaxtOn,and
Matlock.... 3
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100
Do. Quarters (\o. 1) 13

way. weigher 'commences his career at 254 per
year and 2s. 6d. per day when actually employed,

Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 7!A

and in the course Of rising through a lift of 180 his
salary becomes increased, at two stages, by a reward for
long service of an additional ten pounds ! The next
stage of his promotion is to that of a locker, commencing
at 80/., and finishing at 100/. a year; finally, he may
become the superintendent of lockers at a salary of 1101.
to 1301. per annum, beyond which all hope of bettering
his condition by an active, intelligent, and zealous dis-
charge of his important duties is prescribed by Treasury
practice, which is as if the Treasury were determined to
preclude the possibility of the superior class being adul-
terated by the slightest infusion of ability and experience.
As the landing-waiter is generally supposed to be placed
above temptation by good pay and rapid promotion,
whether he deserves it or not, so the practised weigher
is supposed to be.drilled into honesty by inuring him to
a stationary condition, let his merits be what they may.
Here is the illustration of the compensation of errors'
to which we have alluded, and how it works for the
protection of the revenue may be gathered from the fre-
quent labours of the Attorney-General, to say nothing of
the systematic evasions which do not catch the eye
of that sleepy avenger of the law. Why, if every
landing waiter could be supposed to become es officio a
paragon of honesty the moment he received his ap-
pointment, the cruelty practised, and the slight passed
upon the subordinate' class would be almost a suffi-
cient provocation for them to play false ; and they have
just the same opportunities of doing so as their ' supe-
riors.' We can hardly fancy any scheme so well calcu-
lated to corrupt a class of men as reposing great trust
in them, and, at the same time, doing them great wrong,
and thus making the sense of injury too powerful for
their sense of responsibility."
The English Stock market has been very dull to-day,
and opened flatter, though a alight improvement has
occurred since. Until the Chancellor of the Exchequ( r
makes known his plans it is not to be expected that
there will be much doing, Consols have been 891 it for
Transfer, and 891 to 891 3-, the present values, for Ac-
count. Exchequer-bills of June have been 245. to 275.
premium, and of March I7s. to 21s. Bank Stock is
quoted 200. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have been 901 to 901, and are now 90n to 90f.
The Foreign Securities have been very quiet.
Spanish Five per Cents. have been 201, and the Three
per Cents. 31i to 32. Mexican Stuck is at 181. Peru-
vian Bonds have been 35. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are 54.
In Railway Shares the transactions have been at
rather fuller prices.

Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7iA —
Ditto and Grimsby.... 25
Ditto ditto . ...
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 714.* •••
Do., Grimsby Dock l2l, — ...
Do. Man. & Lin. Union 41.2 s —
Manchest. & Southampt. 214 „.... ...
Midlan.,l
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
D0..40/. Shares
Do. 501. Shares l 5
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Do.Consol. Bristol and
Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ......122 ex div ......
Midlnd, b'rist. & Glocstr. 36
Ditto, ditto
Midlnd,Leicest.& Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ......
Midland Great Western
Irish
NewcastleandCarlisle...loo ...... ... •.....
Do. Quarters 25 ..... ..
Newmrk et & Chesterford 18% .....
Do. Extension . ..... ...21. 125....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6 ....••
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor .. 12% — .. ...... ......
Norfolk .... 100
Do. New 201. .. 5 -• ••• •••••• velum
Do. Extension
Do. Guaranteed 51/2 pc. 5
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk—
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
.%orth British ... .... ... 25 ...... 26%
De. Half Sham 12%••..••
Do. Quarters... ......
1)o. Extension
Ditt ,'Thirds
North & South-Westorn 2 ...... 234 ........ ......
,Nort' Staffordshire lO ..... 10345 h .... ......
North Wales
North Western. 6
Ostord, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton..... 35 ...
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Roystcn and Ilitchin ... 1%
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 2212 —• • .„»
Ditto, New lO .••••• ........ ••• ••
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole .... 5 -
Shrewsbury and Birm... 7
Ditto ditto. Class B. 4
Shrewsbury & Chester
( Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8
Ditto Oswestry ...... 12
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2
Shropshire Union
South Devon 4O ...... ......... „....
Do. Preference
South Stailbrdshire 4
south Eastern & Dover. 33% 31%
Do., No. 1 24
Do., Nc. 2.
Do., .No. 3 ...,... ...... 20
Do., No. 4
South Wales lB
youth Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 3

ONE CLOSING
-RILES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock 2OO 200
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. 894% 89%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities. 891A% ' 8931
New 3IA per Cent. Anns 9O IA IA IA 90:3/4
Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 9 9
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 .....
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 S 11-16
India Stock —
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001... . . 10 5 p 5 p
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account
exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/. March ..
1,0001. June 26 27 24 p 241)
500/. March
500/. June .........
Small, March
Small, June

Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Stin. Coal. ... 6
raw Vale Extension ... 4
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway ..
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 1317.2., --
Waterford and Limerick 40
Watertd,Wxtid,Wicklw,
and Düblin
W est Cornwall
Nhitehaven & Furness 13
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western........ 525.
Wilts, Somerset, & NV ey-
mouth ... 30
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. ....
Do. Original New and
Berwick ...... 25
Do. North Shields Pur. 25
Do. Extensiox No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 10
G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 10t,t .....
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference
Du. East and NV cst Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 14

ONE CLosES 6
RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ovLocir. nticus.
Mexican, 5 per Celt. 1846 lB7 18;
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 35 35
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. 3 per Cent 31:% 32 32
Dividends on the above payable in London.

French Rentes, 5 per Cent.
Exchange 2sf. 6Cc. 25f. 60c.
Dutch, 2 per Cent., 12 Guild 54 54
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 844 8511
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRIORS.
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 314 ......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21,i
Belfast & County Down 10 ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction •••• ..• 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 .....
13irming.,Wolverlepton,
and Stour Valley 101. 145... ••• -
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Jun"..... 7:3,,,i - ••• • ••• ..... • --
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter B5
Ditto, Thirds ... 2O
Buckinghamshire.— 12/. 4s. ..... 2% din... 2% dis
Caledonian
Ditto, Halt' Shares
Di( to,ClyclesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead—. 37 Y 2 —— • -
Ditto, Preference l2 ••• •• • —
Clarence
Do. let Class, G per Ct. I()
Do. 2J Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... ••• —
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mou li - -
Dublin and Belfast June. 25
Dundalk & Enniskillen 171/2
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 •••••• _
Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 ...... 714 7 7
Do., 3/. 10-r 3l/i •••• ••• ---
Eastern Counties........ 20
Ditto (B). .. -

13%
10%
73%
1534
34%

Central of Spain
Ceylon
Demerara
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and
illadras
Dutch Rhenish 7 1%
East Indian ...
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Italian and Austrian.... 4
Jamaica S. Ai al.Junetion 1
Louvain ala Sambre ... 6
Luxembourg.... 6 ...•••

Lyons and Avignon..... 5
Madrid and Valentia... 2
Namur and Liege l6 ... ••• ........
Northern of France lO
Orleans and I3ore.eaux 6
Over Yssel 413 s
Paris and Lyons lO
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen .... 2O
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse lB .....
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours and Nantes 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
dau' and Hasselt ...... 16
West Flanders ..... .....
MINES.

-
WA

Ditto,EXtension,s per
Cent., No. 1..... 61.135. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ...
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
Do., New
MI
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2 —
Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d. .
1)o. (guar. 6 percent.) 10
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 33a...... ... —
East Linco:nshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 42
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2
Edinburgh and Northern 291/2
Ditto, New 33 -

Anglo-Mexican lOO
Brazilian Cocaes& Cuiba 30
British Iron . l2

••• - '
Bolonos Scrip . ..... .... --
Galvanized Iron

Ditto, New
Real Del Monte, Unreg.

Ditto, Newport l2' . - ••• —
Ditto, ditto, New 2%.....
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 23' —
..... .•..•••••
Ditto, New -
Glasgow, Dumfries and
Carlisle
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50
Ditto, New ... ...... .40
Do. Preference Consol. 16
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2% — ..... ........ --
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of Englantl.loo ...•••2314 2314
Ditto, New 40/ 5
Ditto, New 301..........30
Ditto, New, 15/.
Great Western 9O
Ditto, 1,4 Shares 6O
Ditto, 12; Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Ditto, New 171 ..... 91/,...
.. _
Huddersfield and Manch. 24
_,. ___.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, FEB. 17.—Wind N.N.W., fresh breeze
and fine.
DEAL, FEB. 16.—Wind N. to N.N.W.—SId. Mary
Graham, Ceylon ; Kandiana, Ceylon. Arrd. from the
River and sailed, Waratah, Sydney, New South
Wales ; Elizabeth and Henry, Hobart Town ; Mary
Sparks, China ; Cape Packet, St. Helena ; Castle
Lachlan, Jamaica. Sid. Ceylon, .Aden ; Bangalore,
Africa ; Iris, Rio Janeiro ; Cleopatra, Demerara ;
Cumberland, Trinidad ; James Holmes, Barbadoes
Neptune, St. Thomas ; American Eagle, New York.
TORBAY, FEB. 16.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Devonshire,
Cape of Good Hope.
LivEurooL, FEB. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Ruby,
Butcher, Calcutta ; Ferries, Scott, Madras ; America,
New Orleans ; Stephen Baldwin, Berland, Mobile. Sid.
Velocity, Rio Grande ; Mary Worrell, Rio Grande ;
Lanercost, Rio Grande ; Calypso, Rio Janeiro ; Otras-
simus, ditto ; Uniea Hija, Havannah ; Susquehanna,
Philadelphia ; Governor Davis, Boston. Off port, Pas-
senger, Enterprise, Betsey, and Ipswich.
TheP itaP
m,JPoaphlainnrckhence to Rio Grande, has been
wrtcked en the bar of tho latter port • part of the cargo
saved. The Midas, Begg, from Ardrossan, with pig
iron, struck upon Taylor's Bank last night and sunk
crew saved. The Clarinda, for Havannah, in proceeding
down the river, ran foul of the P. Dcaro, for Smyrna, at
anchor of the Magazines, by which both vessels received.
damage.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind N.W. to
Sld. Madaga=car, Bombay; Mary Ann, Cape and Ma-
dras; Lydlord, Launceston; Helen, Bahia; Hindoo,
Bermuda; Glappyra, St. Kitt's; Hector, Newport and
Jamaica; Forester, Tobago; Palestine, Grenada; Cato,
St. Vincent; Sir Charles Napier, New Orleans; Lady
Li fiord, ditto; Savannah; Hickeys, St. Vincent,
with the whole of the outward-bound, exeept the Ann
Palmer, for Valparaiso.
FRASERBUEGH, FEB. 15.—The Carron of Belfast, on
shore on Rattray Head 12th inst. it is feared will become
a wreck; crew saved.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 16.—A large vessel, bottom up, Was
Passed Ist ult., in Ist. 30 N., lon. 70 W., by the Sep'
pings, Mlntosh, arrived here.
DUBLIN, FEB. 15.—The Thomas Dempsey, Donohue,
hence to Trinidad, in putting back to Kingstown, groundo
outside the East Pier yesterday, but floated off this
morning, and has arrived here with loss of rudder.
D'arASTI ELL The Janet, of Olio port, foul- --

---
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby •....... 50 •••l•••
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 171;2 ...... 8
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 21/2
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 53 ex div. . 53 x. d.

Ditto, Thirds
Lancat,hire & Yorkshire 93

Ditto, ditto -
Ditto, 1,4 Shares ...... 38 ..... 35
33
Do. Quarter Shares... 141/2 l3 131% ... 1314
Do.. Fifths..
,1 - -.. 6!4...... --

Do. Sixteenths ...... ... ,:4
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45......
Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 ......
Ditto 14 (late Dud-
dersti-dcl and Sheff.) 33
Do.(Waketield,Ponte-
tract, awl G001e).... 50 ......
Do. (W. Riding Union)-11. `25...... 21A dis. ......
Do. (Preston & Pyre) 25
Do. IA Shares (A)... 9 ......
Ditto ditto (13) ... Wt.— --
Leeds and Bradford 5O
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c... 4212...... ... —
Do., Half Shares. l5 ...... ......
Do.Newßranch (blue) 2%.....
Do. Extension (green) 21/2
Do.NewExtegpinii) Ph