The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-22 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, TUESDAY_ EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1848.

as they are with so much inconsiderate lavishness
in quarters of the globe where their continued pre-
sence can, for no reason whatever, be justified; he may
' remark upon the incongruous proceedings authorised by
the Board of Admiralty, the niggardliness evinced in
one direction, and the prodigality displayed in
another ; but the same intelligence to which we have
already referred will illustrate his meaning, and de-
monstrate the justice of his argument, more forcibly
than a fortnight's discussion on the Budget.
An extraordinary occurrence, which took place in
the commencement of last December, along the shores
of that vast portion of the Asiatic continent which
obeys the sceptre of the Celestial Emperor, was fully
recounted in our impression of yesterday evening.
It is a fresh testimony of the faithlessness of
that populous race, which, while it regards
and designates all other nations as barbarians,
is itself one of the most uncivilized and savage pecple
on the surface of the globe. We term them unci-
vilized and savage, of course, morally and intellec-
tually, for otherwise, in a physical capacity, the
Chinese are among the most ingenious and cultivated,
as they are unquestionably one of the most remark-
able and extraordinary communities in existence.
As their philosophy is distorted by the eloquent
dreamings of CONFUCIUS, and their religion ren-
dered in a great measure brutalizing by the san-
guinary and hideous doctrines of Buddhism,
the character of the Chinese has become a
detestable combination of cunning, pusillani-
mity, recklessness, and brutality. This was
fully demonstrated in the incident to which we have
already made allusion. Six Englishmen, according
to the statements conveyed to us by the overland
dispatches, were, without the smallest provocation,
surrounded and massacred by a mob of these infu-
riated Chinese, on the sth of December. The vic-
tims of this atrocious outbreak had just returned
from church, the day being Sunday, and had
landed from a pleasure-boat on the river for
the purpose of taking a pleasant constitutional
walk before dinner. Cnow-A-Pow, the chief
boatman, together with his mates, awaited
the return of these six Englishmen, when they were
startled by the sounding of gongs in Hwang-chu-
kee, a village situated nearly four miles above the
hongs or factories. About twilight on the same
evening the boatmen (still waiting for their passen-
gers)
again heard the sounding of gongs in the vil-
lage. " They sounded," says Chow-a-row, "as if
there was something extraordinary going on; not in
the common manner." They were, in fact, the tocsin
beating to arms, arousing the passions of the insensate
villagers, telling them, by a preconcerted signal, that
six foreigners were within the reach of their animo-
rnosity ; ringing out, in short, the death knell of the
unfortunate Englishmen. From subsequent revela-
tiotss in connexion with this deplorable occurrence
it would appear that the Chinese surrounded the little
group, subjected them to an inhuman variety of
punishments, kept them for at least forty-eight hours
without any nourishment whatever, tortured them
by a number of most cruel devices, and at length con-
summated their atrocities by murdering the
wretched men in cold blood. All this, more-
over, took place in the immediate vicinity
of the civil and military authorities of the EMPEROR,
in the presence of a body of his soldiers, and in open
contravention of the stipulations solemnly entered
into in the memorable treaty signed with England.
Compensation for such a barbarity is impossible.
The lives of those six inoffensive unfortunates can
never be restored to them. Money payments are an
inadequate and mercenary satisfaction. The delivery
of half-a-dozen of the inhabitants of Hwang-chu-kee,
indiscriminately chosen, to the bowstring ofthe execu-
tiomr would be a bloody revenge rather than an honour-
able retaliation. No; the only advantage which can
possibly result from this miserable catastrophe will be
the better protection of the surviving members of the
little British colonies established on the outskirts of
Hong-liong and Canton. For we cannot conceive
that the 'Government can any longer remain apa-
thetic after such an example of the inadequacy of
those most important establishments to prevent, of
themselves, their own destruction. Surely it were
preferable to have a couple of steam-vessels, as safe-
guards, along the shores of China, instead of main-
taining (as we did on the 17th of September) a fleet
of 10 sail of the line, of 754 guns and 7,000 men, in
the Tagus and other waters of Portugal !

The Ministerial proposition for the increase of the
Income-tax has been received with general disappro-
bation in all parts of the country; persons of all ranks,
and of every variety of political feeling, are equally
dissatisfied at the manifest injustice of the attempt to
levy as large a contribution on the precarious, and
hardly-earned income of the industrious classes, as
upon accumulated and realised property. There are
a variety of chances which every person of common
prudence must take into his calculation before he fixes
the rate of his annual expenditure. He must first con-
sider how far he can depend on the permanency of the
income of which he is in the actual receipt ; he can
have no certainty that it may not fluctuate considerably,
and be materially depreciated by causes over which
he can have no control. A certain portion of his
earnings should therefore be laid by as a provision for
a period when he may be out of employment, or dis-
abled by sickness from attending to his business.
Most probably he may have a family for whom some-
thing must be laid by, or otherwise secured in the
event of their being deprived, not merely of a father
and protector, but of their only provider. The pay-
ment necessary for a policy of insurance (should his
life be accepted by the directors of any company)
will form a formidable item in his disbursements, and
one which cannot with any propriety be dispensed
with, or even postponed fora single day. However ur-
gent the other demands upon his resources may be, the
premium on his policy must be provided for, or he
may lose, by the default of a single day, all the ad-
vantages he had acquired during many years of punc-
tuality, and subject his children to the possibility of
being cast upon the world as objects of charity.
Let us for a moment contrast the positions of a
person who enjoys an income of 6001. per annum
from landed property, or the possession of 20,0001.
in the Three per Cent. Consols, and of one who
earns that amount annually by the exercise of his
talents in any trade or profession. The first may with-
out scruple live up to the entire amount of his income.
If his health should fail, there is still the same provi-
sion for the support of his family, and, should he die,
each of his children will have means sufficient to
save them at least from any distress. He may reside,
too, in a cheap part of the country, where an equal
income will go much further than in the metropolis.
Such a person can pay his 301. per annum without
much difficulty; he will still have 570/. left for other
purposes. But the person who earns his own liveli-
hood is very differently circumstanced. He should
insure his life for at least 5,0004 which will cost him
fully 1501. or 2001. per annum. He should
then lay by at least 100/. each year
to guard against the contingencies of illness
or want of employment. Fully one-half of his
income will be taken up for those and similar pur-
poses, and he will really have not more than SOO/.
per annum for the expenses of his household ; but
from this he must pay a sum of 30/. to the Income-
tax Commissioners, as much as the more fortunate
owner of 20,000/. in the funds.
No prefessional income, even the least precarious,
can be estimated at more than ten years' purchase,
while dividends or Consols, or rents of real estates,
One party is
may befairl! valued at thirty years' purchase.
therefore, required to contribute three
times as much to the national exchequer, in propor-
tion to his means, as the other. This is neither fair
nor equitable, and we cannot believe that the English
nation will consent thereto.

We have already stated that we do not desire to
shift the burden from our own shoulders to future
generations. Nothing but an extraordinary emergency
could justify an addition to the national debt. If a
new loan was contracted on every occasion e when
there was a deficiency, we should speedily b
over-
whelmed by the w eight, and the sun of English
prosperity would set for ever. We must, there-
fore, either reduce our expenditure, so as to bring it
within our means, or use extraordinary exertions
to provide the funds sufficient to maintain
the national honour and the national secu-
rity. Every possible reduction should be
effected in the first instance, and when that is done
to the utmost extent, then the requisite sums must
be levied in the best possible manner. The Chan-

cellor of the Exchequer has consented to refer to a
select and secret Committee that part of our financial
condition which is connected with the departments of
the army, navy, and ordnance. Why should not the
whole of our expenditure be submitted to the con-
sideration of such a body ? Might not savings be
effected in our public offices and in our civil estab-
lishments ? Might not an attendance from nine in
the morning until five o'clock in the afternoon be
required in the public as it is in every private
office ? This would enable us to get rid of
one-fourth of the numbers who are drawing
their salaries from the national purse, and by careful
and judicious reductions, it is not too much to say
that the expenditure might be limited to little more
than one-half of what it is at present, and all the
duties be just as efficiently performed. We do not
desire to impair the efficiency of any of our establish-
ments, or to act in a mean and over-parsimonious
spirit, but a just and prudent economy should
be observed, which would be as far removed there-
from as from a wild and reckless prodigality. We
trust that the independent men of all parties will insist
on the whole question being referred to the Com-
mittee, and that their inquiries will not be limited
to any one department. There are some points in
which secresy is expeLlient, and it should be optional
with the Committee to exclude from their
report any portion
.of the evidence which
they did not consider it prudent to pub-
lish to the world. Everything connected with
our national defences comes within this rule, but
everything that could be revealed without
detriment to the public service should be pub-
lished. The public will not be contented with
the opinions of any body of men, unless
the data on which these opinions are founded
are also published, so that every man may be
enabled to draw his own conclusions from the pre-
mises. Every unnecessary mystery should be got
rid of. A full publicity is the greatest preventive of
every species of abuse, and that publicity should not
be dispensed with unless there are clear and satisfac-
tory reasons for observing silence.

In the Gazala di Roma of the 12th inst. is reported
the dismissal of the three ecclesiastic Ministers, and
the the secularization of three of the most important
Ministries of the Roman States. They are, the Mi-
nistry of Justice, the Ministry of Police, and the
Ministry of Commerce and Public Works. The ad.
vocate STUREINETTI is named Minister of Justice;
Signor Passomm, Deputy of Ravenna, Minister of
Commerce ; and Don Miclisms GAETANI, Prince of
Teano, Minister of Police. These names are very
popular. The Prince of TEANO is a well-informed
man, very much respected, and of great attainments.
The Ministry of War had already been secularized.
Here we have four lay Ministers in the Cabinet. It
is a positive reform; the POPE had promised it in his
proclamation.
A most brilliant manifestation of public sa-
tisfaction has just taken place. His HoLINEss has
kindly addressed the people; his short speech has
produced the most lively impression. Plus IX, re-
commended the: union of the hearts, and moderation.
The people replied by a thousand shouts—" Long live
the Liberal POPE !"

The following proclamation of the PorE was pub-
lished at Rome, on the 10th inst. :
" Pius P.P. IX.—The Pontiff, who in the course of
two years has received from you so many proofs of
love and faith, is not deaf to your desires, to your
fears. We never cease to meditate within ourselves,
how to develop most usefully, consistently with our
duties to the Church, those civil institutions, which
we established, not forced by necessity, but from the
desire for the happiness of our people and the
esteem we felt for their noble qualities. We
also turned our thoughts to the re-organization
of the army, before even public opinion de-
manded it,' and we have sought the means of ob-
taining the service of foreign officers to aid those
who honourably serve the Pontifical Government.
The better to extend the sphere of those who can
bring their talents and experience to bear upon public
reforms, we had also taken measures to increase the
laical part of our Council of Ministers. If the unani-
mous will of the Princes, to whom Italy owes the
new reforms, is a guarantee of the preservation of
those boons received with so much gratitude and ap4
plause, we cultivate it by maintaining and consoli-
dating the most amicable relations with them. Nothing,
in short, which may be conducive to the tranquillity
and the dignity of the State will ever be neglected,
0 Romans, and Pontifical subjects, by your Father
and Sovereign, who has given you the most certain
proof of his affection for you, and is ready to give
you more, if he be worthy to obtain from God, that
he may inspire your hearts and those of all the Italians
all the pacific spirit of his wisdom ; but he is ready at
the same time to resist, by means of the institutions
already conceded, all disorderly violence, as he would
also resist demands contrary to his duties and to your
happiness. Listen'then to the paternal voice that admo-
nishes you, nor be moved by that cry that proceeds from
unknown mouths, to agitate the people of Italy with
the:terror of a foreign war, aided and prepared by
internal conspiracies, or by the malignant ignorance
of those who govern. This is, indeed, deceit, to impel
you by terror to seek public safety in disorder ; to
confound by tumult the councils of your ruler, and
to prepare, by creating confusion, pretexts for a war
that could never by any other motive be declared
against us. What danger, in fact, can impend over
Italy so long as a bond of gratitude and confidence,
uncorrupted by violence, unites the strength of
the people with the wisdom of princes, with the
sacredness of right ? But we principally, we, the head
and Sovereign Pontiff of the most holy Catholic
religion, should we not have in our defence, if we
were unjustly attacked, innumerable sons who would
defend the centre of Catholic unity like the house
of their father ? It is indeed a great blessing among
the many which Heaven bath imparted to Italy, that
scarce three millions of our subjects have two
hundred millions of brothers of every nation and
of every tongue. This was in more dangerous
times, and in the confusion of the whole
Roman World, the safeguard of Rome. It is for
this the ruin of Italy was never complete. This will
ever be her defence, so long as this Apostolic See
shall reside in her centre. Oh then, Great God,
shower thy blessings on Italy, and preserve for her
this most precious boon of all, faith ! Bless her with
the benediction that thy vicar prostrated before Thee
humbly demandeth ! Bless her with the benediction
that the saints to whom she gave birth, the Queen of
Saints, who protects her, the Apostles whose glorious
relics she preserves, thy Incarnate Son, who sent his
representative upon earth to reside in this same Rome,
ask of Thee!"

Madrid papers of the 15th have arrived.

In the Chamber of Deputies on the 14th the recent
events in Italy were the subject of discussion, and
the Duke of SOTOMATOR announced that the Spanish
Government completely approved of the changes
which had been recently made in Italy, but that, in
the event of war being the consequence of them, the
Spanish Government would observe the strictest
neutrality.
MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 15.—The Three per Cents.
at 28/ at 60 days, 28i cash ; Five per Cents., 17/ ;
Passive, 61 sellers, 5i buyers.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

Ninety-two Deputies and Peers have accepted in-
vitations to the Reform banquet, which is to be held
to-day. Among them are—MßE Odillon Barrot,
Arago, Baroche, de Beaumont, Chambolle, Cre-
mieux, Drouin de rlluys, Dupont de l'Eure, Du-
vergier de Hauranne, Faucher, Garnier Pages, de
Lasteyrie, Lafayette (2), Lamartine, Lherbette, Leon
de Malleville, Mauguin, Marie, &c. M. Thiers will
not be present. The Committee for the banquet have
published a notification, in which, after stating that
the meeting is held to protest against an illegal and
arbitrary attempt at preventing the pacific exercise
of a legal and constitutional right, they set forth the
order of the procession from the Madeleine to the
Champs Elysees. The Peers and Deputies are
to meet at eleven o'clock in the Place de la Made-
leine. The procession will be headed by the
superior officers of the National Guard of Paris,
then follow the guests, then the inferior officers
of the ',National Guard, then the National
Guards in columns; between the third and fourth
column of the National Guards will be the students
of the Colleges. The procession starts at half-past
eleven. It appears that notwithstanding the words,
"full of sound and fury" of MM. DUCHATEL and
HEBERT in the Chamber, the Government will not
interfere to prevent the banquet. The military have
received orders to remain in barracks during the day.
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Cours Authentique.—PAßlS, FEB. 21.—French Five
per
65c. GOc. 55c. 65e. GOc. 55c. ; Ditto,
Four-and- a-llalf per Cents., 104 f. ; Ditto, Four per Cents.,
99f. 25c.; Ditto, Three per Cents., 73f. 90c. 85c. 95c.

74f., 73f. 95c.; New Loan, 1847, —; Bank of France,
3,1951, 3,190 f.; Treasury Bonds, 44 4; Roman, 93i 4;
Belgian Five per Coats., 1840, 28if.; Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 921.; Obligations of the City, 1,3301. Ex-
change on London, one month, paper, 52t. 374 c.; money,
25f. 35c.; three months, paper, 25f. 224 c.; money, 25f.
22ic.
BUSINESS DONE 714.1. FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 21.
Northern of Frame, 141/s—Paris and Lyons, 514—West
Flanders, 1%.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

LYME REGIS.
The Committee re-assembled this morning. Lord
Ashley in the chair.
Mr. ALEXANDER having closed his summing up this
morning,
Mr. Sergeant EINGLABN proceeded to address the
Committee on behalf of the sitting Member, contending
that no case of bribery had been made out, and calling
upon the Committee to confirm the election of Mr.
Abdy.

KINSALE.
The Kinsale Election Committee reassembled this
morning, Mr. Bouterie in the chair.
The Rev. Joshus Broune Ryder, the rector of Ring-
rose, an adjoining parish to Kinsale, who was partly
examined yesterday, stated distinctly this morning that
Mr. Guineas, throughout the whole of his canvass,
insisted upon his friends refraining from holding out
hopes to the electors that he intended to purchase votes.
Some of the voters seemed to think that they were legally
entitled to remuneration, but from the beginning to the
end of the election, Mr. Guineas set his face against any
thing of the sort, and declared that he would not expend
a sixpence to procure a vote.
The witness applied to the Committee for assistance
to prosecute the witness Ryan, who swore that on the
whole of the night before the election he was at a public
house drinking with a number of voters. At least she
assumed as much, as she found him drunk with the
electors when she was sent for between four and five
o'clock in the morning to shave them. This, he said,
was false, and he intended to prosecute her for perjury.
The CHAIRMAN told the reverend gentleman that he
should be supplied with a copy of the short-hand writer s
notes.
The Rev. Mr. William Newman, a clergyman of
the Established Church, residing at Kinsale, stated
that Mr. Watson's party offered one hundred pounds for
the votes of some of the electors, and those electors
refused to vote for Mr. Guiness unless they got one
hundred and fifty pounds. Upon being made ac-
quainted with this state of things, Mr. Guiness said
he would sooner give up the contest than carry the
election by such means ; and he immediately went to
Mr. Watson, and told him so. During the whole of
the business he never saw or heard Mr. Guineas at-
tempt either directly or indirectly, to bribe any elector.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was
firmer. Sales 4,000 to 5,000 bales, of which 3,500 were
American, at 4id. to 6d. per lb. In Railway Shares
the business done was small, and the market was rather
heavy.
The unprincipled conduct of the Peruvian Government
in neglecting to set apart for the payment of the bond.
holders a portion at least of the ample funds obtained
by the sale of its guano, forms a strong motive for
preference to other manures, and especially those
termed artificial, and manufactured at home. Unfortu-
nately there is so much deception practised in respect to
the latter by puffing adventurers, who amalgamate
every rubbishing material which will represent in
appearance the genuine article, and especially super-
phosphate of lime, that it is important to be
disabused of unfavourable impressions, and to be espe-
cially careful in applying to manufacturers of known
standing and means any unfounded accusations. The
Manure-works of Mr. John Hurst, at Lambeth, have, in
this respect, an excellent reputation, and it is satisfactory
to see that efforts are making to extend the use of the
genuine super-phosphate of lime manufactured there.

The accounts from Paris are looked for with much
anxiety. Consols are 89 to 89k for Money, and the
same for Account. Bank Stock is worth 199, and India
Stock 242 to 245, being rather higher. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 691 to 90e. Ex-
chequer Bills are 30s. premium.
Portuguese Four per Cents. are 26 ; Mexican, 19 to*;
and Braoilian, New, 85.
Shares are dull.

ONE CLOSING
rfucEs OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock 199 193
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. B9 891% 894
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 891,E 89 894 s 89
New 314 per Cent. Anns. 9O 901,0 89% 901% 89%
Long Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o B% 9 9
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... 8,04% 8%
India Stock 242 245 242 th
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001...
South Sea Stock -/ I
Ditto New Annuities .. 86%

Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/. June
Small, June 27 p 27 p
Ditto Advertised 23 27 p 27 p

oins CLOSING
PRICER OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICES.
Brazilian Bonds —
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l9 19% 19%
Ditto, Account — 1914
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... 26 26
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account — 26
Russian Bonds ... -1103 A
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41,,f, per 'Cent IN • 9$ %
Dutch, 21/2 per Cent., 12 Guild.... 5334 54 54
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 8514 85
Ditto, Bonds

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber., Lott., Boston,
and Eastern Junetion 314......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2%
Belfast & County Down 10 ......
Birmingham and Ox••
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, IV°lvor-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ..
Birming.,lVolverh'pton,
rand Stour Va11ey...:.. 10/. 145... 1% dis ... 1% dis
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Juno.... 7% — ... . ... ..... .
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter

—..,...., _
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire... 121. 45. ... .. 21,4 dis... 2% dis
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares ~ 3%.......

Ditto,Clydesdale June 50—
Chester and Holyhead... 37%......
Ditto, Preference l2 ...... 121 i . l2l
Clarence
.... 78%

_
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10'
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports- _ .

_.mouth_____ 33/4
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 25
Dundalk & Enniskillen 171/
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......
Do., 181., E. & H.... 18
Do~ 3/. 103.
Eastern Counties........ 20
Ditto (B) 29 ......
Ditto,Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. L..... 61.135. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... yog p. l4 p
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
Do., New
Eastern Union 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/
Ditto, Thirds .... ...135.4d. . ....

Do. (guar. 6 per cent.) 10 ...... . .... .. .....
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 8%...... ... 2%
East Lincolnshire ...... 16%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ... ........
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4
Edinburgh and Northern 221,E
Ditto, New.. 3% — ... ...... ......
Ditto, Newport
Ditto, ditto, New 2g..... -
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
Ditto New

Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ....... ..81.65. 8d.... ..............
Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New ... . . 40
Do. Preference Cons01. 15
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2%
Great South. and West.

( Ireland)
Great North of England 100 ax div 231 lAx.d
Ditto, New 401 5

Ditto, New 301. 3O
_ . .

Ditto, New, 151.
Great Western 9O lO3 104 102%... 103%
Ditto, IA Shares 5O ......
Ditto, 1% Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171 ..... 91/2..... 11
Huddersfield and Manch. 24

Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... — ,
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25. ......

Ditto: 14 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 17%......
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 2% — ......... .... .
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, % Shares
Do. Quarter Shares... 14% — .... ....... ....
Do. Fifths... ... 8
Do. Sixteenths 6IA
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... 4X dis.. 4% dis.
Do. Liverp. and Bury 38
Ditto 1/2 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
fract, and G001e).... 50
Do. (W. Riding Union)4/. 25...... .. —
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. % Shares (A)... 9
Ditto ditto (B) ... 114
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c... 42% — ..., —
Do., Half Shares l5 ...... ...... ......... _
Do.Newßranch (blue) 2%.....
Do. Extension (green) 2/2
Do. NewExten.(pink) 2%
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40
Ditto, New
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%......
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport . 2
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction... 21/2......
London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d....
Do. New, No. 2 5/. 13s. 4d....
Do. Extension ..... ... 171/;
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O ......36% 36 ex div... 36 x.d.
Do. ConsoL Eighths 4O
Do. Guarani. 5 per ct.., 9 ......
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ...
Ditto, ditto 1852 50
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ......... —
Ditto, Pref.rence... 18/ 17s 2d... ......
London and N. Western 100 147 146 146
Do.,Quarters L. &B. 22 ......
Do., do., New
Ditto Fifths

Do. ti Shares (G. J.) 25
Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 15

Do. 404 (M. &`
a) ..., 4O
Do. 101. (DI. & B.) A. 7%.....
Do. 104 (M. & B.) B. 7%
Do. 101. ( INI, & B.) C. 1 "..".
Lonl. &S. Western 5O 53% 53 ..... .... 53
Do. New 50/. ... ..... 37%.. —
Do. New 404 . 30
Do. Tenths (Conga) 50 44 .... ... ..... 44
Ditto ditto ...... ...... 40
Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d.... --
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ...... ~ ......" 1%...... —,
~.„
Londonderry&Coleraina 27%. ...
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen
Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20
Ditto (6 per et.)
Mandiester,Buston,and
Mat10ck.......
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7%
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7%
Ditto and Grimsby.... 25
Ditto ditto . ......... 7 ••••••••• --

Ditto ditto ......
Ditto Sheffield and

Lincolnshire
Do., Grimsby Dock l2/L.....
Do. Man. & Lin. Union 4/. 2s — .........

Do. 401. Shares
Do. 50/. Shares l5 ... .. 13704....--..-- • 14
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Do. Consol. Bristol and __

Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... „
Midlnd, Brist. 84Glocstr. 36 ...... - g•• •• 1....
Ditto, ditto
Midlnd,Leicest.& Swan- .
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ....„ •
Midland Great Western
35 -

Irish
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo -
Do. Quarters
Newinrket&Chesterford 181/2 . •••• 4 000 ....
Do. Extension .........21. 125....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford . 6 ••••••
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Nowry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor l2l/2
Norfolk .. . .... 100
Do. New 20/.
Do. Extension
Do. Guaranteed 5 lie. S
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk.—
Do. do. Wavency Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4 —
North British ........ ... 25
Do. Half Shares l2l/2......
Do. Quarters sl'2 — -
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds
North ik South-Westorn 2 ...... ... —
Nortt Staffordshire lO ...... 10Y34 .... .. 10:4
North Wales
North Western.
Oxford, Worcester, and

Wolverhampton ...... 40 ... .. ...... .., —
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Ilitchin ... 1%
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Ditto,New lO
Sheffield, Rotherham, _

and Goole - 5
Shrewsbury and Birna... 7

Ditto ditto, Class B. 4
Shrewsbury & Chester
( Nor. y, Min.) l6

Ditto Halyes ... ditto 8 — ....» . —
Ditto Oswestry ...... 12
Ditto New .. —
Do. 8 per Cent. I'ref. 5 -
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2
Shropshire Union -
South Dev0n......

Do. Preference
South Stattbrdshire

mouth Eastern & Dover. 33% 314.—..... ........ 31IA
Do., No. 1 24 —
Do., Nc, 2.
Do., N 0.3 ...-.. ...... 20
Do., .No. 4
South Wales
.!•( tab Yorkshire, Don-
cuter, and Goole 3
SIA ans. & Loughor & Ca-
...

meron's Stiu. C0a1.... 6 ••• ...•••••• •gp
Taw• Vale Extension . 4 ..,... ••• •••,•••••• •••
Thames Haven Hock _ .

---..._
and Railway .. . -
Vale of Neath ... ... ..... 4
Waterford and Kilkenny 131/2 ...... ... —
Waterford and Limerick 40

Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
an,l Dublin
W est Cornwall
W hitehaven & Furness 10
Windsor, Staines, and

, .
South Western ..... ... 525. —
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York, Newcastle, and _

Berwick. .... ..
Do. Original New and
Berwick
Do. North ShieldsPur. 25
Do. Extension No. 1. li
Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10
Do. G.N E,Preference 8
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preferenco
Do. East and Wtst Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 16
Central of Spain .. 2 - ••• ........... ....
Ceylon
Demerara —
Dendre Valley... 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras ss. . ...
Dutch Rhenish ......... 7 ... ..

19%
13A4
102;4
15%
34%

East Indian ll4 - •-• •
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Italian and Austrian.... 4
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1
Louvain it la Sambre ... 6
Luxembourg... 7
Lyons and Avignon..... 5 -
Madrid and Valentia... 2
Namur and Liege l6 .. .. ...
Northern of France...... 13
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssel. 413 s 4d...... ... —
Paris and Lyons lO .....
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ...,..... 20
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse lB ..... -
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14
Tours and Nantes 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Len-
den, and Bassett ...... 16
West Flanders Bl/2..... --