The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-31 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, MAncn 30.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Pales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6' dis.—Ditto (late C. and
B.), 14—East Lancashire, New, 7% dis.—Ditto, Quarters,
154 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 11 dis.— Ditto
(Preston and Wyre), Sixths, s—London and North-Western
(Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (A. and B), 134 c.
p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 214 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 15—North Staffordshire, 1%
(lis.—Scottish Central, 261 A—South-Eastern and Doter,
231,4—Ditto, No 4, 3 7.16 dia.
LEEDS, Murex 29.
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STOCK EXCHANGIC.—Rather more shares hive been sold to•
day than yesterday. The following are the prices:—East
Lancashire, 184 —Ditto, New, 71. 13s. 9d.dis.—Ditto. Quar-
ters, 38s. 9d. dis.—Great Northern, 8743 n. dis.—Lancashire
and Yorkshire, Fifths, lr, dis.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 dis.
—Leeds and Thirsk, 22% dis.—Ditto, New, 19 dis.—Ditto,
Preference, IS, dis.—North British, Thirds, 345. dis.
Quarters, 1% n. dis.—North Staffordshire, 30s. n. dis.—York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, .Preference, ss. p.—Ditto, No. 2
(New Berw•ick), 2s. 6d. p.
BIRMINGHAM, Ma acx 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and North-
Western, New, 48s. 9d. p.—Midland (Consolidated Birming-
ham, and Derby), 74—North British, Extensions, % dis.--
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 1, 3/4 p.---
berga te, Nottingham, and Boston, 2►% c. dis.—North Staf-
fordshire, 13/4 dii.—Shrewsbitry and Birmingham (A), 868.
3d. dis.—Ditto ( B), 3 dis.—South Staffordshire, 61s. 3d. dis.

HULL, 111AKcir 30.
STOCK ExcirAxox —But little business is doing, except
fur settlement, which may be considered as merely nominal.
The sales are—North Staffordshire, 365. 6d. die—North
British, Quarters. 725. ad.—Ditto, Thirds, 4s.—Ditto (Car-
'isles), 4s. ad.—Hull and Selby, 981.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Mot cu 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Car-
lisle, 100—Ditto, Alston Branch, 34 die.

MEETING OF THE TRADES OF THE METROPOLIS.
Last evening, at eight o'clock, a meeting of the delegates
of various trades of the metropolis was held at the Bell
Inn, Old Bailey, to receive the report of the committee
which was appointed to draw up a statement in reference
to the depressed state of trade among the working classes
of the metropolis. Mr. Edwards having been called to
the chair, *read the report of the committee, the purport
of which was, that there were:about 200,000 artisans and
mechanics in the metropolis; that one. third of them were
employed, but that about one half of 'the number had
not remunerating wa4es; that another third were only
occasionally employed, the greater portion of them sub-
sisting by disposing of their furniture and wearing ap-
parel for the support of themselves and their families,
and that the remaining third were entirely dependent
upon parochial relief. The report stated that the country
was approaching a crisis a hich would lead to an over-
throw of the established system, if no legislative mea-
sures were adopted to avoid such an alternative, as the
condition of the working classes had nearly arrived to
that point that it could be no longer endured. The re-
port was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting
separated.

SOUTH-SEA HOUSE.—A quarterly general court of
the proprietors of South Sea stock was held yesterday,
upon the usual routine business. The sub-governor,
C. Franks, Esq , was in the chair. The minutes of the
last court were read and confirmed; and, after the state-
ment of the bond-debt had been also read, the court
adjourned.
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