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the sum devoted to their support, but for the want of pro-
per mananagement in the expenditure of the funds pro-
vided for their support. He proposed to increase the
number of local fever hospitals, which would enable
them to dispense with many county fever hospitals. He
would have one in every union in Ireland, and he would
also have an infirmary in every union ; and he would sug-
gest that the government of dispensaries should be vested
in a local board composed of twenty of the largest rate-
payers, and of those who gave a donation of 201. to the
institution. The infirmaries he would leave under the
government of the authorities of the union. For the
purposes of inspection and general superintendence,
he would give authority to the General Board
of Health of Ireland as the central governing body.
With regard to the poor law, he did not believe there
was any desire in Ireland.to get rid of the poor-law. He
contended that a poor-law was necessary for Ire-
land, and experience had shown the futility of the ob-
jections which had been originally urged against it.
He considered, however, that some alteration was re
quired as to the manner in which the poor-rates were
assessed. The Noble Earl then proceded to complain
that in many of the unions, in which the members of
the Board of Guardians were Roman Catholics, the
Protestant pauper children in the workhouse had been
placed by the guardians under the care of the Roman
Catholic chaplain, for the purpose of having them
brought up as Roman Catholics. He thought that in
every union-house there should be a Protestant chap-
lain.

After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and the
Duke of WELLINGTON the motion was agreed to.
The Public Works (Ireland) Bill was read a first time,
and their Lordships adjourned.

The House met at Four o'clock.
Mr. FREWEN took the oaths and his seat for East
Surrey.
A new writ was ordered for the borough of Bucking-
ham, in the room of Sir T. FREMANTLE.
The Sheriffs of London presented a petition from the
Lord Mayor and Corporation, in favour of a repeal of
the corn-laws.
Lord G. SOMERSET brought up the Report of the
Committee on Railways.
Several petitions were presented for and against rail-
way Bills.
Several petitions were presented in favour of a repeal
of the cora-laws, and also petitions for protection to agri-
culture. Petitions were also presented in favour of the
reduction of the duty on malt.
Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice, for the 19th, for an ad-
dress to the Crown with respect to the state of educe-

tion in Wales.
Mr. LIDDELL gave notice of his intention to-morrow
to put a question to the Government with respect to
their intentions as to improving the condition of juvenile
offenders.
Mr. O'Corozzu. gave notice of his intention to-morrow,
in going into Committee of Supply, to call the attention
of the House to the state of famine and distress in Ireland.
On the motion of Dr. BOVIRING, returns were ordered
with respect to the harbour duties in the Isle of Man.

the great measure in opposition to tile Court (always
excepting the King), in opposition to the Peers and
the clergy, and also to a very tenacious, vigorous, un-
scrupulous, and numerous class—those, namely, who ob-
tain their livelihood by abuses and by the plunder of the
community. The clergy, on this occasion, to their un-
speakable honour, and we firmly believe, also, consistently
with their best interests, have stood entirely aloof from
the agitation. Such conduct deserves every praise—it
exhibits a great moral principle, of high value in a body
for whom popular respect is of so much importance, both
in a personal and religious view ; and as they have as
much interest in high prices as the landlords, it exhibits
a noble contrast to the noisy and frantic exhibitions,
and to the selfish claims of rich Peers and commoners.
who would rob the people that they may increase their
wealth, and raise a dangerous commotion in the country
for the most contemptible, sordid, and grovelling mo-
tives. But there is another point of view in the scene which
gives additional weight to the Minister's plans, and opens
up the brightest prospects. Several of the most respect-
able Members in the Commons belonging to the Conser-
vative party, and totally unconnected with theG overnm rut
cordially approve of the measures, and in order to pre.
serve a pure conscience and show their independence,
have resigned, or offered to resign, their seats into the
hands of their constituents. Among these we may men •

Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Dr. Bow-
ring, said that the Government had not received any in-
formation of any retaliatory measures contemplated by
Spain with a view to obtain the introduction of the
sugars of Cuba on the same terms with those of Manilla,
Venezuela, and the United States, nor did he believe any
such measures were contemplated.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know whether the
Government had had any further correspondence with
the Spanish Government relative to the sugar of Cuba ?
Sir R. PEEL said that a further correspondence had
taken place, which he would take care should be laid
before the House previous to any discussion taking
place.
Mr. WonxuousE gave notice of his intention, on Mon-
day, to move for returns relative to poor-rates.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Mr.
HuTT, said he was not in a condition to lay before the
House the grounds upon which the Judges had decided,
in the case of the Brazilian prisoners, that their case
did not come within the jurisdiction of the laws of this

tion Lord ASHLEY, the Hun. W. H. DAWNAY, the Hon.
F. CHARTER'S, and Mr. 11. C. STURT, independent of
many others who do not consider electors entitled to
such deference, and who will vote with the Minister.
The resumption of office too by the whole of the PEEL
Cabinet, except one member, is a significant omen. Sir
THOMAS FREMANTLE, in his excellent address to the
electors of Buckingham, says :—" Sir R. PEEL (after the
failure of Lord Jouw RUSSELL) felt it his duty to his
SOVEREIGN to resume the functions of First Minister of
the Crown ; all the members of his former Cabinet,
with one exception, concurred in that decision, and have
determined to support the measures which have been an-
nounced to the House of Commons for the abolition
of protecting duties on articles of foreign produce and
manufacture." Need we refer as a further
proof, and one which should make the House of Peers
pause in its rancorous opposition to the Government—
namely, to the unanimity which prevails on the question
at meetings in Chambers of Commerce, and in
almost every borough, town, and city, in Great
Britain? The sentiments of our Gracious SOVEREIGN
are well known. The presence •of the Royal Consort
in the House of Commons when the Minister disclosed
his plans was significant ; and these symptoms ought
not to be without their effect on the restive Peers, v► ho
can ill afford to contend against both Crown and people.
The best wish of their friends is, that they may adopt a
prudent and a generous course.

country.
Sir R. Pant, in answer to a question from Mr.
PATTISON, said that, generally speaking, it was in-
tended that the reduction of duties in the tariff should
take place immediately upon the passing of the resolu-
tions to that effect.

The RIGHT HON. BARONET also stated, in answer
to a question from Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that he pro-
posed, that after the resolutions had passed and been re-
ported, that the reduction of the duty on corn should
take place immediately.
Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Sir 11. W
BARRON, if any alteration was to be proposed by which
the landed interest in Ireland might have the benefit of
the British market for Irish spirits, said that it was not
intended to make any such alteration.
Mr. WATSON moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the
further repeal of pains and penalties upon Roman
Catholics.

Sir JANIEs GRAHAM said that a Bill similar to that
proposed by the Hon. and Lcarned Member had been
laid on the table of the House of Lords by the LORD
CHANCELLOR. It was, therefore, a subject for the con-
sideration of the Hon. and Learned Member whether,
under such circumstances, he would persevere in his
motion.

After some observations from Sir R. INoms and Sir J.

So conspicuous are the exigencies of the Irish people
at this present moment, that Parliament for once is
neither tardy in its expressions of sympathy, or in its
endeavours to afford some substantial evidence of the
existence of that sympathy. From the first Report of
the Select Committee on Railways—which report was
yesterday laid before both Houses—this anxiety to meet
the advances of destitution in that unfortunate country
was most apparent. On various accounts the sugges-
tions embodied in that report are happily-timed and
judicious. The Committee proposes that a portion of
the railway Bills which have accumulated so wonder-
fully during the recess, be commenced in the Upper
House "fur the purpose of facilitating the dispatch of
railway business during this session." The advantages
which must necessarily accrue from such an arrangement
are too obvious to require any particular exposition.
With reference to the second proposal, namely, that
" this House will not insist on their privilege with
regard to the clauses fixing and regulating rates and
tolls in such Bills," a political hyper-critic might pos-
sibly object that it was an unnecessary abandonment of
privilege ; but, as the Commons would still retain in their
possession the power of interference, so danger could
re:Alit from such a nominal concession. Besides, in
junctures of such dire necessity as the present, when it
is not only desirable, but absolutely incumbent upn
the Legislature to make some immediate and de-
cisive movement, or hazard the existence of four mil-
lions of the people, entrusted to their protection,
it would be mcst baneful to dally over the
advisability of a measure through trepidation at
some imaginary evil of this nature. Granting,
therefore, that the peculiar and complicated
position in whick the legislators are now placed would
palliate an act of concession greater even than
the one particularised, we turn with extreme
gratification to the sentence which follows:—" The
Select Committee considers that with a view of
affording early and increaeed means of employment in
Ireland, it is expedient to give facilities for the early
consideration of Irish Railway Bills," and that with this
intention such Bills " should, in the present session,
commence in the House of Lords." Not only does this
proposition originate in sentiments of large-hearted and
lopen-handed condolence with the Irish multitude during
the woes and the pangs of their present privations, but

it arises also from a conviction that grants of 50,0001.
for the advancement of public works, can never retard
the dark and indomitable on-stridings of famine, how-
ever much such grants may appear to be munificent in the
eyes of an over-economist. To say that such an enact-
ment alone would dispel the miseries which now encum-
ber Ireland would exceed the limits of accuracy, but to
say that, as the section of an extensive plan for the ame-
lioration of such national destitution, the present is a
wise and sagacious suggestion, would be an opinion in
accordance with the rational judgment of every man
of ordinary perception. By the speedy fulfilment of these
intentions on the part of Government, the labourer
whether in Meath, or in Drogeda, or in Kildare, would
be enabled to obtain employment, and that likewise at an
increased amount of wages, according to the competi-
tion for labourers, without interfering with the distri-
bution of the public works' loan, which might be appro-
priated merely to such districts as were labouring under
any remarkable disadvantages. Yesterday, more-
over, Lord CLANCARTY brought this same question of
Irish penury and Irish starvation before the Peers, im-
pressing most forcibly upon their Lordships the necessity
for some strenuous efforts in behalf of that afflicted
people. Nor did the Noble Earl restrict his importuni-
ties for the attention of the House to a mere alimentary
interposition ; he extended his demand for a I.e
gislative interference to an increase of facilities
for obtaining medical relief. It is not our
intention to enter at this moment upon the consideration

GRAHAM,
Lord JOHN MANNERS said, if his Hon. Friend per-
severed in bringing in his Bill, he should feel it his duty
to support it, believing that it was not only not beneficial,
but injurious to the Church of England, to retain those
pains and penalties that had been adverted to by the
lion. Baronet the Member for Oxford.
Mr. O'CONNELL deprecated the continuation of a law
that punished virtue and devotional exercises.
JouN RUSSELL thought it was the duty of the
nou,e to have the law with respect to Roman Catholics
placed upon some reasonable footing, which it certainly
was not at present.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in two
Bias, one to amend the Act 1 and 2 of Vict. 114, and
to remove doubts that have arisen as to the interpreta-
tion of certain clauses in that Act, and also a Bill
to provide for the abolition of the exclusive privileges of
carrying on merchandise, and of exercising trade in
burghs in Scotland.
Mr. BANKES then moved, pursuant to notice, for
returns of all applications for the stewardship of the
Chiltern Hundreds, which, after a short discussion, was
agreed to.
Mr. CHRISTIE moved for copies of any papers or re-
ports by Mr. CHADWICK and Mr. PARKER on the
subject of bone crushing in union workhouses.
On the suggestion of Sir J. GRAHAM the motion was
withdrawn.
On the motion of Mr. S. O'BRIEN two new writs were
ordered for Dorsetshire in the room of Lord ASHLEY
and Mr. STURT, who had accepted the office of her
MAJESTY'S Chiltern Hundreds.
The House then adjourned.

of the character of Lord CLANCARTY'S proposed amend
ments ; we merely make this allusion to the circumstances

in corroboration of our remark, that Parliament is not
indifferent to the demands for assistance in our sister

Considering the importance of the measures proposed
by Sir Ron Ear PEEL in the new tariff, it is really sur-
prising to find such a small amount of opposition to any
one of them throughout the country. They affect a great
variety of classes, and in bygone days would have excited
general consternation: among tradesmen and manufac-.
turers, as well as among the proprietors and occupiers of
land; but, with the exception of the party who have
assumed the title of " Protectionists" (though more
properly deaignated " Monopolists"), and the Spital-
fields weavers, we hear of no opposition to the compre-
hensive scheme. On the contrary, it meets with a
general approbation quite unprecedented on similar
occasions. 'rake, for instance, the Catholic Relief Bill.
One half of the people were directly hostile to it
and they were supported by nearly all the clergy
of all denominations, either openly or covertly, by a
great majority of the House of Peers, till necessity,
which has no law, compelled them to yield, and by the
most furious of all religious and political factions—the
whole Orange party in Ireland. The divisions in pub-
lic opinion were equally remarkable during the agitation
of the Reform Bill. The Bishops and the clergy as a
body resisted it to the last, and with an earnestness,
perseverance, and even violence, which pourtrayed fears
that reform would extend to the Church, and finally
bring down the whole fabric of the Establishment. It

island—demands which are each day becoming more
and more importunate. In affording a greater facility

The LOAD CIIANCVLOIt took his seat upon the Wool.
sack at This o'clock.
Several petitions having ken presented,
The Earl of DALuousIF.: brought up the report of the
Comtnittee on railway Bills, which was to the eff,ct
that the standing order, requ:ring that one-tenth of the
amount of capital subscribed be deposited, should be
suspended with respect to such railway Bills as shall
commence is the House of _Lords this session, that no
such Bills should be read a first time until one-
twentieth of the amount :subscribed should be paid
on
orne twentieth before t,lle 6th of February, and a fur-
ther o before the Bill should be
third time;- read a
and that no Bill should be received after
Monday, February 23d. The
that he should draw Noble Earl gave notice
attention of the House to the
subject to-morrow. the
.

is needless to advert to the feelings which prevailed in
andtlle Ulopnpgercloirouthseeir
the
eocket Peers again fought desperately
boroughs, the endless
sources of corruption which the
placed at their command, and at last savedrory system
by throwing overb )ard most valuable property
to save themselves from being swamped. Byut besidesorder
these two bodies, there were very large numbers' of the
middle classes who had profited by wasteful expendi-
ture and the abuse of patronage ; many also who looked
with anxiety on such a wholesale re-edification of the
Constitution, and cried, " Let well alone."' These were
joined by the timorous and listless part of the com-
munity, who disapproved of the excitement, forming al-
together a most powerful body arrayed against
The reformad-
.
At present the scene is as different as possible.
vocates of commercial reform and the repeal of the corn-
lawsi are more numerous, and as regards their influence
n the Legislature infinitely more powerful than even that
Compact phalanx of freemen which triumphantly carried

for adequately satisfying these demands, we conceive
that the Select Committee have performed their duty
with promptitude and discrimination. By this first re
port they have already considerably lessened the amount
of their responsibility. Nor do we regard the arrange-
ment as at all likely to moderate the scrutiny with which
railway matters should be conned; it will, on the con-
trary, by this just distribution of a labour so
extremely onerous, enable the different Committees to
investigate each Bill with increased caution and in-
creased minuteness, because with increased time 1 A more
laudable or more propitious commencement to their com -
mercial campaign could scarcely have been made by a
body so hazardously placed as was the Select Committee.
They have indeed grasped the bull by the horns, and
tethered him down beyond escape. Inasmuch as they
have done this, the railway speculators, the Irish people,
and the public at large, will, to a great measure, be satis-
fied ; their expectations will be partially fulfilled, and
their various cravings will be appeased.

The accounts from Madrid are to the 29th ult. The
Chamber of Deputies had brought the discussion on
the Address to a close, and on that day it was read and
approved, and a Commission appointed to lay it
before the QUEEN. Copies of treaties, recently concluded
with Chili, Portugal, and Morocco, were presented by the
Minister for Foreign Affairs. He declined to give any
satisfactory explanation respecting them ; the Opposition
contended that explanation was necessary, upon which a
division took place, when Ministers had a majority of 90
against 40. The Chamber then adjourned till the 31st.
The Funds are again lower, the Three per Cents. having
closed on the 29th t•t 32k, and the Fives at 23i, both at
sixty days.

The Opposition in the French Chamber has not, for
several sessions, exhibited such weakness as at present.
They have moved several amendments calculated to
catch popularity and excite hostility to the Government,
but in every instance they have completely failed and
been defeated by large majorities. The last defeat—
that on the right of search question--is the greatest of
all. An amendment was moved by M. BILLAULT, con-
demning the late treaty between England and France
for the suppression of the slave trade, and embodied in
these words:—" That the wish of the Chamber would
have been fulfilled, if, whilst protecting the rights of
humanity, the convention had more surely placed out of
the reach of attack the national flag." Brt.teuvr was
supported by DUPIN, LEVASSEUR, and even by TRIERS,
though that consistent statesman and disinterested pa.
triot declared last session that he considered the right
of search necessary. BERRYER and several of the
Legitimatist party approved of the amendment, but all

• _
The Earl Of CLANCARTY then rose to move for the
appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the
management of the medical charities in Ireland. The No-
ble Earl went into a detail of the manner in which the
various medical institutions in Ireland were supported
and managed, he contended that at present those iustitu
dons were inefficient, not on account of the smallness of

TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY. EVENING, FEBRITARI 6, 1846.

would not do; they were shamefully beaten, the num-
bers, on a division, beng—

For the amendment 144
Against it
Majority for Ministers ---73

The other intelligence in the papers is of little in-
terest. A letter from Otaheite of the 10th Sept., in the
National, states that "Admiral llAmEurr and Admiral
SEYMOUR having appointed commissiontrs to regulate
the indemnity due to Mr. PRITCUARD, it has been de-
cided that the English Minister was entitled to a thou-
sand and odd piastres. Admiral SEYMOUR refused to
abide by this decision, and the negotiations were broken
off. The question is to be submitted to the Governments
of England and France. Admiral SEYMOUR, adds the
letter, consented to salute the flag of the Protectorate,
but refused to salute that of France." We attach no
credit to these statements. We subjoin some miscel-
laneous paragraphs.

The committee charged to examine the Bill relating to
internal navigation met on Tuesday. The Ministry de-
mands for the necessary works a sum of 63 millions,
which, added to the expenses already incurred, raises
the total amount to 288 millions, being upwards of 100
millions more than was calculated on in 1821. The commit-
tee, alarmed at this augmentation, has thought it right,
whilst adhering to the Ministerial plan, to recommend the
Government, and particularly the Ponts-et-Chaussees, to em-
ploy for the future more foresight in their estimates, and
more order in the employment of the funds. This is the
purport of the report presented by the Marquis de Dalmatie
in the name of the committee.
The Canstitutionnd mentions a report that the' native
cavalry of Algeria, which has just been dissolved, is to be re-
established for the next camraign on a new basis.
The Government of Tuscany has delivered up to that of
Rome M. Renzi, one of the leaders in the rebellion of Rimini,
who had taken refuge in Tuscany. A letter from Florence,
in the Debats, gives the following particulars :—M. Renzi
had returned to Florence from Marseilles, and through M.
Salvaguoli, an eminent advocate of Florence, petitioned the
Grand Duke for leave to reside within his dominions. The
petition was referred to the Supreme Council, which at once
decided against the extradition. But the Austrian Minister
at the Grand Duchy and the Apostolical Nuncio having in-
sisted upon it, the question was referred to the Council of
Ministers, the majority of whom were of opinion that the
Government was bound by treaty to give up M. Renzi, and,
consequently, he was delivered into the hands of the Papal
authorities in the night of the 23d ult.

The Swedish Government, in order to put a stop to the
increasing progress of drunkenness in Norway, has appointed
a missionary for each of the four provinces of that kingdom,
to travel through them preaching forbearance from strong
liquors, and promoting the establishment and extension of
temperance societies. Compensation is again offered to all
such distillers as shall resign their licenses for making brandy
and entirely relinquish their business.
The French Funds improved on Wednesday, and the
market closed as follows :
Three per Cents., for cash, 113 f. 75e. ; for Account, 83f. 75c.; Five
per Cents., for cash, 123 f. 15c. ; for Account, 123 f. 25c. ; Bank of
France Shares not quoted. Neapolitan, 100 f. 40e. Spanisk Threes,
39f..; Spanish Fives and New Loan not quoted.

Manchester and Southampton

The Share Market has been generally animated. For cash, Paris
and Orleans closed at 1,280 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,01 lf. 25c. (up 6L
25c.); Rouen and Havre, 700 f. (down 121. 50c.); Vierzon, 702 f 50c. ;
Strasburgh and Bale, ,p7f. 50c.; Boulogne and Amiens, 540 c.;
Northern, 7651. (up Cf. 25c.); Bordeaux, 645 f. ; Montereau, 451.1. ;
Avignon and Fampoux not quoted.
Defluitives have varied but little from the quotations of yesterday.
Lyons done at 620 f.; Tours and Nantes, 570 f ; Strasburgh, 5441.;
Avignon, 560 f.

. .•
_2 ......2%.... to

Midland
Newcastle and Darlington Junctien • • 25 •• • • -- .... to
Ditto, New, Brandling . • .. .. 20 .. •• 42 •••• to 41
Newcastle and Berwick • • .. .. 10 .• • . 22{ ....to 23%
North British .• • • .. 17% •. • . 25% .. to
Ditto, Halt Shares • • • .... %N, to
North Kent and Direct Dever .. 2% • • 3%1A % to
North Staftbrdshire 425.....31ig 25i p to 31,1 p
Norwich and Brandon 18 .• 26 .... to
Ditto, New • • • • • .. 3 .• .• 7M •• .• to
Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltnam. 2 ... 2IA••• . to
Perth and Inverness] • • • • • • • • 2% .• • 1% to 2
Scottish Central .. • • .. 7% .. 151 A •• • • to—
Ditto New • • • • • • .. .. 2% .... 9 •• .. to
Scottish Midland .. • • • • .. .. 5 .• 6 •• .. to
Shropshire Mineral • • • • .. .. 425. •• .. I die to
Shropshire lhilen • • • • • .• .. 425. •• .• dis• •..to
South Devon .. • • • • • . • • .. 35 .. 37% :7 .. to --

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIoN RAILWAYS AT TILE

LONDON FEE.

South Midland • • • ..
South Stafford4hlre Junction
south Eastern and Dover

Boulogne and Amiens, 12% —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
( Mackenzie), 234—Ditto (Espoleta), 2—Dutch Rhenisli, 7% —Great
Northern of France Constituted, 15%—Great Indian Peninsular, 131
—Luxembourg, 234 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 11% —Paris and Rouen,
3911 cx div.—Rouen and Havre, 29 ex div.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 10,000 to
12,000 bales, including 300 on speculation, with a firm mar-
ket. Shares continued firm, with a good demand for divi-
dend paying lines.
The following are some of the principal sales, by Messrs.
Wickman and Co., which took place yesterday at the Hall of
Commerce :-Armagh and Portrush, 195.-Ashburton. New-
ton, and South Devon Junction, 305.-Bideford and Tavistock,
135. 6d.-Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester, 265.-
Boston, Neu ark, and Sheffield, 525.-Buckinghamshire, 465.
-Chester and Manchester Direct, 225. 6d.-Cornwall and
Central Devon, 345.-Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor-
cester Junction, 155.-Direct Birmingham and Leicester,
245. 6d.-Goole and Doncaster, 775.-Grand Union, 825.-
Great Eastern and Western, 245. 6d.-Great Kent Atmos-
pheric, 375.-Great Grimsby, Louth, and Horlicastle, 305.-
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth, 275.-Isle of Axholme,
Gainsborough and Goole, 575. 6d.-Isle of Man, 255.-Lan-
caster and North Yorkshire, 415.-Leeds and Carlisle, 395.-
Leicester, Tarnvrorth, Coventry, Birmingham, and Trent
Valley Junction, 428.-Lincoln, Wainfleet Haven, and Boston,
285.-London and York, 835.-London and Manchester
(Remington), 375.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 21s. 6d.
-North Staffordshire, 51. 75.-Northampton, Bedford, and
Cambridge, 245.-Nottingham and Boston, 575. 6d.-Ports-
mouth Direct, 905.-Reading and Reigate, 245. 6d.-Rugby,
Warwick, and Worcester, 20s. 6d.-Sheffield and Maccles-
field, 225.-Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, 465.-Sligo
and Shannon, 335. 6d.- Somersetshire Midlands, 335.-South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford, 225. 6d.-Tean and Dove
Valley, 215.-Trent Valley Continuation, 38s. 6d.-Tring,
Reading, and Basingstoke, 575.-Vale of Neath, 585.-Water-
ford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 265.-Worcester,
Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, 285.-York and Lancaster,
363.-East Indian, 265.-Great Luxembourg, 545.-Louvain
and Jemeppe, 455. 6d.-Paris and Lyons (Calon's), 31s.
There are no arrivals to day from any quarter.
The discount market becomes easier now the last day of
payment for the new railway companies bas arrived, and there
is every hope that ere long people will be so far relieved, as to
wonder at their weakness in being frightened into the belief
that a fearful crash must ensue. From the first moment
when the Railway Companies began to make their lodg-
ments with the Accountant-General, up to the present
time, there has been an abundance of idle capital in the City,
and which, no doubt, would have been liberally, though ju-
diciously, loaned out upon first-rate security, such as has,
within the last week or two, been peremptorily refused
everywhere except at the Bank of England, but
for the systematic exertions of those who have been
so indiscreet or so designing as to foster the uneasiness. The
sum cashed up for deposit with the Accountant-General, is
between 9,000,000'. and 10,0e0,0001. just one-third of the
original estimate, by that oracular organ, the Times-scarcely
one guess or assertion of which paper has proved correct.
That the whole amount deposited will be re-invested in
•stock is not at all probable, because of the
decided advance in prices low, and the fall which
must occur hereafter, when sales become necessary. The
Bank of England will retain the amount not invested in
stock, say at least five millions, and the public will receive
the other half in return for the stock and Exchequer-bills
they supply to the projected Companies. For some months a
good part of this five millions will remain with the
public, feeding the usual channels of trade, and
before the Companies again become sellers, we may
hope for such a restoration of confidence, and such a weed-
ing of the Share Market as will relieve any pressure arising
from the stock being thrown on the market.
The Stock Market is very animated, and the purchases by
the Chancery broker are kept up, though it appears that he has
to-day been met by a few sellers. The executors of the late Mr.
Cohen are said to have been disposing of stock within the last
few days, and certainly they could not have had a more
favourable opportunity, for they may do so most profitably,
and yet exercise scarcely any influence upon the value of
Consols. The quotations have fluctuated from 96% to 97%
for present transfer, and from 97 to 971/2 for time. The pre-
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is worth 208 to 2091/, and India Stock 259. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 99% to par.
There is more activity in the Foreign Market, and the
quotations exhibit some buoyancy. Spanish Five per Cents.
have been 28t4 to 28, and the Three per Cents. 383/4 to
38 %. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 59% to 60.
Brazilian New Stock has been worth 83, Chilian 100, and
Mexican 31% to 14. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been 60 to 601/2.
Railway Shares have been high. The proceedings in Par-
liament last night have given a favourable impression of tame
feeling of the Legislature.
BRITISH ECTEDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stook . • 209% 208
Three per Cent. Bedueed Annuities • • 97%%114
Three per Cent. Console Annuities .. 9714 % 96% 97%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 99% 100 99%
Long Amenities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 9-16 %
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10%
India Stock .. .. 239
India Bonds, 1,0001. ..• .. 41 45
Bank Stock for Account • • .• .• .. 208%
Consols for Account .. .. • • .. 97% 97
India Stock for Account • • • • .. 259
Exel.equer Bills. I%d. 1% 1
1,0001. • • .. • • .. • • 38 35 40 37 pm.
501/. • • .. • . •• • . 37 35 40 pin.
Ditto, Small • • .... 37 38 40 pin.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • --
Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 83
Chiller' Bonds, 6 per Cent. •• .• 100
Granada, 1 per Cent. • • • • • • 21%
Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • .. 41%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5
per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account r • • 3114 'A
Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • • • 16% 1714
Portuguese Four per Cent
Ditto, for the Account • • • • 59% 60
Russian Bonds • • • • • • " • • 113
• •
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • •
Ditto, for the Account • • •• 28% tri 28
Ditto, Three per Cent .• • • • • ,
Ditto, for the Account •• 38%
• Venezuell Bonds, 2 per Cent • • • • 43,
Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • '• 1374
Dividend.; on the above payable In London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 6U,5 60
Ditto, for the Account • • • • .
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 90X:
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. Plat SOARS.
Bristol and Gloucester
Birmingham and Gloucester • . —lOO ....131 •••• to
Bristol and Exeter ........70 •• .. 89U .• ••to 89
Ditto New .. 5 ...• 12 •... to
13uckItighainshire .. • . 425. •• • - 1,4 p.. to
Caledonian • • 10 .• 14% —.. to 15
Ditto Half Shares • • • • • • • • 214 •• • . 4 % to
Ditto Extension .. • .. 2% •• • • 2% %
Chester and Holyhead .. • • ••20• • • • 211 A to
.. 30 .... 56% .to
ClD:crurbnbly:,,alUaintdtoExeet•lfeasr,t•a
J•nudnttaioffno•r•d 2545 • 244_1 %, :1_0:: —172
Direct Northern .. .. • • 2,s •• • • " t
Dublin and Galway .• .• • • • •
Eastern Counties 141. 16s. Od.• • 22%%%% to
Ditto, New .. 81. 16s. Od.•• p.. to
Do., Pcrpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61. 13s. 4d. •• • • %.... to
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50
Edinbur4h and Perth ........3 • • 3% .... to
Ely and Huntingdon .. 5 5% %• • to
i llouc., Aueryst., & Cent. of Wales . .• • • 4 .... to
ioole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, kit... 425. •• • . 13A p.. to --
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 .... 22 .... to
Hull and Selby .. 50 ....106 .• • . to
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • 7 • .27U 27.• to 2734
Leicester and Bedfon • . 225. l •• • • 76% .. ••to
.. • • • . p to
Leicst., Tam., Bir., & Trent Val.Junc. 425. .... par .... to
London and Birmingham ..100 .... 230 .• .. to
iitto. Quarter Shares • • • • • • 2 .... 2834 . to 28
London and Blackwell .. 161. 135. 4d. •• .. 914 .... to
London and Brighton 50..69% 68% 69
Ditto, Consolidated it ighths .. 40 ••• • •• "
14 to 69
London au4 Croydon .. .. 18i. 15s. 9d.
Ditto ditto Fifths.. 20 •• • • 31 •' • • to
2234 .... to
to
London and South-We:.-tern.• •411. Ga. 10(1. ••• •• •• •
Ditto, New 18 •• .• to
Ditto, Half Shares ..
London and York • • • • • • • • .. 214 •• • • 4%14 •• to
Lynn and Ely • • • • ••
• 5 .... 7 •• • • B°A
Lynn and Dereliam :• • • .. 5 •• • • 5%%.. to
to
Manchater and Leeds • • • 82 •• • •
to
Ditto, Fifths ~ • • ..
• •
•• I 12% %• . to 13
Ditto, Extension • ••
425.• •• -3% p.. to
Manchester and Birmin•g•ham• • .. .. 40 •• • • 70% .... to
Ditto, New Quarter Shares • • • • 2 .... 1014 •to
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • 425. •• • • 1% % pto
• • • • .. 38 .... 62