The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-07 00:00:00

MONEY and CO 111MERCIA L NEWS.
(From The Sun of last Nig,lit.)
The Cotton-market at Liveri,ool yesterday was very active.
The sales were 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including 800 American
and 200 Brazilian en speculation and for export.-Shares
were steady, but not so buoyant.
The intelligence by the West India mail notices a conti-
nued improvement in the weather, which was favourable for
the planters in Jamaica, Barbadoes, Demerara, &c. The Coolies
in the latter colony seemed inclined to turn to handicraft
and trading pursuits, but in any way we think they must
certainly be valuable to the colony. The fine weather comes
too late to do more than improve the prospect for next year's
crop. This season's will be lamentably deficient. There was
a scarcity of shipping at Barbadoes. •
The public securities have been rather dull, and the slight
decline in prices which occurred yesterday afternoon has not
been recovered. Consols for present transfer have realised
95% to 957/s, and for time 96 to lA. The Nevi Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have been also lower, viz., 97;7(4 to 98.
Bank Stock is firm, and has been as high as 2091/. Exche-
quer-bills have realised Bs. to 12s. premium.
Speculation in the Foreign Market has been exceedingly
dull. Spanish Bonds have been tolerably firm. The Pas-
sive are quoted 6. Mexican Bonds are lower again, viz.,
2 to 25,11.. Chilian Bonds are at par; and Brazilian at
90. Belgian Four- and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked
98 to 1 ; and Dutch Two-and-a• Half per Cents. 591 to 60.
Shares are not quite so buoyant, and the recent decided
advances induces sales while it checks investments.
BRITISH FUNDS. • ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. 20934 208% 208%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 963814 9634
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 953%%s 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Arms. 9734 98 98
New Five per Cent. Annuities .. .. 125 126
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 10 5-16
Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 1-16 10 1-16
India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. 23 23
Ditto, under 1,0001. .. 23 18 18
South Sea Stock .. „ „
Ditto Old Annuities .. • • • • 953 958
Consols for Account .. 96% 96
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d.
1,0001. - 12 8 - - pm. 11
5(101. .. - 12 8 - - pm. 8
Ditto, Small - .... 12 8 - - pm. 8
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'Ci•OCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent .. .. 90 90
Chilian Bonds, G per Cent .. . .. 100 100
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. -
Ditto, for the Account 2434 251% 24%
Portuguese Four per Cent - 42
Ditto, for the Account - 41
Ditto, 3 per Cent .. .• -
Ditto, Small .. 42%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. - 25%
Ditto, for the Account .. - 263
Ditto, Passive Bonds ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 9834 974
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 5934 %60 GO
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 943 94 94
PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING
DONE AT
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. .. 15 .. 10% ........
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. 2 838381„ 214
Birmingham and Gloucester ..100 .. - • • • ..... -
Ditto, New (issed at 734 dis.).. 1732 ... 321 j
Birmingham and Oxford J auction 2 .. 734 %• •
Buckinghamshire 425. .. par % dis. die.
Caledonian .. 20 .... 16% 16
Ditto, llalf Shares .. - • 13/
Ditto, Extension .. .. 2'4 -1%
Chester and Holyhead 27% - ..... 27%
Cornwall .. .. 5 .... -
I)irect Manchester (Remington's) 2%
Direct Northern 234 _ 2 2
Eastern Counties .. .. 14/. 165..... 24%
Ditto New .. .. 10/. 165..... 89%8% p 834 p
Ditto, York Extension .. I Os. 2% ys
Eastern Union .. .. 30 .... 4334 43
Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edmunds 9 834 • 8%
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... - .. •• • • -
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% 18% IBI,E
Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 10 .... 111 A .......... 11%
Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 423. dis... • ... % dis.
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1%
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... 3014 304
Great North of England . .. 100 .... -..........-
Ditto, New . .. 15 .... 51 .. ..... 50%
Great Western .. .. 85 ..., - • • ..... -
Ditto. Quarter Shares .. .. 10 .... 23% .... • ... 23%
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 45 .... 65 .. •.• • .. 65
Leeds and Bradford 26 .... 71 .......... 71
Leeds and Carlisle .. - ....
Leicester and Bedford 225. dis ..... dis.
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2%.... 2%14 . .
London an Birmingham . ..100 ....234
Ditto, Thirds .. 32 .... 73%
Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... -
Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 2632
London and Brighton .. 50 • • . 66'4
London and Croydon .. .. 131. 153.94... - .••• • • •
Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 - • .
London and Greenwich .. 12/. Iss. 4d. 9
London, Hounslow, and Western.. 2 .... %. .
London and South• Western -41/. 6s. 10d... - -
Ditto, New .. •• .. • • 17% 27% .. 2734
London and York .. 2% -2% IA
Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 .... 15% 16%
Lynn and Dereham .• 15 .... 13% 14 13%
Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 - ........ -
Ditto Extension 425. .. • • 4 332 p 3l/2 p
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 88
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 5 .... 16% 16%
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) I •• • • 11 1138
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... 13ti 34 p.....• 14 p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 13/
Midland ..100 .... 146
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .. • . 4330 44%
Ditto, New . 1 .... 12 % % 12
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .• • • 2934 % 2832
Norfolk 20 .. -
Ditto, Tenths .• .• 2 •• ..
Ditto, Extension .. .. • • 2 • • - ••• • • ... 2344
North British .. .. 25 .... 40 39%% .... 3934
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • • 15 14% ...... 14%
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% .... 334 3a % 3%
North Kent and Direct Dover .. 234.... 1% .• 1%
North Staffordshire .. • - • • 425. • • 4% % p.. • ... p
Oxford,Worcest., & Wolverhmptn. 12% .... 9
Portsmouth lnrect • • • . . • 334 5%74 .. .
Pregton and Wyre .. • . • . 25 .... 3734 ...... •• • , 3754
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. • • • • % dis
Scottish Central .. . 12%.... -
Ditto New . .. • • - •• • •
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 .... 338%• • • • •
Shropshire Union .. 425. tits % dis.
South Midland .. 425..... p.. •• • •
South Eastern and Dovor 33%.• • • --..........-
Do.. New (do. 33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... - • • .... 1834
Do., New (do. 30/.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 21% • • ••••• .. 2138
Do., New (do. 151,.) .. No. 4. 234 . ........ 3%
South Wales .. .. 5 .... 2 %.... . . . .
Warwickshire and London .. 425. - dis
Welsh Midland .... 1
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 10 .... -
West Riding Union • . 423. .... 434 33{ 4 p 434 p
York and Carlisle .. 234.. •. 1% ....... 134
York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... - ..... -
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 25 .... 50 .......... 50
Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 49 .......... 49
Ditto. Extension .. 20 .... '3944 39 IA
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.- 1 ••.- 1414 •• •• 133,E
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian .. 4 .. • . 23.4 .......... 234
Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 14 .... 12%.. 123
Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... 1%
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 1% 54
Dutch Rhenish , „ 6 61%
East Indian .. ss. .... 1 % ...... ys
Louvain ala Sambre .. .. 5 ...• 1N
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •• .. - ••• • • ... 13%
Namur and Liege .. _ 6 ....
Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .... 8 %•• • •
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5 % .. ••• • • • 54
Rouen and Ilavre .. 20 .... 2794 .. • • .... 27%
Sambre and Meuse _ • . 8 .... 431 .. .
West Flanders 6 .... 3344 •••• • • • • 3%
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered - •• • • 3% •• • • •.. •• • *6

BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER

RAILWAY.
The half-yearly general meeting of this Company was held
in the Board Room, at the terminus, London-bridge, yester-
day, at eleven o'clock.
The Hon. Capt. Hareram, RN., having taken the chair,
called on the Secretary to read the notice of meeting. After
the seal of the Company had been attached to the registered
list of the shareholders,
The CHAIRMAN said it would not be necessary for him to
detain the meeting with any lengthened statement. They
were aware of the circumstances under which they met, that
it was merely in compliance with the Act of Parliament.
They were aware also that the Brighton and Chichester line
had been completed, and was opened to the public,
and that the traffic on it was satisfactory. He said the
l'ortsnmuth extension was in progress, and the Eastern
portion ;was considerably advanced, and he might say with
confidence that by the end of the year, or early next season,
it would be entirely completed, and that as soon as it was
completed the transfer of the line would be made to the
Brighton Company.
A statement of the accounts, up to the 30th of June was
then laid upon the table, making the whole expenditure
amount to 93,8131. 18s. 6d.
Mr. COOPER moved that the report and accounts be re-
ceived and entered on the minutes. _ _ .

Mr. HILL seconded the motion, which was carried nem. con.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman was passed, and the
meeting adjourned.

LONDON JOINT-STOCK AND
COUNTY BANK.
The usual, half-yearly meeting of this Company took place
yesterday, at the London Tavern. The chair was taken ly
Mr. Hawes.
The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the
affairs of the Company were in the most flourishing and
satisfactory condition.
The CHAIRMAN announced a dividend of 6 per cent.
This announcement was received witi great approbation ;
and after a vote of thanks had been passed to the Chair-
man, the meeting separated.

FLOGGING IN THE ARMY AND

NAVY.
TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

My Lord,—Did the extreme injustice, as well as cruelty,
in the mass of punishment to which a delinquent in the army
or navy is subjected ever occur to those persons who un-
happily possess the power of ordering its infliction? Has it
ever occurred to them that, in accordance with the mode
adopted, nine times the quantity of agony, degradation, and
distress, is thus endured ?
When a nation, assuming to itself the name of polished,
passes a sentence of punishment as barbarous as it is de-
basing, it is at the same time intended to .cover a falsehood
and deception of the grossest kind. The culprit is told that
such a number of stripes are allotted to him ; and the in-
flictors, whom habit has rendered callous to every sentiment
of human sympathy, are commanded to violate both law and
justice, and add to the torture nine-fold !
No compensation can be made to those who have thus
been made to lose their self-respect—mutilated, murdered—
but the crime may cease to be committed, and the cry of
blood be hushed in this land of boasted freedom and hu-
manity. Oh ! let the commencement of your government be
immortalised by the utter and complete annihilation of this
worse than brutal system. Severity never was, never can
be, the avenue to a British heart. Remove this brand of
infamy from our land, and receive in return the honour, the
obedience, the love, the prompt devotedness of emancipated
Englishmen.
August sth, 1846.

MILITARY FLOGGING.—The following resolution was
agreed to on Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, at a meeting of the
National Association, 242, Holborn :—" That the punishment
by flogging, as practised in the army and navy, is disgraceful
° a civilised nation, brutalising and cruel to the men who
to
and endure it, and inefficacious as a means for the
suppression of vice and crime. That thJ late cruel and bar-
barous exhibition of this punishment at Hounslow calls for
a strong expres-ion of public opinion, to obtain which it
resolved that a public meeting be held in the Hall, on Thurs-
day, August 13th."
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.-IES Ro a
3
Highness the Duke of Cambridge and suite visited these'
gardens on Wednes:lay evening, to witness the eruption of Ve-
suvius. His Ito 3 al Highness passed most flattering enco-
miums upon Mr. Tyler, on the success of the spectacle, and
also in a most feeling and condescending manner congratu-
lated him cn the little amount of damage done to the gar-
dens by the late storm.