The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-16 00:00:00

SUN, LoNiaaN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 161 1846

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 16.
TIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 23; Highest. 30 ; Noon, 32.
BAROMETER, 29.72.—W1ND N.E., fine.

MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRLDGE THIS BAY.
Morning minutes after —. I Evening .. 17 minutes after 12.

' to enforce the immediate payment of his charge, and act
in the most harsh and oppressive manner towards his
unfortunate debtor. 'We have already (in The Sun of
the 4th instant) pointed out the fearful sufferings that
would be entailed on the proprietors of encumbered
estates, the enormous waste of money in useless and
unnecessary litigation, and the serious national injury
that would be occasioned by such proceedings
becoming general. To that the encumbrancer may
reply, how is he affected thereby, and why should he
be expected to give up any of his rights ?—that he
will give no indulgence, but will enforce immediate
payment by every means allowed and sanctioned by
the law. We trust there are but few who would use
such an argument, and who would seek to exact their
pound of flesh under such circntastances; but, as
there may be some so utterly selfish, and regardless of
every higher consideration, it is desirable to show, that
by adopting such a course, they would deprive them-
selves of the payment of any interest whatsoever for
several years, a period much longer than that which
would be rendered necessary by the urgency of the
distress and the difficulty of obtaining payment if
rents throughout the greater portion of the kingdom.
Should they decide on filing a bill, a considerable
time must be spent in obtaining the necessary in-
formation to lay before the equity pleader, in order to
enable him to prepare the draft. The engrossing,
serving subpoenas, and getting in the answer of the
principal defendant, would also occasion so great a
delay, that an order for a receiver could scarcely be
obtained over the lands, under the most favourable
circumstances, before next long vacation ; there
would then be the time that would elapse while the
Master was approving of a fit and proper person for
the office ; and, when appointed, the new receiver
would be allowed a period of fifteen months to pass
his accounts. The Master would then fix a time for
him to bring in the balance in his hands, before which
period the creditor could not hope to obtain a single
shilling on account of interest, on his demand.lHe
would also have a heavy outlay to his own solicitor,
no part of which could be repaid until the final
termination of the suit. This simple statement,
showing that between two and three years at the least
must necessarily elapse before even any portion of the
interest would be paid, may satisfy such a person as
we have alluded to, that it is not his interest to throw
the property into Chancery so long as there is a
reasonable hope of his obtaining payment by other
means.

might have resort to the cheaper class of carriages,
either from motives of economy or necessity. Third -
class passengers were subjected to every description
of inconvenience. They were conveyed almost ex-
clusively by slow trains, that consumed double the
time in the journey that was occupied by the more
favoured ones. They were dispatched at the most
inconvenient hours of the day, and in carriages that
would seem to have been constructed for the express
purpose of ascertaining how great the quantity of
discomfort the public could be brought to submit to.
The vehicles were wholly uncovered, without seats
of any kind; the passengers were huddled toge-
ther like a flock of sheep, without means of
sitting down during the journey, or resting them-
selves in any way. In summer they were scorched
by the heat, in winter they were exposed to the in •
clemency of the weather; and at all seasons they had
no protection from the cinders or ashes that might fly
from the engine, next which they were generally
placed, that they might receive the chief danger in
the event of any accident. We have no doubt that the
seeds of disease and death were sown, in many in-
stances, on such journeys, and that numerous widows
and orphans might trace the loss of husbands and
fathers to illnesses originated from such sources.
The experience that has been acquired on this
topic has afforded the strongest evidence of the erro-
neousness of the early opinions on this subject. In
every instance in which the experiment has been
tried, it has been found that increased facilities to
travellers, whether by reductions of fares or other
ameliorations, have also increased the profits of the
companies. Witness the effect produced by the
alterations introduced by the North-Western Com-
pany, by which great advantages were given to the
public, and large additional gains acquired by the
company. It might naturally be supposed that re-
sults so favourable to all parties would have induced
other companies to have acted in a similar spirit, but
such, unfortunately, is not the case : there are some
parties so blind that they must be coerced even for
their own benefit.
But there is another element that must enter into
the calculation as well as the pecuniary interests
of the company. A vast monopoly has
been sanctioned by the Legislature; the ordinary
modes of conveyance have been set aside, they could
not contend against, or co-exist with, the gigantic
power of the railways. The several statutes autho-
rising their construction, and incorporating the com-
panies, provided certain rates of fares that should be
charged to the different classes, and there was an
implied contract, on the part of those to whom these
concessions were made, that they would provide suffi-
ciently for the public accommodation, by taking pas-
sengers of all classes at convenient times, and by
proper vehicles. It was found, however, that the
duty to the public in that respect was not fully car-
ried out, or regarded in that equitable point of view
that might reasonably have been hoped for. Parliament
accordingly interfered, and by a statute passed in
1844, by which almost every railway company in the
kingdom is now bound, provided for the conveyance
of third-class passengers by what are termed the
Parliamentary trains, such trains to start at hours to
be approved of by the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council, to travel at a rate of not less than
twelve miles an hour for the whole distance, including
stoppages, to take up and set down passengers at
every station which they should pass on the line ;
the carriages in which passengers should be conveyed
by each train to be provided with seats, and protected
from the weather, in a manner satisfactory to the Lords
of the said committee, and the fare ,not to exceed one
penny for each mile travelled. There were other pro-
visions in the same Act for the amount of luggage to
be allowed for each passenger, fares of children, &c.
Here, then, we have the direct interference
of the Legislature for the protection of third

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class travellers, and a special enactment
" that the carriages shall be provided with
seats, and protected from the weather, in a manner
satisfactory to the Board of Trade." The power of
that Board is transferred to the Railway Commis-
sioners by the Act of last session, and it is supposed
that a general control and supervision of all the ex-
isting railways will be placed in their hands. It is
not too much to hope that the Commissioners will use
the power in their hands, and see that the carriages
are properly sheltered from the weather. A mere

Innvn r: u,.. ; a ..of. ~ •• eg .ai:-..4.- ....•.' tti k• a n,6"-me' -- ten iiiipps'
passengers ; they should, as " VIGILANS" states, be
divided into compartments, and properly glazed;
Make the other carriages as much more luxurious as
you please, but see that the health of the
poorer classes is preserved from injury. The
sanatory condition of the public has attracted the at-
tention of our Government; there are few points more
necessary to be provided for than that to which we
have adverted. If the Commissioners possess the
power with respect to all the trains that they have in
the Parliamentary ones, they should exercise it with-
but any unnecessary delay ; if they have not, it should
forthwith be granted to them. The public comfort
and the preservation of the public health must be re-
garded as well as the public safety.

A letter from Athens, of the 30th ult., says—
" The opening of the third session of the Congress
seems to prove that, notwithstanding the illness of the
President of the Council, M. Coletti, the Ministry will
not only be strong enough to contend with its enemies
in the Chambers, but even to maintain its majority.
It is true that the Opposition has succeeded in ob-
taining the election of M. Anastase, one of its caudi
dates, to be a Vice-President of the Senate, but this is
rather to be attributed to the fault of the Ministerial
party than to the strength of its adversaries. Besides,
the Government has got all its candidates chosen in the
Chamber of Deputies. The Opposition candidate for the
Presidency, M. Flachos, had only 22 votes out of 85.
During the last fortnight the health of the President of
the Council has been improving, and it is hoped that he
will soon be able to resume his place at the head of the
Government. On Friday the King visited him, and sat
by his bedside for nearlyihalf an hour ; his Majesty in-
formed him that the ding of Bavaria had conferred
upon him the grand cross of the Order of Merit. On
retiring, the King expressed to M. Coletti's family his
joy at the approachingre.establishment of a man so gene-
rally beloved in Greece. Prince Oscar of Sweden ar•
rived in Athens two days ago, and it is said means to
make some stay."

The persons comprised in the affair of Rimini, and
who, after taking refuge at Fiume, on the coast of
Dalmatia, had been imprisoned by order of the
Austrian Government, have arrived at Ravenna, with
passports sent to them by the POPE, who has forgiven
their offence, and given them leave to return to their
native country.
Letters from Rome state that the differences be-
tween the Government of Spain and the ll°ly See
have been adjusted.

' In consequence of the severity of the weather,
neither English, Spanish, nor South German mails
arrived in Paris on Monday.
The Money Market in Paris is improving, the
prices of funds and shares have risen, the stock of
precious metals in the Bank is increasing, and busi-
ness in general has assumed a more healthy ap-
pearance.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Monday at 81f. 23c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 E 65c.; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 E ; Rouen, 9101. ; Havre,
660 E; Great Northern, 655 f. ; Avignon, 892 f. 50c. ; Vierzon,
605 f. ; Bordeaux, 5651. ; Boulogne, 438 f. 75c.; Basle, 220 f. ;
Paris and Strasburg, 485 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 493 E ; Paris
and Lyons, 515 f. ; Lyons and Avignon' 485 E ; Belgian Two-
and a-Half per Cents., 55%; Spanish Actives, 33%; Ditto
Three per Cents., 382.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 15.
Dutch Rhenish, 4'S, —Great Western Bengal, lA—Jamaica
South Midland Junction, lA Luxembourg, %—Madras,
Nellore, and Arcot, Vie—Northern of France Constituted,
103—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Paris and Lyons Consti-
tuted. 514—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 3%.

sufferings
si
SIR,
—You tSmi
tiUuon uN.i t
THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGES.
yto; tfohre
that reason I hope you will exercise your able and
powerful pen to put down the open third-class carriages
on railways. I see a poor woman died in one of them
the other day, and I have no :doubt that hundreds of
others have silently died from the colds and fevers that
have been caught in inclement weather in these un•
Christian conveyances. Many poor people may die, and
like,
Eelhe public
none take notice of it. Let the directors put to death
one Noble Lord, one Member of Parliament, in the way
they have punished to death many of the afflicted poor,
and some remedy will be applied. It will then be seen
inside
that if no open third-class carriages were allowed by
law, and second-class carriages were by law divided into
sinsgthalelytheeoinrldp.assengers,
compartments, and glazed and made comfortable, while
that the
would
rltiderssbttes wofertehem
consultedardneibl
ywa samyl uoxrceuorm first-classi opuasoiaess ysonud
places being taken,
and by numbers having their lives spared to travel
again, instead of being killed off, as they now are. In
times gone by the coach proprietors went upon the
.All the best
coaches had cushions on the outside seats ; and they
found this system answer.
and Christian
out, apsrincip
The merciless, unchristian
,
monopolising railway directors persecute the
principle
comfortableo of
m a
k
poor by
their wicked open third-class carriages, and make the second-class, with great reluctance, tenantable,
on the
covetous and unhallowed principle of c
torture, the poorer to pay more than ompelling, bY
and the respectable middling
class conveyances. classes to travel by first-
By calling attention to this subject •
good, and remedy an enormous abuse you will do great
use of power.
Your obedient servant,

VIGIL,

THEWESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY.—Last night,
at eight o'clock, a full meeting of the committee of the
Westminster Reform Society was held at Stannard's
Hotel, Upper Wellington-street, Covent garden, for the
purpose of further considering the representation of
Westminster, Mr. Geesin in the chair. Several new
members having been introduced, and the subject for
which the committee was convened having been taken
into consideration, Mr. Prout proposed a resolution to
the effect—" That all are resolved to place a candidate
in the field who will conciliate all sections of reformers ;
and to that end the committee are directing their united
attention." Dr. Bainbridge, of St. Martin's, seconded
the resolution, which was agreed to unanimously.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meet-
ing separated.

Cracow, after it had been drawn up by M. GUIZOT,
was submitted by the KING to a secret council of
irresponsible advisers, consisting of Count MOLE, the
Due DECAZES, the Duc PASQUIER, and some other
friends of the dynasty, and was by them considerably
modified before M. GUIZOT was permitted to submit
it to the responsible advisers of the Crown. We know
not whether this is the usual manner in which "they
manage these things in France," but we know that if
in England the SOVEREIGN were to submit the
official documents drawn up by her responsible
Ministers to an irresponsible clique, that the respon-
sible Ministers, no matter to what party they
might belong, would at once resign. M. GUIZOT,
however, seems rather pleased than otherwise at this
manifestation on the part of the KING of want of
confidence in his responsible advisers. The following
is the article in the Portefeuille:—
" The first point was to decide whether the protest
was to have the Character of a note or of a dispatch. In
other words, was it to be sent directly to the Court of
Vienna or to M. de Flahault? The form of a dispatch
appeared preferable, because it gives to an able diplo-
matist the opportunity of employing all the resources
or his personal influence. M. de Flahault possesses a
perfect tact, uses most conciliatory language, arid his
mode of acting is marked by the most perfect polite-
ness; he enjoys at Vienna general esteem; all
the highest society frequents his drawing-room;
he is on excellent terms with Prince de Metternich;
he is consequently in the best possible situation to
make use of a dispatch from his Government. That
point being decided, it was necessary to fix the
character of the protest. It was meditated at length,
all the terms were carefully weighed, and, before being
submitted to the approbation of the Council, it under-
went, we are assured, considerable modifications. We
believe that we can even affirm that some high person-
ages, admitted within a sanctuary closed to vulgar eyes,
were consulted. Their experience, their age, their ele-
vated functions—the part they have taken in the affairs
of the country—rendered them worthy of such confidence.
They all, it is said, approved of the changes effected in
the language and spirit of the protest. We believe we
can also state that two eminent members of the diplo-
matic corps were allowed to see it when modified; and
probably M. Guizot informed them of nothing: new
when he read it to them. The wording in its corrected
form received the approbation of the Council of Mi-
nisters. We are well pleased that the matter pissed in
this way. If the sentiments of which the Presse had
made itself the imprudent organ had prevailed, who
could say what the consequences of the protest might
be? We have already hinted at them, and we persist in
saying that in a menacing protest, particularly in the
present state of our relations with England, there would
be both folly and weakness. Let us be grateful for the
prudence which knew how to preserve France."
According to the Esprit Public, M. TRIERS was
asked to join the secret council of irresponsil:les, but
he very properly declined to do so, alleging as his
reason that, " should he feel disposed to criticise it
before the" Chamber of Deputies, he would rather do
so on the assumption that the document in question
was the work of Ministers."
The remarks which have appeared in the English
papers on the reception given by France to the Bey
of Turas seem to have caused considerable excite-
ment in Paris. The France seems to be of opinion,
that M. Gurzor will have to pay dearly at Constan-
tinople for his petty triumph in Paris :
" The reception of the Bey by the French Govern-
ment has already roused the susceptibility of Great
Britain. Our jealous neighbours seem disposed to be
angry at the very slight satisfaction which M. Guizot
has given to himself. One London journal has even
laid hold of the circumstance in order to launch out into
absurd declamations against us. According to this
journal, it is a great liberty on the part of the French
Government to receive the Bey with the honours due
to a sovereign prince, when the other Powers, par-
ticularly England, refuse, out of respect for the
Porte, to give him that quality. These scruples do
not come very well in the present circumstance. We
know, thank God, that the English are much less
scrupulous when it is their interest to be so, and
we shall take care not to advise the French Cabinet
to give way to the reproaches which are addressed to it.
But, at the same time, ought we not to fear that the offi-
cial manifestations of M. Guizot towards the Bey of
Tunis may become for France a sorry recommendation
at Constantinople? England will take care to turn this
circumstance to profit, and to ruin the little influence
which we may still retain with the Porte. In our opi-
nion, it would have been easy for the French Cabinet to
have avoided this disadvantage, It might have given to
its reception of the Bey of Tunis a less official charac-
ter, and have shown less vanity in its petty triumph.
The result would have been the same; the conduct of
France less significative, and foreign susceptibility less
lively. Successes, however, with the Cabinet of the 29th
October are so rare, that it cannot afford to pass them
over in silence, even at the risk of showing its incapa
city and its ignorance.'
The meetings in England on the subject of Ota-
heite are evidently producing a great effect on the
public mind in France. On this subject the Con-
'''-'irvitloWlioar lime importance is to be attached in
general to these declamations. The orators of English
clubs do not observe much reserve in their expressions,
It is not rare, for instance, to hear the nigrophiles ex-
press themselves in terms still more violent, if pos-
sible, in speaking of the owners of slaves, without
distinction of rank or character. But, under existing
circumstances, these meetings, which take place with
a strange simultaneousness on so great a number
of points, indicate new efforts. The Protestant
missionaries wish to turn to account at Otaheite
the rupture of the friendly relations between
France and England. They have proposed, amo, gat
other means of forcing us to quit Otaheite, (no
which would consist in making a desert of the
island by favouring emigration. The population would
be distributed amoung the other islands of the Archipe-
lago, particularly Raiatea, where Pomare has her re-
sidence. The Missionary Society is rich enough to be
able to carry this project into execution, if it has only
the tacit consent of the English Government. If it
should be executed, not only should we have to support
all the privations of our isolation at Otaheite, but also
to dread the continual incursions of the refugee popula-
tion of the neighbouring islands. Our Ministry would
then have to expiate the fault that it committed in re-
nouncing the extension of the Protectorate over these
islands, which have always been inhabited by a warlike
people."

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Paz Swam.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — -
Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1% — to
Belfast and Ccunty Down .. 43/4 .• ..
Birmingham and Dudley ..... 425. ... . 5% pto
Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......
Do. New (iss. at 7% dis.).. 171/2......
Birmingham 8; Oxford Junc... 2
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 23/4 — ••
Boston, Stara, & Birming... 228. - •••
Bristol and Exeter
Do., New
Bristol and Gloucester... 3O
Bristol and Liverpool Junc... 21A
•• •
Buckinghamshire B4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25
Chester and Holyhead... 27% — ...
Churnet and Blythe.. ...... .. 2 •• I
Cli eStejLand MAP CliirAta -- - A94' ..., .. ...
...
Clarence. .... 100 ...
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
•••
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - •...
Cork, Blaekrock, & Passages 225.
Cork and liillarney
Cork and Waterford 11/2
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ...... ... 2% ..... ....
Direct Lincoln, East Betford,
and Shieflie:d Junction 2%
••••
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich 1
••••,
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 21/.
üblin and Galway4 ••••1
Dundalk and Enniskilh

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.en ... 10 ...... -
Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 22,' .... .to
Do. New l2/. 16s - •to
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... - • . to
Do., d 0.... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... A, pto
Do., York Extension
East Dereham and Norwich 1 -
Eastern Union ... .. .. 35
Ditto, Quarter Shares -
Do. Extension to Harwich 1%...... -
Do. Cambridge and Ely... 21/2 - to
East Lancashire
Ditto, New - to
Do. ( late Preston &Omsk.) 5 ... ... - to
Do., do., New Scrip ...... ... 114 -
East Lincolnshire ... 114 2l/9 to •
East and West of England... 1% - ...... to •
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O -
Ditto, Half Shares
..... _ , .. ... to •
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% lB% to •
Edinburgh and Northern ... 12%...... -•
..
to
:
Edinburgh and Perth - .... o
Ely and Huntingdon - •to
Enniskillen and Sligo 2l/ - ••• ••• to .
Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 5% - ...... to .
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - ...... to -
Ditto, New - ..... to -
D 0.14 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ••••• -., - ••• to -
Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 2
Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) 16 - ••• - to -
Great Eastern and Western... 2t/2
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% - ...... to -
Great Munster 2% - ..... . to
Great North o Scotland 2% - ...... to -
Great North of England 100 ......227
... to 2;
......... 15151, ::: .:: 57;14; . ::: to --
Ditto, New
Ditto, New
Ditto, New t . ..... '''''' ••• .. t 0 -
Great Western -
50 ...... . - ...... to -
Ditto,pitto' HQuaaltrStehraSrehsares -
Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... ... ...... to -
2 ..... --- - ... to -
to teorN,sfiewel d
Extensionand M mi! t. e. r 13 ...... _
...... -
HullfluDDd:dt. and Selby .................. 50 ..... . ... -
Ditto,
Quarter Shares..... - 121/2 ...... -
-
Ditto,Half Shares .......... 25 ...... - -
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11% lOl/2 tO -
Do. do. and Norwich ...... 21/2
Lancaster and Car1i51e....... 50 - -- -- ...... to -
Do. New ....... ............. 5 - •..... to -
Leeds and Bradford ............. 30 - ....... to
Leizester and Bedford ......... 225. Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 22% - to -
Ditto, Branch (Blue) ...... % - . ... to --
Ditto, Extension (Green). 2% - " to ....
Leeds and Thirsk 14% x n. to 171/2 -
Ditto, New .... . .
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent - •• •••• - -
Liverpool, Manchester, and -
Newcastle Junction 2% - ""•• to -
London 5• Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d -
Do. New ..........
. to -
.•
3 - ...... to -
Do. Extension 7% -
Lond., Bright, & South Coast 50 -
Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 40 -
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10 - ...... to -
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . - -
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... - -
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... - ...... to -
London,Hounslow.&Western 2 . .... - ...... to -
London and North Western..loo ......195
Do. Quarter Shares - ...... to -
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths -
Do. Quarters
Do. 401. Shares.....L. &M. 8 .....• - ...... to -
Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 - ...... to -
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . - -
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 - to -
Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 - to -
London, Oxford, and Chel tin. - - to -
London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 62 63% to 62%
Do•NewconsolidatedBths- 40 - to -
Ditto New .. .... 22%... - 26% ...... to -
Do. New lB
...... to Ditto Tenths 5 ...... 5% to -
Ditto Tenths 4 - ...... to -
-
Ditto Scrip 5.. ... 53/4 to -
Ditto ditto -
Ditto Extension - ...... to -
-
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 21/2- - ..... .to --
Londonderry:and Coleraine l5 ...... - ....•. to -
Londonderry and Enniskillen 15
.. - ...... to -
Lynn ancizEly -
Lynn and Dereham
-"..... -
Manchester and Leeds B2 ..... - -
Ditto Ralf Shares ...... - 38 ...... -
Ditto Quarters ......... 2
Ditto Fifths ...............1.. 5 . , - ...... to -
Ditto Sixteenths ... .....
... 614 - - ....- to -
Do. Extension ............... 425. - p...- to -
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 24
Do., do., Fifths
.... ........ 1
Blanch, Buxton, & Matlock 42a. - p ....

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
12,000 bales, including 4,000 American on speculation,
800 Pernam and Maranham, 500 Egyptian, and 2,500
Surat on speculation. Tho market was not so animated
as on Monday. Shares were duller.
The sale of Railway Shares, yesterday, at Messrs. La-
mond and Co.'s, did not go off with much spirit, although
there was no great alteration in prices. The following
are a few of the principal sales :
Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia ...... £0 3 9
Madrid and Valencia.. 1 0 6
Great Luxembourg
East Indian
Eastern Counties, York Extension ..... 310 6
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 14 6
Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certficate 0 10 0
Churnet and Blythe
Manchester and Southampton, 1847 1 9 6
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4
Taw Vale Extension and Dock ..
Vale of Neath 1 9 6
Shropshire Union and Canal
North British, New Thirds ...-
Paris and Lyons 5 2 6
Worcester, Warwick. and Rugby
London and York, Extension
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and G001e... 2 4 0
A most interesting discussion was anticipated at the
East India House to day, on a motion that it be re-
ferred to the Court of Directors, to make better
provision for the Native Army in India, as
a reward for past services, and with the
praisworthy idea of advancing them to that high
position which they most unquestionably deserve. The
notice of motion, however, was declared, by the chair-
man, to have been adjourned, pursuant to the request of
Mr. Sullivan. The subject, however, will not be lost
sight of.
The Cotton speculations at Liverpool are progressing
at an awful rate. There must be a settling day, and
long " time " bargainers may rue the day in entering
upon such extensive operations as have been noted
of late. Truly, it may be said, the spirit of
speculation has departed from the vicinity of
Capel-court, and centred in the cotton market of
Liverpool. llowever, time will, questionless, unfold a
tale in this, as in other rash and reckless business trans-
actions, from the result of which a moral may again be
gleaned.
There are not any late arrivals announced from the
colonies to day.
Accounts have just been received of the arrival of the
Hamburgh mail. We do not hear of any very parti-
cular information, except that in Sicily great destruc
tive inundations have been reported to have occurred.
The weather was extremely severe in all parts of Ger-
many and Holland. The navigation by canals was all
but closed.
Consols for the Account have been rather firm to-day
at 93i to 93i ; the Reduced Three per Cents. have just
dropped from 94A- to 93k. Exchequer-bills are at 14s.
premium. Bank Stock at 207, and the New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. at 954.
This is the pay-day in the Share Market, and the
settling and pay-day in the Foreign Funds. Little
business has, consequently, been in progress, but, the
receipt and liquidation of differences.
There have been bargains in Buenos Ayres, at 42 ;
in Mexican, at 231 i; in the Four per Cents. Portuguese,
at 37; in the Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents., at 544;
and in the Four per Cents. at 92g.
The prices of railway shares and scrips are pretty
firm to-day.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 207
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93% 941ri, 93%
New 314 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Jan. stb, Expire 1860 9 15-16 '%
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities 9334
Consols for Opening 931/23g%
.exchequer Bills. 11/ed.
1,0001.
5001.
Ditto Small
KICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, New, 1843
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 42
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 23V/5
Portuguese 4 per Cents 37
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 21/2 per Cent.
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... 92%

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