The Sun.
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LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1846,

upon those nine emaciated corpses. One man, who
had ineffectually applied for aid to the local relief
committee, and a woman, who was incapable of
working from her extreme debility, died at Turlough;
another man at Bellina ; two more at Crossmolila ;
another at Cloonralogh ; one at Notish ; one at Bally-
moholy ; and another at Shangurta. We shall abstain
from dilating upon the torments and the desolation by
which these cruel deaths must have been preceded)
because we conceive that in so doing we should be
profaning the sanctuaries of an unrepining destitu-
tion. A people dying away through want of the
commonest food, without the means of obtaining a
mouldy crust, or the chance of earning a halfpenny
by the toil of their limbs, is one of the most awful
spectacles in artificial society ; but that spectacle is
immeasurably more awful when the land in which they
are perishing is; proverbial for its fertility, and the
Government, under whose shadow they are falling,
is so illustrious for its potency. It is not, however,
so much to the Government that we should look
for the prevention of this calamitous decimation—it is
to the local authorities, it is to the relief committees
which have undertaken to decrease the adjacent
impoverishment, it is to the magistrates, the landlords
and the wealthier classes generally in the several ba-
ronies. Unless the more competent and influential pro-
tectors of the peasantry bestir themselves betimes, unless
they are sedulous in their researches after the penni-
less and the foodless in their neighbourhood, unless
they abstain more from the refusal of applications for
relief, these nine famine-stricken Irish are only the
predecessors of so many hundreds. It is not only for
the more immediate salvation of the destitute
that so much exertion is required from the less
afflicted members of the community—it is for the
ultimate advantage, and maybe for the imme-
diate preservation of the latter. Extreme want is as
powerful an incitement to crime and insubordination
as the evilest of evil passions. Goaded on by the ra-
vages of hunger, the most peaceful are transformed
into the most rebellious, the utmost gentleness
into the most obdurate cruelty, the most virtuous
citizens into the most desperate criminals. And
in Ireland famine is rendered an infinitely more
powerful excitation to violence, inasmuch as it is act-
ing upon men naturally passions to and enthusiastic.
There are already unfortunate evidences of the
formidable consequences of the still existing
visitation. Instead of welcoming the individuals
deputed to bestow upon them the wages and
employment determined upon by the Board of Works,
instead of receiving the officers of that noble institu-
tion as their saviours, the half-maddened peasants
subject them to maltreatment. If we may credit a
hideous rumour in a respectable Irish newspaper, one of
the appointed overseers has recently been assassinated
in the county Clare, having been actually " cut to
pieces with reaping-hooks." Whether this almost in-
credible intelligence be based upon an actual or an
imaginary occurrence, it is indisputable that the
agents of the Board of Works are frequently mo-
lested in the discharge of their generous and bene-
volent duties. Sometimes they are treated with
extreme brutality, and their lives are continually in
peril. What a horrible condition is this for a civi-
lised people ! What a bitter mockery to the advance-
ment and diffusion of knowledge—to the spread of
morality—to the vaunted happiness and grandeur of
the British islands !I Such an accumulation of
misery is unknown amongst the Carribeans, or the
inhabitants of the Marquesas. In destroying the
officers of the Board of Works, the Irish peasantry
are immolating their benefactors as dastardly, as
vilely, as cruelly, as did the Dantonists the lovers of
peaceful regeneration. The heinous guilt of these
crimes, however, is not attached to the mass.
it is attached to the lawless perpetrators alone,
By delivering these disturbers of public tranquillity
up to justice—men who have the deplorable
audacity to deride the laws both of GOD and man—

the more gentle and unrebellious sufferers may hasten
their own extrication from misery, and, in doing so,
simultaneously remove a curse from their native land.
Unless the righteous members of that community
act thus boldly, and thus honestly, the anticipation of
the Irish melodist can never be realised, " the rain-
bow of hope" to Ireland can never emerge,

" Bright through the flood
Of her tears and her blood."

Unless such a natural course be pursued, the
peasantry will still continue to perish in their cabins
like dogs, the visible ban of poverty will still remain
upon that misgoverned and afflicted country.

We recently pointed out the great differences ex-
isting between the cases of the proprietors of lands
Ind of the parties who have advanced their capital on
he security of those lands. The first class are spe-
culatqrs in the value of the soil—they will reap the
-ntire benefit of any improvement in its price, and
hould therefore be fairly responsible for any loss that
cosy be sustained. They enjoy all the rights and
ivi!eges incidental to the possession of that
lescription of propel ty, they are likewise bound to
perform all the duties appertaining thereto. The
other parties, on the contrary, have a certain fixed
-um, which, under any circumstances, they must re-
ceive; they cannot claim more in seasons of extraor-
dinary fertility and prosperity ; they cannot be re-
quired to receive less in times of scarcity and
famine. The property in the land is respon-
sible to them fur a certain fixed amount of
:nosey ; on payment thereof, with all interest, it will
be discharged from any further liability, no matter
what may be its improved value ; and it cannot be
exonerated for a lower amount, whatever might be its
Jepreciation. For ages the landowners have had the
best of the speculation ; it is notorious that the value
of land has within the last 70 or 80 years (and there
are many charges on estates in Ireland of a much
longer date) been more than quadrupled, while the
value of money has materially fallen. And it would
be in the highest degree unreasonable, now that cir_
cumstances are in some degree altered, to suppose
that any portion of the present burden or loss
should be cast upon the mortgagees or encum-
brancers. There is no possibility of the Legislature
sanctioning any principle so unjust and inequitable.
But, even supposing that such a project were in
contemplation, what would be its immediate effect ?
Why, manifestly, that every encumbrancer would take
the most summary steps to enforce the payment of
his demand. The Legislature could scarcely be
asked to enact a suspension of cash payments in
favour of the landowner; they could not be required
to blot out all debts chargeable on, or payable out of
real property, or to reduce them by a certain per
tentage. The right to sue, to demand the immediate
payment of his principal, must still be reserved to the
creditor, whenever the time stipulated for the repay-
ment has expired, unless every law (sf credit, as well
public as private, is to be violated and destroyed, and
that we should collectively and individually become a
nation of repudiators. There is, therefore, little pros-
pect that Parliament will recognise any proposi-
tion so monstrous as to subject the mortgagees '
or encurabrancers to any portion of the burdens al-
ready incurred, or which may hereafter be imposed.
Neither would it be for the benefit of the landowners
themselves that such should be the case; on this
ground, therefore, there is no reasonable cause for the
panic to which we have alluded.

After a temporary abatement of the destitution
experienced by the peasantry in Ireland, the dismal
indications of famine and contagion are again be-
coming of frequent recurrence. As the season be-
comes more inclement, and the necessity for warmth
nd nourishment more pressing, the destitution of
aat miserable people is more and more apparent
Sot all the ostentatious, but disproportionate bene-
volence of the baronies ; not all the pomp of charity,
paraded by many of the relief committees; not all
the draining of quagmires, and breaking of stones,
and repairing of highways, said to have been under-
taken, have been sufficient to relieve the population
from the agonies of disease or the pangs of starva-
tion. We would to GOD that these calamities
could he prevented by an immediate opening of the
ports or by any expedient of a like simplicity. We
.vould to GOD that the hunger of millions might be
ppeased by an order in Council, or by the sudden
brogation of a hateful enactment. Were such a re-
nedy possible the miseries of Ireland would be short-
'ived, their days would be numbered. In the gene-
osity of the Government the population of that
land would then find its panacea. The power of
ie Administration to extricate so many millions from
leir difficulties would then be proportioned to
leir anxiety to afford assistance. The mar-
its would be replenished, the penniless would
stain a remunerative occupation, the agricultural,
;ercantile, and labouring classes would again be in
thriving and peaceful condition. As it is the Legis-
ire cannot effect miracles, the Ministry cannot with
le stroke of a pen obliterate the phenomena of
iture, the sagacity of statesmanship cannot, like the
aagination of Ovin, produce a moral or physical
etarnrlrphoi.i4. Rapidly as the evils of national
uury have arisen and extended, they can only be
moved by remedies as gradual in their operation as
at rapidity has been extraordinary. The whole of
.:eland hat been convulsed by the late visitation, the
.roes of sickness and inanition have penetrated its
•ry entrails—its whole social structure has been
.akPn to its foundation. Nothing but the most
•siduouA care and the most incessant precaution can
.unteract the consequences which would be other-
Ise so'disa.strous. Even then individuals are liable
be overlooked, casual units are neglected in the
itribution of assistance, and the famine, which had
reatened the destruction of thousands, fastens here
Id there upon a solitary victim. The justice of this
rrible reflection is now being dehmasonstrated in our
,ter island ; the Demon of
.;ed, its power has been only restriotendot been ex"-
Nine wretched beings have, according to i
ntelii-
:nce from Ireland, published in another
sly perished from sheer starvation. Nine ! Deatl:
tartans has been the verdict of the coroners' juries

The foregoing observations are general in their ap-
plication to every landowner and encumbrancer
throughout the entire kingdom. What we are about
to state with respect to the only other ground that
could justify the fears of the creditors, and which, if
well founded, might induce them to institute pro-
ceedings for the recovery of their debts, viz., an inabi-
lity on the part of the landlords to meet the demands
for interest, in consequence of the present distressed
state of the country, and the great difficulty expe-
rienced in the collection of rents, must, to a certain
extent, depend on the circumstances of each parti- 1

cular case—the relative value of the estate to the
amount of the charges with which it is burdened, the
state and solvency of the tenantry, the number and
size of the farms, and a variety of other circum-
stances too numerous to specify in detail. We hope,
however, to be enabled to establish that estates in
Ireland are as good securities as they ever have been
for the several sums advanced upon them, and that
the greatest inconvenience that any prudent encum-
brancer can be subjected to, is the affording of a
uraporary indulgence to his debtor, and allowing him
a prolonged period for the payment of his interest,
which, in fact,
is less in amount than what he must
sustain if he forthwith filed a bill in equity for the
purpose of enforcing payment of his charge, and

THE SUN,_ LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER l2, 1846.

which finds herself obliged to take on herself the defence
of tho faith of tre:st!ce, and to call the attention to them
of Powers who have so grievously failed. Such is the
conclusion of the dispatch. In order that it may not be a
useless appeal to respect treaties, the Minister has taken
care to point out that no power can release itself from
them without at the same time releasing all the others
who are parties to them. Such are the contents,
with diplomatic reserve, of this protest, in which it
might have been desired to have found a deeper
discussion on the point of right, but which
establishes with dignity .and a great elevation of thought
the situation of France in this affair. After having read
it, no doubt can be any longer felt on the question now
discussed by the German press,* to whether the French
Cabinet was informed beforehand of the resolution of
the three Powers. There results from it also the con-
viction that France regards herself as released, and that
the Powers have freed her from the treaties of Vienna
by releasing themselves from them. This is said in
terms as clear as diplomatic reserve and circumstances
permit. France has, therefore, pris acts (taken formal
notice of) of the infraction committed on the treaties of
1815. We shall return, on the first opportunity, to the
situation that results to her from it, and we shall point
out all the extent of the right which is acquired to her,
and of the perturbation caused in Europe by the resolu-
tion against which she has just protested."
The state of the corn market is producing a feeling
of alarm throughout France. Prices are continually
rising. Those who are well versed in the statistics of
the corn trade declere that, notwithstanding the recent
importations, there is not at the present moment a
sufficient quantity of corn in France to supply the
wants of the population till the next harvest. The
supply, they say, is short by 25 days' consumption of
the whole kingdom. On this subject the Dibats has
the following :
" The most extraordinary and erroneous accounts are
daily given on the movement of corn in France. It is,
however, easy to attain precision through the agricul-
tural statistic published by the Minister of Commerce
from 1837 to 1841 inclusively. Although the facts it
presents may not be of absolutely rigorous exactitude,
they are certainly as near
the truth as can be, for they
are the results of a special inquiry made officially under
the control of a public administration. The following is
an analysis of the numerous tables which this document
gives on this subject. The quantity of land used in
growing corn in France is nearly 14,000,000 hectares
(the hectare is about two acres and a half English),
and, therefore, extends over a little more than one.
fourth of the superficies of the country, which is
52.768,610 hectares, or nearly three-fourths of the
cultivated land. The other cultivations, in fact, occupy
together about 5,500,000 hectares, nearly 2,000,000
of which are covered with vineyards. The totality
of the cultivated• land in France reaches, therefore,
to 20,000,000 hectares, and thus represents 38 parts out
of 100 of the soil of the nation. The annual produc-
tion of corn amounts, in ordinary years, to nearly
183,000,000 hectolitres, (the hectolitre is equal to rather
more than two bushels and three-quarters English),
that is to say, 70,000,000 in wheat, 12,000,000 in
meteil (mixture of rye and wheat), 28,000,000 in rye,
17,000,000 in barley, 49,000,000 in oats, and 7,000,000
in maize. Out of the total quantity the seed-corn takes
a little more than 28,000,000 hectolitres, or 15 per
cent. Consequently there remains for consumption in
food 155,000,000 hectolitres, deducting from which the
proportionate part of the oats, leaves for the nourish-
ment of man 116,000,000 hectolitres ; others say
120,000,000. Taking these last figures, which appear
to be the most exact, there is for daily consumption in
France about 329,000,000 hectolitres, making 343 litres
per head per annum, of 94 hundred parts of a litre per
head per day, or about 700 grammes(24 ounces and three-
quarters English). This is about one-third more than is
consumed in England, and as near as may be one-fourth
less than each inhabitant consumes in America. The annual
importation of foreign corn into France is about
1,000,000 hectolitres, the major part of which is re-
exported either in the grain or in the flour. Thus, as
will be evident, an infinitely small portion, not more,
perhaps, than one three-hundredth part, is added by
purchase from abroad to the native production; but it is
nevertheless proved that this, with the aid of reservations
made from the produce of favourable years, is just suffi-
cient for the national wants. The cultivation of corn in
France, therefore, cannot be neglected without danger.
In bad or medium years it is absolutely necessary to
have recourse to foreign countries for corn; and the im-
ports rise to three, four, or five millions of hectolitres,
which may suffice to supply food for the country for ten,
twelve, sixteen, or seventeen days. Scarcely ever does this
importation exceed this limit. In 1832, however, it ap-
proached seven millions of hectolitres, or food for about 22
days. This is the largest quantity of corn which France
ever received from abroad. It represented the current
value of 90,000,000 francs. We have, however, had
years in which scarcity of corn was much more sensibly
felt than in 1832, and when, notwithstanding, the im-
portations were much less. This may have arisen from
there being a less abundance of corn in the foreign
markets, and also from accidental difficulties attending
the transport. The conveyance of corn by sea may,
from the state of the weather or from the want of
shipping, and from other causes, meet with great
obstruction. To transport only one million of hec-
tolitres, no fewer than 300 vessels, of from 200 to 250
tons burden each, are required. An idea may from
this be formed of the number of sea-going
ships and of boats or barges, and carts or wagg.ne re-
quisite for the transport to the shore and conveyance into
the interior of the country, of between 4,000,000 and
5,000,000 hectolitres, as has been done this year.
It may also be judged from what we have said of the
extreme susceptibility of the corn trade, since a deficit
of only a few days' consumption in the harvest excites
the most lively alarms in the minds of the people, and
gives extraordinary activity to the speculators, and thus
raises the prices beyond all measure. But it results also
from an examination of facts, during the last 25 or 30
years, that purchases of foreign corn, even when well
directed, have scarcely sufficed to re-establish the balance
of quantity, to allay the fears of the people, and reduce
considerably their sufferings and privations. This is
what will infallibly- happen this year. We will now
remind the public that the farmers have in this century
gained a great and valuable auxiliary to their produce
of corn—we mean the potato, which 50 years ago pro-
duced in France scarcely 30,000,000 hectolitres, and
which now yields 100,000,000 hectolitres, that is to say,
a quantity which, in a few more years, may double the
production of the land for the special food of man."
In reply to the statements that have appeared in
some of the papers, as to the probability of an ap-
plication being made by the Bank of France to the
Bank of England, for assistance, the National says—
" We hope that the Bank of France will not put the
well-known prudence of our neighbours to the test. In
fact the Bank A' France is in no want of assistance. It
possesses more wealth than is
i requiredto meet all de-
mands. Besides its en caisse s increasing, and this will
without doubt, strengthen the nerves of the directors.
They will, without doubt, learn by what has passed, how
culpable they were in testifying such extreme alarm, in
creating anxiety to commerce! in abandoning themselves
in short to an excessive panic, when they had in their
hands
. the means i
of giving confidence to themselves and
We mentioned a few days since that a dispute had
taken place between the French Consul at the Mau-
ri
tius and Admiral DAoafs. The following version
of the affair, and of the steps adopted in consequence,
are given in the Constitutionnel:—
" Some journals have lately spoken of a conflict which,
they declared, had taken place at the Mauritius between
M. Barbet de Jouy, the French Consul, and Admiral
Dacres, in command of the English station. The follow-
ing are the facts, such, we understand, as they really
were :—Admiral Dacres had his flag on board the Pre-
sident frigate. This officer, wishing to give a ball on
board to the principal persons of the island, made the
necessary preparations, and sent out his invitations. M.
Barbet de Jouy, the French Consul, received one like the
rest ; but some hours before the ball two officers, in the
uniform of the British navy, called on M. Barbet, and
informed him that they had been sent by their command-
ing officer to withdraw the invitation which he had re-
ceived ; they added that the cause of their visit was an
infringement of the rules of etiquette, of which M.
Barbet had been guilty, in not having gone to visit the
Admiral, although he had been some time there. M.
Barbet, offended, wrote immediately to the governor of
the island to demand reparation ; he also wrote a letter
to Admiral Dacres breathing great indignation, and in
which he rendered to that officer insult for insult, adding
that were it not for his peculiar situation he should send
him a challenge. In a report sent to the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, M. Barbet relates, as we are informed,
all that we have just narrated, and, in addition, trans-
mits to tho Minister a letter from his colleague, the
Consul of the United States at the Mauritius, affirming
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nLord Palmerston sent to Paris a few days back. The
British Minister demands that M. Barbet de Jouy be
recalled, and announces that if his demand be not at-
tended to, the exeguatur of the Queen of Great Britain
shall be withdrawn from that
person. Such, it is said,
is the state in which the affair rests."
A letter from Algiers,
of the Ist December, says,
that the release of the prisoners was only obtained by
paying a ransom of 30,000 francs to the Arabs, who
had them in their custody, and who refused to obey the
orders of AIM-EL-RADER for their liberation until
this sum was paid to them. Marshal BUGEAUD has
refused to permit the celebration of a funeral service
at Algiers for the late Marshal BOURMONT.
The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance, open-
ing a credit of 500,000 f. to the Minister of the
Interior, fun the repair of the damage
done to the
vicinal roads by the late inundations ; and an ordon-
nance, granting a credit of 800,000 f. to complete the
payment of the premiums of encouragement to the
whale and cod fisheries.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 10.
Bordeaux, Toulousa and Cette (Espelete), 74—East In-
dian, %—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 14—Luxem-
bourg, '3R—Namurand Liege, 3'sB—Northern of France Con-
stituted, 9;A—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Paris and Lyons
Constituted. 4'7B—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4
Sambre and Meuse, 41A—'Tournay, Jtubise, Lauden, and
Hassell, 6!,:).

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of last Night.)
The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday con-
tinued good. Sales, 15,000 bales, half on speculation.
There was no advance in prices, but the previcus quota-
tions were fully maintained.. The sales included 7,000
Americans at sd. to 7d., 7,000 Surat, at 4cl. to 50.,
600 Egyptian, at 71d. to 81., and 450 Pernam and
Maranham, at 64d. to 7d. per lb. Shares were dull again.
The sale of railway shares, today, at Messrs. La-
mond and Co.'s, went off much better, and firmer. East
Indians had improved ; and more buyers being present,
a good business was done at fair prices. The following
ate a few of the principal sales :
Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush £o 5 6
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 16 6
Taw Vale Extension and Dock ..
Vale of Neath 1 9 0
Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certficate 0 10 6
Shropshire Union and Canal
Churnet and Blythe
East and West India Docks and London
and Birmingham Jucction
Eastern Counties, York Extension 3 11 0
Paris and Lyons 5 0 0
Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0
East Indian
Liverp. blanch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 5 0
Northern Counties Union ........ 1 2 0
Newport and Abergavenny 0 14 0
An important expose of the present state of the
resources, the population, &c., of the whole of China, is
about being made public, which may, and doubtless
must, prove highly satisfactory and important to all
parties connected with the history of that yet almost
unknown country. The work is undertaken by Mr.
R. Montgomery Martin, lately her Majesty's
treasurer for the colonial, the consular, and the
diplomatic services in China, and a member of her
Majesty's Legislative Council at Hong-Kong. The
object in view is stated to be, to awaken an earnest in-
terest in England on behalf of one-third of the human
race; to offer in a condensed view the past history and
present state of China in its domestic and foreign rela-
tions; to investigate the causes which prevent four hun-
dred million industrious, sober, obedient, pacific, and
educated people, holding the position to which they are
entitled among the other kingdoms or the earth;
to examine our own political, commercial,
and social position in that vast country, in
order that the statesman, the merchant, and
the philanthropist may be the better enabled
to direct their course of action to the production of some
beneficial result equally conducive to the welfare and
concord of England and China.
Unquestionable facts demonstrate that whatever
position England may acquire in China, it will not be
for her exclusive advantage; the time is happily arriving
when nations, as well as individuals, learn that a benefit
conferred returns to the donor with a blessing—that in-
juries reflect punishment on the perpetrators—and thus,
even in a selfish point of view, the exercise of good is
a far better policy than the commission of injustice.
A conviction of the truth of this divine precept is
slowly dawning on the minds of men ; it is the high
behest of England to prove the reality by its practical
application. No sphere could be more appropriate for
its exercise than China, where myriads of our fellow-
creatures seem specially adapted for, and prepared to
receive, the influence of a Cnristian civilisation. It is
impossible to estimate fully the effects of such
an influence on so vast a mass of mankind ;
it is difficult to calculate the extraordinary com-
mercial power which would be created by four hundi ed
million active and intelligent beings, with numerous
desires, keen perceptions, and indomitable industry,
having full scope given to their singular energies ; it is
deeply interesting to consider the physical, moral, and
intellectual results which would accrue, not only to the
continent of Asia, but also to those f Europe and of
America, from the christianization of China. Under
Providence, this glorious consummation may be wit-
nessed by the existing generation ; but, whether this be
permitted or not, it is the bounden duty of all Chris-
tians to aid in its accomplishments.
Consols for the Account have been quoted only this
morning at 938 and 4, with the half-yearly dividend
deducted. These rates are but a mere shade lower than
those of yesterday morning. The transactions have as yet
been very slight. Exchequer-bills command lls. to 12s.
premium; Bank Stock, 2061; the New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents., 961; and the Reduced Three per
Cents , 248 g.
The Committee of Portuguese Bondholders, in ad-
dressing the Finance Minister at Lisbon, upon the sub-
ject of the intended 20 per cent. deduction from their
dividends, remark that " they do not impugn the motives
which actuated the Council of Ministers in the measures
they have thought proper to adopt, as far as regards
levying taxes on the property and subjects of Portugal, in
which may ulso be comprehended the holders of local
inscriptions, or the internal debt of Portugal, but the
committee cannot sanction or recognise the principle of
taxing British subjects to meet the exigencies of a
foreign state, they having no voice in the Legislature ;
nor are they in anywise amenable to the laws of Por-
tugal. The committee, therefore, condemn the contem-
plated appropriation of 20 per cent. on the external debt,
as set forth in the fourth article of the said decree,
and they view in it not only a gross infringement
on their rights and property, but a violation of
faith on the part of IL M. F. Majesty's Government, both
unjustifiable and without precedence, in proof of which
the committee respectfully refer your Excellency to the
conditions of the various loans contracted, and espe-
&ally to the terms comprised in the bonds under the
decree of the 2d of November, 1840, wherein the rights
of the foreign creditors are fully recognised, and
by the sth and 6th articles the integral, or entire
reimbursement and payment of both principal and in-
terest as the coupons respectively fall due, is faithfully
guaranteed, declaring that both shall be kept inviolable,
and shall in nowise be effected by any political change
or circumstance whatsoever."
In Portuguese Stock there has not been any business
done this morning. Mexicans are at 23f and -11:
Spanish for the Account at 26; Belgic Two. and-a-Half
per Cents. 54; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
at 60k; and the Four per Cents. 928.
We cannot quote any important alteration in the
Railway Share and Scrip Market this morning. The
official prices are annexed.

PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS.

ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.

Bank Stock 2061A 206 I/.
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns....- 9414 IA % 94%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 with div 95
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726
New 31% per Cent. Annuities 961/4 96 964 96%
New 5 per Cent. Annuities 121 121
Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 9% 9%
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 101,4 101%s
Consols for Opening 93%34 ex div 953/4
Exchequer Bills, 10001. I%cl. ... 12 11 p 14 p
Ditto, 5001 .... 12 —— p 12 p
Ditto, Small
ONE CLOSI N _.
O'CLOCK PRICES

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846
Ditto, Account . 23%%
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account
Russian Bonds
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account 26
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto, Account MEMO
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, 2% per Ceat 54 55
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 92%
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES,
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2 %...... 2A%
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%
Belfast & County Down 4%

23%

26
5V2

37N

Birmingham and Dudley 42i .........• ...
Birmin. and Gleueester..loo 129
Ditto New 17% — ... ... ......

Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 2% —
__.

Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. _
Bristol and Exeter 75 —
Ditto; New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30
Bristol and Liver. June.. 21/2.-- ...............
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
25 . ...,. 234 N ............
....
Ditto Half Shares.-- 21/2 — ........
............
Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s
, 25 ............. .
Chester and Holyhead... 271/2
Churnet and Blythe 2 ......
Chester and Manchester 425..•••••
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
Clarence lOO .... !
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 .........
...7 ••••• • •••
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...
Do. Government Loan,
....
4 per Cent. " ........ . .1"
........ "
Clydesdale Junction.. ..•20
Cork, Blackrock, and
225.
Passages .......y_....: 21, —
......
Cork and Killarne _is ........................
..............
Cork and Waterford ... 1%
Cornwall .................. 5. . ..... _
...............
Ditto, Half Shares ... .41/2 — ............
...
Direct Lincoln, East list-
ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% — ...............
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc 12% — .
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
' Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 _
EastemCounties 141. 16s .... . 22% 23
Ditto New l2l. 16s 714 p 7l/ii p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 par
Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d... 3/4 p 3'
Ditto ditto. No. 2... Gl. 13s. 4d... 5(3 p...
)ii P
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%% 3%
EastDereh'in andNoech 1
Eastern Union 35 .. ...
Ditto, Quarter Shares 8%
Do. Extem(llarwich) 1% — ......... •••••
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21/2.--
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk)..„
Do., do., New Scrip
East Lincolnshire ...... 11/4
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• 7514 ... ... ..
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214
... ..
•
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12%
Edinburgh and Perth... 3

23%

A report was current on the Paris Bourse on Wed-
nesday of the death of Prince METTLIZNICIL
day at :SOf. 80c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 30c. ;
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on that
the Orleans
Railrop.d Shares, 1,255 f. ; Rouen, 885 f • ; Havre, 6521 50c. ;
Great Northern, 642 f. 50c. ; Avignon', 882 f. 50c. ,• Viermen,
585 f. ; Bordeaux, 556 f. 25e.
' • Troyes and Montereau,
335 t. ; Basle, 220 f. ; Dieppe, 352 f. 50c. ; Paris and Stras-
burg, 478 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 490 f. ; Paris and
Lyons, 507 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux
and Cett e, 170 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., :38i.

23%
2141
7514

Ely and Huntingdon ... 121/4 1314 %......,
Enniskillen and Sligo ..• 21
Eseter,Yeovil,& Dorset 54 •—•
Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50
Ditto, New
Do., 1/1 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.)
Goole, Doncaster, &c.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
Great Eastern &Western 2% — .
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great Munster i
9 1
Great North of Scotland 24 ...... ......
GreatNorthof England.. 100 ......236% .....
Ditto New
Ditto, New . .
Ditto, New
Great Western B5
Ditto % Shares.. ...... . 50
Ditto i(1 Shares lO
Ditto k ifths
Ditto, New
Huddersfield & Manches. 13
Ditto, Extension
Hull and Selby SO
Ditto 1/i Shares
1)o. Half Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. lidm. 11%
Do., do., and Norwich 214.--
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Do. New
•••• ••••
Leeds and Bradford
Leicester and Bedfjrd... 225. —
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% 3214
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 214 9 8
Do. Extension( Green) 2IA .. ...
Leeds and Thirsk l7l/2.- •
Ditto, New
Lpool., Mnchstr &New,:
castle Junction
London and Blackwall. 161. 135.4 d. By 4
Do. New
Ditto Extension
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O .. .. 5814 59 ....
Ditto, Fifths .. 40 ...... 4714
Do. Consul. Eighths.. 10
Do. Guarant. 5 per et. 9
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d —
_ _

London, Hounslow, and
Western - ea ••••••
London:and N. Westernloo 194% ,
Do. Quarters

Do., no., New
Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2
Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 5
Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 8
Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 ......
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1
London, Oxford, and
Cheltenham ... — •• ••• ••• 000000
Lond. & &Western 411 6s 10d 621.12
Do. New Consol. Bths 40 —
Do. New
Do. New
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4
Ditto Scrip
Ditto ditto ...... . .... 4
Lmtion and York 214
Do. Extension
London and Windsor . 1,4‘,... . .... ...... ,
London, Salisbury, and
"Yeovil
Londonderry & Coleraine 15
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen l5
Lynn and Ely ..... ....... 15
Lynn and Dereham .15
Manchester and Leeds 82 lO5l/e ....,
Ditto 14, Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Do. Fifths 5 . •••• ...... .•••
Do. Sixteenths ... 64 — ..... ......
Do. Extension 42s. — p ,
Do. Liverp. and Bury 21
Do. do. Fifths
Manaiester,Bukton,and
Matlock 425...... p
Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 11A;
Midland lOO 126 1251/2.. ..
Do. Fifths
Do. New
Ditto, New
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Mid Ind& East. Counties 2%...... ...... •—•
Midland Great Western
Irish
Newcastle and Berwick 20
Do. North Shields ... 25
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Newmrket&Chesterfrd 5
Newport& Abergavenny 21,6...... —
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor 5
Norfolk 100
Ditto Half Shares .. 9
Do. Extension -
Northern Counties Union 2%
North British . ....... ... 25
Do. Half Sharts
Do. Fifths 5
Do. Quarters
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds
1 ...... 3 A ••5% ..... ...
Northern and Eastern 50
Do. Scnp (issd. 5 dis.) 45
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% —
Do. New
North Staffordshire 5 •••••• 8%%
North Wales
Northern and Southern
Connecting
___

North Western 2j/2 — 000000 • ...•
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham....
Portsmouth Direct ...... 3N
Preston and Wyre 25
Do. 1/2 Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate 3/. 12s. ll/2 dis. .....
Richmond
..‘... 15
Royston and Hitchen— 1% l3/4
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland l2l/2 l4l/2 .
Sheffield & Manchester 100
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Do.Lincolnshire June. 114 —
Do. & Great Grimsby. 10
Do. do. Extension 425.
Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 4% ....
Shropshire Union
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
&S. Staffordsl.. ionc. 21/2
South Devon

South StaffordshireJunc. 2%...,
iouth Eastern & Dover. 3314 —
Do., No. 1 2G
Do.‘ Nc 2.
Do., No. 3
Do., No. 4
St.Alban's, Hatfield,and
Hertford Junction
Staffordsb. & Shropshire 23/4 —
South Wales
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Sun. Coal. ... 2
Taw Vale Extension ... 2
Vale of Neath 2
NVaketield, Pontefract, &
Goole 22% ......••••••
Warwick and Worcester 425. - ............•
Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . ...•
Waterford and Limerick 22% ...... '
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin -
.._.. .. • . _ • .

Wexford, Iv.aterford,and
Valentia
Waveney Valley ... 2 ......
Welsh Midland
West Riding Union .....• 425....... ........... ~
West Cornwall
Wexford and Carlow

Wilts, Somerset,& Wey-
mouth
York and Car1i51e......... 23/4
York and Nevvcastle. ... 25 ..
...................
Ditto New ............... 5
Do. Preference
94
York and North Midland 50
Ditto % Shares ..... ... 25
Do. Selby ............... 40
Do. Extension
..
38%
Ditto, Preference
Do. East and West Rid- .............. ,

Noe. ••

i 0...--
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian...
I3arbadoes 1
Belgian Eastern Junctn. 21/2 ...... ••
Boulogne and Amiens... 16
Bordeaux & Mediterro- - ......

...an. 2
Bordeaux,Toulouse, and
Cate (Mackenzie's)... 2
Do. (Espelete's)
..... 2 •
Calcutta and D;

Harbour .....—..
ia..n.1.0.
.....
7s.
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast
1 .. ••• -- ••• •• .........
Central of Spain
Ceylon . r
......... .... ..
Demerara 2lh ... ..
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada... 314
Italian and Austrian. ... 4 —--
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1
Jersey
Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... • •••
Luxembourg 4
Lyons and Avignon 2 —
Madras 1 —
Madr as, Nellore, and
Arcot %
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 .• • •
Mauritius 1
Namur and Liege
Nn of France Constituted 5
North Jamaica... 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d
Paris &Ly-ons Constituted 5
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and ttouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Constituted
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse lO .... 414
Strasbourg.
Laurencerasbourg kA
and Baletlan ...ie _
14 —
St
Tours and Nantes Con-
stituted .............. 5
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den,
and Hasselt....... 8
Trinidad
West Flanders ...... .... 6

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