The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-20 00:00:00

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Equador Bond■ .. •
Ilexiean Bonds. 111$7, $ per Coat

Ditto, for the Account
Portuguese Four per Conte
Spanish Sonde, 4 per Cent
Ditto, for the Ambient
Ditto, Passive Bonds ..
Ditto, Deferred .. 16%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. • •
Ditto, for tke Account .. • • MU.
Dividends on the above payable in Lenten.
Dutah Two•and-a-Balf per Cent
DIU*, 4 per Cent. Cent leates .. 94%
PRIC BUSINESS CLOSI
F.S OF
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT NG
ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.

• • • • ....-

Amber., Notting., Boston. and
Eastern Junction 2% •• •• 1%
Birmingham and Gloucester.. 100 • .... 125
Boston, Stamford, & Ilirminghtun. 225. .... dis
Caledonian 18 .... 11 10% • 10%
Ditto, Half Shares 2%.... 2% • • ........ 2%
Cambridge anti Oxford.. .. 1% .. • • ...... uj
Churnet and Blythe • .. 9 .... 134 ..
Cork and Waterford .. ..........
Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% • • ........
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2%.... •• ..
Direct Northern 234 .... 23: Iy. • •
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. .... 7 ..........
Dublin and Galway .. 4 1% %...
Eastern Counties .. 141. 16e..... .. ••• • .• -
Ditto New .. .. SI. 16e..... 6p•• • • ......
Do. Perpet., 6 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13e. 4d. .. • • ......
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d, % p
Ditto, York Exteaelea 10*..... 14
East Lincolnshire 13e
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 80 .. 72% .. •
Ditto New Shares.. .. 10 ....
Goole, Floncast., and +heftleld,&e. 435. % p..
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1%.... % 1.......
Great Eastern and Western .. 1% .... ye .
Gt. Grimsby, Louth, Horn. ,&e... 42e. .... 1 die ...... 1 die.
Great North of England . ..100 ....Ili ..... . . . . . 215
Ditto, New .. ••• • • • •• 1% •• •• .......... 14%
Great Western • • • • • • •• 83 ••..145 .• • ....... 145
Ditto Half *hares • • • • •• 50 .... 83 „ 83
Ditto, Fifths . • • • • • •• 20 .... 3234
Hull anti Selby .. • • •• 80 •• .. 102 1003 ...... 100%
Ditto, llalt hares .• • • ••• 7 .... 26 26
Lancaster and Carlisle 35 68••
••83
Leicester and 8edf0rd........., 22e. %tA die .... d s
Leicester, Tamworth, !cc. •• • 425. .......... I die
London an Birmingham • • 100 .. • • 219 _ 219
Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • 9 .... 23 ...... 23
London and Blackwall .. 161. Ills. 4d. 8% „
Ditto New • • • • • • • • 2% .... „ „ 4
London and Brighton .. •• • • • 30 .... 62% % 6*,
London and Greenwich .. 121. lis. 4d. 9% % „ „ 9%
Loudon and South. West ern.. 411. 6a. 10d. 76 .• ••..• • • • 72
London and York .• • • • • • • 9% ... 3% %%%....
London, Warwick, & Kiddennins. 234.... I .
London, Saliebttry, and Yeovil .. 1%
Lynn and Ely • • • • • • .. 10 21z
Manchester and Leeds .. 82
....
Ditto, lialf Shares • • • • • . 38 .... 56 xd• itixd
Ditto, Fifths •• •• •• 2 .... 12 11% .....• 11%
Manchester and Birmingham 40 „ 77%%% z d 77%xd
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • . 4 .. •• 11% x d...
Ditto, Quarter Sbares (II) _ 2
....
u%% x d 9%xd
Ditto, Qearter iihares (C) 1 7% %
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • • 14 % p 1% p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 2 1%
.. • • • • • • • • ..100 ....146 145 145
41-Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 106 ....117 ••.. ..
Newcastle and Darlington June. 13 .... 44 ..... 44
Newcastle and Berwick to
.... 19 18.,
18%
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2%...,
North British .. • . •• • • • .. 20 .... 26 ..... 26
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% .... 2 • . —2%
Ditto, Dalkeith „ 28 .
Ditto, ditto . • .. • . 3 .... 6 6
Northatnu.. Bedford, &Cambridge 425.:... % dis 3y dis
North Kent au/ Direct Dover ' 2%„.,
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. 3% p.... .• • 3% p
Oxtil.,Worcester,& Wolverhmpta. 12% .... 1134 % 1834
Perth and Inverness • • .• • • %.... 1% .. %
Preston and Wyre • • • • • • 23 ... 34% ........ • 34%
Rues), and Huntingdon „ 2
....
Scottish Central • • • • • • .
Shrewsbury and Birmingham _ 2 „_
.reomersetshire Midland
/oath Midland • • • • • • • • 42e. .... 0% 1% p
South Eastern and DOYOr 83%
..
New 0.. 151.) No. 4. 2% .... 2% .....• • • 2%
Trent Valley .. • • • • • • • • •• • • 97% .. 97%
Trent Valley and Holyhead June. 2%.„, la,
T. ing, Reacting, and Basingstoke.. 21%%
Welsh Midland • • ••- • • • • 2%••.. .1% •
West Riding Union .......''......2%p. • • • • 2% p
York and Lancaster • • • • •• 11,4% „
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D. E. and W. Biding Exten.• • 1 „
Boulogne and Amiens .. • . •. 10 .... 11 ........ „ 11
Bord., Toul.,
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) I .... 214 „
Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • • • e •• • • 3% •• • 6
East Indian - • • • • • • is. •• • • % •
Grt. North. of France Constitated i .... 16 18
Great Western Canada 3%.... 3%
Lyons and Avignon .......... 2
Namm and Liege .. • 4 .. • • 2% •• • • .• •4 3
Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6, .... .... • • - 12%
Sembro and Meuse_ - • 6• •• • 4 .• ........ 4
Tours and Nantes Constituted I 7%.......... 7%
West Flanders • .. .. • • • • 4 •• • • 3% •• • • ...... 3%
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

London Joint-Stock ' .. 10.
London and Westminster .. 20 ....
MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered .. •• •• 8% ••• • • • •• • 3%
Errata—l■ yesturday'e list, read Welsh Midland 114—West Riding
Union 27 3—and Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth. and Worcester,
Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester. blank.

THE DANGER OP READING IN BED. Yesterday
morning, betvreen twelve and one o'clock, the family of Mr. Lafon-
taine, of Alontagu-Street, Bryanstone-square, were alarmed by loud
shrieks proceeding from the beed-room of Mies Jane Lafontaine, who
slept en the second floor. On proceeding to ascertain the cause, it
WAS found that the bed and bedding were in flames, as well as the
night-dress of Miss Lafontaine, who was severely burnt before the
fire could be extinguished so much so that her recovery is extremely
doubtful. It seems that Miss Lafontaine was in the habit of read-
ing in bed, and In this instance, falling asleep, the candle ignited
the bed thrtiiture, the heat and flame fortunately awaking Miss
Lafontaine, or otherwise the consequences would have been dreadful.
THE RECENT FIRE ON LVDGATE.HILL.—The inquiry
into the cattle of the late fire open the premises of Mr. Carlin, tobac-
conist, Ludgate-street, Ladgate-hill, was resumed and conclude I ea.
Wednesday afternoon, at the Goose and Gridiron, St. Paul's Church-
yard, before the deputy-coroner, Mr. Joseph J'ayae. The jury re-
turned the following verdict :—" We have reason to believe that the
fire was accidental, although there is not sufficient evidence before us
to show the precise manner in which it originated." After the ver-
dict bad been agreed to, the jury, by resolution, expressed their thanks
to the firemen and others engaged in extinguishing the fire, on the
ground that "if it had been allowed to rage ten minutes longer, it
would molt probably have been attended with loss of life and a much
greater sacrifice of property." •
CIIELSZA AND GREENWICH PENSIONERS.—By the
BPI now before Parliament for amending the Act for rendering effec-
tive the services of the Chelsea out-pensioners, and extending it to the
out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital (which 13111, as amended, was
yesterday printed), it is proposed that the Act 6 and 7 Victoria, sec.
95, tor the enrelment of Chelsea pensioners, shall extend to Green-
wich pensioners who may
have served in the Royal Matinee in like
manner as if they were out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital; and that
the whole number of pensioners of both hospitals to be enrolled in
the United Kingdom is net to exceed MON men, and that the days of
inspection or exercise shall not exceed 12 In one year. In the event
of any of the eut-pensioners of Greenwich Hospitalro enrolled velun-
teering their services to be kept on duty and pay for any period not
exceeding six
months, they shall only be employed within lb, United
Kingdom, or along the sea costs thereof. The Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland may call out the Irish pensioners to aid the civil power in
the preservation of the public peace.
The Motto to Miss Pardoe's " Cunfessions of a Pretty
Woman," gives an admirable epitome of her heroine's career :
" At sixteen she came out; presented, vaunted,
She put all coronets into commotion ;
At seventeen, too, the world was still enchanted,
With the new Venus of their brilliant ocean ;
At eighteen, though below her feet still panted
A hecatomb of suitors with devotion,
She hod consented to create
That Itclata men: