The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-20 00:00:00

Cockerell, Larpent, and Co. ... 0 6
Castellain, Sons, and C 0.... ... 10 0
Cruikshank, Melville, and Co. ... Nil

Fry, Griffiihs, and Co. ..
Gower, A. A. and Nephews

... 4 0
... 1 6

Harman and Co. ••• ••• ••• 3 0
Johnson, Cole and Co. (expected) 0 4
Lackersteen. A. A. ... 1 4i

Lackerstcen and Crake ... 0 10i
Lyall, Brothers and Co. ... 2 0
Perkins, Schlusser, and Mullins ... 8 0

Phillips, S., and Co. ...
Phillips, L., and Co. ...
Reid, Irving, and Co.
Rougemont Brothers
Sargent, Gordon, and Co.

... 1 0
... 7 4
... 1 6
... 9 6

2 6

Sanderson and Co. ... . . 20 0 79
Trueman and Cook ... ... 12 0 ~
In several of the above instances further dividends
are expected.
.. .. .

The. Funds opened with rather a dull appearance, but
have gone somewhat higher since. Consols have been
951 to for Transfer, and 951 4 for Account. There is no
foreign intelligence of impottince to act upon them, the
accounts reoeived being for the most part satisfactory. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 98 to
1, and the Three per Cents. 954 to 96. Bank Stock has
been marked 2061. Exchequer-bills have realised 545.
to 575., and India Bonds 88s. premium. Consols at
present are about 951 I for Money, and 954 4 for Ac-
count.

The Foreign Securities are much quieter, and Peru-
vian have sensibly declined. The Active Stock has re-
alised 76:t0 774, and the Deferred 314 to 334. Mexican
Bonds have been 294 to and Buenos Ayres are 58 to
59*. French Five per Cents. have been quoted 26, with
the exchange at 25 45; Danish Fivet per Cents. 994;
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 904; and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 554.
Railway Shares have been very dull, and there is
scarcely any alteration in prices compared with yes-
terday.

Referring to the recent position of the Railway
Market, a writer in the Railway Circular states:—
"On the last settling day in the Share Market the rate
of interest charged for continuing Brightons was ten per
cent. and for North Staffords fifteen per cent. London
and North-Westerns and Great Westerns have both been
sold very largely. Now had these sales been bona
fide, it follows that on the settling day there would
have been an over supply of stock, and the rate of
interest charged for continuing would have been
proportionately high; but so far from that being the
case the jobbers were all borrowers of these shares,
and were only too happy to lend money upon them for
nothing. Such was also the case with Midland Stock.
Upon Caledonians, York and North Midlands, and
Newcastle and Berwicks, money could not only be
borrowed for nothing, but 15 and 20 per cent. were
readily offered for the loan of the shares. This de-
monstrates that the sales have been solely en account
of speculators who have not a share they can deliver.
It also traces the source of the jesuitical advertisements
which are put into the papers to alarm the unwary. It
also reveals, what has never been a mystery to our-
selvee, the purity of a certain moribund paper, which
is written by and known to be the property of a certain
notorious speculative house of the Stock Exchange.
Now we tell these conspirators that their day of retri-
bution is approaching, and that at a moment, and in
a manner they least expect, their discomfiture will be
comph te."

ONE (3 Lo; 1 U
Pdlr'XS OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. R/ 'Es,
dank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Anne 95% 96 9534 96 96
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... ..... 95%5A %5,b 95%
New 314 per Cent. Anns.—.., 981,4 98 98% 98178
L9ng Anna, to expire Jan. 1860
India Bonds, I,OOOL —
Ditto under 1,0001. ... ..... ......... 88 p 88 p
Consols for Account 95%% MA 95%
Exchequer Bills. 11i... & 24
1,0001. June
5001. June . ... 54 57 p
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.

OITE
O'CLOC/C
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 0% 58
Danish 80nd5,1825, 3 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 Der Cent.
Equador Bonds
Greek Bonds

57 p
57 p
57 p

(ILOSIIS
PRICES.
591 h

99%
4

Ditto ex Over-due Coupons 6% 6%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ....
Ditto. Account
Ditto, Small
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account ..... 77% 76 77 78
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Venezuela Bonds, 21a per Cent
Ditto. Account .. ... .
Dividends on the above payable in London.

334
33

34%

French Rentes, 5 per Cent 96f. 96f.
Exchange
Beligan, 4% per Cent.
oaten 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55% 55%
Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates B6 861/2 86%
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSINt,
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 7%.....• is lift
Uhnster and Holyhead... 50 ••• •• .--
Ditto, Preference l5 ......
East Anglian, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25

Do., 3/. 10s., Pref 31Ai
t astern Conmties... 2O 71,4 ..... .
Do, New Pref•rence,
6 per Cent.. .. lO 11% • .....
Ditto,Extension, 5 per
Cent., No.l 6/. 133. 4d.... p
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent.
Ditto. 5 per Cent 5O
Eastern Union, Class A

ii,,
114
ue
11%
% P

-
591/2

(late E. U. Shares) 25
Do. Scrip (6per cent.) 20 ..., 151/2 ••• 15%
East Lancashire
Great Northern
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 121/2
Great Western 100 ...... 63
Ditto, % Shares
Ditto. Fifths
Ditto, New 17/... ..... 15 ... .. 7% 7%
Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 .....
Ditto, 14 Shares ...... 49 ... .. 25
Do. Fifths... ......... ... 10
Do. Now, Gua. 6 per ct. 10
Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 ..... 3% 1/2 3l/2
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Thirek ...... 50
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31,4 — ~..... —
Do., do. No. 2 10
London, Brighton, ar.d
South Comt... ..... 100
London and N Western 100 lO9 103 109...... 108s/4
Ditto, New Quarters.. 12
Ditto, Fifths. l2 . ..
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. 1%3/4
London &S.Wegtqrn ..100 ..... 66
31Anchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire...100
Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ...... 714% 71,,
Midland ... ...ICO .. 43 43% ......
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100
Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ......
Norfolk ........ lOO ......
Do. New 201.
Do. Extension ... 2O -
North British ........ ... 25 ... :—.
...
...
Ditto Preference
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 41/..... x.n .......... 5 x.n
South Staffordshire Bl/2 ......
South Eastern
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed .. ..
Do. do. do. ...
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... ...... ..... 25
Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10

50
•.,.
25

10
19 is
6 ys

FOREIGN RAIL WA fz,.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Paris and Rouen ........ 22
Paris and Strasbourg 12

Cobre Copper
32
United Mexican 2BWi — Glii
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock lO 17

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN'
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Tho SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twct'
o'clock.
Sir E. FILMED presented petitions from Kent
against Sunday labour in the Post-office.
Mr. W. EVANS presented petitions from Dorbyshire
to the same effect, and also petitions for the establish-
_

ment of ounty financial boards.
Mr. HODGES presented petitions from places in
Kent in favour of protection to agriculture.
Mr. MULLINGS presented petitions from Sussex..
praying for an alteration of the law on rating Ewalt

tenements.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a re ition from the holders
of shares in railways, complaining of the fraads that
had been so extensively practised by boards of director°.
The Hon. Mimber also prevnted a petition from
the Chamber of Commerce of .Marchester, praYing for

a repeal et the duty on paper.
Colonel THOMPSON presented a 'petition praying
for a repeal of the tax on newspaper, from 13radtord.
THE FOREST OF DEAN.
In reply to a question from Mr. GR..kNTLEY
BE IiKE LEY,
Mr. HAYTER stated that his Ruyal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge was the Ranger t f the New Forest,
and he lad the sole control of the deer in that fore"
but in tilt, Forest of Dean there was no rang, r, and the
Commissioners of Woods and Fore:As had tile entire
control there, and they had decided upon the dentin"
of deer thin,.
BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT MEMBERS Big'
this
Mr. MOFFATT moved the second reading of
Bill. To the principle of the Bill be believed there
was no objection, although he understood these
was some dislike to some of its details. 13,
was at a loss to conceive on what constitutional Pral:
ciple this Bill could be rejected. They declared the:
every Member of that House was in the possession o
9,000/. or 10,0001, or, in other words, that every 18*.31;
ber of that House was in the receipt of 300/. a year, rt,,,
out any mortgage or other lien. The object of this I._
then, was merely to deprive any Member of his seat
wOU
did not retain this qualification.—(Hear, hear.) 1001 l
as any gentleman retained this qualification be could nog
be an insolvent debtor. He might remind the House that
the Members of that House had peculior privileges only to
the insolvent laws. He who was a Member had owl 0
pass his property over to a relative, and he
immediately free from all embarrassment, igberellioll
man who was only a trader would have to glee a
ge
and clear account to the Court of all his effects' ine
did not think that this privilege ought to be re hear.'
for it was both inexpedient and unfair.—(ffear,
He was aware that no public excitement had been °toe.
respecting this Bill, but he did not think that it wets it
cessary for the House to await that excitement hell not
legislated. The principle was so plain that it CO' tiler
be denied, and the argument, indeed, was
on one side.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that it wry
objected that the Peers were not included in the °p the
tion of the Bill, but he must acknowledge that r,
Peers had sit so good an example that it was not fibe w
sary to include them.—(Hear, hear.) He should id be
fore sit down with the assurance that the Bill Well' be
read a second time. If there were to be a divisionbut
would rather take it now than at any future sttigeif je-
altoge
he did not expect any opposition. In these cur °rifled
nitary reform, he should wish to see that House per bt
as well as other places. A man who was insolvent opis
not to enter that House, and the sooner he was out

the better.
Mr GOULBURN did not give that weight to thefdi
guments of the Hon. Gentlemen who supported t.hedoes
as they perhaps deserved. He had great obJec;bis
to the principle of the Bill. The linuc'tiieu
Member (Mr. Moffatt) seemed to think there-50jeet
was to exclude from the House all d was
debtors, and certainly he thought that there lb-
nothing more discreditable than to contract debts Olop
out any hope of paying them; still the Bill did neth: be
there, for there might be many persons who Inig"heet•
temporarily embarrassed without any blame to ...lola
selves, whose sense of family honour had brought! er
into this condition, and who, by this Bill, would pit of
eluded from that House. As far as the moral P",,;(ed
the question went, if the Honourable Member ',top
upon that, it would be incumbent on him not t°,,ro-use
there, but to provide that the Members of that "nife.
should be perftctly blameless in every relation of
The Bill would interfere with the right of cons A
macies to judge of the fitness of their Member:. ear
constituency might choose a man under teroportu_ci bicle
barrassments—the House, by this Bill, would e-ece'r
the Member from entering Parliament, tiled the
stituency would persevere in their choice, s° doe,
House would be obliged to do as it had olte°..irg
re-admit a Member whom it had expelled, coot ¢t
the wish of the constituency. He should move I"-
Bill be read a second time this day six month/.
Mr. MULLINGS supported the Bill. e of
Mr. HUME should oppose this Bill, bee".:e
thought, with the Hon. Member for the Univer"o-$lOl9
Cambridge, that it would do great injustice t° Id dis'
parties. But if a Bill were brought in which woof Do-
enable Members from pleading their privileges ° bc 5
liament, he should certainly be in favour of $lll
measure. •eciPle
Sir GEORGE GREY was opposed to the Pr'
of the Bill, and should oppose the second reading'
After a few words from Mr. MOFFATT,
"1" A•iisien
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and A
took place, when there appeared—
For the second reldinff ... 34
Against .t
.. ..................... ,3
..... . .................................. 1,-30

Majority
The Bill was therefore lost.
SMALL TENEMENTS RATING 1311'11..„,,
Mr. HALSEY moved the second reading of 1'2001';
In doing so he read letters from certain Of the statue
tural districts in the county of Hertfordshire/ "e„ariso
the miserie s and privations to which many of the In the ,
poor in that county had been subjected by hlYirinie
furniture distrained fur the arrears of rate 3 dueet the
spect of their small cottages. He contended 1.110005
present system operated as a premium uP°ll,cht, 0013:1
and di.sipation among the labouring classo•
Gentleman then read a long report to show tPe,al
degradation of the tenantry, both in habits o'i-we 0
ciples. He found also that, in 1837, aCo our
that House had sat upon the subject, and has t"(
mended almost identically the measure which "A tree. o
honour of laying before the House. A Ceo°ll,- be'
the Peers had come to the same result. Sue,: wool'
the case, ho trusted that no serious oppesitie".t 001
be offered to the Bill, and he should, therefore, 51'
with moving that the Bill be read a second time'
. PO
question,U L E
forT Si Ct lt
concernedoP
narrowMr rea
Oa the motion being put,
said
dnotthaint
man, who inhabited a cottage, but also eeerY, °;,-, of h,
,"'
felt any interest in the promotion of the wellA,r-elesv„-t
country. The condition of the poor affected elerJdeot
the community. Four Commissioners had bee° "oditio-
from the Home-office, in order to ascertain the Te
C 0
of the poorer classes in the agricultural distriet:repor.
Hon. Gentleman then read an extract from uth aottsg:
ert ehli; °P4:
of Captain Robertson, who stated that t'letheti Pr.";
accommodation was daily being reduced, and
ceeded to say that no one could be more frien,,,cled:;t
himself to some such principle as that proP-, a
the Hon. Member (Mr. Halsey), but cot:lden:li tbel
it could not possibly be soundly dealt withijof 011,4;
had disposed of that great question—the 'saw gr,
meat—of which this formed a part•---"C'e,,- be 1/e; f
There was no class of persons in the country-pate -f -a
more deserving of the consideration and rts
that House than the cottagers in rural diste 0
he should be ready to accede to any °nil') 1311 t
would tend
otepnindiont,o
this
sproßviell theirwould ebeanydoilti ttireeser;
that would be quite the reverse e togeret
and would increase rather than decrease the nv°o•oo)sf,
but then. He found by the report of the Gelei, th'-d
Commissioners, that in four counties 0° t ijopt
109,700 houses had been excused from the rates,
tisking this, as he might do, as a fair average „I'', 000,°,u„,
the whole country, there were upwards 0' 'O, 1",
paid no raters weerir
houses, the inhabitants of which
consequence naturally was, that those cottaK ,
.a wit" a its
obliged to enter into arranger:nal— • IC'
landlords, which reduced them in posiu°lo G°11! 0.
poverished them in means. The Ilonourab. oiao
P oc.
man then read a series of extracts to pro.- was tee
The effect of the Bill would be to diminish 03 twit Id
did pot tioe
commodation for the poor, and he reallyLilo dto
House would be justified in passing it. Theirthey h 11,035
to impose upon the occupiers the rates, sad is r 001
pay 12,000,0001 of local taxation; but by t" afei
0f he 011 ten
proposed to exempt one particular class d °to PAY
b
this tax. The owners of cottages °n
o A bee-
,
mental if this Bill passed, would had pi, at-
the rates, and as the exaerimen'had the
tried in Liverpool and Ireland, where it
..cooes 1° tee
tended with the most disastrous consecr
poor, Chief Justice Abbott had decide s „Jo' in
w,
decided
.00
expediency of the principle, and, as he ag opens
Loirned Judge, he should move, assrz . 11„otbs•
that it be read a second time this day
(LEFT SITTING.)

—""""----"-"-"-------------------.-On the 14th inst., at thel3ClßasrtHle,"s" aryor
aC osuonn,t.e s s of It
e ladylaosff"j
Typondatlhl
On the 13t11°!se' of
a daughter.
of Ztilr.
itBi6qtaol'is°lnf
shire, th
?n,t wtis.nq
.d, daughters. tdearus.g
.aGt
.GLlya,nwlr'eandoaem,,EL,lqa.r:bverreoist?:loo, of
hlt'earr.sonstowth Ire11111;t011:
st.,,at the Paragon,
Barnett,°ilthe 14th inst., at the Fort, Bri3tol, the wife of
.116
the 16th inst., in II tton garden,
Streathatn-hill, th
Esq., of a son.golierr
mrs. A. Ale.. a
of a daughter. 3 . °I ').
On the 17th inst., in Ualkin-street West, the `rife
w • 00'
On the lith inst., in Balser f . " Vrid
-street, the wife o
E<
,q., of a daughter. ~ 1, ty of 13'
On the 18th inst., in llyde-park-place, Ilia -' -

Moses, Esq., of a daughter.
MARRIED. Fred fielc 6:
On the 14th inst., at Little lion-neat], nerts, e• ewes,.
Boards, of Woodside, Croydon, Surrey, to PY'd,
daughter of F. Wyman, of Muttfords, Little 11orna!!!_eford,
On the 14th inst., at St. Martin's Church, li!l.ol,te
Captain Harris, 8.N., to Selina, fifth daughter of o'
11
E. Ileavan, Esq , Island-house, KiDgt(,.

DIED. „j the
On the 16th inst., at the Castle, Parsonstown, Treats
infant daughter of the Earl and Countess of Rosje• ~,„tite
On the 10th inst., at Drummond.place, Edinburgh, 14",
nant•Colonel Archibald Kerr, late of the Madra4 cos_isill,
On the t 6 0 inst., in the Strand, Mr. Thomas Grey
architec , aged 31. of
toil er -
On the 10th inst., Frances Syhell, youngest dallo
Mr. Jacob Harvey, TOrplay, aged 22.

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