The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-22 00:00:00

HONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock ' 194 , Indian Stock 279 pm.
:+ per Cent. Red 98% Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. Cons
3% per Cent. Re I
New 3% per Cent 102% !Ex. Bills 1,000/. 14 New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5,C01 1 d... 72 pm.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 70 pm.
Jan. 1860 12% Bank Stock for
Acct 195 pm.
Oct. 1859 IV% India Stock for Acct.... 478%
Jan. 1860 — Consols for Acct 1,7%
FOREIGN. FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent — ,Portuguese, 5 per Cent 75%
Belgian, 5 per Cent 106% Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 36 (Russian, 5 per Cent
( hlllian, 6 per Cent .. ....... ... 105 !Ditto, Metallic —
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Cent 32%
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferrer) —
D.inish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent....„ 'Exchange —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 pet Cent ......... 34% French, 3 per Cent. —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 18'17 .--, Dutch, 2% per Cent 55%
Peruvian, 1625, 6 per Cept... 29% Ditto, 5 per Cent lO2

SHARES -
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
Ditto New (25 paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid)
Ditto New (1234 paid)
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Fifths 412 paid) lB%
Lonion and Brighton (50 paid) ....... .............
London and Birmingham (Stock)
Ditto New Thirds (2 paid)
London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid)
London and Croydon (Trunk) 15%
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) lll
Di• to Quirter Shares ( 2 paid) 9%
Northern and Eastern (4s paid)
North Midland (100 paid) 85%
1 itto Thirds (211. I:3s. 4d ) 27
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 36
York and North Midland (50 paid) ll7
Ditto New Shares (c 0 paid)

ILLNESS of the KING of SWEDEN.
STOCKHOLM, FEB. 9.
BULLETLYS.—FEB. 7, ONE, P.M.—Yesterday afternoon 'his
Majesty was tolerably easy, but his appetite had diminished.
He did not pass so good a night, and his sleep was disturbed,
partly by pain in the foot, and partly by general restlessness,
but without fever. This forenoon his Majesty has been
fainter than on the preceding day, and his appetite continues
to diminish. There is no perceptible change m .the foot.
FEB. B.—Yesterdayifternoon his Majesty took some food,
and afterwards had some tranquil sleep, till past midnight.
Since two o'clock this morning his sleep has been more dis-
turbed. This forenoon he was rather better than at the same
time yesterday. There is no change in the foot.
FEB. 9.—His Majesty has experienced no change since the
last bullefin, only that he did not, sleep so well during
the night.
The Aftenbiad,:which, in the little that it has said respect-
ing the august patient, has hitherto been pretty well in-
formed, says that yesterday morning he was free from fever,
but that he was very weak. To-day the same 'paper says—
"We understand that his Majesty's situation gives some cause
for apprehension, inasmuch as he cannot take with appetite
any such food as might give him some strength, and he has had
scarcely two hoars' sleep since yesterday ; so that the faint
hope, which was entertained for some days, appears now to
vanish." And, in fact, the public begin again to feel some
uneasiness, which no journal expresses so strongly, accom-
panied with so much dissatisfaction, at the meagreness of the
bulletin in the Swenska Minerva.

SYMPATHY FOR-IRELAND.—We are glad to learn
that the Liberals of Aberdeen have it in contemplation to
get up a meeting to express sympathy for the wrongs of Ire-
land, and to condemn the course which the Government
officials have pursued in the prosecution of O'Connell and
his friends. To join in this demonstration it is not neces-
sary that we should either be Repealers or Roman Catho-
lics; the just claims of a numerous portion of our fellow-
subjects to good and equal lawS, and " the necessity of
keeping a strict guard over the portals of justice, should
induce every right-thinking man to come forward, and ex-
press his opinion at this important juncture. Nor let it
be thought that we have no interest in the matter. Apart
altogether from the ties that connect one part of the
kingdom with another, and which render it impossible
for one to escape participation to some extent in the suffer-
ings of the other, there is the immediate risk that, if Ire-
land be left unsupported on the present occasion, the same
wicked policy which has recently been pursued towards
her, will be extended to the sister. island. It is the duty,
therefore, of all parties who seek the attainment of any
public object—political, ecclesiastical, commercial, or financial
—to stand up hi defence of free discussion, rational progress,
and a fair and impartial administration of the law of the
land. Aberdeen, a few years ago, when an attempt was to
be made, by the Carlton Club, to eject the Irish Liberal
Members, from the House of Commons, by mere force of
money, was among the first to contribute, and that pretty
liberally too, to the Defence Fund : it is to be hoped that
our citizens will not be less forward at this time.—Aberdeen
Herakl.

HYDROPATHY IN FRANCE.---Upon an application
being made to the French Government for permission t 9 open
an hydropathic establishment in Paris, the Government,
referred the subject to the French Academy for their opi-
nion. The following are the conclusions to which the
Academy arrived after mature consideration-1. That hydro-
pathy is a dangerous therapeutical method which does not
rest on facts ; 2, that its theory is chimerical ; 3, that it is in
disaccord with our chemical and pathological doctrines; 4,
that the Academy cannot in any way approve of it ; 5, that
the use of cold water has been long in the domain of medicine
and submitted to rules.

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.--it will be recol-
lected that a soldier of the name of Fossey, belonging to the
depot of the 48th Regiment, now in garrison in this island,
was, on the 20th of January, tried and convicted before the
Royal Court, for having committed a violent assault on the
highway, on the evening of the Ist of that month, and was
thereupon sentenced to an imprisonment of two months.
It appears that his Excellency, the Lieutenant-Governor,
disapproving of this sentence, represented the matter to the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, and in conse-
quence of such representation a•free pardon was obtained
from the Queen. The pardon, under her Majesty's sign
manual, addressed to the Lieutenant-Governor, and the
keeper of the gaol, was, it is understood, received in Guernsey
this morning, and in consequence his Excellency, in full
uniform, accompanied by Major M'Cleverty, commanding
the 48th depot, Major Bainbrigge, Fort Major, and Mr. W.
Brown, the Government Secretary, presented himself at the
gaol, at noon (at a moment, be it observed, when it was well
known that all the civil authorities were attending the
funeral of a deceased magistrate), with the Queen's pardon
in his hand, and demanded the immediate liberation of
Fossey. Mr. Barbet, the gaoler, unaccustomedto documents
of this nature, said that he could not liberate the man with-
out the order of the Court by whom he had been com-.
mitted. The General hereupon told Mr. Barbet at his
peril to refuse instant obedience, and desired him
to give him the keys of the prison, telling Mr.
Barbet that he ought to know that the 'Queen's order was
paramount to any local authority. Mr. Barbet, however,
still hesitated, and sent out to find some of the officers of
the court for their advice; upon which his Excellency
ordered Major Bainbrigge to go to Fort George and bring
down the troops to force the gaol? Major Bainbrigge im-
mediately departed upon his mission, when Mr. Barbet,
considering that he was not required to make any further
difficulties in, the face of the threatened exercise of force,
delivered Fossey to the Lieutenant-Governor, who handed
him over to Major M'Clevert,, his commanding officer, and
the whole party then left the gaol, and the advance of the
troops was countermanded. Fossey, before quitting, ad-
mitted in the hearing of several persons, that he was guilty
of the crime for which he had been tried and imprisoned.—
Guernsey Star, Feb. 15.
FRANKFORT, FEB. G.—Our booksellers have been
forbidden by the police to sell the pamphlet of which we
have frequently spoken, which contains the secret protocols
of the Vienna Conference of 1831. A fine of fifteen dollars
will be incurred for every copy,_HamburghPapers, Feb.l6.

CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Funds have been firm up to the close. Consols were
97ft to Reduced Three per Cents. leave Off at 9811, and the
New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 1021.
Spanish Bonds went back a little, and the Fives were last
marked 233, the Threes being 3211. Mexican brought 34a to I.
Chi Han rose to 105. Belgian were firm at 1061, and French
Five per Cents. at 126. Danish were 87i to 88. There was
a good deal doing.
Not much more was done in Railway Shares. Brighton
were 7i to discount ; Birmingham dropped to 134 prem. ;
and South Western rallied to 35 prem. South Eastern were
14 discount.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very quiet,
but at previous rates. Sales 2,000 bales, one-half on specu-
lation. Shares had a general tendency downwards, and there
were numerous sellers in the market.—Birmingham and
Gloucester were 70 ; Easter Counties, 102 ; Grand Junction,
224 ; Birmingham 228 ; Ditto, New, 391 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 394; Midland Counties 86; North Midland,
851 ; Paris and Lyons, 2/. 16s. 3d. ; South Eastern 36*, and
Ditto, Nevi, 361
Much conversation has taken place this morning among
parties connected with the South Sea trade, at the confirma-
tion of the intelligence of the dethronement of Queen Pomare,
and the taking possession of Tahiti by the French Admiral
for Louis Philippe. No doubt is entertained that this course
of proceeding will lead to angry negotiations between the
British and French Governments. Indeed already the law
advisers of the Queen had addressed communications upon
the subject to the Court of the Tuileries, news having some
time since reached Ministers of the previous hard treatment
of Queen Pomare. This further course of policy by the French
Admiral must unquestionably induce further remonstrance,
if not something else. The capture of Tahiti is the more to
be regretted, as the British intercourse in that direction has
been greatly increased within the last year or two, it being
moreover, hitherto a most profitable one.
As showing the enormous amount of capital now invested
in railways in Great Britain (said to be now not far short of
sixty millions 'sterling) the following figures are of great
interest. They demonstrate the increase that hastaken place
in the value of this sort of property since the month of Octo-
ber, 184,2. At that time, taking the amount paid up upon
the shares of 73 -lines of railway, and the price per share ob-
tainable in the market, there was a loss in discount of
2,052,696/. But in the latter end of 1843, railway share
property had so much increased in favour on the part of the
public, that upon 82 lines, the premiums exceeded the dis-
counts by 13,748,139/. Adding the discounts in October,
1842, it follows that since the period last stated, the value of
railway, shares ..generally has advanced not less than
15,796,1831. Those who had the means of purchasing at a
low range of prices, and that largely, must have
inane for-
tunes, where they have held on throughout.
The Funds are supported to-day, and realise full rates,
Consols being 978- to 97i for Money, and 974 to 97i for Ac-
count. The Commissioners have taken 20,000/. in Consols at
974. Exchequer-bills are 70s. to 725. premium ; and East
India Bonds 88s. premium ; the NeW Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. obtain 102 A to ; the Reduced 103* to *; the Three per
Cents 984 to a. As the settling day approaches, parties are
buying in or carrying over, and Stock seemed rather scarce.
Bank Stock is not so good, being 194 to 1944 ; India Stock
is 279.
The Foreign Market is rather lively. We perceive that
there is a Bull party for Deferred Mexican Bonds, who, con-
sidering the present rates too low in proportion to the Actives,
are endeavouring to raise them in general estimation.
Parties should be cautious, however, as to the degree of credit
they attach to anonymous calculations or assertions. The
Five per Cents. Mexican Bonds are 341 ; and the Deferred
124 to 3 ; Columbian are 131 to 14i, being better ; and Pe-
ruvian have been 29/ to 30i. The Spanish investments
look more buoyant. The Actives are 24 to 234; and the
Three per Cents. 33J to 3. Portuguese Converted have been
marked 46i to 4A4. Brazilian are 791.
The market for Railway Shares is certainly much less
buoyant than it was a few days since ; and there is a disposi-
tion to speculate for a decline, and to take the profits from
the recent advance, which, however, may prove but tem-
porary. To-day7a moderate business is doing.
MANCHESTER • STOCK. EXCHA-NGE, FEB. 20.—We have
considerable business doing at the following quotations
Eastern Counties, 103 9-16 ; Ditto, Registered, 12 7-16 ; Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 1413-16 ; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 40*; Paris and Rouen, 321; Sheffield and Man-
chester, 66 ; South Eastern Scrip, 36* ; Chester and Holy-
head, 54.