The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per Cent 104% Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds BU Prussian, 5 per Cent —
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent 117%
t. Ulan, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Metallic —
Colombian, 6 per Cent....... 15 Spanish, 5 per Cent 25%
Ditto, 1824 ................ ........ Ditto, 3 per Cent 36%
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred
Danish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 18_5, 5 per Cent — Exchange .....»........... —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 234 per Cent. 60%
Peruvian, 1525, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent 100,4

SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 6l
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 9l
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) 74
Bristol and Gloucester (30 paid)
Caledonian, 5 paid
Dublin and Cashel (2)4 paid)
Eastern Counties (23 paid) ..... .....
Ditto Registered (8/6s 8d paid)
Ditto, Perpetual 5 per cent. (135.4 d. paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 66
Great Western (75 paid
Ditto Fifths (12 paid).... 19%
Harwieh (Braithwaite) (2 paid)
London and Birmingham (Stock)
Ditto Quarter Shares (- paid) 27
London and Blackwall (161. 13s 4dl) 6
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Greenwich (12./. 15s. 4d. paid) 4%
London and South Western (41/. (is. 10d. paid)...
Ditto Eighths (15s. paid)
London and Croydon (Trunk)
Birmingham end Manchester 52
Midland Counties (100 paid)
• Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 22
Northern and Eastern (45 paid) 56%
Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 7%
South Eastern and Dover (3312 s 4d paid)
Ditto New Shares ( 4 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) ll9
Ditto Half Shares (25 paid)
Paris and Orleans (20 paid)
Paris and Rouen (20 paid) 3754
Rotten and Havre ( 8 paid)

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
STANDARD.—The approaching Exeter election
claims, we think, from the public a degree of atten-
tion beyond what is generally due upon such occa-
sions. The character of such a man as Sir William
Follett does not concern merely the place of his
birth, the city that he has already represented, or
even the distinguished profession of which he has
long been, according to the acknowledgment of
all men, the most brilliant ornment. The cha-
racter of such a man belongs to the whole
country ; it is not the least valuable of our
possessions, and the country is both damaged
and disgraced when such a possession is treated
as of little worth. It is the boast of our fi
Constitution and of our social system, that a mm
may in England advance himself from the humble:t
rank of life to the very highest honours of ti e
State, by his own unaided honourable exertions.
We use the word honourable emphatically, be-
cause here, in truth, lies the grand distinction. In
every country, even in countries governed by the
tyrants of the East, men can advance by means
less than honourable, and often advance themselves
with a rapidity proportioned to their indifference in
the use of means ; but it is the pride of England, that
advancement is open to those most scrupulous and
delicate in the steps of their ambition, and that an
honourable ascent is the only secure one. Of this
truth it is scarcely possible to find a more striking ex-
ample than in the person of Sir 'William. The son of
a gentleman of respectable but of middle rank,
he has, by the exercise of his rare talents and in-
domitable industry, in 20 years from his call to the
bar, wrought his way to a position in his profes-
sion and in the country which would be very in•
adequately estimated by the official station that
he has won, though that is the highest to which
the ambition of a practising lawyer can aspire.
you would ascertain what is Sir William Follett s
real rank as lawyer, statesman, and gentleman,
ask in Westminster Hall, has so great a lawyer
appeared there in the memory of any man living ;
has a greater ever appeared there ? Ask in the
House of Commons, has any practising lawyer at all
approaching to Sir William Follett's professional emi-
nence ever produced so powerful an impression in
that assembly ? Ask either in Westminster Hall, or
in Parliament, ask wherever the Attorney-General is
known, and prosecute the inquiry indiscriminately
among Conservatives, Whigs, Radicals, and Chartists,
whether a man of honour more strict, morals more
pure, or manners more amiable has ever defied and
distanced envy by his talents ? We can truly say that
SirW. Follett is nearly the only public man, of whom we
never heard an unkind or disrespectful word spoken
by any man of any party. Such is the gentleman
who, in consequence of the favour conferred upon
him by his Sovereign, solicits a re-election by the
constituency that be has already served—receivinc,
and reflecting honour—in two or three Parliaments.'
. It is said that the state of the Learned Gentleman's
health—which, though not alarming, is delicate—for-