The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-19 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 195 1850

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Bill to modify the mortgage law, by restrain-
ing the power of foreclosure at present possessed by
the mortgagee, has been rejected by the Assembly by
a majority of 414 to 255.

Same mirth was produced during the discussion of
a Bill for the appointment of colonial bishops and
their payment by the State by the speech of M.
DQUIROS in opposition to the Bill; it was as follows :
" N. R,quiros must oppose the Bill; it appeared to
him to he a new step towards the union of church and
state. He looked on it as dangerous to unite the church
to the state, and he found that opinion very strongly
expressed in an article published in a journal in 1831,
in which the writer protested against the bastard Ca-
tholicism originating in the religion of kings,' and con-
c!uded with the emphatic declaration that' the impure
alliance of the state and of the Catholic Church was for
ever broken.'--(Agitation on,the Right.) The author of
that article wai M. de Montalembert, aheas editor with
the Abbe Lamennais of the Avenir.—(' Ab, ale,' on the
Left, and laughter on the same side.) M. de Mcntalem-
bert was then attacking the Emperor of Russia, whom
he celled a barbarian, being at the same time despot and
pontiff. Yet it aas strange to find M. de Montalembert
now professing the very opinions which be then anathe-
matised. M. de blontalembert at that time seemed to
desire to see the items relating to public worship alto-
gether removed from the expenses falling to the share
of the state. He (M. Esquires) did not go as far as
that Hon. Gentleman, forage budget cf public worship was
sanctioned by the Constitution, and progress ought not
to be rejected, if made within a legal limit.—(Laughter.)"
The Siècle has the following on the gold panic :
" The legal relation of gold to silver is as 15/ to 1.
Suppose that this relation should so change as that for
19f. might be purchased 10 grammes of gold (the weight
of the Napoleon), the speculator would then bring his
10 grammes to the mitt, fcr which he would receive a
legal value of 20f., making 5 per cent. profit. Now, one
or other of two things would arrive—either gold wculd
remain at the low price, and then the holder would pay
in gctd, as would be his legal right, at the nominal
value—or the panic would dissipate, and then he would
sell his gold at a small premium, which would have to
be added to the profit already made. This kind of thing
could not lazt long, because the law should interfere, and
because, in truth, we have ten times less gold than
silver, for while of the latter we possess three milliards,
there are only 300 millions of gold in circulation. That
which we have to avoid is erroneous notions on the sub-
ject, which might, without any just foundation, lead to
serious inconvenience."

There is a movement in the Legitimatist camp.
The Count of CILtMBORD has written to M.
BERILYER desiring him to acquaint the Lvgitimatists
that it is the desire of their Sovereign that they should
oppose the proposition for increasing the allowance of
the PRESIDENT. Another copy of this letter was for-
warded to General ST. PRIEST, at which M. BER-
RYER was greatly offended, as it was calculated to
create an idea that the Count DE CH-AMBORD had no
onger implicit trust in him. The old Comite, ap-
pointed by the celebrated BARTHELEMY circular, has
been broken up, and the following have been ap-
pointed members of the Legitimatist Cabinet in their
place :—M. Berryer, the Duke de Noailles, ex-peer
of France, the Viscount de Falloux, M. Benoist d'Azy,
M. de Vatimesnil, General de St. Priest, and M.
Sauvaira St. Barthelemy; representatives of the
people ; the Duke de Clermont Tonnerre, ex-minister;
the Duke de Valmy, ex-deputy ; the Count de
Rain e ville, ex• deputy ; the Marquis de Pesti:ll.o, and
the Duke des Cars.

Count MOLE has at length succeeded in organising
his club of " Waiters upon PROVIDENCE ;" it numbers
60 members, and meets in the Rue du Bac.
The Committee of the Assembly has resolved to re-
port against the proposition authorising the Councils-
General of Departments to assemble on the convoca-
tion of the Prefect in the event of a revolution break-
ingout in the capital. The Ministers were opposed to
the measure.

The Bourse wes nimated, and public secu-
rities, particularly railroad shares, rose consi-
derably. The Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 20e.,
rose to 95f. 40c., and clused at 95f. 35c. • the
Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 603. ; drleans
Railroad Shares, 8421. 50c.; Rouen, 6551.; Havre,
2611. 25c. ; Great Northern, 478 f. 75c. ; Avignon,
1931. 75e.; Vierzon, 415 f.; Basle, 1351. ; Bor-
&Au x, 391 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3751.50 c.;
Tours and Nantes, 248 f. 75c. ; the New Piedmon-
tese Loan, 85f. 10c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 18.
Boulogne and Amiens, 834—Luxembourg, 21 —Namur
and Liege, B%—Northern of France, 15—Orleans and Bor-
deaux. 2,4 Paris and Rouen, 26 —Paris and Strasbourg,
9% —Roue* and Havre, 10 %—Sambre and Meuse, 33i—
Tours and Nantes, 4%.

GERMAN Y.
Accounts from Berlin of the 16th state that the
Landwehr bad been dismissed without any disturbance
of tranquillity, save at one point in the Duchy of
Posen, where there had been a riot, which had been
speedily repressed.
General PLUCKER has consented to act as Prussian
Commissioner in Hesse, and he and Count LEININGEN,
the Austrian Commissioner, are now at Cassel.
A letter from :Munich, of the 10th, states that M.
DE PFORDTEN, President of the Council of Miniaters,
will himself attend the Conferences of Dresden. An..
other later states that the reduction the Government
proposes to effect in the army will at first be confined
to the first division; and that it will depend on events
whether the second, which is now in Electoral Hesse,
will also be reduced.

A telegraphic dispatch from Vienna of the 13th, in
the New Gazette of Prussia, states, in contradiction
to previous accounts, that Marshal RADETZKY will
certainly return to Italy.
The Gazette of the Empire of Austria, of Vienna,
says in its number of the 12th—" It is said that the
secondary states are dissatisfied, because their impor-
tance was lessened in the Conferences at Ohnutz ;
but we are convinced they are wrong. These states
can only have one single object, the maintenance of
their independence ; and the less they are disposed to
act on events, the more certain they will be to obtain
it. The accord of the two great powers protects
them ; the victory of either might have interrupted
the equilibrium. Everybody asks what is to be done
at Dresden. In our opinion, the best thing would be
to discuss the articles of the federal compact one after
the other. In spite cf the hasty attacks of which the
fundamental compact has been the object, it is worth
more than any legislative or diplomatic scheme."
The Duke DE BORDEAUX left Vienna on the 10th
for Venice.

MUNCHASEN, the head of the Hanoverian Cabinet,
has been appointed Hanoverian Plenipotentiary at
Dresden.

SWITZERLAND.
The National Council of Switzerland has for se-
veral days been occupied in discussing a new electoral
law, which enacts, among other things, that the con-
federation shall be divided into 49 electoral districts
or colleges, and that the number of deputies shall be
120. The Council of States on the 14th adopted, on
the proposition of a committee, by 24 votes to 16, a
resolution inviting the Federal Council to renew the
negotiations for putting an end to the military capitu-
lations with the Crown of Naples, as also with inte-
rested cantons; subject, however, to the condition that
circumstances appear sufficiently favourable to lead to
a satisfactory conclusion : and another resolution was
also adopted, declaring that the decree of the 20th
June, 1849, for the provisional suspension of enrol-
ments,
shall not be carried out.

Do.
South
South.

THE SHARE MARKETS,

BRITISH RAILWAYS

Railways.

td. 1 Nominal Prices.

.Iberdeen • .
Do. Preference • • 8
Ambergate, Nottingham,
Boston, & E. Juncion
Ayrshire and Galloway..
Belfast and County Down 3!
Berks and Hants Eaten.
(Great ),N extern Per-
petual 5 per cent.) ..
Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, calls duly
paid, or with a guar... 21
Do. without a guar... 21
Binning., Wolverhamp-
ton, and Dudley, calls
, duly paid, or with a,
guarantee • • • • • • 1;
Do. without a guar. ij
' Bixning., Woiverkamp.
and Stour Valley ••13 1,
Birkenhead, Lancas., and
Cheshire Junction 21
Bristol and Exeter.. • • 101
Buckinghamshire • •
Caledonian .• • • 51
Do. 101. Preference
Do. Clydesdale June... 51
Chester and Holyhead 51
Do. Preference .. 1,
Clarence .. • • • • •• 7g I
Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct.ll
Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. 1,
Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. 11
Direct Lond. and Portsm.
Dublin and Belfast Junct 4
Dundalk and Enniskillen 34
East Anglian (251. L. &
E. and L. & D.) •• .. 21
Do, (181. E. & II.) .. li
Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per
cent. Preference ..
Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref.
Do. (71.175.) 7 p.c.Pref.
Eastern Counties
Do. Exten., 6 percent.
No. 1 • • •• ••6 1:
Do. No. 2 .. 6
Do .New Preference, •6
per cent. .. . • •11
Do. North. and East.
6 per cent. • • 51
Do. do. 5 per cent .. 51
Do. do., New • • • • 4;
Eastern Union, class A,
late E. U. shares • •
Do. do. do. ..
Do. do., 14 & C shares 2.
Do. do., scrip, guaran.
6 per cent. • • • • 21
East Lancashire
Do. New quarters ..
Do. 6 per cent. pref.
quarter shares.. .•
East Lincolnshire, gua. 6
percent • • • • • 2;
Edinburgh and Glasgow 51
Edin., Perth, and Dundee 2;
Do. Newport .. • • I;
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch.
Exeter and Exmouth ..
Glasgow and South-West, 51
Do. pref. consolidated,
Do. do. G. D. &C. stock 8
Gloucester & Dean Forest ji
Great Northern • • • • 21
Do. halves, A, deferred u
Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. 1!
Do. 5 per cent. pref. .. 11
Great Southern and
Western, Ireland .. 51
Do. eighths
Great North of England . 101
Do. new 401. .. • • 41
Do. new 30/. .. 31
Do. new 151. . .. 1;
Great Western 101
Do. New, 171. .. • • i;
Hull and Selby ..
Do. half shares • • • • 21
Do. quarter shares ..
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 51
Do. thirds • . • • •. i 1 1
Lancaster and Preston ..
Lancitalire and Yorkshire 10
Do. quarter shares .. 2
Do. fifths .
Do. F. 201.
Do. new, guaranteed 6
per cent. ..•
100
Do. Rudders. & Sheff. 50 ..
Do. West Riding Union 11u 6
Leeds and Bradford .• 50 95
Leeds and 'Thirsk • • 50 14
Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 9 33%
Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 17 33( -
Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 3 5 i% •
Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. 10
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport .. • - 1
London and Blackwall • • 11
London, Brighton," and
South Coast .. • • 10
Do. guarteed. 5 per ct.,
late Croythn thirds • •
Do. preference, 5 p et
Do. preference, cony. 5
per cent., 1852 . • bi
Do. new guaranteed, 6
per cent. .. • • • • 101
London and Greenwich . 12 1,
Do. preference .. • • 21
London and N.-Western 10,
Do. do. new quarters . I
Do. fifths .. • • 1
Do. 101. sh:, M. & B (c)
London and S.-Western . 11

11% to 1114
it % dls.

6% 5% —5% dls.

6 I h-1 p.

!CI 29 -30
:0 27 -28

58- 9 P
57- 8 P

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15 174 - 17%
12% 116% - 114%
12% 12% - 12%

)0 40 -42
p.
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77 —7B
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r 0 99 101
5 493( 50%
42% 22 —23
50 69 —7l

13 41 6
l'7 126

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137 —139
5 4 1134 12
0 2334 2434
0 126 —127
7 4 —434 p.
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1 234 —lye p.
0 7632 —7734
234 12 —ll as.
4 I
9;4 —834 db.
25
5 2U, 234 p.

Do. new 501.
Do. new 401. ..
Do. new preference
Londonderry & Coleralne'
Do. half shares ..
Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct.
Do. do. 6 per cent. ..
Londonderry and Ennis-
Mien. .. • •
Do. half shares • • ..
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock ..
Manchester, Sheffield, &
Lincolnshire ..
De. quarters, No. 1 • •
Do. new,lo/ preference 1
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union • • 4
idland • • • • • • ICI
Do. consolidated pref. 101
Do. 501. shares • • • • 3:
Do. Birmflig & Derby 101
Do. Consol. Bristol &
Birming., 6 per cent. 101
Do. Bristol & Glouces. 41
Do. do. d0...2911
Do. Erewash Val. pref. 51
Do. Leic. & Swanning.
8 per cent. guar. • • 101
Midland at. West. (Ire.) 4'
Middlesbro' and Itedcar,
6 per cent. guar. .. 51
Newcastle and Carlisle.. 101
Do. quarter shares ..
N ewmarket 2:
Do. extension scrip • • 2 1:
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford ..
Newry & Enniskillen ..
Newry, NV arrenpoint, &
Rostrevor
Norfolk ..
Do. New 20/.• shares,
o. Extension ..

•• -- ••
12 -14

5U I 4 —3% dis.

DO 2634 - 2734
25 j u -12
[0 10% -11

Do. guar. 5% per cent.
Do. Waveney Valley..
Northern Counties Union
North British.. .. ..
Do. Preference • . ..
North Staffordshire ..
North-Western ..
Oxford, Worcester and

Wolverhampton.. ..
Preston and Wyre
Do. Halves (A) • .
Reading, Guildford, and
lZeigate.. • • -.
Royston and Hitehin
Do. Shepreth Exten...
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland ..

Do. new .
Shrewsbury & Binning.
Clab 3A . • • • • • • .
Do. Class 8.. ..
De. New Guarantee..
Shrewsbury & Hereford
hiewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W.
Do. Halves
Do. Osvvestry
Do. New..
Do. 8 per cent. Pref. .
Shropshire Union ..
South Devon ..

Preference ..
Staffordshire
-Eastern ..

Do. do. 4)4 per cent...
South Wales.. ..
South Yorksh. and River

Dun
Shell., Roth., and Goole,
N. Div., guar. 5 p cent.
Do. do. South Div. ..
Swansea & Loughor, &c.
raw Vale Extension ..
flames Haven Dock and
Railway ..
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny,
Waterford and Limerick
Waterford, Wex., Wick.,
and Dublin
Wear Valley, 6 per cent.
guaranteed ..
Do. do.
Do. do.
West i.torriwall
Whitehaven and Furness
Windsor, Staines, and S.
Western ..
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth • .
York, Newcastle, & Ber-
wick ..
Ditto and Newcastle
Extension ..
Ditto G.N.E. purchase

do. .
do. ..

or preference ..
Do. ..
Do. Hartlepool Dockl

and Railway .. .. 10
York and North Midland 5i
Do. Preference ..

01 3% —2% die,
147 —4B

20 —193 di s.
24 —26

10 1129

- 131

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t 5 42 -43
10% 7% - 8 p.

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15 -
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12 3 5% 5 dls.
8 9y 10

20 11 —l3
10 5% 6
20 8% 934
1 14 - 1 dis.
10 13% 14
6% 3% 3 dim.
50 15 —l6
25

11 —l3
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22% 23

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to iili 9

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5% —5% dlB,
10% 10%
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STOCK BANKS.

10 28 - 30%
10 424 - 43
!O 25 - 25%
8 18% - 18%
,k
0 27% - 27%

:24 17% —is
5 42 43%
0 15% 15%
5 34% 35%
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12% 12%
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Business done
to-day.

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MINES.

—Tlie efforts made recently to throw open the Mining
Share Market have not yet borne any other fruit than
that certain parties have commenced the holding of
public weekly sales of that class of transferable pro-
perty, the first auction having taken place yesterday.
Whether this innovation will find much favour with the
brokers er agents time must determine, but the public
will at least Lave the opportunity of judging for them-
selves what is en approximate price for mines, whereas
now all is uncertainty and annoyance. The infancy of
these experiments is seldom very promising, but is stated
that the ra al sales effected amounted to over 4,0001.
In the Amsterdam market, on the 17th instant, the
Home and Foreign Funds were all in brisk request.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 56 11-16
at Frankfort on the 16th inst. Austrian Metallics were
741- 4, and Spanish Three per Cents. 33/ to 1.
The Funds are rather firmer, as the political news
from Germany indicates an improving condition of po-
litical affairs. Consols are 96-i to 97, but with very
little doing, New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
98i to 9971-. Batik Stock has risen to 213 k and 214.
Exchequet.-hills are 67a. premium.
The; Fer, ign Securities are fluctuating. Mexican
have bt en (loan to 351 for Money, and are 35/ to 36 for
Account. Spanish Five per Cents. are 18-a to 19, and
the Three per Cents. 40k, which are rather fuller rates.
Peruvian have been quoted 811 to 821. Dutch Two.
and-a-Ilalf per Cents. have been marked at 581 to 59.
Railway Shares aro still rather in favour of buyers.
The lest week's railway receipts ascertained up to this
day, are in round figures as under:?

North-Western lB5O. 1849.
£41,484 ~. £40.024
South-Wolter. 8,395 .., 8,115
.
Midland
..‘ 20,389
South-Eastern
... 8,300
North Stafford 4,514 3,633
Caledonian '
QUARTER TO THREE.

Consols
__ --- •••
Ditto Account ... ... ... 96i 97 ex d.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 213% 214
3 per Cent.lteduced AlltillitieP...... 97141
New 3% per Cent. Anns. 98% 991
Long Annuitie:N. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 731 7 13-16
India Bondsunderl,ooo/..... ........... lt 87 p
(lonsols for Account ... 96% 97
ID mchequer Billy. 114 d 2d.
March June.
1,000/. .. — 67 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Chilian Bonds, 6per Cent ........ . .. 104
Grenada, 1% per Cent.
Ili x ican Bonds, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons .....
Ditto Account . ...... ....
Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent —
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto'4 ner Cent.
Ditto for the Account ....
Russian Bonds, 1622, 5 per Cent 10914 34
Ditto 41 per Cent 97%%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent l9
Ditto Account
Spanish Bonds. 3 per Cent,l840
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41, per Cent. ..
Mitch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 19.—Wind at soon W., light breeze
and fine weather.
DEAL, DEC. 18.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W. ; P.M.
S.S.W.—Arrd. Jessica, St. Dvmingo; Cheapside, Nevv
York. Arrd. from the River Challenger, Sydney, New
South Wales; David Clark, Bombay; Pekin, Columbia
River; Penelope, Tobago; Hopewell, Jamaica; Castle,
Lachton, ditto; Jamaica, ditto. Sid. the outwardbound.
8.30 P M.—Several of the outward bound are putting
back.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Alice Gill,
Montreal; Maria, Savanilla; Cromwell, Now Orleans;
President, ditto; Isabella, Stewart, St. Andrew's; Clyde,
St. John's, New Brunswick; Ailsa, Wallace, Nova
Scotia; Lord George Bontinck, Montreal; Hornet, Prince
Edward's Island. Sld. Tread, Bombay; Conrad, Lima;
Larne, Fingal, and Emilia, Valparaiso; Mary Queen of
Cox (qy. Mary Queen of Scots), Buenos Ayres; , Bahia; Carlton, Pernambuco;
Wil-
liam Petle, ditteo; Thorn
I•abel and Plicnix, Atigua; The Duke, Mobile;.. saac,,
vvi.bb, New Yoll;'Saiony, Boston. Put back, Andrew
COlville, Valparaiso; Ante, Eichibucto.
SKIBNI:.REEN, DEC. 18.—The Mountainetir, of :Xalver-'
pool,.Quebee tp. Newport, has been .run on the mini on
Diu- manta Bay, to Prevent her going on.the reckd. ' • LIMERICK, DEC. 18.—A contiderable number of oak
logs are being picked up on the west coast. of Shetland,
and a chest containing clothes, in whirls
was a letter
written irt German relating to the Protcus, Captain Mi-
chaelcs; with the name of Muller, from Stolzenbus g. The
vessel is stated to have left in April, was at Sunderland,
and left there for `New York.
CLYDE, DEC. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Mary Ann,

Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done
to-day.
---
Anglo-Mexlcan(is. 5/. p.) 100 .. —• .
Asturian .............. 15
..
Australian ............ 4 3 334
Barossa Range .. ..... 113 0 3% —3%
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 .. —..
Bolanos Scrip .......... —... _
..
British Iron.. •• .. ..... . 13 5
.. _
..
Braailian Imp. (is. Si. p.) 24% _..
Do. Cocaes and Culaba 30 3% 3
Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 14 1
Cobre Copper ...... .• • 40 32%% 2.36% 14% %
Coplapo ............ .. _ 5%
General.. • ... •• .... • • 20 15% 137‘,
Real Del Monte, Unreg. %
Do. Black Debentures. .. _7.
Do. Red Debentures .. .. ..,
Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 9 —7%
Tin Croft .. • ......• • • 7 10% 11
United Mexican.-- ••28 2 8% 634 6 5%
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada ..... 32% 42% —44
Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% —27
Peuin. & Oriental Steam.. 50 89% 89% 89 89%
Royal iNi ail Steam ...... 60 .70 —74
74
[We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, an
will not be influenced by interested correspondents.]

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 15,000
bales, of which 500 were taken for export and 5,000 on
speculation. The market closed with an upward ten-
dency, and American advanced id. to id., Surat id., and
Brasil and Egyptian id. to id.--Railway Shares were
quiet, and prices bad a downward tendency.
Some short time back we staetd that it was the re-
ported intention of Government to propose some alter-
ation of the Coffee duties, with a view to check the ex-
cessive adulteration that is practiced, and this statement
is now receiving confirmation to eome extent by the ru-
mours that are circuiating in Mincing-lane. Messrs.
Franks and Millard write as followa:
" We know that the Chancellor of the Exchequer con-
templates very soon making an alteration in the roffee
dutns; what it will be we are not acquainted with, but
this we are certain of, that he is quite aware that the
consumption of coffee is falling off very considerably,
partly in consequence of chicory being extenstvely
mixed with it, and partly in consequence of the deterio-
retie n in the quality of the article.
" It is a well-known fact that every succeeding impor-
tation of the better marks, such as the AG,
RR M I
M, :MP, MP, SS, and others, are now very little su-
peri,,or to middling coffees. This is very much to be
deplored, and we fear that unless the Government im-
mediately make some alteration the consumption of
coffee will continue to decrease.
"In travelling on the continent we have been much
struck with the superior quality of the coffee we drank.
But on inspection we found the growth very superior to
ours. It was of closer make and much riper than our
coffee; and why are we prevented from using the best
coffees the world produces ? The answer is, that one
pays a duty of 4d. the other 6d. Then we say, away
with this ridiculous distinction, and equalise the duties
at once; we shall then have the strong and fine flavoured
Costa Rica and Laguayra, the delicious flavoured Mar-
tinique, Mocha, Company's Java, Cuba, and Porto Rico;
and. for the inferior coffees, Singapore Java, Rio, those
from our own plantations, and other places too numerous
to niention. This would immediately give the public a
taste) for good coffee; the consumption would increase at
the least one-fourth, and all our inferior sorts, such as
native Ceylons, would have to find another market; or it
would compel the planters of good ordinary Ceylons to
produce better quality. A good and wholsesome coffee
could then be sold at a reasonable price, for lake the
eves age of prices all over the world fer the last ten
years, we find it to be about 40s. to 50s. per cwt.
" The plan we propose to the Governent is to equalise
the duties on all kinds of coffee at once, and iu 1852
reelect) the duty to 2d. per lb. This plan, if taken up
witht energy, we have no doubt would be adopted. The
Government pay more attention to disinterested persons,
and therefore we should advise that a petition should
lay on every groeer's counter in the United Kingdom
and Ireland, for one mouth, to be signed by the con•
meters of coffee. Then let these petitions be handed
to the county Members for presentation to Parliament.
At the sametime let a deputation, consisting of the prin-
clots), grocers in the country, wait on the Chancellor of
the :Exchequer.
"Let this be done, and we have no doubt, from what
we :have beard, that the Government would accede to so
reasonable a proposition; and let but the press advocate
for the millions in favour of this important change, and
all will be granted."
The comparative value of Foreign Securities is of con-
siderable importance to parties making investments, and
a professional gentleman who has made calculations on
the subject arrives at interesting results in reference to
Mexican and Spanish Bonds. Making some allowance
for absence of dots, there being no means of ascertaining
what will be the market average price a Mexican Stock
hereaftir, whereas Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds indi-
cate eight per cent. as the return in interest which
buyers expect to cover risk, and taking into account,
likewise, that the Mexican overnment may give more
than three per cent. in perpetuity, we have results that
should do more to shame the Spanish Government into
an equitable compromise than any form of words. Facts
and figures are stubborn and suggestive. The cost of
Spat ish Active 100/. Bonds, to holders at par, with 20
overdue Coupons, and five per cent, interest thereon, is
nearly 1641; while that of Mexican, with seven overdue
Coupons, is not above 1191. In satisfaction of the
arrears, the very best terms proposed by Spain are
equal to Stock that would sell for about 101. 155., while
Mexico gives ill. in cash. Taking into further consi-
deration the fact that specie duties are assigned by the
latter, and that no preference is given to home creditors,
we think that the calculations of J. A. F. establish the
superiority for Mexican Stock, taking the entire deb
against the whole of the Spanish liabilities.