The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-16 00:00:00

ITALY.

Letters from Turin, of the 9th, state that the
Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, after a warm
debate, had voted the ratification of the treaty
of peace, concluded at Milan on the 6th of August
lag, with the Austrian Government. Of 129 depu-
ties who voted 112 voted for the ratification, and
17 against it.
In the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, on
the Bth, the Minister of Public Instruction pre-
sented a Bill on Secondary Instruction,
and another for the Re-organization of the Uni-
versity of Sardinia. The Chamber afterwards
deliberated on the Bill provisionally regulating the
budget of 1849, and adopted the two articles of the
measure, as agreed to by the committee and the
Ministry. The Chamber also voted five articles
of a Bill to authorise the collection of the taxes
until such time as the budget of 1850 had been
definitively passed. The said collection is to be
permitted to the end of April next. Some changes
proposed by M. BALBO in the regulations were also
agreed to.
A letter from Rome of the sth says :—" Two
more regiments of infantry, the 50th aid the 68th,
are leaving Italy, the first tor France, the other for
Oran. Generals JOHN LEVAILLANT, THIBY, NIEL,
MOLHERII, and Dz TINAN are also recalled. The
*active force of the French army is now reduced to
14 or 15,000 men. The health of the troops has
much improved. There are now only 760 men in the
hospitals "
The Gazette du Midi of Marseilles has the follow-
ing from Rome, dated the sth inst. :—" The supplica-
tions from all the towns of the Roman States have at
length touched the paternal heart of Pius IX. After
having maturely deliberated with his Cardinals, the
POPE has declared to the diplomatic corps that he will
return to his capital in the middle of January."
A letter from Florence of the sth says :—" For
the last fey years the cold has not been felt so
severely here as it is now. All the hills near the
city are covered with snow, and the thermometer
has been as low as 12 degrees of Reaumur (10 2-5
degrees Fahrenheit)."

PENINSULAR MAILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

S 0 UTHAMPTON, `WEDNESDAY MORNING.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's ship Iberia, Captain C. F. Burney, has
just arrived, with the usual Spanish and Portuguese
mails.

Her arrival has been detained by heavy northerly
gales in the Bay of Biscay and on the Spanish coast.
We have accounts from Lisbon of the 9tb, contain-
ing a copy of the Queen of Portugal's Speech at the
opening of the Cortes on the 2d inst.
Up to the time of the packet's leaving Lisbon
nothing of particular interest had taken place in
the Cortes.
M. Rebello Cabral had been re-elected President
of the Chamber of Deputies.
The English squadron had returned to the Tagus.
The Lisbon Board of Health had issued a notifica-
tion declaring all ports in England, save Liverpool,
disinfected.

According to our correspondent there was no truth
in the reports spread in Lisbon respecting a com-
mencement of revolutionary acts at Evora, Chaves,
and other places.
It appears that the Portuguese Chargé-d'Affaires,
recently returned from Madrid, had stated that
30,000 Spanish troops would be ready to enter
Portugal upon the first requisition of the Count de
Thomar.
The Count di Lavradio was to move an amend-
ment to the answer to the Throne in the Upper House
on the 12th, when an angry debate was looked for
upon the political state of the country with reference
to the position of Count Thomar, as President of the
Council.

Upon the Lisbon Exchange a large supply of
London paper had appeared with few takers, except
Board of Public Credit, which has remitted 14,0001.
by this packet. Exchange on London, 54; discount
on Bank-notes, 18k- per cent.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuEsDAr.

CHESTER CI7P.-600 to 20 agst Lady Evelyn (t), 33
to 1 agst Peep-o'-day Boy (t), 40 to 1 agst Cossack (t),
40 to 1 agst Ellerdale, 50 to 1 agst Fugleman (t), 50 to
1 agst Miss Ann (t), 1,000:to 20 agst Grief (0,1,000 to 15
agst llarriott (t), 1,000 to 15 agst Little Jack (t), 550
to 10 offered apt all the three vrs old. Tho handicap
is very highly spoken of by all parties here.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-15 to 1 agst Peter
Simple (t), 15 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne (t), 15 to
1 agst Rattrap, 20 to 1 agst Fanny Grey, 25 to 1 agst
Chandler, 25 to 1 agst Vain Hope.
METROPOLITAN STAKES.-20 to 1 agst Testator, 22
to 1 agst Black Eaglo, 25 to 1 sgst Borneo.
DERRY.-9 to 1 agst Bolingbroke, 10 to 1 agst Ghillie
Callum, 12 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel, 16 to 1 agst
Voltigeur (t), 16 to 1 agst The Italian (1), 18 to 1 so
The Nigger, 1,000 to 15 agat Yew Tree.

'We understand that Sir Claude Scott, Bart., has
sent the steel barrels which burst in his hands, and
about which so much discussion has taken place, to
Mr. Witton, 82, Old Broad-street, to be exhibited to
the public and all parties interested, to enable them
to judge for themselves ; further particulars of which
will be found in another psrt of our paper.

DEATH OF MRS. BARTLEY.—Thia lady, who WAS
for many ye ars a brilliant ornament of the t-agic stage,
died 3 esterday morning, at her residence, No. 11, Wo-
burn-square, after a severe and protracted illness, which
la•ted far seven years. Her disorder was a general 1 ara-
lysis, but her consciousness was perfect up ta the mo-
ment of her dissolution. The deceased was f.rmerly
Miss Smith, who, in 1806, made 'her first curtsey to
London audience in old Covent-garden. During the
very first season of her prosperous career, Mrs. Siddons
returned to the stage, and on the same boards; and the
best proof of Mrs. Bartley's genius that can be given is,
that they played alternately Alicia and Jane Shore
without detriment to the fame of the younger actress.
On the destruction by fire of Covent-garden Theatre, in
1808, Miss Smith accepted an engagement on London
t3rrus in Dublin. She remained in Ireland for three
years, at the end of which period she made her second
appearance at Covent-garden in 1811. Here she re-
mained, first, foremost, and without a rival, until 1814,
when she transferred her services to new Drury-lane.
Soon after she became Mrs. Bartley, the wife of the
excellent comedian. Mrs. Bartley died in tlie 65th year
of her age. She who numbered Joanna Baillie and Sir
Walter Scott among her warmest friends and fondest
admirers, and who was summoned to Windsor Castle
and Buckingham House to charm the ear of royalty by
her incomparable elocution, can have been no ordinary
woman—no ordinary actress.
THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.—A few weeks ago a case came on fir hear-
ing before the Salford Magistrates, at the New Batley
Court-house, in which the London and North-Western
Railway Company were the appellants, against a rate
laid upon that portion of the Liverpool and Manchester
section of their lines lying within the township of Bar-
ton-upon•lrwell. The rate levied was 1,3361. 9s. 6d.,
and of this the company had raid 6701 The magis-
trates on that occasion decided that the company were too
late with their appeal, they having allowed three special
and three quarter sessions to pass over without coming
forward with their case. They were ordered, therefore,
to ray the remainder of the rate, and the overseers of
the poor understood that they would do so ; but upon
an application being made to them shortly afterwards,
they again objected, and accordingly a summons was
taken against them. On the day of hearing, however, it
appeared that the magistrates on the bench (Messrs.
Brandt and J. H. Wanklyn) were shareholders of the
company, and therefore the case was adjourned until
Thursday last, when a more impartial bench_ should be
sitting. The case having been again entered into, Mr.
Kent, solicitor, who appeared in order to watch the pro-
ceedings on belia:f of the company, was asked by 3a
Trafford, the magistrate, whether the
company wore
rpre-
pared to pay. He replied in the negative, and he was
then it firmed that a warrant of distress would be taken
()IA against them. This will probably be done in a few
days. The company object to p. .y the full rate because
they contend that their property has much depreciated
in value, on account of the diminution of the traffic upon
this part t f the line within the last few months.

Oa Tuesday moorings were laid in the Sloyne for
the use of the new line of American mail steamers from
New York to the Mersey —Liverpool Mercury.

EnßATum.—ln the course of the second paragraph
of our first h achrg article of la3t evening, a "troop cf
the 16th Regiment" should have been a " company of
the 16th Regiment,"

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm,
and prices of Surat were nearly d. per lb. higher. The
sales were estimated at about 5,000 bales, of which
1,500 were taken on speculation. The sales comprised
3,000 American, 350 Pernam and Maranham, at 6id. to
6,1 d.; 300 Bahia, at 6-ad. to 60.; 150 Egyptian, at 71d.
to 81d.; and 1,000 Surat, at 44d. to 4Hd. per lb.—Rail-
way Shares were firm.
A work of considerable utility to the large and influ-
ential class in this country engaged in mercantile pur-
suits, as well as to the statistician, has been completed
by Mr. D. M. Evans, most favourably known as
the author of "The Commercial Crisis." The book
in question is entitled " The Annual Commercial Register,
wad General Record of Prices in the Year 1849," and there
as no subject of prominent, we might truly affirm of
even minute interest, upon which banker, merchant,
stockbroker, or trader, may not consult it. If we were
to select portions that seem to us more particularly to
meet a watt that we have ourselves, no doubt in common
with hundreds of ethers, too often experienced, we
should point to the record of all mee tings of public
companies, 86(.., held in the c,ty of London, the date of
the arrival of mails, frequently irksome to trace back,
the account of all matters aff:cting the in-
terest of foreign bondholders, comprised within
the year, notices of important bankruptcy cases, Board
of 'l'r agile returns, events in the colonies and foreign
countries, and debates in Parliament. This information
is so succinctly arranged both in the index and the
monthly chronology, that we can at once refer to it,
while an annual retrospect digests the whole, and a full
statement e f prices meets the requirement of parties
connected with the produce markets.
The example which England is setting in respect to
its Navigation-laws is telling upon other countries with
unmistakeable effect. The Dutdt Government has se-
riously in contemplation a modification of its code, and
petitions have been presented to the Second Chamber
of the States General, net only by the Chamber of
Commerce at Rotterdam, but likewise by individual
merchants, agents, and ship-owners of that port, strongly
urging an alteration.

In a spirit the most truckling and pettifogging the
Times has come forward to advertise the loan of Messrs.
Baring, and accordingly recommends the same as an in-
vestment, which, upon a nice calculation of present
payment in full, and of the faithful maintenance of
the sinking fund, violated as we stated yesterday, upon
a former occasion, gives 5/. ls. per cent. per annum.
And here ends the morality of the question. It
sees nothing but pounds, shillings, and pence in the
matter, declares that merchants may become mere money
gamblers, and lend their money for any purpose, however
immoral—a doctrire that would be scouted before a legal
tribunal in the caae of any third-rate bill-discounter—
with alvaitage to England, and without violence to their
own CODSC'eIiCC. Such was neither the principle
nor the practice in the days of Sir Thomas
Gresham, and, although we are fully aware as
commercial writers that the Legislature cannot or ought
not to it terfere with the free distribution of wealth, we
recognise the importance as we trust we shall at least in
course of time behold the triumph of public opinion. Fo-
reign loam, in a broad politico-economical sense, are
undoubtedly objectionable, and result in injury to the
louder if the interest 1-e not duly met, in an
annual drain upon the borrower, if punc-
tually, diFcharged. When the great aim is to
reduce our national exl.eaditurc, especially under
the head of army and navy, is it not suicidal
to advance to other naaions the means of supporting
theirs? Finally, whatever the Times may assert, we
have not the slightest hesitation in declaring that the
whole mercantile community, properly so called, who
live by fair trading, and not mere jobbing and loan
mongering, view the Russian scheme with dictate. It
disturbs all calculation, and unsettles the prospects of
the Money Market, which el ea temporarily del aaged.
ri quires a new lever to support it.
At the London and Westminster Bank meeting to-
day the following report was read and adopted:—
" The net profiis of the bank during the last half-
year have amounted to 3.2,391/. 08.3 d. These profits have
enabled the directors to declare a dividend at the rate
of six per cent. per annum, and to add 2,391/. OF. 3d. to
the surplus fund. This fund will then amount to
107,8441. 14?. 6d. The three directors who go out by
rotation, are John Garratt Cattley, Esq., James Denis
de Vitre, Esq., and George Hanson, Esq. They are
eligible f re-election, and offer themselves accordingly.
LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK, DEC. 31, 1849.
Dr. s. d.
To Proprietors for paid-up Capital ... 1,000,000 0 0
To amount due by the Bank for De-
posits, Circular Notes, &c.
To Rest, or Surplus Fund a.
To Profits of the past Half-year ...

... 3,683,623 10 9
105,453 14 3
32,391 0 3

£4,818,468 5 3

Cr. X :,. d
By Government Stock, Exchequer-
bills, and India Bonds
By other securities, including bills dis-
counted, loans to custoiners, &c 3,158,014 12 1
By cash iu hand 686,761 16 1

£4,818,468 5 3

PROFIT AND LOSS, 31ST DECEMBER, 1849.
Dr. .£ s. d
To payment of the dividend now de-
clared, at the rate of six per cenr.
per annum on a captal of 1,000,0001,
for the half-I•ear ending 31at De-
cember, 1849
To balance of unappropria"ed profits

30.000 0 0
107,844 14 6

£137,844 14 6

Cr. £ B.
By Balance of unappropriated pro-
fits, on 30th June, 1849 ...
By net profits of the past half-year,
after defraying the total expense of
management, paying the income-tax,
and making provision for all bad
and doubtful debts

105,453 14 3

32,391 0 3

£137,844 14 6

By balance of unappropriated profits £107,844 14 6
The English Funds have been depressed again this
morning, and money stock has come to market. Con-
sols have been 96 to 961 for Transfer, and 968 to for
Account. The West quotations aro 96i 8 for the for-
mer, and 968 u for the latter. The next settling day
will be February 14. The New Three-and-a. Quarter
per Cents. have realised 98/ to 1, and the Three per
Cents. 961 to 8. Bank Stock has been lower, viz., 2071
India Stuck is at 268. The premium on Exchequer -
bills is down to 575. to 605., money being rather more
in demand. The settlement is in progress, and exercises
considerable influence on the quotations. Two or three
large oterators left their accounts open until the last
moment, and have, as usual, been made to pay fur their
temerity. Thus a " continuation" r£ -a has been charged,
which is about 4i per cent, or much above the current
value of murey ; and, indeed, if we take thete dpaeyr'svpaireicee,
of Consuls at 97, instead of calculating the
the inlet would exceed 41.
In the Foreign Market the dealings have been
small. Spanish Five per Cents. have br en
19i 1; Portuguese Four per Cents., 36; and Bra-
zilian 89. Mexican are 29 to I.; and Buenos Ayres
49. Danish Stock has been at par for tLe Five lor
Cents., Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent.. have
I ealisei 90 to and Dutch Two-and-a-Ha f ec Cents.
55i to
Railway Share) support previous values ; Eustetn
Counties are bigler.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2071/.2
per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Anna
New 31,4 per Cent. Anna. 9BA 143/4
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1880_ 8%
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 5-16
India Stock 268
India Bonds under 1,000/........ ....... 97 p
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities 96%
Consols for Account
.•
Exchequer Bills 114 d.
March. June.
60 57 60

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