The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain ....... .. 825 •• 825 825
Versailles, R.B. 375 .. 375 •• 375 375
L.B. ...... 255 .. 256 25 .. 235 .. 235
Rouen •• •••• •• •• •• .• •• 973 75 .. 973 75 973 75 .• 973 75

Rouen to Havre .... .
Orleans

715
•• 962 50

Strasburg to 8a1e....•..... 290 .• 291 25 .. 287 50 .. 287 50
Avignon to Marseilles • • • • .. 770 .. 770 • • 766 25 . • 766 25
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR TIIE ACCOUNT.
Versailles, R.B. 3BO .. 380 377 50 • • 377 50
L. 8.. ..... 235 .. 260 •• 232 50 . • 232 50
Rouen ••••• • • • • • • ........ 977 50 .. 977 50 . 960 • • 960

Rouen to Havre 715 715 707 50 .• 710
Orleans ......••........... 960 •• 960 •• 948 75 •• 950
Strasburg 291 25 •• 291 25 • • 285 .• 286 25
Avignon to Marseilles. .• • .. 770 • • 770 • • 767 50 • • 767 50

PRIVY COUNCIL—A Privy Council is appointed to be
held at three o'clock this afternoon, at Buckingham
Palace. Summonses were issued to the Cabinet Mi-
nisters yesterday afternoon to attend the Council.
It is expected that Lord Lonsdale will be sworn into
office as Lord Lieutenant of the county of Cumberland,
in the room of his late father.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY).

AULIVER V. A,SIILEY-JUDOMENT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case,
which was argued some time since upon appeal-from the de-
cision of the Vice-Chancellor of England. His Lordship
ordered the decree pronounced by the Vice-Chancellor to be
varied, by directing the annuities to be valued, and the tenant
to keep down the interest on such valuation, instead of keep-
ing down the interest on the annuities as directed by the
Vice-Chancellor. It was arranged that the matter should be
mentioned again on Wednesday next, in order to settle the
minutes of the decree.

The Court then proceeded to hear appeals, none of which
possessed any features of public interest.

VICE-CHANCERY,-(THIS DAY).
The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole
day with cause petitions of no general interest.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY).

STRIKING OUT CAUSES.

In the course of the morning, Mr. ROGERS applied to the
Master of the 11.6i1s to permit a cause, in which the parties
were not prepared, in consequence of its having unexpectedly
come into the paper, to stand over for a short time.
Lord LANGDALE said it was very inconvenient to postpone
causes that were in the paper. Solicitors ought to be pre-
pared, and he must insist upon striking out the causes if the
parties were not ready when they were called on. If that
course were persevered in for a short time, parties would be
more on the alert.
Mr. Gic (of the firm of Clarke, Metcalfe, and Gray) beg-
ged to state on behalf of the solicitors of the Court, that they
were not altogether to blame. He knew of a case that was
yesterday postponed which would have lasted three or four
day:, and, consequently, those cases that stood after it had
unexpectedly come into the paper, and much earlier than
was anticipated. The parties in those cases, relying upon
the causes being taken regularly in their turn, were of course
not prepared, while all the extra labour to get the heavy
case ready to which he had alluded, had been entirely thrown
away.
Lord LANGDALE—There is something in that, Mr. Gray;
but I think solicitors should be prepared for every con-
tingency.

QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY).
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE CORPORATION OF SALTASH V. FLNNIMORE.
This was an action brought to try the right of the Corpora-
tion to levy a toll of one shilling on every vessel entering
Plymouth Sound, as anchorage and buoyage. The case was
tried before Mr. Justice Wightman and a special jury at
Exeter, and the verdict was found for the plaintiff.
Mr. BARSTOW now moved for a rule nisi for a new trial, on
the ground—first, of the improper reception of evidence ;
and, secondly, of misdirection by the Learned Judge. At the
trial the charters granted to the borough by Elizabeth,Charles
the Second, and George the Third, were put in evidence.
These charters confirmed to the Corporation their
right'''. to dues for anchorage and buoyage, and to all
other dues which they had heretofore been entitled to receive.
The plaintiffs then proceeded to show usage from time imme-
morial in the collection of these, dues. Among the evidence
put in to support this usage there were a number of trades-
mens' bills receipted, taken from the muniments of the bo-
rough of Saltash, for repairs done to certain buoys. He ob-
jected to the admission of these bills, contending that they
could not be given as evidence, that the work had been ac-
tually done, inasmuch as it would be extending the principle
of the admission of hearsay evidence further than it had ever
yet been extended. The Learned Judge,
,however, had ad-
mitted them to be given in evidence, as was now contended,
improperly, and the Learned Counsel quoted several cases in
support of his argument. It further appeared that there
had been given in evidence what was called a
decree of the Court of Chancery in the time of
Queen Elizabeth, in the case of Roodyard v. Cloburry and
others. This was an action brought by certain persons who
claimed these dues under a charter of Elizabeth, against the
Corporation of Saltash, for persisting in collecting them.
The Corporation contended they had a right to these dues,
and the Court confirmed them in that right by what was of-
fered in evidence as a decree, but which he contended was
merely an interlocutory order. Now in that case there were
two contending grantees for the Crown, each claiming the
toll, and therefore each interested in assuming that there
was a right to collect the toll ; but there was
none to represent the interests of the public, and
therefore it could not be given in evidence in a case
brought to tr." the right to the toll. The order itself
was merely interlocutory, confirming the right of the
Corporation to collect these tolls until the plaintiffs should
show better cause to support their claim. It was merely a
decision nisi, and could not be given in evidence to show the
immemoriality of this claim on the part of the Corporation of
Saltash. The misdirection was, that the Judge having ad-
mitted this as evidence, treated it in his summing up as de-
cisive of the point.
Mr. Justice Wrottrma,V had treated it as cogent evidence,
but not as decisive.
well, my Lord, then I will only ask
granted.
Mr. BansTqw—Very
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BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY).
THE QUEEN V. TILE TOWN-COUNCIL OF STAMFORD.
Mr. STEPHENS applied to the Court for a mandamus, di-
rected to the Town-council of the borough of Stamford, com-
manding them to pay 1971. 19s. 3d. to the treasurer of the
borough fund, to be carried to account of that fund. It ap-
peared that an order had been made by three of the Town-
council for the payment of this sum out of the borough fund
to an attorney for certain proceedings taken by him. This
order for payment the Court of Queen's Bench had subse-
quently quashed, and the object of the present application
was to have the sum in question restored to the borough fund.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said, that having doubts as to the
proper course to be pursued, he should take time to consider
his decision.

HOARE v. ANDERSON.
In this case Mr. Platt and Mr. Mills were for the plaintiff;
and for the defendant no Counsel appeared.
It was an action brought by the plaintiff, a livery-stable
keeper, to recover the sum of 711.25. 6d., the balance of an
account of 1421. 55., from the defendant, a gentleman well
known in the sporting circles, and brother-in-law to Madame
Vestris. The account had been incurred by Mr. Anderson,
and by his wife, for the hire of carriages, from January to
September in the last year, to convey them to and from
Ebury-street, Pimlico (the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mathews), to and from the theatres, St. Alban's races, and
various other places.
The trips were proved by three of Mr. Hoare's servants,
who had driven the defendant or his family on various occa-
sions, within the period stated; and the jury at once found
a verdict for tke plaintiff, for the balance of account claimed
by him.

EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY

(Sittings in Banco.)
The following notice was posted in Court this morning :
" It is ordered that in future the Peremptory Paper be
called on the first day of each term after the motions, and be
proceeded with the next day, if necessary, before the motions."
In accordance with this order, the cases Kt down in the
peremptory paper were proceeded with to-day.

They did not appear to be such as to call for particular
notice.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
FE.ARN V. MICA.

Sir T. WILDE, in this case, moved for a rule to show cause
why the verdict should not be set aside, on the ground of its
being against evidence, and on the ground of misdirection.
The cause was tried before Mr. Justice Coltman, and a ver-
dict was entered for the plaintiff to the amount of 3021. ss.
The action was on a bill of exchange. It appeared that a
person named Grand took a counting-house in the City,
using the name of the firm of Howard, Grand, and Co. Grand
had by some means obtained an introduction to the Commer-
cial Bank of Paris, and kept books at his counting-house to
show that he had transactions with that Bank, but there was
not a single entry in them. The action in the present case
was brought on a bill of exchange remitted by Pauli
and Co., of Milan, to Grand, and drawn on Gaud°lfi and
Co. in the City, who were the real defendants.
Before the letter covering the bill arrived, Grand shut up
his counting-house and absconded. He was advertised, and
a reward of 50/. was offered for him, and a fiat in bankruptcy'
issued against him. He had, however, left a letter for a per-
son named Lonagan, authorising him to open any letter that
came for him, and to endorse the bill in question. There
was a letter also for a person named Lopez, stating that the
bill should be appropriated for the payment of any debts
for which Lopez was liable on account of Grand. It was not
so appropriated, but was applied in discharge of a debt due
from Lonagan to a person named Daniel, which was said to
have arisen by reason of an advance of 300/. made by Daniel
on a pledge of some wine warrants. Taking the plaintiff to
be a bond, fide holder of the bill through Daniel,
the issue taken in the case was whether the bill
was endorsed by Howard, Grand, and Co. The
first objection he had was that the letter might be
construed into an intention to commit a fraud, and that
Lopez and Lonagan. were cognisant of fraud, having ab-
sconded. In the next place there was nothing in the letter
of Grand authorising the appropriation which had been made
of the bill. He contended. that the bill never belonged to
Grand, and that the authority to appropriate it was revoked
by the act of bankruptcy. -
The Learned JUDGE told the jury to consider whether. the
plaintiff was a bond fide holder, without reference to those
circumstances, and the jury were of opinion that there was
no act of bankruptcy when there clearly was one.
Rule granted on both points.

UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Nicholson, a Lancashire man, was charged with
breaking the leg of a man named Watchorn on the preceding
night.
It appeared the parties were tanners at Bermondsey, and
living together at the "Crown and Cushion" in Page's-walk,
they quarrelled and had a scuffle. In the course of the affray
the prisoner resorted to a very discreditable mode of attack
on his adversary, and gave him what is termed a most violent
"Lancashire kick," which broke his leg, and he was obliged
to be taken to the hospital.
Mr. Corrmawt said the defendant had acted in a most
brutal manner, and remanded him till the injured man is
able to attend.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)

Vicunas Sharpe, a genteel, good-looking youth, between
seventeen and eighteen years of age, was placed at the bar,
charged with stealing a silk purse, containing sixteen sove-
reigns, a half-crown, and two sixpences, under the following
circumstances :

The prosecutor, Mr. George Masters, a solicitor, residing
at N 0.22, Duke- street, St. James's, stated that the prisoner
had been in his service from the 28th of December last as
footboy, and had apparently conducted himself with
steadiness
.and propriety. Last evening he (the prosecutor)
returned home from the country, and being much fatigued,
from having travelled . two days and nights, retired
to bed between eight and nine o'clock. About a
quarter to ten he was awoke from out of a sound sleep by
something occurring in his bed-chamber, but could not make
out what it was, and therefore concluded he had been dream-
ing; but presently afterwards he was somewhat startled at
perceiving, although very indistinctly, at the foot of the bed,
the head of a person, who was evidently in a crouching posi-
tion. To assure himself that he was not deceived, he gently
raised himself on his elbow, and, after the lapse of a few
seconds, distinctly heard a rustling, as of a person moving
cautiously about, on which he instantaneously jumped out of
bed and ran against some person, whom he seized firm hold of,
and, throwing him down, pinned him to the floor, but it was too
dark for him to recognise who it was. The bell- pull being within
reach, he rang for his servant, who quickly came with a light,
and he then perceived that he had captured the prisoner. On
examining the room the purse and its contents were missed
from off the -drawers' where he had placed it just previously
to going to bed, and on looking about it was found on the
floor at the prisoner's feet.- The prisoner afterwards begged
to be forgiven, fur the sake of his parents, who are very de-
cent people.
Mr. HAnDwicK asked the prisoner what he had to say ?
He said he had been drinking, and did not know what he
was doing.—He was fully committed to Newgate.

THE WILLS FORGERIES.

CRIMINAL COURT,-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT

Mr. Justice Williams took his seat on the bench at ten
o'clock, and immediately afterwards the prisoners Win. Bar-
ber, Joshua Fletcher, William Saunders, Lydia Saunders, and
Georgiana Dorey, were placed at the bar.
The prisoners, as before, ware accommodated with seats.
Capt. Foskett was recalled—He was questioned by the
Court as to certain parts of his evidence which was given
yesterday. He did not recollect whether when he called upon
Barber anything was said about his residence. He did not
recollect anything being said with respect to Miss Slack's
residence.

Wm. Phillips was then called and examined by Mr. ERLE,
and said—l am a stock-broker. I have been acquainted with
the prisoner Fletcher eight years. I have also known Barber
for five or six years. I remember seeing Mr. Fletcher in the
Rotunda of the Bank a few days before the 7th of April. He
said he had got a good job for me. He did not tell me what
it was, but I understood it was respecting a transfer of stock.
On the 7th April I saw the prisoner Barber at my office. A
lady was with him, who was a stranger to me. Barber intro-
duced her to me as Emma Slack. The prisoner Lydia Saunders is
the person he so introduced. Barber directed me to sell 3,500/.
Consols which were standing in the name of Emma Slack.
Barber told me that lie expected Fletcher to call soon. I
then proceeded over the way with the prisoner to the
Bank of England, and went into the office of the Ac-
countant-General, which is the office out of which un-
claimed dividends are taken. Applied for an order
for the dividend on 3,500/. Consols, and obtained it.
The course of business in that office is for persons apply-
ing for dividends to be identified by a stock-broker. I wrote
the words "known to me" at the foot of the order for the
payment of the dividends. When the order was obtained it
was presented by me to the chief cashier, and from him I got
an order to go down to the drawing-office. The order was
given to Mr, Barber, and I left him and the prisoner Lydia
Saunders in the drawing-office to take the money, and went
to forward the transfer of the stock, having arranged with
Barber to meet again in the Rotunda. I sold the stock to
Mr. Clement Smith, a stock-broker, for the sum of 3,3861.55.,
which sum was paid to me by Mr. Smith in notes and cash. I
think there were three one thousand pound notes amongst
them, but I do not recollect the other. When coming out
of the drawing-office. I saw Fletcher in the Rotunda. I
told him that there was 1,1001. dividends being received.
After I had transferred the stock I returned to the Rotunda,
and there I saw Fletcher, Barber, and Lydia Saunders, and I
gave the money which I had received for the stock to Barber.
I had a conversation, but I cannot say with which of the
prisoners, about changing a 1,0001. note for gold. They then
left me, and I went to my own office.
Cross-examined by. Mr. GREAvEs—I have been at the
Mansion-house but once since Fletcher was under examina
tion. I was there when Mr. Barber was first examined, and
on that occasion Mr. Fletcher was examined as a witness.
I furnished instructions to Mr. Freshfield respecting his cross-
examination. I did so while Mr. Fletcher was being cross-
examined by Mr. Clarkson. I told Mr. Freshfield that Mr.
Fletcher had told me that he could introduce me to "a good
job." I will now swear that Fletcher had used those words
to me. I will swear the word ",introduced" was used to me
by Fletcher. I cannot distinctly recollect to-day what I said
in my examination in chief.
The witness, in the course of his cross-examination, hesi-
tated a great deal in giving his answers.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he thought this was an ante-
diluvian mode of doing business.—(Laughter.)
Cross-examined by Mr. SToxis—Nothing occurred in this
case which might not occur in the ordinary course of busi-
ness. Nothing passed between Lydia Saunders and myself
when the money was received. If I recollect rightly, the
prisoner Lydia Saunders wore ".a veil when thetransfer was
made, but whether she wore it down or not I cannot say. I
think she was dressed in the same way when she was exa-
mined at the Mansion-house. I recollect nothing being said
by the prisoners when the money was received at the Bank,
except what was said about changing the 1,0001. note. There
was nothing unusual in that. I dare say I have identified as
many as 300 persons at the Bank for the purpose of receiving
dividends.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wamxs—Mymemory is not very
good. IJ can recollect some things and not others. I will
not swear either one way or the other as to whether Mr.
Barber took part in the conversation respecting the change
for the 1,0001. note. I think he must have heard the con-
versation. There were very few persons in the Rotunda of
the Bank when the money was received. I was present at
about tour or five examinations respecting this case, which
took place at the Mansion-house. I have had other trans-
actions with Mr. Barber besides the present one. On the
29th April, 1843, I sold out 100/. Reduced for Mary Anderson.
On the Ist June in the same year I sold 1,210/. Consols for a
person for whom Mr. Barber was attorney. I do not recol-
lect any other transaction with Mr. Barber.
Re-examined by Mr. Dux—When I saw Lydia Saunders
at the Bank her veil was up, and I saw her features. I do
not recollect a case in which a female took so much gold out
of the Bank at one time after selling stock.
James Ballard examined by Sir J. BAYLEY—I am a clerk
in the Three per Cent. Consols office in the Bank of England.
I produce the transfer-book in which the transfer of 3,500/.
stock is entered in the name of Emma Slack, on the 7th of
April, 1843. I was the attesting witness to the transfer.
Clement Smith was the purchaser of the stock.
Mr. Clement Smith was then called and examined by Sir
J. BAYLEY—I am a stock-jobber. I purchased on the 7th of
April, 1843, 3,500/. Consols from Mr. Philpotts. I paid
3,282!. for them. I paid fur them in Bank notes=three notes
of 1,000/. each, and the rest in small notes. I received the
large notes from a gentleman of the name of Mortimer. I
received four from him on the 7th of April. The other note
I paid into Prescott and Co.'s bank.
Cross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—I am quite positive as
to the number of the 1,0001. notes I had in my possession on
the 7th of April, but I do not recollect the numbers or par-
ticulars of them.
By the Couar—l frequently have 5,000 or 10,000 Bank-
notes pass through my hands in the course of a week.
Charles Smith Mortimer said—l am a member of the Stock
Exchange. On the 7th April, 1843, I lent the last witness
3,000/. I paid him Bank notes to the amount of 4,000/.
They were four notes of 1,000/. each.
Cross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—I have a great deal of
money passing through my hands. I recollect receiving
these 1,0001. notes, from a particular entry in my book.
Edwin John Bruen was then examined by Sir J. BAYLEY
—He merely deposed to having paid two 1,0001. notes to the
last witness.
Several witnesses were then examined as to the identity of
the 1,0001. notes which were received by Mr. Philpots.
Several clerks in the Bank of England were examined,
who had paid on the Bth April, in gold, a number of Bank
notes. These notes were indorsed " Emma Slack," but the
witnesses did not identify the persons who had received the
money.
Henry Alcock Grattan was then called, and examined—
I am a clerk in the Southwark branch of the London and
Westminster Bank. I am acquainted with Fletcher. He
kept an account in the bank for upwards of four years. The
writing which is on the note produced, which is for 500/.,
" Emma Slack, 7, Francia-atreet, Tvtouilaul_wart.rad,„ is

in the handwriting of the prisoner Fletcher. The same en-
dorsement is on the 1,0001. produced, and that is also in
Fletcher's handwriting. On the 10th of April, 1843, the sum
of 5001. in gold was paid by Fletcher into the bank, and placed
to his account. On the 18th of the same month, Fletcher
paid in to his own account the sum of 480/. in gold, and 201.
.in.notes. On the 13th, Fletcher had paid in the sum of
1,0001. in gold, which was placed to his deposit account.
Mr. John Miller deposed that he was a clerk in the Bank.
On the 13th of April he paid 1,000 sovereigns for a 1.000/.
note. (This was the note endorsed " Emma Slack, Fran-
cis. street, Tottenham-court-road.")
Mr. Grattan was recalled, and several letters were pro-
dticed. The witness said he believed the writing to be that
of the prisoner Fletcher.
The Court here adjourned for ten minutes.
The next witness called was

George Gorsuch, who said—l was formerly in the employ-.
ment of Mr. and Mrs. Dorey, in Oxford-street. I lived with
them three weeks in March and April, 1843. During that
time I saw the prisoner Lydia Saunders at the house. She
arrived in Oxford-street, on the 7th of April, 1843, in a cab,
with Mrs. Dorey. She remained until the following Monday,
the 7th being on a Friday. Oa the Saturday morning I saw
Mrs. Dorey produce a Bank of England note for 1,0001. It
was shown to me as a curiosity, as I had never seen a note of
that amount before. Shortly after that I saw Mrs. Saunders
in the shop. She was dressed, and .1 saw her take an omni-
bus to the City. She returned in about two hours, and brought
a canvas bag, which from the sound appeared to contain a large
quantity of sovereigns. When she returned, Mrs. Saunders
looked out several articles to take away with her. While she
was in Oxford-street, I had an opportun:ty of seeing Mrs.
Dorey write. The endorsement, "Emma Slack," on the
note produced, is in her hand-writing. The dress produced
is the one which Mrs. Saunders took away with her when she
left on the Monday.
. Cross-examined—As Mrs. Saunders walked through the
shop she seemed lame. She was introduced to me as Mrs.
Dorey's sister, from Bristol. I breakfasted and dined at the
same table with her on the Sunday. I was not dismissed
from Mr. Dorey's service. I left on the 19th April, 1843.
[The trial was proceeding when we went to press.]

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS,
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,500
bales, at about former rates, all to the trade.—French Rail-
way Stock and Eastern Counties were in good request, but
others not much noticed. Birmingham and Derby were 62,
Chester and Holyhead 7i, Dublin and Cashel 5, Edinburgh
and Glasgow 664, Great North of England 98*, Lancaster
and Carlisle 74, Birmingham 230, Manchester and Birming-
ham 49, Manchester and Leeds 1114, Midland Counties 88,
Paris and Lyons 3, Paris and Orleans 361, South-Eastern 36.
There is an absence of colonial or of foreign advices of any
leading interest this morning. It is satisfactory to find that
business is much more brisk in the China and East India
trades, and the large imports that have within the last few
days taken place from the East Indies and Hong-Kong, are
likely to find a ready market.
The transactions in the Funds to-day have been rather in
favour of a decline in prices. There is some anxiety among
the Bulls as to the effect that may be produced in Ireland,
should a sentence of imprisonment be passed on Mr. O'Connell
and the other traversers. Hence the fall in prices. Consols
from 1004 have gone back to 991. The Commissioners
bought about 30,0001. at 998, and the price rose soon
afterwards to par, fig immediate transfer, as well
as for the Account. All the other portions of the
Debt were lower by 4 to 4 per cent. The New Three-
and-a-Half per Cents. have fallen very nearly 1 per cent. on
the highest rates of yesterday. The premium upon Exche-
quer Bills has been pretty firm. Bank Stock was yesterday
2004, it is to-day 1774 to 178. India Stock has receded from
293 to 291.
At length, something like a move has been made towards
liquidating, at least, a portion of -the loan raised in this i
country, for Guatemala, in the year 1825. That loan was
for about 1,400,000/. ; and, from that time to the present, the
interest has been in arrear. The Republic, it is known, has
been divided into several minor States, and the loan dis-
tributed among them, according to the extent of land
possessed, and, the numerical strength of population. The
State of Costaßica, one of the Republics coined out of Central
America, has been the first in the field to offer terms to the
bondholders. It proposed through its agents to pay 82A per
cent. on its share of the loan, or 11,5801. in full discharge upon
it, on account of that portion of the debt raised here for Gua-
temala. This is pretty fair ; but if the resources of
this new State can provide —as they have, for
the cash is in hand —so large a per-tentage of
of the demands upon it, the bondholders might take the offer
as a first instalment, and wait till the amount of their claims
are liquidated in full. It is a long time since there was any
marked value for the bonds of Guatemala ; indeed, they have
been excluded from the official list for many months, and
were reinserted towards the end of last week. It is to be
hoped that the other new-born States comprised in the divi'-
sion of Central America, will be induced to follow the exam-
ple of Costa Rica.
In Foreign Stock the transactions have not been con-
siderable this morning. The result of the meeting of the
Committee of the Spanish Bondholders yesterday was that an
address was agreed upon to Signor Carrasco, expressive
of their confidence in his policy in support of the national
credit, and urging the necessity of immediately carrying out
the measure of Senor Ganiboa for capitalising the overdue
coupons, and also pressing on his attention the neglected
claims of the holders of Spanish Passive Stock, at the same
time pointing out the necessity of resuming at least a part
payment of the dividends on the Active Stock itself, without
resorting to the expedient of augmenting the liabilities of
the Government, by the continued capitalisation of interest,
Spanish Consols have fallen from 26 to 251 ; the Three per
Cents. from 374 to 364 ; and Colombian to 15. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. have improved to 614. In the other
Foreign Bonds there was but a trifling variation.
There has been a busy market for Railway Shares, but
prices were on the decline.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock
__ _ _ 190.107% 108

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .....
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 1.150%% 99% 100
3% per Cent.elledueed Annuities
New 3% per Cent. Annuities lO4 ,03%, IA
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 11-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. ... .....
India Stock
India Bonds,l,ooo
Ditto under 1,000
•91

Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account 'lOO% 99Ai 100
Exchequer Bills, 131 d. I %d.
1,0001.
5001
Ditto Small ..... ...... 74 pm.
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds; 5 per Cent.
Columbian Bonds. ISIA 15
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840... .........
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds

Ditto Deferred IA
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Ditto Deferred l9
. ~,
Dutch 234 per Cents 6114%
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 5 per Cents 10034%
New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents......
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAXS. PAID. PER SHAM
Birmingham and Gloucester
Ditto New
Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead 5 7434 ... to
Dublin and Cashel ... 2% 5%34 ... to
Eastern Counties
Ditto New Registered 81. 6s. 8d
... to
Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent l.3s. 4d.... 1% ... to
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 66% to
Great North of England 100
Great Western
Ditto % Shares
Harrowg,ate a, d Kr, al esboro' ... 3
Harwich (Braithwaite)
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Birmingham. lOO 227% 2%8 to 226
Ditto 1,4 Shares
London and Greenwich
London and Greenwich (Preference) 18%
London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13%
Ditto Scrip
Manchester and Leeds 7O
Ditto 34 Shares
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
Northern and Eastern 45 5744 to
North Midland
Norwich and Brandon
Sheffield and Manchester
Dit o 34 Shares :4
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto New
York and NorthiMidland
Paris and Orleans ....... ........... ... 20
Paris and Rouen 2O 38 to 37%
Rouen and Havrc.
Strasburg and Basle
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 16.—The market
has been buoyant to-day, and considerable business has been
transacted at the following prices :—Eastern Counties, Re-
gistered, 154 ; Ditto, Perpetual, 11. 17s. Id. ; London and
Birmingham, 233 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 494 49i ;
Manchester and Leeds, 110 ;:Ditto, Half, 47 ; North Union,
1084 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 73 731; ,Ditto, Quarter,
8 7-16 ; South Eastern, 36 ; Ditto, New, 6 premium ;
Trent Valley, 1 premium; Barnsley Junction, 3 1-16; Man-
chester Assurance, 10g.