The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-10 00:00:00

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THE FUNDS--(CLOSING PRICES.

BRITISH FUNDS.
Bask Stock ....... ..... ........ ; Indian Stock 289
3 per Cent. Red ....... ....... 'Ditto Bonds
.3 per Cent. Cons
33i per Cent. Red Ditto New Annuities ...
New SS per Cent lO3 'Ex. Bills 1,0004 134c1 ... 77 Inn
New 5 per Cent...—. ......
,Long Annuities to expiry Ditto Small 75 par.
lan 15.60 Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 1859 — :Consols for Act...„..... 100%
Jan. 1860. .....
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent ......... Portuguese, 5 per Cent .
Belgian, 5 Der Cent —.....— Ditto, New Ditt0.........
Braziian Bonds ..... ....... 86 Prussian, 5 per Cent ....
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent
Chllian, 6 per Cent .......... Ditto, Metallic .....
Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... §panish, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Ccnt 96 Ditto, Deferred ...... ............
Danish, 3 per Cent ... .....
Greek, IH:S, 5 per Cent — Exchange ..... ....... .... —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent .....
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 137 — Dutch, 2% per Cent.--
Peruvian, 18:2.i, 6 per Cent 25% Ditto, 5 per Cent ......... 98U

SHARES.
Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid)
Dublin and Belfast Junction, 23,4 paid 4%
Eastern Counties ('3 paid) .... .....
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid
Great North of England, 100 paid
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Fifths, 12 paid
Harwich, I paid l%
Kendal and Windermere, I% paid
Lancaster and Carlisle 5 paid... 9
London and Blackwall(161. 13s. 4d.) . 6%
London and South Western (415 6s. 10d. paid) 72
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 35
Ditto Quarter Shares ([21,4 paid)
Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid . .......
South Devon, 5 paid
Central of France, 2 paid
Binilogne and Amiens, 2 ',lid .... ~,
(Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid
Paris and Rouen. 20 paid .. 38'78

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
STANDARD.—THE REVENUE.—We are most
happy in being able to state that the public revenue
for the quarter ending to-day will show a very con
siderable increase on the corresponding quarter of
last year. The accounts, h swever, not having been
all received, the exact amount of increase cannot, at
the time of our going to press, be ascertained. In
the Customs it is most gratifying to announce that
there is an increase of between 400,0001. and 500,0001.
on the account to be made up this evening, as com-
pared with the corresponding quarter of last
year. In the important department of Excise the
accounts, as far as they have been received, appear
about the same as in the corresponding quarter of
last year. In the Post-office there is an increase,
probably about 20,0001., on the quarter. In the
revenue derived • from Stamps and Miscellaneou,
Taxes there is little variation. The Property-tax, we
understand, has realised about the same amount as on
former quarters, but there will appear a small de-
crease in consequence of the re-payment of moneys t,
parties who had been improperly assessed. On the
whole the revenue for the quarter will exhibit a con-
siderable increase—a certain index that the trade and
commerce of the country are improving.
GLOBE.—The immense pile of buildings long
known as the Fleet Prison, is offered for sale In
public competition. The site occupied by them will,
of course, be appropriated to what are usually termed
"metropolitan improvements." The nature of these
"improvements" will lie the subject of grave delibe
ration. Whether the space thus obtained will be
covered with spacious streets, formed of splendi(
shops, whose windows, bedizened with bur.
ni,herl brass, and at night illuminated by gas.
will be the admired of all beholders ; or whetlise
the favourable opportunity will be seized upon fom
providing some much-required means for improvin,
the house-accommodation of the labouring classes it
that vicinity, form the topic of daily gossip or iv
go Ave diseu,sion in many circles. To us the presen
seerne to offer a favourable opportunity fur improv•
i„g. she physical condition of the labouring pool
of that densely-crowded neighbourhood, who hav(
long made the lines of wretched lanes and
alleys between Ilolborn and Cierkenwell their resort
Previously to the demolition of the many dilapidate(
dwellings whose removal was required for the new
• street in a line with Farringdon-street, the nuinber,
of squalid beings which were crowded into thes,
houses•--two, and in some three, families being th,
occupants of a single room—generated fever, an(
other diseases which are produced and fos
tered by filth and imperfect ventilation. Th(
forced removal of the former denizens of th,
destroyed houses has driven them into others
which vet remain. Such is now the crowded
condition of these filthy receptacles of the
lower classes, that the parochial officers, and others
whose attention has been drawn to the subject, enter-
tain serious apprehensions for the public health :
and unless some means of providing suitable dwel-
lings for the surplus population be devised their
fears are likely to be realised. The evidence giver,
before toe Health of Towns Committee, among ()the!
important facts, proved that disease and death hay(
recently increased in the localities where the lowest
class of the labouring poor chiefly dwell. The
reason assigned by the medical men who were exa-
mined on this point is worthy of attention. The'
agreed in opir.ion, that the improvements that have
been made in different crowded districts of the metro-
pone had compelled the poor people, who chiefly inha-
bited the houses which had been pulled down to makc
way fur these improvements, to seek admission to simi
lar dwellings in the adjacent parts. The addition of 3,
many new inmates to houses which were already mor
than filled with occupants, generated miasma. Thus in.
creased disease and death were introduced; and thes,
effects will continue to re-ult, in an increased ratio, i
the cause be not arrested by those who are, or ough
to h s invested with power to watch over and pro
vide for the public safety. Death, to use an Irisl
phrase, stalks through many of our streets. Th,
wonder is, not that his victims are so many ; but tha
—with the aids afforded to his ministers by th(
neglect of the means by which they may be kept at
bay—the death-stricken are so few. It is in vain
to leave the question to the constant and exchie
sive care of Parliament. The Legislature will not
act a patriotic or enlightened part, if it do not
invest the people with the power of helping themselves
in this, and such like matters. If part of the mone3
expended in making, and the care bestowed on im-
proving, great thorougfares, were extended to provid-
ieg means for preserving the health of the poor ant
partially destitute, by improving the dwellings they in
habit, and in providing others, the occasion for hospi-
tals, supported by public charity, and union houses,
maintained by compulsory rates, would be greatly les
served. Were Governments wise, they would dirni
nish their labours. If they were actuated by the
purest and most benevolent intentions in all matters
they undertake to manage, the limit which time sets
to all human exertions would thwart the honest pur-
pose. There never existed, from the creation of the
world till now, a Government of experience so ex-
tensive and various, or of mind so active and inde-
ratigal le, as to be able to conceive and grapple
wiles the manifold wants of the community.
Yet this is the impossible undertaking the respon-
sibility of which successive administrations have
been ambitious to assume ! There seems to be no
reason, beyond the reluctance of the rulers of the
land, why the inhabitants of every locality should not
have the power conceded to them of dealing with mat-
ters that relate to the improvement of the respective
districts. The Parliament is barely competent to the
functions of supreme government (if judgment may be
formed by the snail-like pace of its proceedings) where
the general interest of the nation is involved. Can
it stop in its course of national legislation to deli-
berate with advantage upon the peculiar condition of
districts ? Such a system resembles the half-fertile,
half-desert Egypt. Its great river inundates and fer-
tilises the country through which it passes; but im-
mense tracts beyond are unrefreshed by its bounties.
A country which should everywhere have competent
local authorities to watch the rising of its wants in
every .quarter, and to supply them, would be as one
watered throughout, and at all times, by springs,
streams, and rivers tributary to each other, and by
their all:ed resources, covering the face of: the land
with fertility and gladness.

HAS WELL coLIER y

RELIEF FUND MEETING.
(From the Tyne Mercury of Wednesday, Oct. 9.)
Last night, a meeting was held at the Lecture-
room, Nelson-street, to devise means for alleviating
the distress of those families whom the recent awful
occurrence at Haswell had left destitute. Mr. Charles
Parkinson, a miner, was called to the chair, and the
principal speakers were Messrs. William Mitchell,
Mark Dent, T. Clough (of Haswell), Francis Smith,
John Hunter, Septimus Davies, and Joseph Fawcett.
Forcible appeals were made on behalf of those who
had been plunged into want by this fear-
ful catastrophe; and. the speakers contended
that it was imperatiue that means be taken
to prevent the recurrence of such lamentable des-
truction. A better state of ventilation was neces-
sary, and they trusted that this dread visitation
woull urge on huinane and scientific men to devise
something for the preservation and safety of life in
mines. It was represented that the viewers, both in
Durham and Northumberland, acted quite in re-
verse of the suggestions of scientific men, and the
Davy
lamp was used in mines where the rapid cur-
rent of air was incompatible with its safe employ-
ment. In nine cases out of ten, the casualties in
mines were the result, not of accident, but of wil-
ful neglect. There were minss in the two counties
where it was as easy to introduce air as into that
room, in which the labourers were dying by inches
from ir.haling carbonic acid gag. Carbonic acid
gas had slain more men than had ever perished
from explosion. Other evils were adduced, and it
was forcibly urged that legislative interference was
neCecsary to carry out in the coal-pits the plans of

branches Of the Corporation might jointly exPressf
their feelings upon the subject, but if the Court°
Aldermen broke up without giving utterance to 143,
he was sure they felt, they might be fairly reproacheu
with indifference.
Sir P. LAURIE seconded Alderman HumPhet.lut
motion. He did not mean to say anything shout
peace or war, but he knew that the two nations re,
presented by the Queen of England and the King °f
the French were the most powerful nations upon the
face of the earth, and he rejoiced at such sYnIP!° tv
of harmony and good-will as the visit of his Its.lesel,
indicated.—(Hear, hear.) He had the highest !we
spect for the King of the French. It was ialiosdil •
that he could entertain any other feeling tows'. of
Monarch who, upon being asked by the Mart to
Portsmouth for a co of the reply of his MaJejtY
the address presented to him by the Corporation of
that town, said, " I have no co it is vrrittet
py—
in my heart."—(Hear, hear.) He believed that If it
were not for the King of the French, the French
people would not be so happy or so tranquil S 3 t°er
were, and he most cordially seconded the motion. ld
Alderman WILSON intimated that the Court o'4
most cordially unite with the Court of Cono%.
Council in an address to the King of the French'
The adoption of an address by the one Court eou
not lead to any difference of opinion with the othe_rLA
Alderman HUGHES HUGHES also warmly supl?"7:a
the motion, and regretted that he had been andel?'
in seconding it by'Sir Peter Laurie.
Alderman FAREBROTHER—In all probability d
shall have the Kings of other countries here by.eno,
bye, and then we can all take our turns in addresll,
—(Laughter.) Although I have been a long times
Alderman, God help me, I have not had my turn rid
Alderman WooD said that, although no :nay luso
admire or respect the King of the French more t
he did for the spontaneous opinion expressed by
Majesty with regard to peace, and although it b
ar
been agreed upon between him and Alderman
uhery that he should second the motion, he rea
yielded to the claim of Sir Peter Laurie as 3e°
Alderman.—(Hear, hear.) 01
The motion was then unanimously agreed to, 0
the Court having been cleared, the address was dre
up and adopted.
id be
Alderman HUMPHERT moved that a place 8110,11;the
assigned at the banquet of the 9th of Novembert•oa
Commissioner of the City Police. A long discuss'
took place upon the question, in which AldetTon,
Lucas and Hughes Hughes supported the rofi it,
and Aldermen Copeland and Farebrother oPP°e, Sit
The motion was ended by the announcement (4
Peter Laurie that there was no Court. tea
The LORD MAYOR having counted the Court, es
that it was adjourned till Tuesday next.

BANKING IN SCOTLAND.
At a meeting of the Edinburgh Chamber of ctio
merce, the Secretary said that, in the absence °f 130
Chairman, Mr. Cadell, from indisposition, vvll,°dio
bestowed much attention on this subject, and ";'," be
the course of preparing a memorial regarding:;:sto
could not report any particulars, but he might
that Mr. Macaulay's visit to Edinburgh had en
an opportunity of bringing the subject unae`to
notice, and the Chairman, accompanied by the bet
Deputy-Chairman, Treasurer, and himself, 1110,11 the
interview regarding it, and had set before JO the
vast importance of maintaining, in its integrity i 0
present system, which had been productive ° the
much benefit to the country, without caueirlgoe
slightest injury in any quarter whatsoever. of
master and office-bearers of the Merchant ConWiltho
had also had an interview with Mr. Macaulay
same subject, and he (the Secretary) was sate 0e
that Mr. Macaulay was now convinced of the
impolicy of interfering with what had worked Oro,
A short conversation ensued in which Mr. Nigh
Mr. Law, Mr. Ritchie, and others of the Dir„`" of
took part, Mr. Wigham stating the neceeslor
making it apparent, that, although the system a of
changes might not be managed in the same 11,1•7131
with the same good effect in England as in SC°"
that, yet with us, it was completely effectual,
also
that the system was not only most beneficial Wep,
absolutely safe. All the Directors concurred in
demning any interference with the present 53'51t0e thi
most injurious to the country, and instructs tided
Committee accordingly, and
at the same time it"
Mr. Law and Mr. H. D. Dickie.

THE POST-OFFICE PACKETS•.df
We gave, last week, an extract from the Fgnonsi
lsi„
on the comparative merits of Boulogne ani
od fret°
the points of embarkation for the mails to
return tg
England and France. We are induced .t°oced by a"
the subject, from the inconvenience experigingi freul
in this town, last Wednesday, when the and seven'
England did not arrive till between six , from the
Why so late ? Because the wind blew flesh leng
north, and it could not be landed at Calais till
after the proper time. Had the packet sailed fort,
port it could have entered it, as other steamers alai
one o'clock ; but, because Calais is in favour 11101
high officials, commerce is to be inconvenienced t.he
matters of the highest importance set at nought. Id
letters that arrived from England that night 07,1,
not, by any possibility, be anwered till the nexit the
however urgent the necessity, for many, indeed tai
greater part, were not delivered till the offices ad
closed. Of this we have had many coinplaints'Aialf
do think that both Governments should begin to woo
that the general welfare of two commercial coup do
is of far more importance than the supporting_gil
town which is hastening fast to decay. If the
on,
boats were ordered to run from Folkstone to It
logne immense advantages would be the result.
us trace them :

ht Pe"'
1. The letters would leave London at eight olgd
reach Folkstone at eleven, when the packets c: to
• be ready to start and arrive at Boulogne from °to
two o'clock, thirteen hours before their present
of arrival.
2. By efficient sorters they could be prepa
red rive
half an hour for the malle poste, which could
tel
in Paris by four P.M., and be delivered from tvi
to fourteen hours sooner than at present. oeci
8. Let the railway from Paris to Amiens me,.W
hi
opened, and then the letters will arrive in rarrA
i
twelve o'clock—and sooner still, even now, if a !kali° "ei
coach were substituted for the present IV'
mails, and no passengers taken. IThese are public advantages that every mina appreciate; we know many difficulties Noll" the
started as to the Post. office being opened during tot
night to receive the mail and sort the letters; ops
such objections should not be allowed to vveighwere
instant against the public interest ; if extra pal A the
given, thousands would be glad of the office, an re
little extra pay this would require should not Witted
garded one moment, when the large revenue detrbeio
from the postage of letters is considered; Jet
cis'
also remember that France is becoming a comait've
country, and that a wise Government will retltilt.
every obstacle that can impede so desirable a reswill
Let us then hope that those having the influence t 0
turn their attention to the accomplishment of vibsof
desired by so many, and will be useful to
Boulogne Gazette.

BIRTHS.
it ed'
On the 3d inst., at St. John's-wood, the lady of B. g
head, Esq., of a still-born daughter.
On the sth inst., Mrs. J. C. Hunter, of Wilton-pi",
grave-square, of a daughter.
fat'
On the sth inst., at the Vicarago, East Brent, Solt.: ,
shire, the Hon. Mrs. William Towry Law, of a daughl o 1
On the sth inst., Mrs. Henry Bedford, Calthorpe-stree
a son.
f tbe
On the 6th inst., the lady of G. W. Hearn, Esq
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, a Professor of 'l4
matics in that institution, of a son. a Op'On the Bth inst., at Herne-hill, Mrs. Bicknell, of
which only survived a short time. 0,
On the Bth inst.; Mrs. Charles Rivington, Queen-sclusre'
a daughter.
On the Bth inst., in Grosvenor-square, Lady Win
n 1 O
—0
of a daughter,

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ev, C.
R
On the Bth inst., at St. George's MARRIED
Camberwell, the AO
W. Saxton, of hixall, Salop, toMary, youngest deo,'
of the late James Meek. Esq., of Hackney-road. irlif:i
On the Bth inst., at St. Jantes's, Bermondsey, James tree ford, Esq., of Essex-street, to Emma, oNly daugther ofsu'
Dubin, Eeq., of East Hall, Bermondsey. illy
On the Bth inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Herbert ?f 00
ton, Esq., of Hartshill, Staffordshire, to Mary, widow °
late Rev. Thomas Browne, of Christ's Hospital. Gabriel'
• ,011
On the Bth inst., at Clapham Church, Thomas
jun., Esq., of Clapham. common, to Mary Dutton, 021?
of Charles Pearson, Esq., the City Solicitor. $1
o
On the Bth inst., at Arundel, Henry Edmund Marsh' f
'
of Parliament-street, to Sophia Jane, eldest (laughor
Smith, Esq., of Church-hill Haslemere, Surrey.
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