The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-02 00:00:00

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.

There is here a very tedious essay on " Mesme-
rism," which, so far as we can see, comes to no defi-
Rite conclusion, but leaves the subject in the same
perplexed state in which it found it. In the article
quaintly headed " Nuts and Nut-Crackers," we find
some smart and pertinent references to the " Humane
Society," who, it seems, take a world of trouble to
save a man from drowning, but pay no attention to
him, even though starving, until animation is sus-
pended. " Arrah Neil" is another of Mr. James's
works of fiction ; it is agreeably written, but is not
much elevated above common-place.

ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE.
We are glad to renew our acquaintance with the
" Chronicles of Clovernook," which are here resumed,
after having been discontinued for several months.
The allegory—or alligator, as Mrs. Malaprop would
call it—is a little too mystical in places, but a careful
attention on the part of the reader will enable him
to perceive its drift, and to appreciate the truly ca-
tholic spirit that pervades it. We have been struck
with the following thought, which, if not absolutely
new—as what thought is ?—is tersely and forcibly
expressed:—" Happy is the man who can say, peace-
giving bed. For, oh, what a rack to the spirit of
man may be found in goose-down ! You are in bed,
peace-giving bed, you say ; it is deep night, and in
that solemn pause you seem to feel the pulse
—to hear the very heart of time. You try to think
of many things, but the spirit or demon of the bed
sets up yourself before yourself—brings up your
doings to the bar of your own conscience ; and what
a set of scurvy gaol-birds may be found among them!
They peep in at your curtains, crowd in at the foot
of your bed, and though you have no rushlight you
see their leering, sneaking faces." " 'Winter the
King, and Spring the Poet," is a translation from the
Swedish of Vitalis. It is a very graceful lyric; the
versification is uniformly harmonious in its cadence ;
and the thoughts and images,'W which it is full, are
developed with vigour and freedom. We hope to
see more translations from the pen of the same
author. Of the remaining articles the most in-
teresting is a tale entitled " The Monastery of Dove-
dale," which is embellished with a very choice
engraving.

RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARLIA-

MENT.

The following is the progress the undermentioned Bills
have made through the House :
North . .
British Railway—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill
ordered to be brought in by Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Gibson
Craig.
Slamannan Junction Railway—Petition for Bill reported,
and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Dennistoun and Mr.
Gibson Craig.
Newbury, Basingstoke, London, and Southampton Railway
Bill, " for making a Railway from the London and South-
Western Railway to the town of Newbury"—Read a first
time.

Salisbury Branch Railway Bill—Read a second time, corn-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection.

York and Scarborough Railway Bill—Read a second time,
committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection.

Furness Railway Bill, "for making a Railway from Ramp-
side and Barrow to Dalton Lindale and Kirkby Ireleth, in
the county palatine of Lancaster, to be called "rho Furness
Railway' "—Read a first time.
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway—
Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read, Bill
ordered to brought in by Lord Francis Egerton, Mr. Bootle
Wilbraham, and Mr. Wilson Patten.
Guildford Junction Railway Bill, " for making a Railway
from the London and South-Western Railway to Guildford,
in the county of Surrey"—Read a first time.
Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill, " to amend and en-
large some of the provisions of the Act authorising the con-
struction of the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, and to
authorise the construction of certain new works in connexion
therewith"—Read a first time.

SECOND •REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMIT-
TEE ON RAILWAYS.

The Select Committee on Railways have agreed to report
the following resolutions :-
1. That, in each case where Bills are now pending to autho-
rise the construction of new lines of railway, competing with
one another, such Bills be respectively referred to one Com-
mittee.

2. That the Committees for the consideration of such Bills
be specially constituted.
3. That Bills now pending to authorise the construction of
new lines of railway, which will compete with existing rail-
ways, be in like manner referred to Committees specially con-
stituted.

4. That such Committees be composed of five members, to
be nominated by the Committee of Selection, who shall sign
a declaration that their constituents have no local interest,
and that they themselves have no personal interest in the
Bill or Bills referred to them, and that they will not vote on
any question which may arise without having duly heard and
attended to the evidence relating thereto, and that three
shall be a quorum.
5. That a Select Commitieegippointed, to consider which
of the pending Railway Bills shaft be deemed competing Bills,
according to the foregoing resolutions.
6. That such Select Committee be composed of five mem-
bers, of whom three shall be a quorum, and that the Com-
mittee have power to send for persons, papers, and records.
7. That such of the Standing Orders as relate to the com-
position of the Committees on private Bills, and the orders
consequent thereon, be suspended, so far as regards com-
peting Railway Bills pending in the course of the present
session.

THE HOUSE OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN.—In Fri-
day-street, Cheapside, a short time ago, stood the house
which was in the occupation of Sir Christopher Wren, the
eminent architect, during the erection of St. Paul's Cathe-
dral, and which adjoined the church of St. Matthew, Friday-
street. In the course of pulling down the building, which
was sold a few weeks ago, and which is now nearly levelled
with the ground, several silver and copper coins were found
in the joists of the flooring by some of the workmen. The
silver coins were of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, some being
in good preservation. The copper coins were of an earlier
period. The foundation walls are of extraordinary thickness,
a portion of which formed part of the Saracen's Head, which
is also taken down.

THE ORDNANCE ESTIMATES.—The estimates of the
office of Ordnance.(including barracks, surveys of the United
Kingdom, commissariat, and military and civil superannua-
tions) for the year 1844-45, have just been printed by order
of the House of Commons. The total sum to be voted for
the current year amounts to 1,840,0641., which is less by
9,0781. than the amount voted in the year 1843-44. There
will be appropriated, for ordinary, 621,599/. ; for extra ordi-
naries, 1,020,991/. ; superannuated, 163,680/. ; and for commis-
, sariat supplies, 174,688/. ; making altogether an amount of
1,980,958/. As, however, sums to the amount of 140,8941. re-
main to the credit of the Ordnance-office, the estimates for
the current year are of course reduced to 1,840,064/.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The second battalion of the
Scots Fusilier Guards, under the command of Colonel Berke-
ley Drummond, arrived at Windsor this morning, by rail-
way from Paddington to Slough, from St. George's Barracks,
and relieved the third battalion of the Grenadier Guards,
which proceeded to town by the Great Western Railway.
During the whole of the period the Grenadier Guards were
in garrison at Windsor, the conduct of the privates was of
the-moat. orderly, peaceable,- and quit. description.
THE STATE OF IRELAND—PROPOSED MEETING
AT BIRMINGHAM.—We are glad to learn that the spirited in-
habitants of Birmingham intend to hold a public meeting in
the Town-hall there on Wednesday next, on the present state
of Ireland. The meeting has been called by the Mayor, on
a requisition signed by twenty-eight town-councillors, and
seven hundred burgesses and other inhabitants, subscribed in
one day. Mr. O'Connell has accepted an invitation to attend.
The Mayor will preside.
SOCIETY OF ANCIENT BRITONS.—The 130th anni-
versary of the Society of Ancient Britons was celebrated yes-
terday, being St. David's day, at the Freemasons' Tavern,
Great Queen-street. The festival was well attended, and in
justice to the proprietor of the tavern, it must be said that the
preparations made for the guests and the whole arrangements
were better than on many former celebrations. The chair
was taken at half-past six o'clock by Sir J. Bean Walsh,
Bart., M.P., supported by the Duke of Newcastle, Lord
Powis, the Hon. Mr. Clive, the Hon. Mr. Trevor, Sir W. W.
Wynn, Colonel Wood, M.P., Sergeant Atcherly, Mr. E.
Williams, and many other gentlemen connected with the
Principality. The company amounted to 150 persons. In
the galleries was a brilliant assemblage of ladies, and the
musical arrangements, under the direction of Mr. J. Parry,
the bard of Wales, assisted by Messrs. Atkins, Young, Fitz-
william, and other vocalists, and by Mr. Richards, the pianist,
and other professional gentlemen, were excellent in their
kind. The usual loyal, national, and local toasts were drank
with the usual honours, and a large amount of subscriptions
for the support of the Welch School, making a sum total of
nearly 1,0001. announced. Amongst the contributions were—
Her Majesty, 105/. ; the Queen Dowager, 25/. ; the Duke of
Newcastle, 50/. ; Lord Powis, 50/. ; Colonel Wood, 201., and
many other noblemen; and gentlemen to large sums. The
festivities were kept up in the good old style of ancient
Britons till eleven o'clock, when the company separated,
highly gratified with the events of the day.
FIRE AT CHELSEA.—This morning, shortly before
one o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable loss of pro-
perty, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. John
Harris, known as the Coach and Horses, wine-vaults, situate
at No. 4, Royal Hospital-row, Chelsea. Owing to the highly
inflammable nature of the stock upon Mr. Harris's premises,
the progress of the flames was very rapid, and in little more
than a quarter of an hour from the first discovery, the pre-
mises were one complete blazing mass ; and notwithstanding
that the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost,' they
were unable to save either the building or its contents, and
by half-past two o'clock the whole was destroyed. The loss
sustained is considerable, and it could not be ascertained, in
the excitement which prevailed, whether the sufferer was
insured. Several of the adjoining houses are damaged,
espe-
cially those belonging to Mr. Mayhead, greengrocer, No. 5,
and Mr. Francis Fairhead, grocer, No. 3. The precise cause
9f the outbreak could not be learned.

MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL 10"
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CITY, QUARTER TO T---- a,t
to.
The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday w. r:rr
the extent of 4,000 :bales, all to the trade, and price
mained as previously quoted.—A considerable
of business was done in Railway Stock, but a1t0.104
was no .improvement in prices. Birmingham id;
Gloucester were 73i ; Eastern Counties Registered,
_cd,
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 58% ex dividend; Great Iting.,
England, 95%; Liverpool and Manchester, 221%; 13.iiii'ti
ham, Thirds, 40%; South Western, 764 ; Manchester
to
Birmingham, 40%; Midland Counties, 88 ; Paris and..ll°
32%; Ulster, 30%. are °I
The state and prospects of trade in the provinces tio
paramount importance, and the following account h‘7„,t° or,'
intelligent Manchester agents, blessrs.:Ferguson and PI
will be doubtless perused with interest : Olt"; '
"At the date of our last report (27th ult.), when .11
citement was prevalent both in the Live 00l Cotton ID,t,
and in this neighbourhood, we ventured to express our %R.
hensions that the Over-sanguine expectations of the 000
prosperity of trade, and too confident reliance upon "?..tlitl
reports concerning the American cotton crop, which we"' e.
inducing so many parties to embark 'in extensive or-oi
tions in cotton wool, would lead to a reactiabco
check the healthyopyrKent, of demand for initiilifaf ett air
which had apparently set ip,,And which promised, °QS
turbed by artificial obstacrto lead on graduallY
and enduring advantagefi.l ithout being
dervalue the prospects with'. which the year conunenerper
could not help expressing our conviction that by 111112,24,61 t,
ties those prospects were extravagantly overrated; '''_f 0
alone, probably, being in some cases sumstive. f pot
thought. An effort has been made during 05 00
three or four days to rally cottora.) and the ogi
of last week have been regained. That 4
disposeftAo Oro
will be an immediate and important decline in the rles
we do nut mean to insist. The low rate of interest van takd
holders to refrain from pressing sales ; and the advice" of
out by the Hibernia, of the extraordinary operationf_apvt
week, previous to her departure, when a larger an w,40,
sales were reported than had ever previously, takerlLteli
will no doubt operate to enhance prices in the tlnite(lLi
but ultimately, and that before long, we fully anti'r
retrogression in the prices .of cotton.
.ken P 1"..!
" What we ventured to anticipate has already ..--e,„„tr,
and the advanced prices of ma,lufactures in this niarro9
checked demand. It is certain, that much less buso,jo.,
been transacted this menth than
manufacturers of most descriptions of staple fabrics !toga
in the previous one,;010
little or no stock, and are yet engaged with preraes fit
tracts, prices, so far, have only in ran: instances gilt 00y,
Nor do we expect a material decline in the prices 0,',0114
factures, even if the rates of the raw snaple shoulayoie
for present quotations for yarns, and most desertJAl'
manufactured goods, leave but a very bare margin,
profit to the spinner and manufacturer." .
_.,,'
The Funds are rather dull, but this arises both _ll
circumstance of the transfer books cloaingifor d
' 110
sevenooo
ments, and from the early cessation of bUsiness, II ,
Saturdays. Consols are 97% to i for Mow, an m
nately buyers and sellers, for the Account. tojer
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 103 to i ; Nary ' ~
and Exchequer Bills, 71s. to 695. premium. •
The Foreign investments have been rather ._... A
Spanish, however, has gone back a little, the F11;05
25 to ii, and the Three per Cents., 34 to i. Colitella;
touched 14% to %; and Brazilian, 80%. Portuguese nalts,r,
are steady at 45* ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per w- .
so
55 to *. a
Railway Shares are rather drooping. Birmineatli
been down to 133 and 132% premium ; and South
15% discount. There is not much doing. 1,06*
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0•0
(From the Official List)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities •••Ili.
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities... .............. ...... go ~
3% ~.......•••• per Cent. Reduced Annuitie.,.......••••' 1
New 3% per Cent. Annuities lO
...
..„
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860........... igli •
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. ....
....
India Bonds,l,ooo 136
Ditto under 1,000 Oa
Bank Stock for Account ........ .... ........ ..,•-••'"' Olg •
Consols Or Account
Exchequer Lints, 130. I)4d-
1,0001.
69 PO''
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised - 67 rt/jock
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE ~n4,,,-.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .................... ...• 1707!
Columbian Bonds.
Mexican Bonds, I 637, 5 per Cent. ............ • 9,40, /
Ditto for the Account l3 ,
Ditto Deferred Stock ........ .. ....... ........-••••• „„ gi7"'
• Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. -
Ditto for the Account ...
' Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.... ......... ... ••••• 0 0,0
Ditto Converted 0 0'
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent taw ..... - ........ 0 , ,
Ditto for the Account l4 CO
Ditto Deferred .......... ... ............. ........... ..... 10 0,0!
Ditto Three per Cent ... ......................•••"•' 55 •
Ditto for the Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent ....• 0 1
Dutch 23% per Cents .... 55 ilt
Ditto for the Account. . JOW.
Dutch 5 per Cents la^
PRICES-OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 000 1,
Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ....... .. '75 •"—,. ,
Chester and Holyhead 5 ..... ..„ 5f6 .'O. is 10
Eastern Counties
Ditto New 25 ....... - 1,*.:".s /•A
Great Western
London and Blackwall 163 ... . 614 •*".
London and Birmingham. Stock ........... 233 .......... 0,•
London and South Western
Ditto Eighths 41% ...... ---nZ% 1... 0
51 . ........ i'x,.. '''' /
Manchester and Leeds
, Manchester and Birmingham
Midland Counties lOO ...... ... 3 "'...... ;s
Norwich and Brandon
Paris and Orleans
South Eastern and Dover 5O ......... 341 t lO
......
...
Ditto Scrip 25 ......... 35 „.. w /
York and North Midland
Ditto New Shares
20
..--••• 54 .....
....
Ditto Scarboro' Branch 2% ..... 1934 ' ' /'
JOINT STOCK 8ANK5.,..." ° 11
National Provincial of England 35 ......... 34% 101,•44
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 1;7, 950
ket is firm to-day, with the exception Id So rige,
which are quoted lower. The sales are :--13irl9i; r 49, 1!
Gloucester Quarters, 17i ; Bolton and Preston,
_AV
Counties, perpetual, 1/. 6s. 10d. ; Edinburgh w-stsv-
-58 ex div. • Midland Counties, 88; Sheffield and P-,
71 and 74; South Eastern, 351 ; Do. Scrip, 351'

COURT CIRCULARTh4 OA%
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty and .1- —lO lei
took their usual early walk this morning ill hia
bourhood of the Castle. Her Majesty an oilid
Highness again promenaded in the afternoon'
The Royal Family were taken their OW.- hoor
to a . us IWO*
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rodelnnej T"
back in the forenoon, attended by &ill"
• 0
Equerry in Waiting.
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey has a 410
fic
Castle, and has relieved Lord Charles Virelle: 00
Marshal) in the duties of Equerry in Wai.,tilla„t tY
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of ne.4
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with her Majesty and her Illustrious en°
PoPeir(ll

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nesses the Prince of Wales,
Princess Alice will accompany the Royal P
His Royal Royal Highness the Duke of Careb_nrirgecige:6lt-
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Divine service yesterday morning in St. G'''' tveir
Hanover-square. a,te l' ' i
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of P.-- Or
arrived in town yesterday from Windsor. bensetrolt
Messrs. R. Jacks, J. Richard, T. TePloll7l,oo'
H. Ainsworth, a Deputation from t'ef Paillitoseti4
Coopers, had an interview with the Earl of $
Thursday, at the office of the Board of l'- t bill°
the duty on staves. to the
Summonses were issued on Thursday
terclof teclo
Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council r,f3o, yel ,
noon at the Foreign-office. At two o oi°sobeyfirnr
the following Ministers attended :---St_ir 001 of
Lord Wharneliffe, the Duke of Buceletwo,,, Chi sir
deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Earl of ;
of
Sirthrie. Ellxacrh4einqguee,r,anEdarsliorfiKadndaitenghtbotiek. leigroottioc?,
The Lord Chancellor arrived at the xilingtoli of
half-past two o'clock. The Duke of We' gu9
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saaltsotwjonheedurshi! c°sll:o:l6.oeosts‘
Sir Robert Peel has a dinner party onan.garcl.„oo
the 9th inst., at his residence in Whrlel3, ter, lr' `',oo
Baron Brunnow, the Russian Min's- f a
A„' 4
business yesterday at the Foreign-offiee• C0p0...°00;-v
Dispatches from the Governor of Sierra P;g0111
Hope, and also from the Governor of °j, the
v-
St. Helena, were received yesterday $1" di
office. v -
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juinsttiocetsheinHdoetuesremoinfinCgomconmlopnisainibtorsrebeetFire-Irl
ters, servants, and artificers, and for the InoteAl'illjt il
cover of wages before Justices. It aril Gearchs Pyie
visions of the Acts 20 George 11., C. 19 ; - 34. idol'
6 George 111., c. 25 ; and 4 George 1V.,,,c-bert I') Ai
under the care of Mr. W. Mates, Mr' '''''° ittiljol
Mr. H. Gaily Knight. ..--00 13ristelffir
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILVrAf'f tli(!
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.„.•
the general meeting of the proprietml,,a Whit •
Exeter Railway Company was held at LP. . eta* 'do 0.•
tol, Mr. Ricketts, the Chairman of the I?tre,c,illlo. 0I
supported by Mr. Divett, M.P., Mr. BrM,Ainicl• obilocl!
number of proprietors from the west or ;17,porri 4011 _ fr,
ham, the secretary, read the Directors ",itreql,„ De. 4
nounced that,the amount of fixed rent allaarstoad 1;039;ty
the Great INlNAtern-kßailway Compel*? Paw,. ferleso:soo4l,ol
to the Bristol' arßi4xiftir Railway Company for p 00 1,,i
year was 25,5554, taaliare of toll on 1910'7 462 L,„ jicp,il
veyed 5,023,370 'miles, being mi1e5,5,232/ iliollid- 00°
tons of goods, conveyed 443,714
~, line for Itether Nee 0 .4.fr
31,2491. The gross earnings on uue , - The outjod "./crisi
far as Beambridge, hail been 56,543‘.C0ae11f 00 5111 to
the Company on the Great Nirest'fra,e wont 1. plif.,ol
ferred to arbitration. The state'.ol to %etrrity.).• i
in 1y satisfactory, and the whole Pre
üblie tray
t., ii.so(
confidently expected to be ready for p 1:01040
of May next.
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On the 22d ult., at Sfituitingalrild,t GernisulLetilee:the li°1;
On the 25th ult., at Villette .I,4out,:hiert so
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of Henry Eden Jones, Esq., of a Pao, Bristol's, L'hi,. IV
On the 27th ult., at the Mar C.
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Brighton, the Lady Georgiana . den, rile 1 lib°
On the 27th ult., at Great Miss? .
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W. J. Burgess, of a son, who survivea ou i Plife
On the 21st ult., at W r°li A
burgh, George Glen, Es
On the 21st ult., at g o , ch „,
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late of Littlehampton, g o
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Francis Salkeld, Esq., aged B°.* the daub Plll' -
On the 29th ult., Marie Louise,
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Cahais Smith, of Hyde Vale, 131
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