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FREE AND SLAVE LABOUR.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Slit,—Fully coinciding in the sentiments expressed in
your leading article of the 26th ult., previous to the debate
on Lord John Russell's motion, namely, that " the distinc-
tion sought to be established by the present Government
between free and slave labour is a fiscal innovation, and
that, although we have a right to regulate the mode of pro-
duction in our own colonies, we have neither precept nor pre-
cedent for dictating to otherl nations what description of
labour they shall employ ;" I am prompted to state some addi-
tional arguments to those you have adduced, showing the
danger and folly of such departure from the usual practice
amongst independent and civilised States.
If any foreign nation or Government interfered or dictated
to us, in regard to the employment of slaves or free men in
our colonies, of women and children in our coal-pits, or in
regard to the hours for labour in our factories, what should
we think, say, or do ? If they prohibited by heavy diffe-
rential duties the importation of the produce of our mines and
of our spinning jennies, we could have no right, rhyme, or
reason for complaint, after having ourselves established such
principles offoreign
After the evidence produced before the Committee of the
House of Commons, on Lord Ashley's motion, foreign coun-
tries, particularly Brazils (where the slay-es are treated with
the greatest humanity) can, with great truth and justice, say
to us—" We will not wear your cotton manufactures, nor
burn your coals, which occasions so much misery and such a
sacrifice of human life; we will therefore put a higher rate of
duty, amounting to exclu ion, on your coals and merchan-
dise, in favour of other countries, where bread and corn being
cheaper, no such super- human exertions are required to raise
the one or produce the other."
Once the principle established and precedent afforded,
there is no calculating to what extent it might be carried.
The United States, for instance, might argue, in order to
justify a monopoly-tit favour of their manufactures, that
as their cotton imported into the United Kingdom occasioned
all the cruel treatment of the women and children employed
in our factories, they would prohibit or prevent (by the im-
position of heavy duties) the exportation of that article,
because they would not be accessories to such treatment;
and, they might add, that we could not complain of this
fiscal innovation, since, haying such an aversion to slave-
labour sugar, we ought to have. the same objection to slave-
labour cotton ; they would be thereby consulting our con
sciences more than we did ourselves, who strain at a gnat and
swallow a camel.
Our conscientious Ministry plead the necessity of preserv-
ing our West India planters from that total ruin to which
they have been exposed by the operation of an Act of Par-
liament, which, against their will, and without their co..sent,
converted their slave into fn e labour--for which pur-
pose it is expedient to prohibit slave-labour sugar in
order to prevent its entering into competition with that of
our colonies (they know well enough that the competition
of free-labour sugar will be trifling, if any). This may be all
very well so far as our own colonies are concerned, but let
us look at the other side of the question, and ask ourselves
by what principle of foreign policy, by what precedent of
commercial practice, can we prescribe to other countries,
that in regard to the article of sugar they shall not use slave-
labour, whilst we permit and encourage it,,in respect of cot-
ton, tobacco, rice, and coffee?
Brother Jonathan is already pushing the manufacture of
his cotton into cloth to some extent, and when he perceives
that we are taking off the duty on its importation into this
country, the better to enable our manufacturers to compete
with theirs in a foreign market, who can say that he will not
avail himself of the example we set him, and by such a fiscal
innovation as above alluded to give a death-blow to our
manufactories in Lancashire and Lanarkshire. Heaven for-
bid that the headstrong folly of our governors should lead to
such a disastrous result!
Such, however, is the predicament in which we are placed
by the attempt to dictate to Brazils and Cuba, foreign coun-
tries, what labour they shall employ in the cultivation of
their soil ; for, of course, if we are authorised by any inter-
national law, or rights of nations, to prescribe laws to Cuba
and Brazils as to what labour they shall employ, we are
equally entitled to do so to the United States or any other
country—and they to us !

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the OPERA, in which she will deliver RECITATIONS t'rom An-
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three new ones, by Mr. T. Cooke (composed expressly for Miss Clara
Sexton), and a Comic Medley Scena, written for her by Albert
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morning. _

The packages arriving in London by the Up-train will be 'delivered
early the following morning.—By order,

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R. CREED, Secretary,

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•
The Directors having this day resolved to make a call of 51. per
Share in every 501. Share in this undertaking, the Proprietors are
hereby required to pay the same on or before WEDNESDAY, the 12th
day of March next, to Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Lombard-
street, London. By order,
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Offices, 4, Dean-street, Borough, Feb. 15, 1845.

'LADY SOPHIA GREY'S OPINION of the
PRINTS SHOWING the FALLACY of the ORGANIC

THEORY :.

" Tol3ll(ssrs. MORISON, British College of Health, London,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a large business done in Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday. Sales 12,000 bales, including 4,000 on speculation.
Ile market was very firm, and in some instance lid. per lb.
higher.—There was a good business done in Shares, and
generally at improving rates. Birmingham and Del by, 96% ;
Birmingham and Gloucester, 1341, : Caledonian, 71/s 1-16;
Chester and Birkenhead, 373/4 ; Chester and Holyhead, 84 ;
Churnet Valley, 64%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3%%;
Eastern Counties Perpetual, 51. 13s. 4d.; Edinburgh and
Gla-gow Quarter Shares, 15% ; Ditto and Greenock,ls%;
Gland Junction, 224 ; Great Western, 177; Lan-
caster and Carlisle, 34; Ditto and Preston, 52; Liver-
pool and Manchester, 206 ; London and Birmingham, Quar-
ter Shares, 29% ; Ditto and Brighton, 64', 66 ; Ditto and
York, 7; Manchester and Birmingham, 66; Ditto and Leeds,
142%; Ditto. Halt, 621/ ; Midland Counties, 127%; Ditto,
401. Shares, 8% ; North British, Thirds, 3; Preston and
Wyre, 2514 14 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 64 ;
South-Eastern, 424 ' • Ditto, No. 2, 113/4 1/2 ; Trent Valley,
20% ; Lyons and Avignon, 545. ; Paris and Rouen, 43311 ;
Bordeaux and Toulouse, 214 ; Boulougne and Amiens,
91. Is. 3d.; Northern .of France, 6 614.
Much disappointment is expressed in the City at the many
delays that have occurred, and which are likely to occur in
the settlement of the Sugar Duties. It is thought, in practi-
cal circles, that Sir Robert Peel ought to have made himself
fully master of the subject as respects classification long be-
fore he brought forward the Tariff; as it is, losses will accrue
by the want of purchasers at a time when any doubts exist in
the public mind as to what may, or may not;be,'the resolves
of the Legislature upon questions connected with the Customs
or the Excise Duties.
The circular of Chaloner and Co. of Liverpool, relative to
the Timber trade thus sensibly remarks
" In consequence of Sir Hobert Peel's intention to remove
the duty on all descriptions of staves, there has been a
pause in the demand until it can be seen what direction
the market will take. For the present, it is likely that
prices will be maintained until supplies can come forward
from the United States, from which place we are sure to have
a largely increased and revived trade, as well as from the
Baltic, though probably not for this year; but as regards
this port, we more particularly expect large supplies from
the United States, and at such prices, through absence of
duty and reduced freight, as will restore to our coopers the
West India trade, which has been nearly-lost to them. We
do not alter our quotations for the present, although holders
are more inclined to sell than they were before Sir R. Peel's
announcement.
" Sir R. Peel having announced his intention of taking the
duty off all furniture woods, has thus, to the fullest extent,
thrown the trade open for the benefit of the British cabinet-
maker, who may now be expected to be able to compete with
the foreign manufacturer in every market in the world. The
Premier's determination en this head cannot be too highly
appreciated, and we look for a largely increased trade in
every article. The removal of the auction duty, also, and
the fetters imposed by the Excise restrictions, is another
great boon to this particular branch of trade, which, in this
port, is invariably conducted through means of public
auction."
From the monthly resume of Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewes-
bury, relative to the state of the dry-saltery trade, the fol-
lowing remarks are not without interest at the present
moment :
" It is quite true that agriculture and trade require relief,
but all cannot be done at once; yet we have reason to believe
that before long, a Select Committee will be appointed to in-
quire into our fiscal laws, with a view to the revision of them,
and that. such evidence will be adduced before that Com-
mittee, of the necessity of improving the system, that by
merely simplifying it and preventing frauds, a revenue may
be obtained to meet the annual disbursements, comprising
the total repeal of the assessed taxes and Excise laws, with-
out the imposition of a single additional tax, and leave a
large surplus towards liquidating the public debt. Should
this be adopted, agriculture and trade, so far as the Legis-
lature is concerned, cannot fail to prosper.
" From the manufacturing districts the accounts continue
favourable; the same activity in almost every branch is quite
equal to what it has been for months, and up to this time
both manufacturers and dealers seem to act with caution.
"The last accounts from the United States are by no
means encouraging for European manufactures, but are very
important to capitalists, inasmuch as the payment of the
dividends on the Pennsylvanian Debt have been resumed.
This we always maintained would be the case, notwithstanding
the Shylock wailings of the cosmopolites, and the ravings of
those who wish to destroy the good understanding which
exists, and the reciprocal advantages of the two nations.
" The intermediate overland mail from India, to the Bth
January, brings no good news fur thu manufacturers of this
country. Money was said to be abundant, but not to pur-
chase their commodities. Produce, however, was selling,
generally, at rates unprofitable to these who had to ship to
this market, notwithstanding the great abundance of all the
leading articles."
Messrs. Raphael and Sons send us a copy of the decree
concerning the second drawing of Four •and-a-Half per Cent.
Bonds. Six millions of Guilders will be drawn on the sth
March, to become Four per Cents. on Ist April at 99% per
Cent., unless the money is claimed on or before the 26th inst.
The improved appearance of the English Funds is well
maintained to-day, and in the heavy securities especially
there is a good deal of business doing. The New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. have been up to 103% and 104%.
Consols have been 99% to par for present transfer,
and 100% to 4 for Account. Exchequer-bills have been at
an advance to 625. to 645. premium, and India Bonds at 725.
premium. Bank Stock has been depressed, however, to
212% and 211%.
The Foreign Securities have been dull but firm. Spanish
Actives are 28%, and the Three per Cents. 41. Portuguese
Converted have touched 62%. Mexican have been 36%;
Peruvian 31 ; and Brazilian 90%. Dutch Two and-a-Half
per Cents. have been firm at 634 to %, and Belgian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. at 101 to 101%.
The Railway Shares are buoyant. Brighton have been
higher; South-Eastern are much the same; Churnet Valley
are depressed ; the old lines are well supported, and in French
there is a large business doing.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List )
Bank Stock 212%, 2111% 212%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 1001,i%
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9974% 100
New 34 per Cent. Annuties 103% 4 3% 4% 374 4
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 1-16
Ditto 30 Years, ExpireJan.s, 1860 11 13-16 15-16
India Bonds 1,0001 72
Ditto under 1,0001 69
Bank Stock for Account.
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. I%d.
1,0001.
500/.
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised ........ 62 63 60 61 pm.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 90%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36%
Ditto Deferred Stock 16% 17
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 3l
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Converted 62%
Ditto for the' Account.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 —
Ditte for the Account .. 28%
Ditto Passive Bonds 6%
Ditto 3 per Cent 4l
Belgian Scrip, 4% per Cent.
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pan SHAM
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 135
Ditto. Ilaif Shares ........ 3
Bristol.and Exeter
Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and llolyhead 5 ..... to
Ctsichester and Brighton
.4„,
Churnet Valley -
rirect Northern
Dublin and Galway 3 ... .. to
Eastern Counties!
Eastern Union

"Gentlemen,—Nothing can be better than the Prints. They must
do great good in opening the eyes of the people to the fallacy of the
organic theory, which I have suffered from for three parts of my life,
and must, in a greater or less degree, as long as d live, from a ruined
constitution. I have distributed all the Prints but one, which wa
keep to be seen in our drawing-room. With iny sincere wishes for
the continued success of one of the best and safest medicines ever
known.—l remain, Gentlemen, your sincerely obliged,
" Sandlway, near Northwich, Cheshire,
Feb. 18, 1845."
Both Prints may be had at the Hygeist Office, 368, Strand, live
doors east of Exeter Hall, price 6d. plain or Is. coloured, 6d. extra
upon each if sent by post. These Prints show at once the fallacy of
the Organic Theory in all its atrocious forms, and will do more to
enlighten the public than by years of reading, &e,

"S. GREY.

Suerwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ;
Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Comh111; and the. Author, 21,
Arundel-street, Strand.—At home daily till Two: Evenings, Seven
till Nine.

ANTI-MONOPOLIST.

THE SUGAR DUTIES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sirt,—The alteration in the sugar duties will do little good
to the consumer; Manilla and China sugar, equal to aver-
age Jamaica, cannot be produced under 21s. per cwt., add
28s. to this, and you have 495. import merchants' price, duty
paid; this price cost to producer 21s. I have confirmed by
last China Overland. Hindostan, Penang, and the Malacca
Straits settlements can, however, produce good average sugar
at id. per lb. less there, it is said; but, at all events, at 114/Id.
per lb. laid down in England—this is freight and all charges
included. The East and West being now subjected to com-
petition, we must just have a little patience till we see what
comes next as a further advance towards free trade.
Yours truly, R. W.
Allonby, March 1, IMS.

LATE FIRE AT GREENWICH.
(ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.)
Since the burning of St. Olave's Church and Topping's
Wharf, about eighteen months ago, no calamity has happened
in or around the metropolis attended with such extensive Piss
of property as the dreadful fire which overwhelmed the works
of Messrs. Enderby and Brother, near Greenwich, on Sunday
night last, and which we noticed in yesterday's journal.
Throughout yesterday active measures were taken by Mr.
Enderby and the firemen to discover, if possible, the origin
of the fire, but the further they[entered into the subject, the
greater was it absorbed in mystery. It is clearly proved that
the flames were first seen raging in the store-room of the
rope-manufactory, which was detached from the main build-
ing, into which a light has not been known to enter for
several weeks. There was a considerable quantity of manu-
factured goods deposited therein, which were seen perfectly
safe a few hours before the outbreak. The supposition is,
therefore, that it either arose from spontaneous combustion,
or was wilfully caused by some incendiary. In the course
of yesterday the ruins were inspected by the surveyor of
the district, and those connected with the Imperial and
Royal Exchange fire-offices, and from their report we
collect the exact damage done to the property. The factory,
or waterside premises, containing joiners' workshops, spin-
ning, card, and loom rooms, a total destruction. The
hemp and spinning rooms, over the engine and boiler-
house, burned, and the iron roof fallen in. The engine-room
beneath considerably damaged. The weaving workshops
fronting the factory greatly damaged, the roof having been
partly demolished by the falling of the opposite walls; it con-
tained twelve weaving looms worked by machinery, all da-
maged. The dwelling-house of Mr. Enderby, jun., on the
north side of the factory, partly damaged by fire; most part
of the furniture and its contents destroyed. The stores at
the back, where the fire commenced, with part of the rope
manufactory, destroyed; the former building was about 70
feet in length. The rope gallery, adjoining the manufactory.
is a quarter of a mile in length •, about 100 feet is gone, and
but for the firemen cutting off the communication, the whole
would have been levelled to the ground. The hemp that was
saved from the adjacent stores (several tons in weight) was
scattered ever the meadows adjoining. The amount of in-
surances effected on the property does not, we understand,
exceed 6,0001., while the total loss, we are credibly in
formed, is between 40,0001. and 50,000/. Unhappily' upwards
of 250 workmen are thrown out of employment by this ca-
lamitous event.

RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR-
LIAMENT.
MONDAY, MAncn 3.
The following Bills were read a second time, and com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection :
The Bridgewater Navigation and Railway.
The Chester and Holyhead Railway.
The Caledonian Railway.
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway.
The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.
The Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal.
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway.
The Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway.
The London and York Railway.
The Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway.
The Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway.
The Norwich and Brandon Railway Deviation and Disc and
Dereham Branches.

The Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Rail-
way Bill was read a first time.
The Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford and Biggleswade
Line) was read a first time.
Scottish Central Railway—Petition for Bill reported, and
Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Home Drummond and
Mr. Fox Maule.
Lynn and Ely Railway—Petition for Bill reported, and
Bill ordered to be brought in by Lord George Bentinck,
Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. Bagge, and Mr. Chute.
Newcastle and Berwick Railway—Petition for Bill re-
ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Hodgson
Hinde, Mr. Richard Hodgson, and Mr. Bell.
Belfast and Ballymena Railway—Petition for Bill reported,
and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Alexander and Mr.
Emerson Tennent.
Churnet Valley Railway—Petition for Bill; referred to the
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills.
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE,
MARcit 1.
Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, March 12.
Liverpool and Bury Railway—Committee on Petition,
Wednesday, March 12.
York and North Midland (Bridlington Branch) Railway—
Second Reading, Wednesday, March 5.
Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Railway
—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday, 4th, till
Thursday, March 6.
Aberdeen Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday,
March 18.

EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT PETERBOROUGH.
—Yesterday (Monday) information was received of the out-
break of a most disastrous fire, at Peterborough, which has
terminated in the loss of property to the amount of 2,000/.
It appears that the fire originated in the candle-house, be-
longing to Mr. W. Vergette, grocer and tallow chandler,
The premises are of considerable extent, and at the time, in-
dependently of the stock in trade, there was no less than
2,000 lbs. of mould candles, and a vast quantity of dip lights.
Notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the firemen who had
charge of the parish engines, and Earl Fitzwilliam's from
Milton, the flames continued to progress with extraordinary
fury until the whole of the candle-house and its contents
were destroyed. The fire then extended to the adjoining
houses, occupied severally by Mr. Black, grocer; Mr. Whit-
well, druggist; Mr. Bray, cabinet-maker; and Mr. Pike, of
the Black Boy and Trumpet, the whole of which property
was most severely injured by fire, water, and removal. By
six o'clock the flames were subdued, but not before several
thousand pounds' damage was done to the stock and buildings
belonging to, and in the occupation of the several parties,
most of whom are said to be insured. The fire was caused
by the boiling over of a copper of tallow.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN WESTMINSTER.—Last night,
between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, a fire of an
alarming charactecbroke out upon the premises occupied by
Mr. Quin, general dealer, carrying on business at No. 88,
Great Peter- street, Westminster. Police-constable White,
No. 100 of the B division, saw smoke issuing out of the
street-door, and he-immediately gave the alarm, and after
considerable difficulty he suceeeded in awaking the inmates,
consisting of four families, exclusive of Mr. Quin, who was
attending a charitable meeting opposite. Several of the
parties were fortunate enough to effect their escape, without
experiencing any greater
difficulty than having to wade
through the smoke. A stone-mason of the name of Cronin,
however, who occupied the second floor, being. aroused from
his slumbers, not being able to descend the staircase on ac-
count of the fire rushing upwards with such impetuosity,
was obliged to resort to the fearful expedient of throwing
himself out of window. Fortunately he had the presence of
mind to throw a bed out first, and falling upon it, he received
little or no injury. Intelligence of the outbreak was
promptly forwarded to the engine-stations, and not many
minutes elapsed before the brigade engine from the Horse-
ferry-road arrived, followed by the West of England one
from Waterloo-road, with Mr. Connorton. These were
quickly set to work from an abundant supply of water fur-
nighed by the Chelsea works, and after considerable trouble,
the firemen obtained tht mastery over the flames; but they
were not completelysubdued until the premises in which they
originated were entirely gutted, and the adjoining house
(No 87) extensively injured by fire and water. The origin
of the calamity is unknown, and unfortunately most of the
sufferers are uninsured.

HACKNEY.—'Ib the surprise of not a few of his
Rev.
0. Goodcbild did not, as he had
black gown on Sunday. He an-
nounced,
however, that he would do so in future, and that
in all respects the performance of divine service should re-
vert back to the old forms, save,and except in one particu-
lar, viz., the use of the surplice in preaching on the day
when the sacrament is administered. He would not, he
said, insist even on this, at present, but should reserve to
himself the right to do so hereafter, when the present un-
comfortable state of excitement had passed away. That is
to say, as soon as ever all irritable feelings between the
" ecclesiastical bead" of Hackney and his flock are allayed,
he will adopt a course which shall revive them again in
fresh vigour.
THE PIRATES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
The vessels reported to have been seen (and supposed to
be.: piratical) by the Spanish vessel " Sorpresa," which put
back to Cadiz a short time since, are reported to be three
Portuguese Revenue cruisers.

...... ....
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto Quarter Shares
Great North of England 100
Ditto New
Great Western
Ditto % Shares 5O lOO% to 101
Hull and Selby
Ditto 4 Shares l2l/, 193/4 to
Ditto Half Shares
London and Birmingham ...100 -
Ditto Quarters
London and Blackwall 16% 7% to
London and 8right0n.......... 50 66 65 66% to 65
Ditto Consolidated Bths
London and Croydon
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 4
London and South Western.. 4t y...... 79
Ditto New 21?2... .. 12 4 to
London and York... ...« 2,4,..... 7%%.• to
Manclieitil and Leeds 73 .. ... to
Ditto Sixteenths
Manchester and Birmingham 40 ...... 66
Ditto Quarters
Midland 100 l3O 129... to 130
Ditto New . . .
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100
Newcastle &Darlington ;Arne. 24 ...... 481/ to ,
Newcastle and Berwick
North British
Ditto New I
..
... 35u... to
Northern and Eastern
Norwich and Brandon lO ......
Ditto, New 1
Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 114 ...... 53,4%;:iii
to
___—
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2
Ditto New, N 0.2
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto New, No. 3 21...... 9 ...... to
2,
tote 41231/z
5%14 to
South Wales
2 ....::: 44)4
20i4%.. to Treat Valley
York and Is:"orth Midland
Ditto Selby
Ditto, Extension ....1....... 14-154% 1434 to 151
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amien5......... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse .....
Bordeaux,Toulouse, andeette 2
Great Northern of France ... 4
Orleans and Vierzon ......... 2
Orleans and Bordeaux —. ...2
Paris and Lyons ........... .. 2
Paris and Orleans ......... ..... 20
Parts and Rouen ..
...... ...... 20
Paris and Strasburg.,
Tours and Nantea .. 1
IlLucctiEßEA STOCK EXCHANGE, 11LiEcii 3.—We have
had a Bette; market to-day, and prices are somewhat im-