The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1845.

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES

IN THE

PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

NAMES OF RAILWAYS,

London

Liver- I Man-
pool. theater.

York

-Leedt

Hull.

Hudde's•
teat.

'Sheffield,

Glasgow.

Aberdeen
Arbroath and Forfar
Ditto Half Shares .
Armagh, Colr., & Portrush
Belfast and Ballymena
Belfast and County Down
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New ( iss. at 71/2 dis.)

Ditto half Share
Birtninghm & Oxfrd. June.
Bickburn, Chrly, & N. Un.
Brighton, Lewes, and Haat.
Bristol and Exeter .........
Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester ....
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead .
Cheltenham and Oxford
Chichester and Brighton
Churnet Valley
Clydesdale Junction
Cork and Bandon
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford
Cork and Youghal
Covntry, Bedwrth, & Nun.
Coventry and Leicester ...
Cornwall .
Diss, Beccles, and Yarmoth
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich . ......
Dublin and Belfast Junct.
Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine
Dublin and Galway
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath

Ditto New.....
Dundee and Perth.
Eastern Counties
Do. New ....
Do. Perp., 5 pr Cnt., No. I
Do. ditto No. 2
East Dereham & Norwich
Eastern Union
Ditto Extension
Edinbgb, Glas., and Dum
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Do. Quarter Share,'
Do. New Quarter Shares
Edinb., Leith, and Granton
Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent.
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebleshire
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely and Bedferd
Enniskillen and Sligo
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorcbstr
Ga rn k irk and Glasgow .
Glasgow and Ayr
Do. Quarter Shares
Glasgow and Greenock

Ditto New
Ditto Preference ......
Glasgow, Dmfries, and Car.
Goole and Doncaster ..
Grand Junction...
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares
Grand Union
Great Grimsby & Sheffield
Gt Sothrn & Wetrn (Irelnd)
Ditto Extension
Great Munster
Great Northern of Scotlnd
Great Northern of Engind
Do. New, 40/. Shares....
Do. New, 301. Shares....
Great Western
Ditto Half Shares .
Ditto Fifths
Guildfrd, Farehm, & Ports
Harwich .
Hull and Gainsborough
Hull and Selby
Ditto Quarter Shares

Ditto Half Shares.

Inverness and Elgin
Kendal and Windermere..
Kingstown and Bray
Killarney Junctions
Lancaster and Carlisle.....
Leeds and W. Riding Juno
Leicester and Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis,& Kil. Junc
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares
London and Birmingham

Ditto Thirds

Ditto Quarters
London and Blackwall.
London and Brighton
Do. Cnsolidated Eighths
London and Croydon.

Ditto New
Do. Guarantd. 5 per cent
London and Greenwich
Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege
London & South Western
Do. New Cons. Eighths

Do. New, 501. Shares
Do. New, 401. Shares
London and York
London and Windsor
Londn, Salisbury, & Yeovil
Londonderry and Coleraine
Londonderry & Enniskillen
Lynn and Ely ...
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto Half Shares.

Ditto Quarter Shares ...

Ditto Sixteenths
Manchester & Birminghm
Ditto Quarter Shares
Do. New Quarter Shares
Manchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk
Midland .•.
Ditto Fifths

Aug. 6.
3%

Ditto New
Do. Birminghm & Derby
Midland Gt Westrn (Irish)
Do. Extension to Sligo ..
Nwcastl & Darlingtn June
Do. New (Brandling)...
Newcastle and Berwick ...
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newport and Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen ...
Newark and Sheffield
North British . .....
Ditto to
Northern and Eastern .....
Do. Scrip (isa. at 5 dis.)
Do. Quarter Shams
North Keut
North stattbrdshire
North Wales
Norwich and Brandon
Ditto New..,
Not., Belvoir, and Granthm
Nottingham and Boston
Nutt., Erewsh Val. & Man
Oxford and Worcester
Perth and Inverness
Portsmouth Direct
Preston and Wyre.
Richmnd and W. . End Junc.
Rugby, Worcester, & Tring
Scottish Central .......
Scottish Midland
Sheffield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares
Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir
Shrewsbry & Trnt Val. Un.
Shrewsb, Iderefd,& N.Wals
Slamannan
South Devon .
South Midland
South Eastern and Dover
Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I
Do. (iss. 33/.68.8d.) „ 2

Do (iss. 301. ) „
Staines and Richmond....
Staffordshire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline..
South Wales
Trent Valley
D.). and Holyhead Junc.
West London, Old Shares .
West End & outhrn Coun
Wexford and Carlow
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrfd,Wexfd,Wick&Dub
Welsh Midland
West Cornwall
West Yorkshire.
Wilts, Somrst. & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich
Ditto New.
York and Carlisle
York and North Midland
Ditto Half Shares.
Do. Scarborough Branch
Ditto Selby
Ditto Extension

FOREIGN RAILWAYS
Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux & Mediterranean
Bordeaux and Toulouse
Brdeaux,Toulouse,&Cette
Dendre Vajley
Dieppe and Paris Junction
Dijon and Mulhouse.
East Indian.
Gt Nrthn of Frnee (Lafitte)

Ditto (Rosamel's)
Great Paris and Lyons ....
Jamaica Junction
Do. South Atidlnd Junc
Louvain and Jemeppe......
Lyons and Avignon .
gamur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzon .
Orleans and Bordeaux
Over Yssel

Paris and Lyons (Lafitte's
Ditto (Ganneron's:
Ditto (Calon's)
Paris and Orleans .
Paris and Rouen

Pars & Strsbrg(Gannern's
Do. (Compte de L'Est
Paris and St. Qnentin
Rouen and Havre . ......

Royal North of Spain
Sambre and Meuse
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours &:Cants(M'Kenzie's]
Do. (Lefebvre's)
Verona and
West Flanders

2O
7%

84%
21►/
10%

21
111/2

21%
49
3%
1%

105
21%

248
55
37
11%

243
1%

243/i
82,4
14%

31/i
204
95
33

64%

53/4
80

281 A

39
251/2

2%
29%
8%

lAug. 6.

18
2%
3

24
5%

10%
565. 6d.

455. Od

8
235. 6d.

414
36

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46%

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5%

15%
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535. 9d
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54%
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101/2

'Aug. 6.

9%

7%

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8%

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554

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dug. 5.

2514

5%

16 -1-5-16

I 2 T 5-16

8%

4%

7%

11%

121/,
60:ti
104

4%

;Aug. 5.

6%

27

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4%
-31 A

5%
46th

!Aug. 6.

3s. p.
6%

Aug.

235. 6d
375. p

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3%

376
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5p

33/4
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151.
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7%

1.10.6 d.

3%

955. p

30s. pl
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15%

lAug. 6.

.48. 6d

lAng. 6.

20%

3%

Aug. 5.

378.6 d.

5%

3%

6%
2%
63/4

58s.

95,
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395.

374

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1514

451

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6%

5%
1714
1114

310
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48%
414
214 2

2%
6%
10A

3%

Dublin.

'Aug. 5.

614
3% •

37

15L

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

• • - HOUSE OF LORDS, Aug. 7.
Their Lord4hips met at Five o'clock.
The Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill was read a
second time.

The Turnpike (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and
passed._

The Municipal Districts (Ireland) Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Bill was read
a third time and passed.
The Fees (Criminal Proceedings) Bill was read a
third time and passed.
The Coinmons' amendments to the Lunatics Asylum
(Ireland) Bill were agreed to.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO GERMANY.
Lord CAMPBELL rose to put a question to the
Noble Lord• opposite, the President of the Council,
respecting the approaching visit of her Majesty to the '
Continent. He was far from wishing to throw any im-
pediment in the way of her Majesty's journey-
ing for her gratification, and for the purpose
of cementing the friendly feeling which happily
prevailed between this country and foreign nations, and
which could not fail to be promoted by the interchange
of royal visits and friendly intercourse of the sove-
reigns. There formerly existed an Act which pre-
vented the Sovereign of this kingdom from quitting
.it without the consent of Parliament ; but that
law had long passed away, and there was now no ob-
stacle to the Sovereign's travelling where and when
she pleased. King William the Third exercised that
right ; but then the Queen Regnant, his consort, exer-
cised the royal functions in his absence. George L also
exercised it ; but he appointed Lords Justices, of whom
the Archbishop of Canterbury was the head, to act as a
regency. That took place in the year 17165 that was, the
second of his reign. It was true that King George 111.
never travelled a hundred miles from the place
where he was born. Perhaps it would have
been better if he had done to. Perhaps if he had
done so, and had visited the banks of the
Rhine, where the principles of liberality prevailed in a
great degree, he would not so long have re-
sisted the emancipation of his Roman Catholic subjects.
George 1., in a speech which he delivered at the end of
the session preceding his going to Germany. said, for
the purpose of promoting the peace and prosperity of the
country during his absence, he intended to constitute
his son, the Prince of Wales, guardian of the
realm. However, there was, subsequently, sorne misunder-
standing between them, and thirteen Lords Justices
were appointed in his place, of whom the Archbishop
was one. When George 11. went abroad he appointed
his Consort Regent. On the 16th of May, 1735, his
Majesty, in council, was " pleased to declare his in-
tention of visiting his dominions in Germany, and that he
had appointed his dearest Consort to be Regent in his
absence." George 11. invariably followed the example of
George 1., and appointed Lords Justices. He was never
absent from London lung. George 111. never left Eng-
land ; George IV. was only absent from this country,
he believed, once. On the 17th September, 1821,
Lords Justices were appointed, consisting of the
Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Lord Chancellor, and other officers of State, to the
number of nineteen. Great inconvenience must arise
from not following in this case the precedent which had
been adopted by preceding sovereigns. He did not like to
see the royal authority in abeyance. It ought to be
adopted for the security of the monarchy during her ab-
sence. He, therefore, wished to know, whether during
the absence of her Majesty it was her intention to ap-
point Lords Justices to administer the royal functions'?
The LORI) CHANCELLOR said, in reply to the
question of his Noble and Learned Friend, he had to
make a very short and distinct answer—that it
was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to
advise her Majesty to appoint Lords Justices during her
absence on the short tour she intended to make.
Previous to her visiting France, the opinion of Sir
F. Pollock, the present Chief' Baron, and of the late
Attorney-General were taken on the expediency of ap-
pointing a Regent or Lords' Commission* rs during
her absence, but, after considering the subject, after
giving to it due deliberation, they came to the
decision that it was by no means necessary, in point of
law, that such appointments should be made. He (the
Lord Chancellor) concurred in that opinion. The opinion
of the other law officers of the Crown was taken, and it
was to the same effect. The peaceable state of the
continent. and the neighbourhood her Majesty intended
visiting, together with the increased facility of com-
munication, rendered it both unnecessary and inexpedient
that such a Commission should be appointed. '.[he ins
fluence of the Queen was nut less abroad than at
home; and, besides, the journey home would not occupy
more than two days. The precedents to which his Noble
Friend had referred were caused by circumstances.
In most of the cases to which he had referred, the word
" short," which was frequently used, denoted that the resin•
dence of these Sovereigns abroad was likely to be protracted.
Under these circumstances, as the royal residence must
be for a considerable period on the Continent, it became
necessary, as a matter of convenience, that power should
be given to persons in this country to exercise some of
the functions of royalty,. but this power was merely
nominal, by the restrictions which were imposed upon it.,
Os all important occasions it was necessary to have
.the authority of the Sovereign directly. This
,royal
visit was unlike those to wbich his Noble and Learned
Friend had referred. It was but for a very short time,
and at no great distance from this country. Her Ma-
jesty would be accompanied by one of her principal
Secretaries of State, and under those circumstances it was
unnecessary to have a cumbrous Commission appointed,
and it was on this account the Government had not
thought it necessary to recommend the appointment of
such Commission.

Lord CAMPBELL referred to the visit of George'
the Fourth, in whose absence a Commission bad been ap-
pointed.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—But that was Mr fi'e
or six weeks.

Lord CAMPBELL said he did not see why a Com-
mission should not be appointed. His Noble and
Learned Friend. on the woolsack had given no, good
reason to the contrary, and he believed there was not a
single instance of the Sovereign being absent without the
appointment of such a Commission since the foundation
of the monarchy.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

The Earl of BESBOROUGH moved that a letter be
sent to each Peer on the first week of the ensuing session
of Parliament, requesting him to say when it would' be
convenient to him to attend on Committees on opposed,
Bills.

The Duke of WELLINGTON congratulated the
House upon the mode in which their Lordships bad dis-
charged the laborious duties imposed on them, and he
felt confident that they would always be ready to dis-
charge the important trusts which devolved upon them.
He meant that the attendance of those Lords who never
came to the House at all, and who should have rendered
their assistance on the several private Committees which
had been sitting during the latter part of the session.
He would therefore beg that the Noble Earl would post-
pone the motion of which he had given notice for the
present, and when the proper time arrived he should be
glad to give whatever aid he could in order to render it
efficient. He trusted, therefore, that the Noble Earl
would refrain from taking any steps on this subject, for
then he should have good hopes that the business of the
House would be performed usefully to the public and
satisfactorily to the House.
Lord MONTEAGLE thought that the present amount
of business in the House, and with that which had so
lately been in the House, that some regulation should be
made by which a better regulation might be adopted for
the passing of Bills through the Legislature. The
standing orders had caused a considerable impediment
to the passage of Bills, but the difficulty was done away
wi►h by the resolutions to which the House had come to
carry on Bills the next session in the same state as they
were left at the close of this. But it should not be con-
cealed that this was a great departure from the principles
of the constitution, and what was done in private Bills
was equally applicable to public Bills. One alteration,
however, might be effected with advantage. This was a
resolution that Bills for canals, railways, docks, and
other affairs of a similar character, should be brought
into their Lordships' House in the first place. This
course would in no way affect the 'privileges of the
other House, and the change would enable both Houses
to proceed at the same time, and thus that injudicious
haste to which they were now 'compelled would be
avoided.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord REDESDALE objected to the motion.
The Earl of BESBOROUGH said that, under the
circumstances, he should follow the suggestion of the
Noble Duke, and withdraw his motion.
RAILWAYS.

On the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, several
verbal amendments and alterations were made in the
standing orders of the House relating to railways.
Lord REDESDALE then moved, on behalf of Lord
BROUGHAM, that a series of resolutions be added to the
standing orders, that Committees shall have the power
of awarding costs to parties who opposed the construc-
tion of railways.
Lord MONTEAGLE thought the provision would be
unjust unless rendered mutual, so as to prevent vexatious
opposition, as well as pertinacious promotion.
The motion was then negatived without a division.

The bills on the table were then advanced a stage, and
the House adjourned till Two o'clock to-morrow (this
day).

RAILWAY COMMITTEES
(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Besborongh, Lord
Beaumont, and a few other peers, met at twelve o'clock, for
the purpose of swearing witnesses who are to be examined be-
fore the Select Committee on the London and York Bill.

Having sworn about twenty witnesses their Lordships ad-
journed.

There were only two Committees sitting to-day, and they
were to inquire into the allegations contained in the petitions
presented to both Houses in reference to the London and York
Bill. Both were private.
_ _

The Committee of the House of Lords 'sat at No. 2. at
eleven o'clock. The following are the members of it t-2--The
Marquis of Clanricarde, chairman ; Earl Bathurst, the Earl of
Devon, Lord Beaumont, Lord Churchill, the Earl of St. Ger-
mans, the Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Auckland, the.
Earl of Ellenborough, Lord Ponsonby, Lord Calthorpe, ; Lord
Redesdale, and Lord Monteagle.
The Committee of the House of Commons, consisting of
five members, Mr. Hawes, the Member for Lambeth, in the
chair, met at eleven o'clock.

The avenues leading to both Committee-rooms are filled
with anxious crowds of witnesses and persons interested in
the inquiry.
Among the witnesses examined before the House of Lords •
this morning, was Mr. Shackell, a half-pay officer, who was
ensign in her Majesty's service, and who was examined before
the Committee of the Dublin and Galway, or Irish Great
Western Railway. What the nature of his evidence was the
reporter cannot of course say, but before the Committee re-
ferred to he swore he had signed railway subscription deeds,
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