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

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, of 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 reinftining tirticlos the most in-
tergi4ting 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, com
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 The 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 iu 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 author
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 Committee be appointed, to consider which
of the pending Railway Bills shall be deemed competing Bills,
according to the foregoing resolutions.

6. That such Select Ciimmittee be composed of five Mem-
bers, of whom three shall be a quorum, and that the Com-
mittee have power to send for persona, 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 144,:61,04t
session.

THE HOUSE Or 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 SC raid's Cathe-
dral, and which adjoined the chureb 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 fOluAd
in the joists of the flooring by some of the w(2l:lPPau. The
silver coins were of the reign of Queen lli.aheth, some being
in good preservation. rflw cupper emus were of an earlier
period. ll@ fcindation walls are of extraordinary thickntwk
a portion of which formed part of the Saracen's lea which
is also taken down.

THE ORDNANCE EsTIMATNO, --The estimates of the
office of OrdBARN (including barracks, surveys of the United.
Kingdonh Commissariat, and military and civil superannua-
tions) for the year 1844-45, have just been printed by eider
of the House of Commons. The total sum to to voted, for
the current year amounts to b 63,49,00.41, which is less by
9,078/. than the anlOnnt VONd 111 the year 1843-44. There
Will lie aPPreprtateci, for ordinary, 621,5994 ; for extra ordi-
naries, 1,020,9914 ; superannuated, 163,680/. ; and for commis%
eariat supplies, 174,688/. ; making altogether an aninngt, of
1,980,958/. As, however, sums to the amount of 140,8941. re-
main to the credit of the Ordminee,effice, the estimates for
the current yea of cc arse Minced to 1,840,064/.
WIMo4SaII, VIIIPAY,----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 SlOngli, AVM St. george's Barracks,
and relieved the third battalion Of the Grenadier Guards,
which proceeded to town by the Great Western Railway.
Wring the whole of the period the Grenadier Guards were
in garrison at Windsor, We conduct of the privates was cif
the most orderly, peaceable, and quiet description.
THE STATE OF IRELAND—MI(4'OSn WIETITINEI
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, anti
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 ANPW.ET BillTosis,--The 130th anni-
versary of the Society of Ancient Britons was celebrated yes-
terda,heing 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 c,elebratiOlll, The chair
was taken at half-past six o'clock hy Sir J. Benn Walsh,
Bart., supported by the Duke of Newcastle, Lord
Powis, the Hon, Ur. Clive, the Hon. Mr. Trevor, Sir W. W.
Virynn, Oelauel 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 arrangerneptgi under the direction Of Mr. J. Parry,
the bard of ales, assisted by Messrs. Atkins, Young, Fit 4,
william, and other vocalists, and by Mr. Richards, thellianist,
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 su?port of the Welch School, making a sum total of
nearly LOX/. announced. Amongst the contributions were.-=,
Her ajesty, 105/. ; the Queen Dowager, 25/. ; the Duke of
Newcastle, 504 ; Lord Powis, 50/. ; colonel Wood, 201., and
many other noblemen 4110, gentlemen to large sums. The
festivities wert Vitt up. is the good old style of ancient
piirile.ll.4 eleven o'clock, when the company separetscio,
ely gratified with the events of the day.
-FIRE AT CHELSEA.—This u 1 n 4 slwrity before
one o'clock, a fire, attended 'WW I§ Onsiderable loss of pro-
p.erty, broke 9.11 t he remises belonging to Mr. John
4own as t e L;oach and Horses, wine-vaults, situate
at, Na '4, Royal Hospital-row, Chelsea. -Owing le
inflammable nature of the stock upoli 1.4;t4045,s premises,
tthhaenkaogrequitsrts
etflitiellfiAirle.g •wiv, yeiy Tapi and in little more
t.T#I,S9A egraplete lasing mass; and
that firemen exerted themselves to the utmost.' theta.*MI this firstiscnootvweriyth,stthanedin preg -
were unable to save either the building or its,
by half-past two o'clock the whc,lci we kr9Pl .the 1t
,
sustained is considerahlt,u4 ic C•011id 1144 e aSeertanned, in
IllOritest whether the sufferer was
ID§ peverat or the adjoining houses are cletuagede.spe.,
eia ._those belonging to Mr. Merit-Wag,', I's 0; N
and Mr. Francis Fairhead groCF., 31 9' 1/9 k'X'CI:4C "It"
of the outbreak could not I?nl#WVI.l/4411.-
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MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE'
to
The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday wer-
A
the extent of 4,000 :bales, all to the trade, and prices r t
mained as previously quoted.—A considerable an3,°:
of business was done in Railway Stock, but TA A
was no improvement in prices. Birmingham
Gloucester were 734 ; Eastern Counties, Registered, 13,
of
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 581 ex dividend; Great ICL.,;„"tm
England, 95i ; Liverpool and .Manchester, 2211 ;
gt
hani, Thirds, 404 • South Western, 764 ; Manchester SI
Birmingham, 40*; 'Midland Counties, 88 .; Paris and )10""
32 Ulster, 3011.
~0 of
the state and prospects of trade in the provinces
paramount importance, and the following account from
tb
intelligent Manchester agents, blessrs.:Ferguson and °
will be doubtless perused with interest :
—.Ott Or
"At the date of our last report (27th ult.), when great a
citement was prevalent both in the Liverpool Cotton mar
and in this neighbourhood, we ventured to express our APPL,
hensions that the over-sanguine expectations of the full
prosperity of trade, and too confident reliance upon (I°llb
reports concerning the American cotton crop, which were 'oa
,b r
inducing so many parties to embark in extensive sPecod
tions in cotton wool, would lead to a reaction,
check the healthy current of demand for manufaetwes;
which had appdrently set in, and which promised, if net eat
turbed by artificial obstacles, to lead on gradually to gr..,
and enduring advantages. Without being disposed gr..,
dervalue the prospects with which the year commence
could not help expressing our conviction that by many
ties those prospects were extravagantly overrated; the
4103
alone, probably, being in some cases suggestive of ,4""
thought. An effort has been made during the Les
three or four days to rally cotton, and the
ti;eo
of last week have been regained. That le
will be an immediate and important decline in the raw stalen
we do not mean to insist. The low rate of interest will e _itee
holders to refrain from pressing sales ; and the advices tf.l„
out by the Hibernia, of the extraordinary operations a rei
week, previous to her departure, when a larger Vie,amo
sales were reported than had ever previously taken. ;;
will no doubt operate to enhance prices in the United Sta,•
but ultimately, and that before long, we fully antieiria'e
retrogression in the prices of cotton.
" What we ventured to anticipate has already taken
and the advanced prices of manufactures in this mar tie
checked demand. It is certain that much lees busines!.sl
been transacted this menth than in the previous one, bligd
manufacturers of most descriptions of staple fabrics have co-A.
little or no stock, and are yet engaged with previous viy.
tracts, prices, so far, have only in rare instances given „or
Nor do we expect a material decline in the prices of 1!1'Ae;
factures, even if the rates of the raw staple should re Sc
for present quotations for yarns, and most descript ioav
of
manufactured goods, leave but a very bare margin, if
profit to the spinner and manufacturer." tbe
The Funds are rather dull, but this arises both frol°- t
circumstance of the transfer books closing for sever'.l
ments, and from the early cessation of busines., as uSuP'"r.
Saturdays. Consols are 97i to for Mout-y, and 971,Sued
tn
nately buyers and sellsl.erts:
695. premium.
premium. On Account. °1;
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 1.03 to ; New, 1021 "-
and Exchequer Bills, 71s.
The Foreign investments have been rather aa----ps
Spanish, however, has gone back a little, the Fives be
25 to and the Three per Cents., 35i to I. Colombian boot
touched 14-,t, to a- • and Brazilian, 80*. Portuguese Conne sto
are steady at 45k; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents'
55 to a.
Railway Shares are rather drooping. Birmiughani, to
been down to 133 and 1321 premium ; and South East"
15i discount. There Is not much doing.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE' O'CLOCIG
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols, Annuities 9l
per Cent, Reduced Annuities lO3
'l2O

A eti 3% per Cent Annuities lO2
Long .Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860.... ......
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1560.
India Bonds, 1,000 .....
Ditto under 1,000 EAg
Bank Stock for Account
Console for Account . ............... . ... .—• 97
Exchequer Bills,
1,0004
14d. ...
****Tt4ap.
5001.
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised......... ...
FOrßrEalialiaNti PBUonNdDs, S 5 THISenDtAY AT ONE O'CLsooc
711 Columbian Bonds,
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent -
Ditto for the Account . ••• 34,44.
Ditto Deferred Stock 1.,%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents
51 Ditto for the Account
Portuguese Bonds 5 per Cent. ...... ......... .
Ditto Converted . .................
Spanish Bonds. Five per eent 18.10 45 two
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Deferred •••... l4
85 ,
Ditto Three per Cent,
Ditto for the Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 55 i
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto for the Account.
10i'
Dutch 5 per Cents
PRICES-OF SHARES THIS DAY AT Cl.-NT.,,,
RAILWAXS. PAID. Pia Su'i'—gill ,
Birmingham and Gloucester
Chester and Holyhead—. ..... ..... 5
Eastern Counties ....... ............ .. 523
Ditto New
'..t ''"
Great Western
London and Blackwall 163 • ' bli ....... ii, ign'
London and Birmingham. Stock..-,;,,•., 233 ...... •. to ...
London and South Western tl/6 •••••• —.. ...... to
.1
Ditto Eighths .. 2%%/i to il
Manchester and Leeds 7-0 llO ..•••'"'
.. to ••''
Manchester and Birmingham 40 40% .... to •••• ,,,

Midland Counties 100 SB 1

Norwich and 8rand0n...... A
2
Paris and Otiegia
south Eastern and Dover
p,ittc Scrip . . 2550 .i.a• . •• 3
53 4 list
.3. 5.
.. . .
.: toto 350.... a
York and North Midland
Ditto New Mares 2O, ~...... 54 ........... so, ..
Pitta Rearboro' Branch 2,§
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
$ National Provincial of England... 35 owom. 34% o;*.t.
(~,,. l-
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MANCHESTER STOCK ExcltAxo.g., MARcti 1.---"lsstel
ket is firm to-day, with the exception (21.' South,..o so;
which are cinetetA AQWel'. The sales art .:—Birraingiiis
GlOWealeT Quarters, 17i 1 Bolton and Preston, 29ilajogS,
Counties, perpetual, 1/. Os. ',bd. • Edinburgh and 'oft'
58 WC div, 1 Midland Counties, 88 Sheffield and Mall
71 and 71i ; South Eastern, asi ; Do. Scrip, 35k.

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