The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-16 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1845.

talents of the speakers, will at once be convinced of
the "great fact" that this imposing confederacy is so
far from having declined in popular estimation—as
the organs of monopoly assert that it has—that it
holds at the present moment a more conspicuous posi-
tion than ever, and is more efficacious for good than
it has been at any one period since its first institution,
now some six or seven years since. What a tri-
umphant answer is the crowded meeting of last night
to the calumnies of those who have been constantly
asserting for the last six months that the League
is in a state of decrepitude I Decrepitude Why,
it was never in a more healthy—flourishing—vigorous
condition than it is at the present moment! The
number of its members have increased—its resources
have increased—its moral influence has increased—
and in like proportion its means of doing good have
increased. A season of prosperity would—its
enemies declared—give it its death-blow. Well, the
season of prosperity has arrived—the busy hum of
industry is again heard in the manufacturing districts
—yet the League still lives and thrives—
still acts as a bugbear to the disap-
pointed and panic-stricken monopolists I Even
the so-much vaunted Protection Societies, which were
supported by Dukes and Lords, and Squires with-
out number, and which were instituted for the ex-
press purpose of putting down the Anti-Corn-law
League, have served only to increase its moral influ-
ence, and add to its popularity with all the right-
thinking classes of the community. The hostility of
the monopolists has tested its efficiency as an instru-
ment of public good ; and the reason of this is ob-
vious. The cause which the free-traders advocate is
one which is essentially based on truth. On this
point Mr. MILNER GIBBON justly observed—" Any
cause which is not based on truth has no principle
of cohesion in it, and any combination to support
such a cause becomes split up into fragments, and is
scattered to the winds. There is no bond of union to
hold men together for any length of time in support
of any great cause but truth; and when we see a
great society like this holding together year after year,
and assembling together constantly, as we are now
assembled, it is a convincing proof that the cause
which we advocate is the cause of truth and of
justice, if the experience of past times is to be
trusted on the subject." Had the different Protec-
tion Societies the same sacred tie that binds the mem-
bers of the League together with bonds of one corn-
rnon brotherhood, they would not be harassed by divi-
sions as they now notoriously are. The strong in-
herent conviction of the justice of their cause would
unite them as one man. But they have no such con-
victions to quicken their zeal and conduce
to their unanimity. They know that they are
banded together for purely selfish purposes,
and that the truth is not in them ; hence they
are perpetually differing from each other, and while
one local Protection Society sets its face against any
interference with the registers, en the maudlin, hypo-
critical pretext that it is unconstitutional, another is
all for active interference, and for fighting the League
with its own weapons. The institution of these mono-
poly confederacies has been so far from doing injury,
that it has been of the utmost possible benefit to
the free• traders, for it I as been the means of showing
the deplorable weakness of the one party, numerically
speaking, and the robust strength of the other. Ex-
cept for the Protection Societies, from which their
advocates expected so much, we never should have
known how deeply-rooted the Anti-Corn-law League
was in the good opinion of the community, and how
well qualified it was to bear the brunt of whatever
opposition the self-interested monopolists might think
proper to bring against it.

Madrid journals of the Bth instant have been re-
ceived, and bring the long-expected budget of Senor
the Finance Minister. Strange to say, this
ingenious financier not only keeps within his means,
hut bas even a surplus. He estimates the total
amount of the revenue at 1,259,635,353 reals, about

Is this to be another article in the Ministerial pro-
gramme of Count MoLE ? Shall we see M. RH.-
Lauvr sustaining it in the Chambers ? The evacu-
ation of Otaheite, and the abandonment of the nego-
tiations relative to the Right of Search question, are
apparently what we are to gain by the dismissal of
M. GUIZOT, that Minister who is said to compromise
the honour of France by his concessions. Count
MoLz is a grave man ; his words, he well knows,
have weight and importance. Under actual circum-
stances in particular, they will be received and noted
with care in England, and indeed in all Europe, more
perhaps than in France. It has not been without
design that so many anathemas have been pronounced
upon Otaheite, and that such strong expressions have
been used against the hope of obtaining a revision
of the treaties of 1831 and 1833, respecting the right
of search."

(12,596,0001.), and the expenditure at 1,205,522,688
reals, leaving a surplus of 45,112,665 reals. He then
proposed that the Government should be authorised
to proceed to the arrangement of the domestic and
foreign debt, and to apply to the interest of it, not
provided for in the estimates, the surplus of the pro-
luce of the rents and public contributions. He may
talk of the Government proceeding to the arrange-
ment of the domestic and foreign debt, but how is the
arrangement to be made ? We believe at the present
moment he has not the means of paying NARVAEZ'S
troops, and satisfying the greedy claimants on the
civil list. He can find means only by borrowing
from the bank of San FERNANDO, at a rate of inte-
rest which in time would ruin a solvent state.
This miserable financial statement had no effect on
the Funds.

The Three per Cents. closed at 30 13-16 for cad'
and 311 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 22-i for
;;ash, and 231 at 60 days ; the Floating Debt at 78
st GO days; and the Coupons at 261 at 60 days.

The Globe, another Ministerial paper, adverts to
the leading points in MOLE'S speech, and accuses him
of inconsistency in asserting that he is as great a
friend to the alliance with England as Guizor, and
yet attempts to get into office by uniting himself
with a party that detests the English alliance. Unlike
some of the Opposition journals, which assert in the
most positive manner that the unexpected attack
upon M. GUIZOT by M. MOLE produced a powerful
sensation upon the Chamber, the Globe declares that
it did not produce the slightest sensation, and this we
believe is the real matter of fact. The opinions of
the other journals, which may be interesting to some
readers, is thus given in Galignanis Messenger :

" The effect that M. Mole's speech will produce upon
the Presse, which is regarded as the organ of the party
of which the ex-Minister is the chief, is anticipated by
the Globe. It infers, and not unreasonably, that the
Presse cannot have been delighted at hearing M. Mole
profess the doctrine of a close and intimate alliance
with England, which has been attacked by the Presse
with so much bitterness ; neither can it have been
pleased with his declarations on other points of the
policy of the present Cabinet. The Presse realizes
the anticipations of the Globe, for although in its
remarks on the debate of yesterday it renews its
attacks on the Ministry, and eulogises M. Mol6 for
having had the frankness to avow his opposition to
the Cabinet, there is none of that warmth displayed
in support of the ex-Minister which men are accus-
tomed to receive from their accredited organs. M
Mole has evidently not come up to the point aimed at by
the Presse, and it is obliged, instead of analysing his
speech, and setting forth what his admirers will regard
as its beauties, to content itself with a long dissertation
on the documents respecting Otaheite and Morocco, and
thus giving vent to its anger against the Ministry. The
article of the Constitutionnel is so written as to make it
impossible for us to give any extract that would fully
describe its character, for it is a running commentary
upon the two great speeches of the debate, and to detach
a portion would be to do an injustice to the writer.
We can only say that, without admiring M. Mole,
the Constitutionnel comes to a conclusion that
he has made a very successful attack upon M. Guizot,
and that the war which has been declared so openly
against the Minister regnant by the Minister aspirant
must give a serious shock to the Cabinet. The Consti-
tutionnel is clearly of opinion that M. 34°16, although
apparently fighting for himself and his own party, is in
reality fighting the battle of the Anti-Conservative Op-
position. This journal turns into ridicule many of the
passages of M. Guizot's speech, and declares that his
announcement of the intended appointment of a mixed
commission to inquire into the means of arriving at a
revision of the right of search treaties was listened to
with great coldness." _ _ _

The seventh year of the Anti-Corn-law agitation
has commenced, and last night the first metropolitan
meeting of the League for the year 1845 was held in
Covent-garden Theatre. The progress of the free
trade question during the last six years has been im-
mense. Six years since, and a small room in an
hotel in Palace-yard was more than sufficient for the
accommodation of the corn-law repealers. Last night
Covent-garden Theatre was crowded to excess by men
enthusiastic in the cause of corn-law repeal ; and thou-
sandi of staunch free traders who were somewhat
late in their attendaLce, were obliged to go away
in consequence of the want of sufficient room
for their accommodation. It was our intention to
have given a short review of the progress of the ques-
tion of commercial freedom during this period, but
we find, on reading the report of the proceedings of
last night's meeting, that the subject has been so
admirably treated by the Chairman, Mr. Wu.soN,
that we shall not do more than refer our readers to
that gentleman's opening speech. We sincerely con-
gratulate our fellow free traders on the immense
advance which the question has made, and we beg to
urge upon every individual who is theoretically a
free trader, the necessity of reducing his theory to
practice, by investing himself with the franchise
without loss of time. "Qualify ! Qualify ! Qualify !"
When every free trader shall have qualified himself
as an elector, the kriell of monopoly will have rung
out. It will be reckoned among the things that
have been.

Those who attended the public meeting of the
Anti-Corn-law League last night at Covent-
Theatre ; who beheld the vast numbers that were
present, filling to an absolute overflow every part of
the house from the pit to the slips in the upper gal-
leries ; who marked the deep interest which was
taken in the proceedings by the audience—the
delight with which they listened to the
.cool, sagacious, matter-of-fact reasoning of Mr.
COBDEN, and the glowing, eloquent declamation
of Mr. Fox ; those, we say, who attended
the League meeting last night, and observed the
striking effects produced on the hearers by the various

After a quotation from the National, hostile, of
course, to the Minister, and making no allusion
whatever to the Conservative leader of the coalition,
the journal from which we quote thus continues :

" The Courrier Francais is very complimentary to
Count- Mole in its review of his speech, and declares that
it produced a profound impression. M. Guizot's speech,
according to this journal, was a failure. He was
pale,' says the Courrier, his voice was forced and
hesitating, and his language was haughty and embar-
rassed.' The Courrier, which praises so highly the
written speech of Count Mole, which had all the advan-
tage of preparation, makes no allowance for the emotion
of M. Guizot, in his extempore reply. At first, says this
journal, M. Guizot displayed some energy, but he had
soon exhausted it, and could find only weak, dull, and
blundering answers to the speech of M. More. If we
were to give credit to the Courrier, we should regard
M. Guizot's speech as a miserable failure, and we are
assured also by this journal that the rejoinder of M.
Mole was at the same time spiritual, polite, dry, and
firm. Like the Constitutionnel and the National, the
Courtier regards the announcement of M. Guizot about
the appointment of a mixed commission on the right of
search treaties as a concession on the part of England
hardly worth talking of. The Commerce, although quite
as dissatisfied with the Ministry as the other Opposition
journals, does not accept M. Mole as the champion of
that party. It says—
" Whatever talent Count Mole may have shown in this
first struggle, we cannot say that he spoke in a manner to
satisfy the Opposition. What he blamed in the affair
of Oceania is not the shameful fashion in which it
was terminated, by the indemnity to Pritchard, for
lie does not even allude to it; it is the manner
in which it was commenced, by seizing on Otaheite.
On the right of search, he appeared to think, on the one
band, that this plan was necessary to abolish the slave trade,
and, on the other, that it was impossible to substitute any-
thing for it. Now we do not hesitate to declare that, if the
reaction which is announced against the obsequious policy of
M. Guizot is to lead us to abandon the islands in Oceania, and
consolidate the treaties on the right of search, such a result
would not appear to us of a nature to satisfy any serious man.
But what constitutes the event of the day is less th speech
itself than the act which this speech announces. For four
years, during which period the former head of the Conserva-
tive party kept apart, if he offered any opposition, it was on
some particular fact, or special Bill. At present it is the en-
tire policy which he attacks ; it is the very existence of the
Cabinet that he strikes •, it is a declaration of war that he has
publicly made against the Ministry. Such a line of conduct
on the part of a man of such consideration and discernment
as Count Mole, gives a new appearance to political matters.
It divides the Conservative party into two camps, and places
it under two leaders; it gives an illustrious chief to the dis-
sentient party, furnishes them with a support, and assures
them a retreat. In this point of view, M. Mole's proceeding
inflicts a severer and more dangeroua blow on the Cabinet
than his words could have done."
The Siecle takes care, in its notice of the debate, not

The chief topic of disccssion in the Paris papers is
the attack made by Count MOLE on M. GUIZOT
in the Chamber of Peers. We referred to it yes-
terday, and could see little from the outline of the
speeches that merited public attention, and on reading
the speeches, as given at length in the French papers,
we can come to no other conclusion than that the
war commenced by the coalition (for there is a coali-
tion, however MOLE may deny it) is a mere war of
words. There is no serious charge, no real accusa-
tion, no tangible ground of blame brought forward by
the ex-Minister against his opponent. MOLE is as
much attached to the English alliance as GUIZOT,
only he would take care not to offend French
" susceptibility" by showing it. He thinks the
occupation of Otaheite a bad speculation, and
30 does the Foreign Minister. France declares against
the treaties of 1831 and 1833, respecting the right of
earch, and they must be replaced by some other
,theme for checking the slave trade. This is exactly
what M. GUIZOT says, and confirms his words by
his deeds. He has opened a negotiation with Eng-
land : England has not repelled his overtures. On
the contrary, she has entertained them, and Commis-
sioners have been appointed by both parties to devise
other means for ensuring efficaciously the repression
of the slave-trade. What other steps could the leader
of the Opposition take ? He would not be so mad
as to abrogate these treaties by a vote of the Cham-
ber. He knows there are two parties to a treaty,
and that it cannot be legally or honourably dis-
solved but by mutual consent. This is M. GUIZOT'S
object, and whatever remarks Count MOLE may
make for particular purposes, he could adopt no
other step if he were installed in office with a carte
blanche from his Royal Master. In fact it is an
intrigue from beginning to end. The opposition has
been raised by a coalition of heterogeneous materials,
and MOLE is trying to eject his opponent by the very
means which he himself so loudly denounced when
he was the sufferer. " The Minister of the 15th of
April," says the Journal des Debuts, " is not obliged
to feel much friendship for M. GUIZOT. But are the
Chambers to serve as an arena for the indulgence of
private passions ? No. Whatever Count MOLE may
say, he has committed an act of opposition. He has
raised the flag under which all parties are about to
range themselves. A victim of the coalition of 1838,
he is in his turn the chief of a new coalition, com-
posed, like the first, of the most discordant elements.
The speech of Count MOLE is nothing but the mani-
festo of the coalesced parties. This will infallibly be
the general impression. We respect too much Count
MOLE, not to tell him candidly that it is ours. What
motive can have induced him to speak ? Otaheite ?
But during two years the Chambers and the journals
have been occupied with discussions on Otaheite, and
Count MOLE remained silent. It is full time to pro-
pose the evacuation of Otaheite, unless it be one of
the articles of the future system of Count MOLE,
when he shall be Minister with M. BILLAULT. The
right of search ? If Count MOLE does not believe it
possible to obtain from England a modification of the
treaties on the right of search, he might have said so
sooner. His long experience might ;have had pro-
bably sufficient weight with the Chambers to have
prevented them from engaging themselves and the
Goyernment in an impossible undertaking. Should
Count MD744 become Minister, he would abandon
the negotiations opened by M. GUIZOT ! He would
the
Chambers
a
mberszsiiryen to see our commence have repeatedly and
You
sayto
solemnly expressedh
re-
placed under the exclusive superintendence of the
French flag. This wish IF but a chimera. With-
draw it ! Disavow yourselves! Nothing is left for us
but to continue to execute the treaties of 1431 and
1833 until the entire abolitic LI of the slave trade!,

to commit itself and its party by any admiration of Count
Mole; but, on the other hand, its strictures on M. Guizot,
although anything but friendly, are not remarkable ior
any increase of acerbity. What is most curious in the
article of the Siecle is its account of the mode and man-
ner in which the Minister replied to the attacks of
Count Mole. The Courrier says, "He was pale (whe-
ther with emotion, anger, or fear, it does not say), his
voice was forced and hesitating, and his language was
haughty and embarrassed ; and again he could find only
weak, dull, and blundering answers." The Siecle, on the
contrary, begins by observing that, " Nature, and espe-
cially labour, have made M. Guizot an orator ; he has
voice, manner, eloquence, everything to impose upon the
eye and hold the ear captive." All these great qualities,
according to the Sleds, were displayed yesterday, and
if M. Guizot was not successful in the opinion of the
Siecle, it was not because he fell so miserably below
himself as the Courrier asserts, but because he is want-
ing in that evidence of self-conviction of right which
communicates itself to an auditory. In another part of
the Siecle, instead of finding any notice of the pale suf-
fering orator, without voice and without energy, we
read, " It was easy to perceive that M. Guizot sought to
supply the place of inspiration by physical animation."
It is not surprising that journalists should differ so much
as to the impression produced by a speech upon the
hearers, of whose impressions they have really no posi-
tive external indications, when they agree so little as to
the appearance and manner of the speakers, who are
necessarily open to observation. The Quotidienne has
the following:—
" We need not call the attention of our readers to the sit-
ting in the Chamber of Peers. It is a curious one, and above
all novel. The speech of M. Mole is indirect opposition to the
Ministry. Nothing was more astonished, or more embar-
rassed than M. Guizot; nothing less happy than his reply,
by which he drew on himself a second speech still more vi-
gorous. France will certainly go farther than Count Mole,
in the reproaches'which must be addressed to the Ministry
on the subject of the right of search and the affair of Ota-
heite. But, like the noble Peer, we believe the latter ques-
tion still all in a flame, and we cannot see what favourable
issue M. Guizot pretends giving to the first. Since M. Mole
has not been satisfied, we shall see if the Chambers will be
contented with these vague and mysterious promises. At
all events the country will not be satisfied with them."
THE BOURSE--TUESDAY, JAN. 14.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
frenchFiveperCents.••••• 121 40 .. 121 85 .. 121 40 .. 121 75
Four-and-a-Half..•• 113 •• 113 .. 113 •• 113
Three per Cents••••• 85 20 .. 85 25 .. 85 15 .. 85 25
New Loan ••••••.• 86 45 .. 86 50 .. 86 45 .. 86 50
Bank of France •• 3260 ..3260 ..3260 —3260
Gouin Bank, I,ooof. Shares —llOO ..1105 ..1100 ..1105
Belgian Bank.... •..• 630 .. 630 .. 630 .. 630
Belgian Fives, 1840 .• •• 104% .. 104% .. 104% .. 104%
1842 •••••••• 1156% •• 106% .. 106% .. 106%
Four-and-a-Half . • . 103 .. 163 .. 103 .. 103
Two-and-a-Half•••• 62 .. 62 .. 62 .. 61 90
Spanish Threes•••••••••••• 37 .. 37 .. 37 •• ET
Active •• •• • . 374 374 .. 374 .. 374
Passive •••••• 6% •• •• 6% .. 6%
Neapolitan . ...•• •• ••• 97 .. 97 .• 97 .. 97
Roman ... ••••••
RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles, R. 8... .. •• • • • 500 .. 500 .. 500 .. 500
L.B.•••••• ...... 385 .. 385 .. 282 50 .. 382 50
Rouen .. •.....•• ..........1048 75 . 1050 ..1048 75 ..1050
R,ouen to Havre••••
Orleans .••.
Strasburg to 8a1e......•... 298 75 .. 502 50 .. 298 75 . 300
Avignon to Marselllea...... 947 50 .. 947 50 . 945 .. 945

THE SUN, LONDON,
_THURSDAY EVNING,' JANUARY io,

the more probable, as the last authentic and very
recent news from St. Petersburgh represented his

Imperial Majesty as being in a highly improved
state of health. He was undergoing, it is true, a mild
antiphlogistic treatment; but rather with the view of
compensating for the diminution of his habits
of violent exercise than with any other object. The
grief oocasioned by the death of his Imperial
daughter, which had so violently preyed upon his
feelings and health, had then subsided into one of
those melancholy reminiscences of which the inter-
course of one's remaining kindred gradually removes
the sting.
The news published by our Contemporaries we re-
ceived this morning at six o'clock by another channel
but we disbelieved it. However, the circumstantial
evidence brought forward induced us to present the
news in a second edition. We hope and trust the
present version will be found ultimately the true so•
lution of these distressing rumours.

MONEY AN I) COMMERC IAL N E tV S
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market was brisker yesterday at Liver-
pool, and at previous rates a good business was done—
sales 7,500 bales.—Shares continued firm, and a fair
number met with buyers. Birmingham and Gloucester,
103 k 104 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 42} ; Cambridge
and Lincoln, 3* ; Churnet Valley, 4/4 ; Dublin
and Cashel Extension, 4f ; Dublin and Belfast,
5 ; Eastern-Counties, 16 1 ; Ely and Bedford, 1L 3s. ;
Grand Junction, 227 228 ; Grand Junction,
Quarters, 564 ; Great Western, Fifths, 38,i ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 23 ; London and Birmingham
32/. Shares, 39:1 40 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 27* ; Lon-
don and Croydon, 16 ; London and South-Western,
754 ; Ditto, New, 111 ; London and York, 3/. 16s. 3d.;
Lyna and Ely, 21. Ils. 6d.; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 534 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 122 ; Man=
chester and Leeds. 122 f ; Midland Counties, 123 124 f ;
North Briti-h, 101 ; South-Eastern, New, 154 ; York
and North Midland, Half, 52k; Lyons and Avignon, 2i;
Paris and Rouen, 404 41; Orleans, Tours. and Bordeaux,
8 ; Northern of France, 54; Boulogne and Amiens, 41.
The expectations of a full and complete, as well as a
regular communication between this country, Alexandria,
Suez, and India and China, have, for a short time, been
disappointed, it having been announced officially
from the Admiralty that the arrangements are not yet
completed. It was expected from the tenor of the letter
sent lately to the East India and China Trade Associa-
tion, that this desirable object would have come into
operation on the 20th instant, and very consider-
able pains have been taken by the merchants
and others interested, to prepare for the
occasion. They, of course, are sadly disappointed, still
we have reason to believe that every effort has been made
by the Government to facilitate the arrangements,
and, but for unavoidable delays and the removal
of difficulties not to be controlled, the plan would
have been brought into operation en -the day
named. It may be remarked incidentally, that the
wisest course has unquestionably been adopted ; viz.,
to have all the arrangements in the most complete
working order, rather than commence opera-
tions for the conveyance of the mails where there
was a probability that a defect might exist to impede
the full success of a first trial. As to the advantages
that will result from the plan, not a dissentient opinion
exists in the City or at the outports, and the merchants,
therefore, are n aturally most desirous that the delay
should be rendered as short as possible.
There are no ship arrivals to-day with later news.
The demand for money has increased again to-day,
and Consols, under the influence of the settlement, have
been 1 to f per cent. lower, though the depression un-
do.ibtedly is but temporary. The report about the Em-
peror of Russia's death was also laid hold of as a handle
by the Bear party. Consols have been 994 to par for
present transfer, and about par to 1001 for February.
Exchequer Bills have been flat at 595. to 58s. premium.
New Three- and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 1034 to 104,
and the Three per Cents. 100 f to 1. Bank Stock is 211 f.
The For,ign Investments are likewise effected by the
settlement. Spanish have gone back a little, although
Mon's budget pretends that there is a surplus revenue.
The Five per Cents. are 261 to 27, and the Three per
Cents., 371 to -. Portuguese Converted are 591 to
Mexican have been better, 34i to 4. Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents. are 631.
The Railway Shares are again rather brisk, and South-
Western have further advanced, as also Birmingham and
Gloucester, Midland, Brighton, Great Western, and
one or two other lines given in the list subjoined.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock_
211%

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 100%%
3 per Cent. Consols Anns lOO 99%% 100
New 31% per Cent. Annuties 103% 104 103%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860... 12 3-16 1-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 12
Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 1860
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d, I%d.
1,0001.
5001.
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... ...
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 112%
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lOl% 10034
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 34%%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted 59143/4 59
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 26% 27 265/8
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Passive Bonds 6%1
Ditto 3 per Cent 37%
Ditto for the Account 371/il%
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto 5 per Cents
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ... 108 111 to 1091/ 112
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead
Churnet Valley
Direct Northern 2% 2% to
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union
Great North of England 100
Ditto
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Birmingham —lOO — to
Ditto Quarters
London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 51%14 to 50%
London and Greenwich ......12%......H
Ditto Preference
London and South Western.. 41%...81 80% 82 to 80 81%
Ditto New Consolidated 8 ths 6
Ditto, New
London and Croydon
London and York... ..... ...... 2% .. .. 23% to
Manchester and Leeds 7O 123
Midland . 100 127% 130 to 128
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100
North British
North Kent
Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14 ...... to
Richmond and West End June. 1
3/4 to
Rugby
South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 42 8 to
South Wales
York and North Midland ... 50 ......
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS. '

Great Northern of France ... 4
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Rouen..
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, J. l4.

3 per Cent. Consols
31% Stock
31AI per Cent. Debentures
Bank Stock
Royal Canal Stock
Kingstown Railway Debentures.
LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Drogheda Ditto'
60