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

THE WEATHER-SON OFFICY, DEC. 31

all hands we hope to see the dictates of these genial
influences, during this inclement season, as exten-
sively acted upon by our competent gentry and more
opulent aristocracy, as the benevolent beginnings we
recur to would. seem to warrant us in anticipating.
So much for the causes of our recent gratification.
With pain we now address ourselves to one of the
multitudes of instances in which what is called
"Assize justice," but which would be more fairly
aI nd truly termed " Squire-made statute-law," seems
to go out of its way to invent cases of a sufficiently
puerile and trumpery character to invest its decisions
with the strongest title to the contempt and derision
of the public. At a Petty Sessions in the country
last week, a wretched woman, in a condition of mise-
rable poverty, was charged by a small farmer with
the offence of having picked up, in a neighbouring
wood, one whole faggot of loppings, such as at this
season of the year are commonly cut and collected
into bundles for consumption or sale. The husband
of the woman, and another party, confirmed the ac-
count she gave, in the teeth of the assertion of the
farmer, namely, that at the hour in which the offence
alleged against her was laid as having been coin-
mated in the wood, she was not out of their little hut
at all. That she had been in the wood that day •and
collected a few little broken twigs, wherewith " to
make a little fire" (iii the bitter weather of the Christ-
mas week) "to warm her little child," she
freely admitted, protesting, however, that the
twigs so picked up by her were mere windfalls or
waste litter in her
,path. The magistrates, at once
perceiving the vexatious nature of the charge, but
bound by the enactments of the statute to proceed
with the case, submitted to the prosecutor whether he
would proceed with the business. He surlily replied
in the affirmative—he had already lost two or three
faggots. The Bench, still unwilling to be pushed to
a sentence, asked him what value he set on the
faggots ? His answer was, that he could sell them at
the rate of 1,000 for six shillings; that is to say,
three farthings, and s'anething short of the fraction
of a half. The Bench, not concealing their regret at
the positive language of the statute, sentenced the
poor woman to some days' imprisonment. It is high
time that the more modern of these laws touching
petty offences against property should be carefully
revised and amended. They have nothing, in the
shape of legislation, to keep them in countenance, ex-
cept our Game-laws. They are as disproportionate in
their penalties, as arbitrary in their construction of
the acts of individuals, as capricious in their tyranny., as
regardless of the feelings, as hostile to the personal
rights and liberties of the poor. But disgraceful as
it is to the two houses of Parliament even to have
sanctioned such laws, it is still more disgraceful that
any branches of the landowning aristocracy can -be
found to administer them, biassed partisans in such
administration as they obviously are. But the most
disgraceful part of all, if possible, which is taken
under them, is that of tenant-farmers who invoke
them. Does the tenant-farmer, who detains, arrests,
and prosecutes the wretched cottier for unknowingly
committing a trespass to the value of three-farthings
on unhoused property of his, lying on, or next to, a
public pathway through an open wood—does he ima-
gine that he is more likely to secure, or to put in jeo-
pardy, the inviolability of that which he is so anxious
to protect, and all aggressions upon which (however
trivial or involuntary they may be) he is ready so
vindictively to punish ? If men cannot be trusted to
the dictates of their good feeling, their good sense,
or their good policy, it will be well that the Legis-
lature step in, without loss of time, to think and make
laws for them. • It is a scandal in a Christian country
to see the petty vengeance lurking in a little Midas-
like-law Act of Parliament, debated by a dozing
Committee of our House of Parliament, at two
o'clock in the morning, and passed in bulk with an
arrear accumulation of fifty more by the other
House on the last day of the session—dart out of its
dirty concealment, and, spider-like, fasten on the first
most helpless and friendless, most desolate and feeble
victim, that unconsciously strays within its treache-
rous meshes !

TitERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 41 ; Noon, 41.

his party. He has spoken a great deal bec4me those
who pushed him forward Chose to he quiet, M. Billault,
therefore, represents a party which, for four years, is in
a permanent minority in the Chambers and in the coun-
try : he represents opinions which have been contemned
in the loudest manner on all the occasions that they have
been put forward, and which has prevented, to the
utmost of its pDwer, the re-establisinent of order at
home, and of peace abroad."

BeitoNETER, 30.1.-WIND, N.E.

NorE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
" Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at
32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on
Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and
Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather
when the mercury falls below 30.

The Constitutionn.el is in eestaties at what it'con-
siders as a severe check to the Ministry. It says—
" To convince oneself of that, it is only necessary to
compare the votes of this year with those of last. The
29th December, 1843, two ballots were sufficient for the
Vice-Presidents. The whole four were of the Conser-
vative party. Among them M. de Salvaudy and M.
Lepellitier d'Aulnay represented to a less degree than
they do to day the hesitations of the majority. M. Bil-
lault, who next to those elected had the greatest number
of votes, was still below them 43 votes on the first ballot,
and 31 on the second. This year twe candidates only
on the Conservative lists have been elected. We will
not remind our readers that the first of these, M. Bignon,
has on more than ono occasion caused a great deal of
displeasure to the Ministry by his reports on the
budget ; we will not say that the other, M. de &handy,
preserves a predilection for another Cabinet, but that he
certainly was not the candidate which the most devoted
friends of the Ministry would choose. It is sufficient to
say that M. Dufaure, the Opposition candidate, was
elected on the first ballot, and that M. Billault obtained
on the second ballot five votes more than his opponent,
M. de Belleyme. Six more votes in the first ballot, and
four in the second, would have secured the election of
M. Billault."

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAT.
r Ind ... 0 minutes after 6 Evening... 49 minutes after

The ballot of Monday is looked forward to witl
great interest.

There have been several extensive failures, on the
Paris Bourse. On this subject the Commerce has the
following paragraph :
"The Bourse is at this moment a prey to great
anxiety. It is known that one of the capitalists Nho
frequent it has failed to the amount of 700,000 francs.
It is to be feared that this is but the beginning of other
disasters when the impending settlement takes place.
Th© cause of this commotion is the great rise that has
occurred in the public funds after the adjudication of
the loan. Bitter complaints are made against the power-
ful banker who rules the market, and who is the
author of all these misfortunes. It is he, say they it
the Bourse, on every side, who had weighed on the
funds, and kept them down at low prices until lately:
it is he who, to prevent a rise which would naturally
have taken place, declared to all he spoke to that he
never would offer to take the loan at a high price; it is
he who, afterwards, gave such an impulse to the funds
that they reached three francs after the adjudication of
the loan. It is not our province to take up the cause
of speculators imprudent enough to struggle with such
an ascendancy; but these vicissitudes, and their ruin-
ous consequences, fall upon trade, and react upon its
transactions. Is it not deplorable that the (euvern-
tnent should, by its complaisances and its concessions
of every description, have suffered an influence to arise
powerful enough thus to keep public credit under its
dependence, to stop and make it recede one day, and
give it an impulse on the next."
The Journal des Debats rather conspicuously an-
nounces that Admiral Du PETIT TILOUARS has arrived
at Brest in the Reine Blanche frigate, and that he
has immediately repaired to Paris. He had been
expected to land at Cherbourg, where the Nfitional
Guard intended to present him with a crown of lAurels.
The Opposition prints state that the Ministers' having
become acquainted with the intention of the Cher-
bouriens, M. de Macicau, the Minister of Marine,
dispatched positive orders to Admiral IiUPETIT
Tnousas to land at Brest, and not at Cherbourg.
N
On board the Reine Blanche came to France the
eapolitan Prince AQ
un—& and his bride (the Prin-
cess JAN UARIA of the Brazils). Admiral DUPETIT
Tliouens arrived in Paris on Sunday, and immedi-
ately visited the Minister of Marine. The Reme
Blanche sailed from Rio on 24th October.

HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.-At this festive season
housekeepers should be on their guard against the
depredations of persons going about under the guise
of seeking for situations, but really with the inten-
tion of stealing whatever they can readily lay their
hands on. Instances of this nature have come to
Our knowledge, where articles have been missed
when the stranger had departed. On leaving the
hall, it frequently happens that great coats or um-
brellas left there are stolen, and the loss is not dis-
covered till too late. The only remedy appears to be
to watch the place-hunters, until they are fairly
" out of soundings," for they are a very crafty and
piratical crew.

ANTICIPATED BREVET.—The report of an early
brevet daily gains ground ; indeed, when we look over
the army and navy lists, and recollect the ages of the
superior officers in either service, it becomes evident that
we need some younger men to be raised to the higher
ranks in both. In the navy, as we remarked last weak,
there are scarcely five men under sixty years of age
among the first fifty .on the list of captains ; and the
greateepart of this humber, it has beettshown to us, are
'abode sixty-Ave. the same, we believe., may be said of
the nett Aft .y. on the list ;-thus,,it eiiist"be manifest that
the next promotion of flag officers, whenever it may take
place, will, astwi 1810,e'hav whichheardewill
isthi!bellajtuesnttifownr,tyl.nichlrvudee:
the captains o
even thit does not-leo-lower ;• and this number, termer
_precedents, logethet,-, with the' death Of so many. ed-
mirele(fifty, we,thitkeince the last brevet, will fully,
authorise its being extended to. In January, 1837,
the nentber of. senteins pPinot•eo_,, ,AGO rearsadrairals
was• 70 ; in June, 1838, 20 ; in
_November, 1841, 41.
Hericeiteftspwarde:44-Ahree yezerhoOleve now elapsed
since:tfigliket promiitiOn; we have,akeeff)reason te.expect
that the number of captains to she istemoted to' he flag
officers will at least amouretii. forty-three, even it it
does not equal the number that have died since 'the pre:
vious brevet. We might' further remark, in support of
the necessity of making
~_the promotion of flag officers
thus extensive, that ou,ea_the first fifty captains on the
list we have been informed that there are scarcely ten
who have commanded seit-going ships for any period of
time during the last twenty-five years and upwards; and
that, moreover, out of the first two hundred there are
full one hundred and fifty who stand in the same situa-
tion. Thus, with every sense of the gallantry and for-
mer professional reputation of these officers, we humbly
think that after being from twenty five to thirty years
on shore, they would not desire to be again brought into
active employment at sea, where everything would ap-
pear so changed as to make their duties irksome and un-
pleasant to themselves, and seriously inconvenient to the
public service.—Navel and Military Gazette. -
ANoTUER POLAR ExPEDITioN.—It is contemplate'
by Government to send out another expedition -to the
Arctic regions, with the view of discovering the norts
west passage between the Atlantic and Pacific ; and tle
Council of the Royal Society, having been solicited to
give their opinion as to the desirableness of such an et-
pedition, have stated that, independent of the great
ohject to be attained, the benefits that would accrue to-
- the sciences of geography and terrestrial magnetism
render such an expedition peculiarly desirable. The
command of the expedition, we understand, has been of-
fered to Sir James Ross ; should that officer decline, it
will fall upon Sir John Franklin.—Hampshire Telegraph.
SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAT.—The proposed exten-
sion of this railway through the parish of Lambeth and
junction with•the London and Dover and South-Eastern
Railways will meet with considerable opposition from the
owners of estates and property in and adjoining the pro-
posed line, who consider that it will materially affect the
value of their property in the immediate neighbourhood.
It is in contemplation to call a public meeting of the
owners of property and those persons whose interests will
be: affected by the proposed junction, and who dissent
from its being carried into effect. Already a number of
owners have formed a society, and appointed a solicitor
to conduct their opposition.
GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH IN AMERICA, F6*
TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARB.—The great pedestrian
match between the English and American runners, for
1,200 dollars, came off on the 19th ult., on the Beacon'
Course, at Hoboken, opposite New York, and attracted an -
immense assemblage of spectators. The competitors were
John Barlow and Thos. Greenhalgh, two Englishmen, na-
tives of Lancashire; Thomas M'Cabe, an Irishman; John
Steeprock, an Indian; John Underhill and Thomas Jack--.
son, Americans; John Gildersleeve and .Joseph Smith, of
New York ; and J. P. Taylor, of Connecticut. The
distance to be performed was ten miles, over grouu
extremely heavy, from the rain of the previous even—
ing. The betting was decidedly in favour •of Bee.,
low and Greenhalgh, who had obtained considerable,
reputation in this country as pedestrians, and also_
from their having carried off prizes at a former trial
of speed over the same course. After the arrangement
of the usual preliminaries the start took place, the twq,
Englishmen leading at a tremendous pace, closely fob•
lowed by the Indian and Gildersleeve. Barlow accom-
plished the first mile in the abort space of 5 minutes
10 seconds, the Indian being second, and Gildersleeve
and Greenhalgh third and fourth ; behind them; M'Cabe
and Taylor, and the rest " nowhere." Barlow mains'
tained his position in the second mile, which he ran'
in 5 minutes lb seconds, the Indian well up, and Gil-
dersleeve and Greenhalgh as before. Barlow did die
third mile in 5 min. 22 sec., and was now 50 yards ahead
of the Indian, Gildersleeve and Greenhalgh being still ,
third and fourth. Barlow from this mile kept increasing
the distance between him and the other competitors. 111
closed the fourth mile in 5 min. 25 sec. ; fifth mile, 5
min. 28 sec. ; sixth mile, 5 min. 31 sec. ; seventh mile,
5 min. 34 sec. ; eighth mile, 5 min. 36 sec. ; ninth
mile, 5 min. 35 sec. ; and the last mile, 5 min.
23 sec. ; thus accomplishing the ten miles in the RlP-
precedented short time of 54 min. 21 sec. Steeprock,.
the. Indian, was second ; time 54 min. 53 sec. Greene,
halgh third ; time, 55 min. 10 sec. Gildersleeve fodrth ;
time, 55 min. 51 sec: M'Cabe fifth ; time, 56 min. 52
sec. Taylor sixth ; time, 59 min. 52 sec. In the Jag'
mile, Greenhalgh made a most desperate effort, passe&
Gildersleeve, and gained forty seconds on ;Barlq.,'
though the latter ran this mile ten secon4-qui,

Madrid journals of the 23d have been received. M.
Mewrusiez DB LA RosA presented on that day to the
Senate a Bill for carrying into effect the treaty con-
cluded with Great Britain in 1835, for the suppres-
sion of the slave trade. This Bill renders offences
connected with the slave trade penal. The discussion
on the Clergy Dotation Bill was resumed in Ells
.girnber of Deputies. It was decided by 78 to 41-
diat the amendments of the MtueqUis-Irtm.usfA and
ethers should be considered, not tle atnendm-ents,
,as distinct projects of law. A"PrptOsition byl M.'
REINOSA, to refer them to a Cotiunittee, was rejected,
And the Chaluber, adjourned for, .. the .holidays. The.
example of the Marquis de VILLUMA had been fol-
lowed by 17 Deputies, who lad resigned.theirlgats.
It would appear that the sons of Don FaANcisco,
DE PAULA are the destined husbands of the QUEEN
and her sister. Although the Queen-Mother advo-
cates the marriage of the QUEEN with Count 'IBA..
PANI, that event is stated to be no longer probable.

The Paris papers of Sunday have arrived, and from
them it would appear that a Ministerial crisis is at
hard in France. Not only do the Opposition
journals treat the result of the Saturday's election for
Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies as a
triumph, but the Ministerial papers all but acknow-
ledge it as a defeat. On the first ballot, as we stated
yesterday, M. SALYANDY, M. 13InNox, and M. Du-
Fauns, were elected three of the Vice-Presidents,
and as neither of the other candidates had an absolute
majority a new ballot took place for the fourth. On
the second ballot taking place M. BILLAULT, the Op-
position candidate, obtained 150 votes, while M. DE
BELLEYME, the Ministerialist, obtained only 145.
The number of voters being 307, and the absolute
majority required 154, another ballot between the two
last-named gentlemen was adjourned to Monday.' It
is considered that M. GUIZOT was only
saved
from absolute .defeit on this occasion by the
adjournment of the ballot to Monday. There is,
to speak, in English Parliamentary slang, " a smart
whip " for that day. According to the Constitutiohnel,
Ministers sent off couriers in the course of the even-
ing -I
to require the attendance at the ballot of Monday
of all the Deputies on whose fidelity they could
reckon.

In the meantime the check of Saturday was pro-
ducing its usual effects. There were various rumours
of ratting, and although there is little doubt but that
the Ministry succeeded in defeating M. BILLAULT on
Monday, yet, still their tenure of office must be con-
sidered as rather precarious, and it is not improbable
that they may be defeated on the first great trial
of strength. As one of the signs of the times, it may
be mentioned that Count MOLE, who has hitherto
afforded M. GUIZoT a sort of sullen support, has now
openly declared against him. He is stated to have
said, openly, at the Chamber of Deputies, that
" at no period since 1830 had the dynasty of July
received so severe a rebuff as at the royal sitting of
Thursday, and that the only person who was the cause
of it was M. Gm(); the most unpopular man in
France." In the Chamber of Peers, too, on the same
day, Count MOLE made a violent attack on the Go-
vernment respecting its policy in general, but
expressly with regard to Morocco. The part
taken by Count MOLE is the more signifi-
cant, as it may be considered in some measure
indicative of the feelings of the KING, who is
said to have felt severely the coldness of his reception
by the Chamber, and to have ascribed this negative
unpopularity to his protection of M. GUIZOT. The
following extract from the Journal des Debats shows
the disappointment and alarm of the Minister's friends
at the result of the ballot of Saturday :
" We will net affect to disguise our regret at this
result. Without any doubt it would have been better if
the majority were not divided, and did not give the
Opposition reason to doubt the union of the Conservative
party, and the hopes which, however, we have no fear of
seeing realised. We have no fears as to the result
of the scrutiny which will take place on Monday ;
but we think it necessary to put the majority on
their guard. Hitherto the evil done is not great.
M. Dufaure, in almost all great questions, has
voted with the Ministry, and has already been a
Vice-President of the present Chamber—that is to
say, of the Chamber which has always supported the
present Ministry. We may, therefore, consider the no-
mination of M. Dufaure as a homage paid to his personal
character, and to his incontestible merits. But the no-
mination of M. Billault would have quite another signi-
fication. Let the Ministerial party not deceive itself.
If in nominating M. Dufanre it has to a certain point
remained faithful to the line of policy it has always fol-'
lowed, in• naming M. Billault it would contradict that
policy,' and would be making the antinde for all the vtites
it has given for the last three years. M. Billault's posi-
tion in the House does not make his /I"Oraination neces-
sary. His loquacity, whieh is sufficiently elegant, has
become eloquence only from the silence of the leaders of

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than- he did the ninth, Greenhalgh, it is supposed:
must have run this mile in about 4 min. 48 sec: Barr
low beat the Indian exactly 173 yards, while Greenhalil
was less than ninety yards behind him. It is supposed
that had Greenhalgh made his running in the ninth mile,
instead of waiting for Gildersleeve, he would have beat
the Indian, and thus become entitled to the second prize.
:The purse was thus divided :—Barlow, 700 dollars ;
Steeprock, 250 dollars ; Greenhalgh, 150 dollari • Gil-
'dersleeve, 75 dollars ; and M'Cabe, 25 dollars. Barlow
has since returned to England, leaving Greenhalgh be.
hind to complete ogrile matcher) he had undertaken.

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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNIN6, JANUARY 1, 1845

MONEY AN!) COMMERCIAL NE WS
CITY, TUESDAY EilNeh.
There was rather a better market for the English
Securities this afternoon, and more business was done.
Consols for the Opening were 1001 to 1. Bank Stock
touched 211. New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents, were
1031 1. East India Stock, for Account, realised 2861.
Tee Foreign Investments were also firmer, the settle-
ment having gone off better than Was et.pected. Spanish
Vivo per Cents. were 272 the Three per Cents. 38k 4.
I and the Deferred 161. Portuguese Converted were 61.
Dutch Two-and-a-Hulf per Cents. brought 641
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these : Birmingham and Gloucester were 2 to 4 ;
Churnet Valley, 11 ; Great Western, 761 to 75 ; Bir-
mingham, 129 ; Brighton, 21 ; South-Western, 33;53- to
341 ; Croydon, Guaranteed, ; Loudon and York, 2, ;
Midland, 16; Newcastle and Berwick, 52 ; South Devon,
; South-Eastern, 71 to 81 ; Ditto, New, 101 ; York
and North Midland, Half Shares, 261 ; Boulogne and
Amiens, 21 ; Lyons and Avignon, 1 ; Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 5x ; Paris and Orleans, 241 ; and Paris and
Rouen, 211 premium. Caledonian have been 1; Eastern
Counties, 91 1 ; Blackwall, 9 ; Greenwich, 3 ; West
London, 131 ; and Strasburg and Bale, 12k discount.
There was a rise in the Exchange on Hamburgh,
Trieste, aid Amsterdam, and the rates on other cities
are generally firm.
The following is the official return of the exports of
Bullion from the port of London, for the week ending
Thursday last:—
Silver Coin to Calais
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
There was a steady demand fur Cotton at Liverpool
again yesterday, at firm rates. Sales, 5,000 bales.—
' Railway Shares were supported, and a fair business
was done. Birmingham and Gloucester' with New,
100 101 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 43 ; Chester and
Birkenhead, 35 ; Eastern Counties, 151 ; Grand
Junction, 225 ; Ditto, Half, 1121 1131 ; Liverpool and
Manchester, Quarters, 511 ; London and Birmingham,
32/. Shares, 394; Ditto, Quarter, 271; London and York,
; Manchester and Birmingham, 522 ; Manchester
And Leeds, Half, 53 522 ; Midland Counties, 1151 ;
North British, 7Z 13s. 9d. ; Sheffield and Manchester,
971 ; South-Eastern, 402 41 ; Paris and Lyons, 31 ;
Paris and Rouen, 414.
There are no late arrivals to-day.
We are informed, in reference to our remarks upon
the new and expeditious mode of landing fruit cargoes,
intended for London, at the port of Southampton, that
the Railway Company has manifested decided indif-
ference to the interests of its proprietors, as, in order
to command the advantage of having fruit cargoes dis-
charged at Southampton, proper carriages for their con-
veyance were promised, and although thousands of
pounds have been voted since for other purposes con-
llected with the dock and railway, not a single carriage
'has been built for this service ; the consequence of which
has been, that the sales of two important cargoes, adver-
vertised by Keeling and Co. on the 24th instant, were
completely frustrated by detention on the railway. and
great damage to the fruit was likewise occasioned by
the want of proper conveyance from the ter-
minus to Monument-yard. This has entailed a severe
loss to the importers, who, naturally indignant at pro-
mises been made and not fulfilled, decline availing them-
selves again of this mode of conveyance. until the Rail-
way Directors put themselves in a position to carry out
the promises earnestly made, to afford every facility for
this now important branch of trade. We may safely
leave the matter, it is to be hoped. to that universal
monitor—self-interest ; for undoubtedly the Directors
must see that they are nipping in the bud a new source
of profit to the railway
.The Funds have been rather flat again this morning,
Consols realising 100 k to 1001 only, and with but a
limited business doing. The New Three-and -a-Quarter
per Cents. have been 1031 to 1031. The Commissioners
continue their purchases. Exchequer-bills have been
625. to 645. premium. Bank Stock is 2101 to 210,1,
being rather higher.
The Foreign Investments have rallied a trifle upon the
settlement of the account. Spanish Actives hare been
271 to 28, and the Three per Cents. 381 to i. Mexi-
can Five per Cent. Bonds have been 3.51 to i ; and the
Deferred 15A- to 1. Peruvian'Stock has been 292 ; Co-
lumbian, 14k; Buenos Ayres, 391 to 40; and Brazilian,
89. Dutch Four per Cents. have realised 97i to
The Share Market has been extremely quiet, but
holders generally ask higher rates.
PRICE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official-List.)
Bank Stock 2lOO
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3i per Cent. Annuties
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills. lid. lid.
1,000/.
500/.
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised ........ pm.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 35ii
Ditto for the Account 3si,i
Ditto Deferred
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 15140 27i 28
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Passive Bonds 64
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent 3Bii
Ditto for the Account.
Dutch per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto 5 per Cent ... 99h
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE ONE O'CLOC Pl.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 101
- Bristol and Gloucester
Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet Valley 2 - 1
Eastern. Counties - •'.
Lohtitiii And Birmingham ...100 230 ......tio -.4.
Londort and Blackwall 1641 - s
London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 521 ' to 511
London and South Western.. 414 ..... Z 64.„.„.,: to..— . ,
'"'"DretalsreWCOlisoliaiindSffiX -6" ''''
Ditto, New. ~
London and eroydon
London and Y0rk........ ...... 24 ... .. l 5
Midtans4sr, 100 1164 -
Illugby Acti - ... 1
1' South Eastern and Dover ... 33h
Ditto . New'
Trnt
,__ Valrei• ... - to
yotlf. eibet-orth Midland ... 50
Ditto, Extension
ppLyonsa riri
Boulognessanan ndd dit;o.4uo Rouen..
Amien5.........ns Avignon.
22022 .., . . .
432511 :::
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MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 30.—We
have had a brisk market, at improved prices. Eastern
Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 225. 6d. ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 53 ; Midland Counties, 115 ; Great
Northern of France, 2 1-16 2 ; Birkenhead, Manches-
ter, and Cheshire Junction, 61; Blackburn, Burnley, and
Accrington, 3i 9-16 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2k ;
Churnet Valley,* Huddersfield and Manchester Rail
and Canal, 4 9-16 ; Trent Valley, 10i ; Dundalk and
Enniskillen, 21.

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.. CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 31 per Cent .. ...... ..... ...
India Bonds, 1,0001 —
Ditto under 1,000/.
. • Consols ... lOOl
- - Indian Stock
Exchequer Bills, LOON., lid.
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small • • 62 pm.
. FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds • B9
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Dutch, 21 per Cent —
Ditto, 5 per Cent ' . 99
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid
Caledonian, 5 paid 4l
Churnet Valley, 2 paid 3,1
Eastern Counties, 25 paid... l5l
• Great Western, 75 paid...
London and Birmingham (Stock) ... .. ......... 229
London and Blackwall, 161
• London and Brighton, 50 paid 521
London and Greenwich, 12i,- paid 9l
London and South Western, 411 paid 76
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. paid ..... -
Ditto Guaranteed. 5 per Cent, 2 paid 2l
London and York, 21 paid 5l
- - Manchester and Leeds, 70 paid ..
t i: Midland, 100 paid
Newcastle and Berwick, 11 paid 74
.: A' South Devon, 10 paid
South Eastern and Dover, 331 paid 4ll
%, York and North Midland, 50 paid
„ Ditto Half Shares, 25 paid ..... ... .....
Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2 paid,
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Paris and Rouen, 20 paid 4ll
• Strasbourg and Bale, 14 paid
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
. 4,lnsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar.
Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn
Rotterdam 2U. 12 84 Genoa
Antwerp 25 95 Milari .....• ... .........
' Haraburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice . ;
tkltona l3 14 Naples .....
Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 70 Palermo, pe;; in lln
Ditto, 3 stonths 25 95 Lisbon 52
Marseilles 25 5 ' Oporto
Bourdeaux 25 5.5 Rio Janciim . . 24
Frankfort on Maine l2l Bahia
l'etersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Buenos Apt. —
-Berlin 7 NewYol k .:.. dys sight
Vienna, effee. 11.3 M 957 PhiladTlrhis.
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36* Foreigr .;..2, bar5...f..3 17 9
Cadiz-
Bilbao 36 New 1) ~;; .00n5..... 0 0 0
Barcelona ....
Silver .• '''ire 0 4 111

WELSH IROlkt TRADE.—An advance of 10s. per
ton has taken place in the pride of Welsh iron, while
Le price of Staffordshire iron has advanced 11. The
trade appears to be more steady than it has been for
months,,and it is said that a general advance of wages is
not unlikely to take place shortly.— Walehman.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL—The work of laying
down the Patent Electric Telegraph on the South-
Woatern Railway, from London to Gosport, is nearly
completed. The posts for sustaining the wires, which
are fixed at about fifty yards distance, are put down
nearly the whole distance, and the fixing of the wires is
being rapidly proceeded with. The cost of the work,
about 24,0001., is, we understand, borne in equal pro-
portions by the Company and by the Board of Admi-
raltv.—Hampshire Telegraph.
PonvsmouTif DEC. 29.—Commander C. J. F.
Newton, from the Steam Laboratory, at the Dock-yard,
Woolwich, who commissioned the Lily, on Monday, the
23d inst., succeeded in two days in volunteering fifty
picked able seamen and petty officers, This fine brig of
16 guns, and 130 men, is still in want of a few seamen
to complete her complement.

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