The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-13 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1845.

The negotiations which have been entered into by the
proprietaries of two of the noblest bridges in Europe—the
one, perhaps, unmatched in point of combined architectural
beauty and soundness of construction, the other unrivalled
as a specimen of metal casting and workmanship, and the
spans of its three gigantic arches (a centre one of 240 yards,
and two side arches of 210 yards each)—are among the most
remarkable results of the present public patronage of railway
undertakings. The directors of two railway companies, pro-
jected on a magnificent scale, are proposing to purchase
these bridges, with the double purpose of respectively
secaring a terminus to their lines at the most cen-
tral 'and important points of the metropolis, and of
continuing the London portion of their railroads unbroken
and uninterrupted over the mighty stream already traversed
by the grand and important structures in question. The sale
of the Hringerford Suspension-bridge, another structure well
entitled to occupy the highest rank in the class of engineer-
ing bridges to which it belongs, has been, we may say, just
completed. In each of these three cases the consideration
to be paid for the conversion of the structure to railway uses,
appears to be of a very liberal kind. For the youngest, in
point of age, the best bargain, in point of money price, has,
perhaps, been accomplished. But it must be remembered
that the Hungerford-bridge had already attracted a " cus-
tom" far exceeding the most sanguine anticipation of its sub-
scribers. It was, and is, realising returns upon the capital
vested in its elevation and completion that in a very few
years, indeed, would have amply paid the whole principal of
the sums expended upon it. The other two concerns were at
once among the most majestic ornaments of our metropolis,
and the most shameful reflections on the supineness of our
public spirit and the timid niggardliness of the Government,
both of which would hare allowed them to fall into decay,
simply because, having been in their origin private under-
takings, it was not considered expedient to mitigate the severe
losses which they lied entailed on the spirited individuals
whose enterprise had produced them, by any such grant of
th.e national funds, as the national reputation they had
• achieved for ui in art seemed so well to merit. The lucky
accident of their being thus eminently available to one of the
most important objects ofgreat rail way speculations connected
immediately with London as a terminus, having thus realised
for their proprietaries a valuable, though final compensation,
• we are anxious that the public interests should have all the
benefit of the opportunity—rare as it is—of consulting thein,
which railway directors will now posses, in dealing with
these remarkable acquisitions.
No foreigner, who ever contemplated TELFORD'S SIR-
- pendous SOnt'nwark-bridge, or RENNIE'S glorious production
of Waterloo-bridge, can have turned to the view of
the miserable localities which they immediately connect
eitheron side of the river without a feeling
of astonishment at the disparity between links so superb, and
the chaine of motley or dingy quarters which they unite. It
ie true, that on the Strand side, opposite Wellington-street,
great improvements have been of late effected. On the
Surrey side, from the Feathers to the Victoria Theatre, and
. thence to the Obelisk or the School for the Indigent Blind,
• to how sordid a locale is this sumptuous Waterloo-bridge an
aditus. Then what a miserable and wretched suburb does
one enter, from the massive granite pavement, and the
noble superstructure raised on those iron arches
of the Southwark-bridge ! After such views of the
river—such views of the colonies on its banks are fibs*-
. lutely humiliating. We do hope that, bearing in mind
these unseemly anomalies and painful contrasts, the Railway
Directors which have acquired the property of these bridges
will not fail so to arrange their new works, and to construct
their new termini, as to afford as noble entrances and exits from
these bridges. Nothing will be more easy than, with but one
half the liberal outlay they have shown on CO many analogous
occasions, to create, on this, new architectural vistas of an
interest amid magnificence hitherto unachieved in the first
' capital of Europe. Care should be taken, we further yen-
..
ture to suggest, so to manage and adapt the preliminary
designs as to keep them susceptible of ready and orna-
`• mental combination with the long-projected designs of
- Sir FREDERICK TRENCH and others, for the embankment,
• new quayage, and public walks, contemplated to be carried
along the north bank of the Thames from the Custom-house
to the new Houses of Parliament. We perceive that among
the prominent parties to these negotiations there is a gentle-
man as eminent for his spirit and munificence as for his great
wealth and enlightened enterprise. At the hands of so ;vac-
. tied as well as enlightened a man as Sir L. GOLDSMID, we
heartily trust some proposition of this kind will not fail to
receive all necessary encourgement. We repeat that here is a
noble opportunity for embellishing the metropolis, such as has
not offered since the great-fire of 1e66; and for 200 years to'
come may not offer again, under equally advautageous

cumstances. We earnestly implore those who have the power
to improve it that it may not be lost.

The generous conduct of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY to-
wards the unfortunate refugees who had taken shelter in his
dominions after the failure of the political rising at Rimin,
must excite the warmest approbation in every country.
There may he exceptions, we admit, and even in free Eng-
land, for we have journals representing all shades of political
opinions, even those that have been extinct among the peo.
ple and their rulers for two centuries, and which flourished
in their vigour at Court when JAMES the FIRST was king
and which brought his son to the scaffold. It appears that
the GRAND DUKE, from first to last in this affair,
displayed the same liberal Ind humane conduct.
The Tuscan Government, it is well known, had
allowed about a hundred of the refugees to pass un-
molested through the country, and the King of SARDINIA,
animated by the same feelings, allowed them to embark at
Genoa. Seven of the leaders, however, were (Maine(' in the
fort of Belvidere, at Florence, and of these two were the
Counts RAFAELLO PASS and FERNANDO VITELLONI ; the
other five were also men of some note in the Legations. They
were detained on the representations of the POPE'S Nuncio
at Florence, who represented the serious consequences of
allowing these young men, enemies of established govern-
ments, to escape with impunity, and the encouragement which
his Highness would give to mat-contents in his own dominions.
But all the priest's remonstrances were in vain, the friends
of liberty were allowed to retire to France, and the strongest
reproof was thus given to the Cabinet of His HOLINESS,
which appears to be the most despotic of all the instruments
of government existing in absolute monarchies. Themo-
tives which must have led to such conduct form, however,
the more cheering parts of the prospect. Tuscany is go-
verned as a fief of Austria, the GRAND DUKE is Viceroy, and
the policy here displayed may be regarded as that of PRINCE
31ErrEns,-tut, whose prejudices have been greatly assuaged
by experience, and by the progress of constitutional govern-
ments. Revolutions and Parliamentary reform he begins to
see are not such dangerous movements after all, for France is
now the most peaceable country in Europe, and a Tory
Government can reign as well with a reformed Parliament as
under the old rotten-borough system. These repeated attempts
in Romagna to obtain redress of grievances cause un-
easiness to Austria for the peace and security of her Italian
dominions, and it is therefore her policy to induce the Porn
to place his institutions in a state which will afford no grounds
for fresh insurrections. But force, or remonstrances equal to
force, must be resorted to before the Holy Father will yield.
It is admitted on all hands that the Government of
the Church is the very worst in Europe, that the Cardinals
are a bigoted and generally a merciless race,
anti that they still dream of the universal dominion
of the Catholic faith, and the return of those glorious days of
Papal power, when kings held the stirrups to the POPE, in-
terdicts dissolved the allegiance of subjects, and the whole
New World was claimed as the patrimony of ST. PETER. We
believe priests are incapable even of the slightest reform,
and for that reason, all countries where their influence pre-
vails are badly governed. It is hardly necessary to cite
Spain and Rome as proofs.

Accounts from Brussels have been received this morning of
the date of Tuesday, Nov. 11. On that afternoon the Cham-
bers were opened with the usual solemnity by the KING in
person. His M.tjssry's speech, as given in the Herald,
is a very lengthy document, and almost as unin-
teresting as it is long. It states that commercial
treaties have been concluded with the United States and
with China. His MAJESTY describes the general situation
of commerce and industry as satisfactory. With respect to
the measures adopted to guard against famine, the KING
says :

" The agricultural interest continues to be the object of the
constant attention of the Government. The corn harvest bas
been on the whole a good one, and although one of the
most valuable articles of consumption for the poorer classes
has been in a great part destroyed, the resolutions
which you have adopted during your extraordinary session have
already led to favourable results. They will alleviate the effects
of the visitation, and, moreover, afford the means of providing for
the wants of the operative classes, by encouraging useful public
works."

The following passage, relating to the formation of railways,
canals, and roads, will be read with interest by the ca-
pitalist

" Ever since the national railways have reached the French and
German frontiers the conveyance of goods and passengers, and the
amount of the receipts, have rapidly and unceasingly progressed.
The results obtained this year have surpassed my expectation. Your
last session was distinguished towards its close by the vote of several
projects of railways and canals. The favourable reception given to fo.
reign capitalists has led to many demands for the concession of lines.
Some of those demands, after being examined, will be submitted
to your deliberation. In order to increase the means of affording
employment during the winter, the formation of ordinary and useful
roads will be zealously undertaken."

An amendment of the law on sugar is announced, and al-
though existing circumstances render some increase of ex-
penditure necessary, the KING expressly d(clares that the
equilibrium; between the revenue and the outlay of the
State will be maintained, without requiring any new sacri-
fice on the part of the tax-paying public.

The Madrid journals of the 4th contain a variety of ru-
mours about the army and the forthcoming municipal elec-
tions, but no intelligence of the slightest interest. The
capital remains perfectly tranquil ; and, indeed, throughout
the province nothing like opposition to the existing Govern-
ment is manifested. Party rancour appears to be decreasing;
and, according to a journal published in the south of France,
most of the Carlist refugees will be allowed to return.
" The Queen of SPAIN," says the Memorial Bourdelais, " has
issued a decree, dated October 28, authorising the consuls to
deliver passports to all officers, non-commissioned officers,
and other persons of Don CARLOS'S party now in France,
permitting them to return to Spain, on condition that they
take the oath of fidelity to the monarchical institutions at
present governing the kingdom." Another account states
that this measure does not extend to any Carlist officer
above the rank of corporal.
The Bourse was closed on the 4th.

The Stock and Share market at the Paris Bourse on Mon-
lay exhibited a mere cheering and firm appearance than it
had done for some days. Shortly after the commencement
of business the price of funds and railway shares showed an
upward tendency, owing to more favourabld advices from
London. About half-past two the firing of the guns of the
Invalides gave rise to a report that Ann-EL-KADEE had
been taken, and this gave an impulse to the market, which
continued till the close, when it was ascertained that the
guns had been fired for the accouchement of the Duchess
D'Aummx, who had been delivered of a son. At the
close the Three per Cents. were 10c., and the
Fives 50c. higher than on Saturday, and in all
the principal railways there had been considerable improve-
ment. Parties, therefore, began to hope that the worst was
known. The leading articles in the Paris journals require
little notice. The Epoque, a Government journal, in refer-
ring to the visit of M. TIIIERS to London, and the reception
he met with, says, " the object of the ex-Minister's visit
was a reconciliation with Lord PALMERSTON, and an alliance
which he thought might be useful to him." In another
article this journal replies to an article in the Constitut;onnel
of Sunday, in which high praises are bestowed on the Duke of
WELLINGTON at the expense of Marshal SOULT. This sud-
den admiration of the British General is attributed to the
pleasure felt at the kind reception given in London
to M. TIMERS, the patron of that journal. The changed tone
of that paper, with regard to England and Englishmen, is
certainly remarkable, and we are charitably inclined to im-
pute it t 3 the best motives. The article to which the Govern-
ment paper refers is curious, and we, therefore, give it as a
rare instance of any French writer passing an eulogium on
the victor of Waterloo. " People have not failed," says that
journal, "to compare the situation in which M. SOULT is
placed, by the nomination of M. ST. YON as War Minister,
with the position held by the Duke of WELLINGTON in the
English Cabinet, and this parallel will, no doubt, continue to
furnish a theme for the factindity of the Ministerial journals.
The less correct it is, the more they will persist in
reproducing it. Let us once and for all render justice
to this impossible juxta-position. The Duke of WEL-
LINGTON is a man of rare good sense, and of real poli-
tical capacity. Nobody, who has perused the volumi-
nous and remarkable correspondence of the Noble Duke,
will dispute his talents as a statesman. The Duke of WEL.
LINGTON, moreover, possesses the prestige of success, an im-
mense popularity, and the sort of adoration with which he
is surrounded by the high aristocracy and the people atlarg.e.
He is not only an important, but a necessary, member of tiae
Cabinet ; fur be represents in it the High Church party a: nd
the great landed interest, the genuine Tories, who, had it
nut been for their extreme deference to him, would, perhal )s,
have broken a long time ago with Sir R. PEEL, whom th ey
have sought to set aside. It is a dissension between the
Duke of WELLINGTON and Sir R. PEEL that at present pr co-
longs the crisis caused in England by the corn-law que ;tic) n,
and the retirement of the Duke, as well as that of -iir R.
PEEL, would at once dissolve the Ministry. The Duke of
WELLINGTON therefore holds, and with good title, an impor-
tant post in the English Cabinet ; and yet, notwithstan ding
his fame, his popularity, his exalted station, and the n, Ices-
sity of his presence, he is not, even nominally, the head of ' the
Administration. Sir R. PEEL is not only the directing n- Lum-
ber of the Cabinet, but he also enjoys the title of Prime Mi-
nister—he is above the Duke of WELLINGTON! How then
can any parallel be established between the Duke of 1 VEI
LINGTON and Marshal Souur ? The real head of the C
a-
binet in France would be M. GurzoT. Sir R. PEEL hus t he
title and the reality at one and the same time. Why it
net in Paris as in London ? It is not the wish that is vex nt-
ing, but the courage. M. Gmzur dares not face his unpopu-
larity, or he cannot impose it upon his colleagues. The tis
the whole secret of the pretended importance of the
shal ; he holds a place which nobody can fill."
The same journal states that the Chinese mandari n who
concluded the commercial treaty with M. LAGRENE, hi 3 been
made a member of the Legion of Honour. A letter has be Qn ad-
dressed by a great number of the Bordeaux merchants to the
Chamber of that town, which contains much truth. They
complain of the new regulations in Russia respeetj r, the
tonnage dues on French vessels, which they say will b e .'very
injurious to French commerce, and add that the t mriff of
France is the cause of these rigorous measures, and that it
places France in a permanent state of commercial i motility
with foreign countries.

"Whilst the commercial movement between Ausi via and
the states of the German Customs Union," says a Vienna
letter, " amounted to 68 millions of florins during th e last
four' yeari,. that of Austria with Poland and Russie in the
same peried,lncluding the very active trade with th ,e repub. .
liC of Crac,9o4 waB waly 10 c944p;cnist

movement of Austria with Turkey amounted in these four
years to 21 millions. It is to the rigourous prohibitory sys-
tem of Russia that we must attribute the small amount of
trade between that country and Austria:'

The new tariff of the Zollverein, as settled at the Con-
ference held at Carlsruhe, and which is to replace the old
one from and after the Ist January next, was published on
the 6th inst., and contains the following alterations :
" Articles added to the list of those which are exempted from
all duty in or out, viz.:—Living plants, in pots or boxes; flax,
steeped or not, in the stalk or bundles ; hay, seeds, wool, menus
factured from refuse. The entrance duties are increased upon
the following articles, viz. :—Whalebone not split into small
strips, and whieh paid an entrance duty of 17 florins 30 kreut-
zers per quintal. has hitherto been subjeeted to a duty of 521! kr.
Henceforth none but wrought whalebone will have to pay the
abovementioned duty ; on the other hand stripped whalebone will
pay an entrance duty of sfl. 15kr., and cut whalabone 1711. 30kr.
the quintal. Articles of hart:ware, which now pay an entrance duty
of 871 30kr. a quintal, have added to them other articles of
finer hardware and half metals when connected with alabaster,
ivory, enamel, caral, lava, mother.of.pearl, shell, fine stones, imita-
tion jewels, and other articles, which have hitherto paid an en.
trance-duty of 17fl. 30kr. The same incrcaied duty is imposed on
pins and needles, waxen figures, and false pearls. The entrance
duty of 14fl. a quintal, hitherto levied on leaven compressed, will
be taken for all kinds of leaven, with the exception of yeast and
lees of wine, so that in particular prepared liquid leavens which
have hitherto paid an entrance duty of 521kr., will hereafter pay
that of 14fl. The entrance duties on roasted coffees have been
carried from 1111. 221/OEr. up to 1911. 15kr. The Entrance duties
Cu sweatmeats and all kinds of confectionary, fixed at 191 15kr.
a quintal, will in future be also levied upon vegetables and other
articles of consumption for the table, and which are preserved
fresh by any artificial proeess, as well as upon all refined
meats. The entrance duties upon gilt or silvered papers, and
upon papers with patterns wrought in gold or silver, are in-
creased from 88. 45kr. to 1711. 30kr. a quintal. Ribbons of
half silk, which now pay an entrance duty of 96f1. 15kr. a
quintal, will henceforth pay 19211. 30 kr., being the same as that
put upon silk goods in general. The mast important of the new
duties are those put upon woollen goods. Tissues made of pure
wool, or other materials except silk, as printed goods of every
description not fulled, goods if they are figured, tissues em.
broidered or sprigged, shawls with borders sewn on to them, and
with patterns, articles of gold, silver, and other laces, and buttons
and embroidery which are not connected with works in iron, glass,
wood, leather, brass, or steel, will pay 87fl. 30kr. the quintal;
cloths and other woollen stuffs lulled, felt not printed, hosiery, and
all other goods not fulled and without patterns, are to pay 521
30kr. a quintal; carpets 351 the quintal. Reductions of, or total ex.
emptions from, duty, are grunted to several raw materials imported
for consumption in the countries of the ZrAlverein. Thus sul-
phur, which has hitherio paid a duty of kr. a quintal, aloes and
moss, which have paid 52i kr., gall-nuts, turmeric, and sumach,
which have paid 171, kr., have these entrance ditties suppressed,
and the existing export duties are increased. The entrance duties
upon raw caoutchouc, ar.d every species of resin, are reduced from
52i kr. to 17i kr. the quintal. A very Important concession has
been made in the transit of merchandise through the south-western
countries of the Zoliverein, so that, for all those on the left bank
of the Oder, the general transit duties are reduced from 521 kr.
to 35 kr. the quintal. At the same time, all the special duties
upon wool and cotton, and woollen and cotton and other tisanes,
are suppressed."

A Berlin letter of the ist says :—" The new tariff of the Ger.
man Customs' Union makes no change in the duties in the different
kinds of thread, but the Prussian Government states that the
question of change is merely postponed.",j

According to a letter from Rome of the 30th nit., the
Emperor NICHOLAS will arrive thither on the 18th or 19th
of the present month, and return to his dominions by Flo-
rence. On the 31st of October the Grand Duchess of Tus-
CANY was delivered of a Princess.

The Funds rose on the Paris Bourse in consequence of the
firmness of the London market on Saturday.
The Orleans Railroad Shares closed at 1,1620 50c.; Rouen,
9901. ; Great Northern, 752 f. 50c.; Havre, 775 f. ; Avignon,
960 f ; Vierzon, 717 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 635 f. ; Boulogne,
547 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montcreau, 4801. ; Basle, 2551. ; Bel-
gian Two-•and-a-Half Fer Cents., 5614 ; Spanish Actives, 37 ;
Spanish Three per Cents., 3814 ; Spanish Domestic Debt,
351/2 ; Spanish Passives, 674.
the following are the quotations in the new lines :-
' Paris and Lyons Railroad (Latfitte), 17f. 75c. prem. ; ditto
(Calon), 4f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 7f. ; ditto (La Pinsonniere),
2f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c; ditto
(Hinguerlot), 11 f. 2,5 c. ; ditto ( Bech et ), 4f. ; Aymard, 7f. 50c. ;
Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 20f. ; ditto (Drouillard),
4f.; ditto (O'Neill), 9f. 50c. ; ditto (Lefevre), 3f. 50c. ; Lyons
and Avignon (Talabot), 2lf ; ditto (Lecointe), Of ; ditto
(Cempagnie Meridionale), sf. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mac-
kenzie), lf. 25. ; ditto (Espeleta), 12f.; Creil and St. Quentin
(Carette), Bf. ; ditto (Colbert), 50c.; Charlerov (Kysaen's),
500 f. ; Dieppe (Sellieres), 21f. 25c.; Caen (Dela-marre),
2f. 50c.

MARSEILLES, Nov. 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,017 f.
50c. ; Boulogne, 585 f. ; Vierzon, 740 f.; Orleans and Bordeaux,
667 f. 50c.

LYONS, Nov. B.—Marseilles and Avignon, 970 f.; Paris
and Orleans, 1,150 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 985 f. ; Orleans and
Vierzoo, 715 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 11.
Anglo-Belgian ;,eons and Avignon....
Boulogne and Amiens 9% Luxembourg
Bordeaux &Mediterran Nladrid and Valentia —
Bordeaux and Toulouse Namur and Liege —
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) North Jamaica ...
Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. Orleans and Vierzon
Central of Spain .. ..... Orleans and Bordeaux 11
Ceylon .
Demerara
Dendre Valley .. Ditto (Ganneron's). 2%
Dutch Rhenish ... 7 Ditto (Caloa's).... -
Dieppe & Paris Janet. Paris and 0r1ean5......
Dijon and Mulhouse ... Paris and Rouen
East Indian ....- ........ 214 Paris and Strasburg
Fampoux & Hazebrouk (Ganneron's)
Grt Northern of France Do. (Aymarda)
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Do. (Le Boeuf) — Rouen and Havre-- 29%
Do. (Constituted) l5 'Royal North of Spain.
Do. Pepin le Halleur — Sambre and Meuse .... 5%
Great Paris and Lyons — Strasburg and Basle ...
Great Western Bengal Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
Great Western Canada dent, and Hassell...
Jam aica S Mid. Junction Tours and Nantes
Do. North Midland... (Mackenzie's) —
Do. Extension
Jersey, Verona and Ancona....
Louvain and Jemeppe — West Flanders —

GRAND Ecr,rrsE of THE Moos.—On the 13th instant
(Thursday) the last eclipse of this year will take place.
It will be visible in London during the whole period, and
should the weather prove favourable, the sight will be ex-
tremely interesting. According to some almanacs it begins
at 9h. 57m., and ends at 311. 41m. on Friday morning, the
middle being about half-an-hour past midnight. To persons
however viewing it with the naked eye the contact will not
be observed till about eleven o'clock, and the eclipse appa-
rently terminate at half-past two. Nine-tenths of the moon's
surface will be immersed in the earth's shadow, or reckoning
the diameter of the moon 1, the portion eclipsed is equal
to 0919.

NEW SHERIFFS.

The Lord Chancellor, accompanied by the Chief Judges of
the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer,
Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the
Earl of Lincoln, the Queen's Remembrancer, and Mr. Buller,
Clerk of the Privy Council, attended at the Court of Ex-
chequer yesterday, and settled the lists of Sheriffs to be
submitted to her Majesty for the ensuing year.

THE LORD RECTORSHIP OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW AND THE
FREE CHURCH.

We regret to learn that a section of the Free Church party
in this city have determined to oppose the re-election of
Mr. Rutherford as Lord Rector of the University for the en-
suing year. Mr. Rutherford was, at the last election, the
Free eliurch candidate ; and it was by the union of Free
Churchmen with tha Liberal party generally that he was
elected by so triumphant a majority over the Earl of
Eglinton, a man of moderate Conservative politics, and
personally more popular than any nobleman in Scotland.
Remembering these things, we have been led to inquire
what cause of offence Mr. Rutherford has given, that any
party in the University should wish to depart from the
customary routine of re-election, and cast a stigma on the
public character of the man of their own choice. We have
learned with surprise that his vote on the Maynooth
question has been the sole reason, and that to make their
own bigotry more apparent and shameful, this party, Liberals
as they pretend to be, have resolved to propose a high Tory
for the office, viz., Mr. Campbell, of Monzie, simply because
he is opposed to the Maynooth grant. We have been told
that it is only a small and uninfluential section of the sup-
porters of Mr. Rutherford at the last election who have
adopted this course, and we would fain believe, for the honour
of our ancient University, that in this respect our information
is well founded. The ungraciousness of such an act towards a
man who has borne his honours so meekly, and performed
his duties so satisfactorily as Mr. Rutherfurd, is apparent
enough to everybody—even to those few who may have re-
solved to oppose him ; but its injustice and impolicy are even
more striking. Surely we have had enough, and more than
enough, of Maynooth. Surely we have sufficiently insulted
the conscientious belief of millions f our fellow-subjects,
during the recent discussions in Parliament, without bring-
ing forward the question on every public occasion. Were
the question not settled, never more to be unsettled, except
by the establishment of pure Voluntaryism—the object of
such a proceeding would be real and comprehensible. But
to punish Mr. Rutherford now for his vote would be a
manifestation of sheer spite, which would do infinite dis-
credit to the party that indulged it. We trust that all the
true friends of the Free Church—all the more sensible,
liberal, and tolerant members of that great, and, in
many respects, admirable body, will prevent the
scandal (that these ultra bigots would draw down
upon them, by uniting cordially in support of
the man, whom last year they delighted to honour; and
who has done nothing in the interval that can justify to the
mind of any person of sense and right feeling, the with-
drawaA of their confidence. If justice does not counsel this
cour4e of proceeding, policy will afford them an argument.
Le,i them remember that, even should the whole Free Church
'party unite, they could not carry the election of Mr. Camp-
bell of Monzie. If a contest between him and Mr. Ruther-
ford were unfortunately to arise, Lord Eglinton would be
brought forward, and carried triumphantly—not because he
is more popular in the University than he was last year—but
because of the unwise dissensions of those who ought to have
remained united. We do, therefore, trust that the small sec-
tion we have alluded to will take warning in time. If they
will rake up the unhappy question of Maynooth, let them
wait till next year, when Mr. Rutherfurd's term of office will
expire; and they can then do so upon a vantage ground,
which they have not now, and without incurring the odium
of so much uncharitableness as will cling to them, if they
persist in their present intention.— Glasgow Argus.

THE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF BREADALBANE.
—By the will of this distinguished lady, her son, the present
Marquis of Breadalbane, has acquired a large addition to his
fortune. Her Ladyship's will was recorded in Scotland on
the 6th ult., and has just been proved in England by his Lord-
ship, the sole executor; the personal estate in England is
sworn under 120,0001. Her Ladyship has bequeathed a legacy
of 10,0001. to the Earl of Lauderdale, in testimony of her
sense of the valuable services which his Lordship had ren-
dered to the Breadalbane family. With the exception of such
legacy, her Ladyship has left the whole of her estate to her
son, the present Marquis, absolutely. The will was made in
Scotland, in the year 1843.—Scotch paper.
GLASGOW COLLEGE A RAILWAY TERMINUS.—
Though 801114 doubts were at first entertained regarding
Glasgow College becoming a railway terminus, at least with
the consent of the Principal, Professors, &c., we now learn
that .all speculation- on the subject is at an end, and that the
heads of the college are themSelveS to apply 'for "an'Aet for
this purpose. This resolution was, we believe, come to last
Gria39olo 4'984

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(l; rout The Sun of Last 14•Iight.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales,
at steady prices • 1,500 bales were on speculation —There
was not a large business done in Shares, but a better feeling
prevailed in the market.
It is satisfactory to find that tho great project of an exten-
sive cultivation of the tea plant in the more northern part
of tte East Indies is likely to be most successfully carried out.
In the Report of the Directors of the Assam Company, made
yesterday at a special meeting of the Proprietors, it was an-
nounced that the crop of this year will be very nearly
188,0001bs. But for the drought that has prevailed in Assam
the yield would have been much more consider-
able, and fully up to the estimate made two or
three years since. It is of importance, too, as establishing
the fact that good teas can be produced in Assam, to state
that some hundreds of chests have been taken freely by the
trade at from 2s. 6d. to 3s. per lb. ex. duty. The Directors
have declared a dividend of 108. per share, after reserving
sufficient assets-to pay all the cost of production of 1846,
home expencea, and leaving a considerable surplus. The
time may not be far distant when the people of the United
Kingdom may become independent of China, that is for
supplies of this article of consumption. The report to the
special meeting held yesterday will be found in another part
of The Sun.

The New Tariff is producing some rare imports. For in-
stance, there were put up at public sale thirty baskets of
China Vegetable, or Tree Tallow, and thirty bales of China
Hemp, just received from Shanghae.
The English Securities do not open quite so firm as yes-
terday morning, Consols being 953 to 961 A for present
transfer and the Account. The premium on Exchequer•-bills
has been rather fluctuating,--viz., from 28s. to 225. Bank
Stock has been at 200 to 2011/2. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. hare realised 96% to 9714. Long An-
nuities are 10 7-16 to 10 9-16.

The Foreign Market has also slightly. receded. Spanish
Five per Cents. have been at 28%, and the Three per Cent..
at 37% 3,1 j. Portuguese Converted are 55% to 56%. Mexi-
can Stock has ranged from 301/. Belgian Four and-a-Half
per Cents. have been 95 to 95%; and Dutch Two-and• a-
Half per Cents. 59% to 60.
The Share Market is without any material alteration.

ONZ CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock ... .200% 2011
I per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 95zys 96% 95% 96
New 314 per Cents ... 97 96% 9:4 9714
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 10 7-16 9-16 10 9-16
India Bonds, 1,000/ ..
Ditto under 1,0001... . .• 31
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Account - ......
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 25 28 23 22 pm. 22
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small

CLOSING
PRICES
86

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 86
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 30% 31 30% SO
Ditto, Deferred l7 17
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, Converted 551/2 56%
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Do., 1845
Ditto, Passive
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent. ..... ...... 373 a 38
Belgian 414 per Cent. 95% 95
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates 941,6 93%

PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE
RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
I'ortrush ..... 1%
Aylesbury And Theme.. 1%
Belfast & County Down
Bideford andTavistock... 1%
Binnin and Gloucester. 100 1241,4

Ditto New 17% 3l— ..... •••••••
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
_

Boston, Stamrd, & Birm. 22s — P
Bridgewater & Minehead ...
Bristol and Exeter 7O
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester 3O
Bristol and Liver. June .
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/2 4%8..•,
Do. New
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — .....
Canterbury and Dover.. l A —
Chelmsford tind Bury... 1%
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Chester and Manchester 425. —
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction 5
Cork Blackrock, and
Passages

56'12
55
2834
2214
1671/4
3774,
95

9314

CLOSING
PRICES,

71,4

225.

Cork and Killarney 21/4
Cork and Waterford ... 11
Cornwall
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bin
and Leicester l4 O(%
Chichester and Brighton 20
Coventry and Leicester 1 4 .r

ChurnetValley
Chatham and Portsm'th 1
Dalkeith
Derby, Gainsbro', and
Great Grimsby .. ......
Derby, Uttoxeter, and
Stafford ........... . 2%...... ..
Direct Manchester

(Remington's)
Ditto (Rackstrick's) 51A...... 4% % ..........
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Armagh 1N.....
Dublin and BelfastJunc 5
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 2%
Dublin and Cashel
Dublin and Mullingar... 2%
--- •• •••• .......
Diss, Beccles,Yarmouth 1%
........ •.••..
Dublin and Belfast Junc 5
Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 20 193/4 20th..
Ditto New 4/ 16s. 64 7 6% p..
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....61.135. 4d. ....
Ditto ditto, No. 2-2/. 13s. 4d... p
EastDereh'm andNoech 1 ......
Eastern Union ............ 20 _ ... _ ...
Ditto, Quarter Shares 50
Do., Camb. and Ely.. nut__
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 214 .....,
Edinburgh and Glasgow 2% „....
Ditto, Quarter Shares 114 ..... _
Dit to, New ... 1% —
Edinburgh & Northern.. 1!.4 —
...
.........
Edinburgh and Perth... 1% 4% -
Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ..„,
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/2 _
Essex and Suffolk .. ••• 1% —
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 23/4 2
Glouc., Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales ...... 1% ..„., _
Goole and Doncaster .. 425•
Grand Junction ...100 —
Ditto Half Shares...... 50
Ditto Quarters......... 25
••
Grand Union... ............ 1% VA %
Great Eastern &Western 2% ...... 23/4%
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great Mun5ter............ 212 —
Great North of Scotland 2%...... _
Great North of England-100 212
Ditto New ............... 5
Do. New .... .. ........ 2 ...... _
Great Western ......... ... 80 ......
Ditto % 5hare5......... 50
Ditto 14 5hare5......... 2% 14%
Ditto Fifths ............ 20
Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 21,4_, ~
Harwich
Hull and 5e1by............ 50
Ditto 1/4 Shares ...... 12% —
Do. Half Shares ...... 2
Hounslow Western ..... 2
Hull and Gainsborough 1%
Inverness and Elgin 1
Iln• •
Ipswich, Norwich, and
Yarmouth
Irish North Midland l%
Isle ofAxholme 25/
Kendal and Windermere 11,4 —
Kentish Coast lg —
Killarney Junctions
Lmcaster and Carlisle... 30
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-

104
3'4
33/4
2s

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16%
- P

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- 20%
. 614 p

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2i,57

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~ 50
- 2614

.. 14%
.. 33

lymena
Leeds and Carlisle
Leeds and West Riding
Junction ............... 1% — ••• ......... ••
Leicester & Birmingham 225.
Leicester and Bedford... 228. Slh P•
Leicester and Tamworth 425.
Lived,. and Manchester.loo ••• • •
Do. 1!, Shares ......... 50
Do. Quarter 5............ 25
Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% •• •••
Lpool., Mnchstr, & New-
castle Junction ...... 2%...•• —31 A
London and Birmingnmloo .214 1.6
Do. Thirds
Do. 1% Shares
DittoDit E
Ditto Fixfttleilsu.i.o.n.. ....: 21........... 21)% 20
London and Blackwell. 16/. 135.4 d.
Do. New
Ditto Extension
London and Brighton... 50 .•••••• 59,. 58% 60
Do. consolidated Bths... 35 •••••••

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314
215
43

20%
9

604
11,4
20

Ditto, Sixths -•••
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 2d. 204 20 ...
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and
Hereford
London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d...
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d —
London, Hounslow, and
Western
Lond. & S.Western 4116 i 10d 72 71 73 ......
Do. New Consol. Bths 20

% . 93,

Do. New
Do. New
London & South Essex ---
London and York 2% --- 4%1/23/4
London and Windsor ... 1 .-- ••••••••••••
London, Warwick, and.
Kidderminster ... ...... 2%...•.
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ..... .. ..... ... .. 2%.•—•
Londonderry& Coleraine 5
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ... 5
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham 5, ......
Manchester and Leeds .. 76 136
Ditto IA Shares
Do. Quarters 2:
Do. Sixteenths . 414......
Manchew er and ilb-rnm. 411
Drl Quarters 4 ....•
Do. Nww Quarters ..- 1
Do. Continuation and
Welsh Junction

73

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