The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-26 00:00:00

THE BOURSET-MoNDAy, Mown 24.

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First Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price
Fr,rch Five per Cents. •• •• 117 75 .• 117 75 .. 1.7 60 .. 117 60
Three per Cents•• •• 85 55 .. 85 65 .. 85 55 .. 85 GO
Bank of France •• •• •• •• • 32.20 ••3220 ••3220 -3220
Belgian Bank. •• ..... ••• 660 •• 667 55 •• G6O .. 667 50
Belgian Fives, •• •• •• 105% .. 10514 •• 10514 ••
1842••••••" 107 •• 107 .• 107 •• 107
Four-and-a-Half ••• P 1334 1 3.,ri 1034 •
It
3.
Two-and-a-Half. •• 62 6) .. 62 60 62360 .. 62760
.4i)anili Active................. 39% .. 394/ .. 397
Threes •• •• •• •• •• • 41 •• 41% •• 41 •• 41
Passive .•••• • • • • • 7 •• 7 •• 7 .. 7
New Deferred.•• .•••• l7 .• 17 .• 17 •• 17
Portuguese Five per Cents•• 69 .• 119 •• 69 .. 69
1eap01itan............. .. 101 7* •• 101 75 101 75 101 75
Roman 106 .. 106 .. 106 .• 106
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. ... • • • •
versailles, R.B• • •
L• 13•••• •• .• •• 40) . 40.5 .. 40') .. 405
rtonen.••••••••••••••••••-1150 . 1150 ..1147 50 —1147 50

I:ouen to Ilavre•• •
;deans .........•• .• •• •• ••1310 ..1322 50 ..1310 ..1320
Strasburg to Bale .
Vvignon to Marseilles.—...ll2o ..1120 —1129 . 1120

Bordeaux to Teste •• •• 230 .. 231 25 .. 230
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Aran, 3
St. Germain
Veriailles, It. R.. • • ••• • • 635 .. 637 50 • • 630 .. 637 50
L. 8.. •••• •• •• 400 .. 410 401 .. 410
Rotten ••• . -...........1145 ..1155 ..1115 • 1155
Rouen to Havre . •......... 980 .. 980 •• 978 75 • • 980

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lirleans . ................ '3lO
-;trasburg to Bale .... .. • • .. 345
Avignon to 31ar5ei1105......1 12.1

..1325
.. 345
.• 11.10

..1310 -1326
.. 342 50 .. 345
..115 ..1135

Ilordgaux to Testo 230

.. 230

.. 230

•• 230

The following notices appeared yesterday at the
General Post-office, St. Martin's-le Grand :—" By com-
mand of the Postmaster General.—Notice to the public,
and instructions to all postmasters, sub-postmasters, and
letter-receivers.—General Post-office, March, 1845.—As
it appears that some misapprehension exists with re-
cpect to the additional rates of postage authorised to
be levied by instructions No. 3, 1845, postmasters
and letter-receivers are hereby informed that such ad-
ditional rates are not to be taken on any letters or
newspapers addressed to places within the territory of
the East India Company, nor upon such as are ad-
dressed to Ceylon ; but only upon those letters and news•
papers addressed to places beyond India (Ceylon excepted)
which are intended to be forwarded to India by packet
either via Southampton, or via Marseilles, for re-trans-
mission from India by sea to their destination. W.
L. Maberly, Secretary."—" The next mails for Malta,
Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India &c., via South-
ampton, will be dispatched from hence on the morning
of the 3d of April —Her Majesty's steamer Hecate, for
the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c., the mails of the
morning of the 3d April next.—Montrose, fur the
Peninsular mails of the morning of 27th inst. The next
mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and
China, via Marseilles, will be dispatched from helm on
the evening of 7th April.—Her Majesty's brig Express
will take out for Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, the
mails of the Ist April. The Dee for the West India
mails of the morning of the 2d April.—The Caledonia
for the American mails of the evening of the 3d April.
The Graham fire the Sydney (New Soutti Wales) mails
of the evening of the 3 tst instant."
NoRTH SHIELDS.—A beautiful specimen of fossil
cak has been dug out of the embankment at t:ne New
Cut, leading to the Railway Station, by one of the work-
men engaged in repairing the wall. It v vas at a depth
of 3.5 feet below the surface, and forms 1 iart of the top
of the main trunk of the tree.—Tyne Merc wry.
TA.PPING.—The Rev. G H. Parker, tl le incumbent
of St. Andrew's Church, in South Molton-street, -Beth-
nal-green, the district in which the unfortunr4e James
Tapping resided, has announced a funeral t@rmort ic be
preached next Sunday evening, at his dying request, •