The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-06 00:00:00

standing between him and Sir R. PEEL, though they
seem/ two of the least cordial men in the Cabinet.

it certainly cannot be said that gunners, who at this
distance battered down fortifications, which were
built by Europeans, and defended by the Moors
with the courage of despair, showed a want of skill.
It is proper also to observe that, with the exception of
two men, calling themselves officers on board the
Warspite, but not daring to publish their names,
there is not an English seaman who does not speak in
proper terms of our squadron. Two great nations,
whether friends or enemies, ought always to respect
each other. For our part, whilst we condemn se-
verely the policy of our Government, we have made,
and shall always make it a law, to avoid whatever
might offend the just pride of the British nation."
The following article in the National, to which we
have alluded, we give as a curiosity :

We believe it is a necessary arrangement. The gallant
old Duke, we regret to say, is sinking into the vale
of years ; for his age the duty at the Horse Guards
is sufficient. Lord WHAENCLIFFE is a discreet and
honest statesman, but neither he nor any one of the
party is fitted to be a leader in the Lords, and to
Lord STANLEY, therefore, must be entrusted the task.
We only hope that he and Sir R. PEEL will chime
together, and that when measures of relief for Ire-
land are carried on in the Commons, they will not be
rejected in the Lords by the united voices of LYND
HURST, STANLEY, BROUGHAM, and the Orange party.
We find little else to notice, if we except a notice of
motion made by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE. He is deter-
mined to stick to the thieves who steal intelligence
from the Post-office, and announced that next session
he would submit a specific measure on the subject.
If the country support Mr. DUNCOMBE, this abomina-
ble intrusion upon the affairs of private individuals
kill soon be utterly abolished.

" While we should be making our preparations, Eng-
land would, no doubt, do all in her power to obstruct us;
but if the preparations were well directed—if we availed
ourselves with ability of the embarrassments into which
England would be thrown, by having to provide for the
defence of her thousand colonies and her innumerable
merchant ships, to land at Hastings—the English would
be obliged to submit to the law of the conqueror, and in
two days afterwards we should dictate terms of peace at
St. James's. England has but few troops, and perhaps
the least warlike population in Europe. As to commu-
nications with France, an army landed in England would
not need them long, because its campaign would be very
short ; and besides our troops would not, probably, swim
across the Channel, but the transports which carried
them over would be ready to bring them back, after
breaking the yoke of aristocracy under which the people
of England, as well as the greater part of the world,
have been made to bend."

The mere rumour—to which we alluded in The
Sun of yesterday—that the Anti-Corn-law League
have determined, during the Parliamentary recess, to
bestow the most vigilant attention on the register,
with a view to give fair play to the constituencies, by
securing the privilege of voting to those who are qua-
lified to vote, and ensuring the rejection of those
who are disqualified ;—the mere rumour, we say, of
such an intention on the part of this great popular
confederacy has had the effect of throwing the mono-
polists into fits of alarm and indignation, which they
take the opportunity of venting from time to time
through the convenient medium of the Tory portion
of the Press. On Wednesday, for instance, a letter
vehemently vituperative of the League, its motives,
actions, &c., appeared in the sympathising columns
of the Herald, and yesterday another letter, filled
with equal, if not worse, abuse, figures conspicuously
in the columns of the Post. In this last communica-
tion the writer—whose epistolary excellencies by
no means remind us of those of Jusics or HORACE
WALPOLE—thus showers down the vials of his wrath
on the head of the injured and unoffending League:
—" The Anti-Corn-law Leaguers have no notion of
any party being anxious to do good without the im-
petus of interested and selfish motives. Disinterested
philanthropy is a feeling the nature of which they
are altogether unable to comprehend. Being them-
selves a gang of the most notoriously selfish imposters
that the world has ever produced, confederated toge-
ther for the purpose of promoting their own selfish
interests at the expense of the common weal, and
while with a bray of mendacious impudence that
might Kell form a model for every bold vagabond
that seeks, by false pretences to swindle the public,
they assert that the public good is the main object
they have in view. They cannot imagine that other par-
ties can be anxious to do good to their fellow-men with-
out being actuated by the same base and disgrace-
ful motives." The grammar of this precious philippic
is somewhat in eclipse, like the consistency of the
Conservatives ; but let that pass, our business at pre-
sent is rather with its sentiment than its syntax. No
one can doubt that the writer is of the monopolist per-
suasion, and as little, that his abuse—however dis-
guised under a lofty show of contempt—originates in
apprehension of the threat of the League to look
sharply after the register, and in jealousy of the
" untoward" consequences that will accrue to his party
from such laudable vigilance on the part of the free-
traders. The language of the philippic is contemptuous
and swaggering enough, but the spirit is mean and
cowardly to a degree. The " hand is the hand of
ESAU, but the voice is the voice of JACOB." Did the
writer really entertain the scorn which he professes
for the League—did he really believe that it consisted
merely of " notoriously selfish impostors" and " bold
vagabonds," most assuredly he would never have
taken the trouble to pelt them with such desperate
Billingsgate as he has done in the above passage ; but
would have contented himself with maintaining a
haughty silence, and laughing at the exertions of
those from whom he felt that monopoly had nothing
to fear. But, despite his affected contempt flir the
Anti-Corn-law League, he knows and feels in his
inmost heart that it is an engine of infinite moral
power—that it is a confederacy whose influence is
daily on the increase—that every move it makes gives
a rude shake to the crazy fabric of monopoly—that,
even when apparently inactive, it is in reality as alert
as a vigilant sentinel on his post—and that its recently
announced determination to take a leaf out of the
Tory book, and look sharply after the register, is an
omen of the most disastrous import to the protection-
ists. The writer of the vulgar and intemperate letter
on which we have been commenting, knows and feels
all this, hence his exquisite alarm, which he would
fain, but cannot, disguise, under a show of lofty indig-
nation and contempt. To do him justice, his appre-
hensions are by no means ill-founded, and long ere
the present year shall have reached its close, he will
find that the interference of the League with the
register will have been productive of the most dis-
astrous results to the cause which he espouses. Sir
ROBERT PEEL, that consistent advocate of expediency,
will be foremost to acknowledge the moral influence
of this great confederacy's exertions during the re-
cess, and will shape his course accordingly, no longer
declaring himself—as at the commencement of the
last session—in terms of open hostility to the League,
but discreetly moderating his opposition, and perhaps
even making a decided move in the direction of free-
trade.

We subjoin additional extracts from the papers :
A letter from Brussels of the Ist says :—" The repri-
sals ordered against Prussian navigation, relative to the
tolls of the Scheld, had decided the Cabinet of Berlin,
which takes a far greater interest in its provinces in
Northern Pru3sia than in those of the Rhine, to renew at
Brussels the negotiations so suddenly interrupted in the
month of June. Last night a treaty of thirty articles
was signed by General Goblet and Baron d'Arnim.
This treaty comprehends, in one single convention, stipu-
lations relative to the tariffs, and those which refer to
the advantages of navigation. It is confidently asserted
that Prussia places us in an exceptional position of fa-
vour of 33 per cent. relative to the duties lately imposed
on the entry of foreign iron, whatever quarter it comes
from. This article is the principal point of the new con-
vention. Prussia obtains in compensation definitively the
enjoyment of the treatment of an allied nation in the
Scheid, the repayment of the tolls of this river, the pecu-
liar advantages of bonding in the port of Antwerp, and
the transit by the railroad."
The Comtitutionnel says—

" Yesterday, some of the servants belonging to the
Tuileries were occupied in the court-yard in loading a
quantity of -baggage, without doubt for the journey to
Eu. It appears, however, that the King does not think
of making so low, a stay there as he does each year at
this residence. Ona the contrary, a theatrical representa-
tion is spoken of as being about to be given in the thea-
tre of St. Cloud, which has been just repaired and em-
bellished. The piece to be given is an old opera, called
Raoul de Crequy, by Deleyrac. It was chosen by the
King himself, and is now in preparation."
The Debats contradicts, on the authority of a let-
ter from Italy, the statement that Prince JOSEPH
BONAPARTS had bequeathed 66,000 f. to his brother,
JEaostp, ex-King of Westphalia. He left him
simply a snuff-box, as a mark of his affection, and
another to Prince Louis. The fortune of JOSEPH,
the latter says, is far from being so considerable as
was stated.

THE BOURSE-TUESDAY, SEPT. 3.

Tint

Highest Lowest Las,

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cutts •••• • • 120 65 • • 120 65 • • 120 55 .. 120 60
Three per Cents.— 80 65 .. 80 75 .. 80 60 .. 80 75
Bank of France .. 3065 —3065 • • 3065 .. 3065
Belgian Bank. ..... ........ 660 • 660 .. 660 .. 660
Belgian Flves,lB4o .... •• • • 1041 • • 1041 • • 104/ .. 1041
Dutch Two and-a-Half ..... 611 .. 611 .. 611 • 611
Spanish Active .......• •• • . 30t .• 30t • • 301
Threes.. • .
Portuguese Five per Cents • • 441 441 .. 441 .. 441
Neapolitan .........• •• . • • 97 75 .. 911 • • 97 75 • • 98
RAILWAY BLURBS.

Versailles, R.B. •
L.B • • • • • • • • • • • 245 245 • • 243 75 • • 243 75
Rouen •• • •• • •
Rouen to Havre •
Orleans • • ..... -•• • •• 960 • • 960 • • 955 • • 957 50
Strasburg to Bale-- •• •• 238 75 .. 238 75 .. 237 50 .• 238 75
Avignon to Marseilles• ••• •• 750 .. 750 . 750 • • 750
RAILWAY SHARES FOR SETTLING, 31) OF SEPTEMBER.
Versailles, R. 8.... ..... .• • 375 .. 376 25 .. 375 .. 376 25
L.B •... 245 .. 245 .. 245 .. 245
Rouen •••• • • •• 962 50 .. 9G2 50 .. 955 .. 955
Rouen to Havre.• •••••• .• • • 732 50 •• 733 75 .. 731 25 .. 731 25
Orleans •• • ..• • 960 .. 960 .. 953 75 .. 955
Strasburg to Bale• •••••• • •• 233 75 .. 231 75 . 237 50 .. 237 50
Avignon to Marseilles 750 .. 750 .. 750 .. 750
RAII•WAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, SEPTEMBER 15.
Versailles, R.B ••
Rouen • •• ••• • • •
Rouen to Havre• • ••.• • • •••• 732 70 .• 733 75 .. 732 50 • • 733 75
Orleans ........,.....
Strasburg to Bale.. • • • • 240 • • 240 .. 238 75 • • 238 75
Avignon to Marseilles.... • • 760 • • 751 25 .. 750 .• 751 25

RETIREMENT of LORD STANLEY.
No little excitement and conjecture were occasioned
in the House of Commons yesterday, in the first
instance by the unexpected motion for a new writ for
North Lancashire, in the room of the Right Hon.
Lord Stanley, who has accepted the Chiltern
Hundreds ! In answer to a question, however,
from Mr. T. Duncombe, Sir Robert Peel
stated that Lord Stanley would still continue
to hold the seals of the Colonial Secretary. It
is presumed, therefore, that the Noble Lord will be
called up by a patent of creation to the House of
Peers, in the lifetime of his father, the Earl of DERBY,
in order to lead in the Upper House. Notwithstand-
ing the explanation thus afforded by the Premier, the
motion for this new writ appeared to cause consi-
derable sensation among the Members present in
the Commons. We will not stop to state with what
feelings we should have learned the announcement of
this Noble Lord's retirement from office altogether,
but we own to some curiosity for news from the other
constituent of the political siamese twins, whose union
under the names of STANLST and GRAHAM has always
appeared to us at least as extraordinary as-the physical
alliance of their duplicate prototypes.

We have received Madrid journals of the 29th ult.,
but they are destitute of interest. According to ac-
counts from Cadiz of the 24th, the Prince DE JOIN-
VILLE had nut arrived at that place, but was hourly
expected. The Finance Minister has announced that
the interest on the Three per Cent. Bonds to be given
t• the holders of the bonds of the floating debt, as
well as those given in the settlement with those par-
ties who had had contracts with the Government, shall
only be payable in Madrid. The editor of the Es-
pectador has been arrested and sent to prison. The
publication of the journal has been suspended until
another director has been chosen in his stead.

THE REVIEW.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert
came to town yesterday from Windsor Castle, to
witness the review in Hyde-park. His Royal High-
ness the Prince of Prussia and the gentlemen of his
suite, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Commander-
in-Chief, and a numeroue staff of military officers
were present. The illustrious party arrived on the
ground at eleven o'clock when the review immediately
commenced.

HER MAJESTY'S

Madrid Bourse on the 28th.—Three per Cents., 27
for cash ; 27 5-16 for account. Five per Cents., 191
for account.

The Paris papers bring no news, and there is a tire-
some sameness in their articles on Morocco and
Otaheite. The only novelty with regard to the latter
is a paragraph in the Siecle, which says—" The
Otaheite affair continues to create great anxiety in
the Cabinet, which it threatens with a dissolution.
When Marshal SOULT left Paris for St. Amend, he
openly expressed his disgust at the part it was at-
tempted to make him play in the Ministry. He since
tendered his resignation, and for nine clays together
refused to sign any document. The Council was vir-
tually dissolved. Through a weakness too habitual to
him, the Marshal has withdrawn his .2esignation ; but
he has made his conditions, the principal terms of
which are these—the recal of M. D'AUBIONY is the
sole satisfaction that shall be yielded to England, and
it shall be clearly explained that he is recalled because
his conduct has been partly disavowed by his supe-
rior, Captain BRUAT." We are inclined to place little
confidence in this statement. No member of the
Cabinet, not even M. GUIZOT, is more anxious for
peace with England than the veteran Marshal. He
has seen enough of war, he is satisfied with
the laurels he so bravely won, and would
be the last to endanger the peace of the
world by any rude conduct towards a country that
he always speaks of with the highest respect. May
there not be some other cause ? Is the Marshal quite
satisfied with the displays made by the Prince DE
JOIN VILLE, and by the plans of the Court to obtain
popularity for the younger branches of the Royal
Family, even at the risk of war ? With the exception
of that mad journal, the National, which talks of
declaring peace to England at St. James's, the journals
sairoenamlloy verepraycific. Even the Siecle, which is ocea-
warlike, thus professes to wish for
peace :—" The press of London has the good sense
now to acknowledge that our squadrons gave proofs
of intrepidity and skill in the attack upon Mogadore.
It would have been diffieult, indeed, this time to
maintain that success was due to the ignorance or
confidence of the Moors in allowing our ships to take
up their positions before firing upon them. As soon
as the squadron was within reach, the Moors
opened their fire, and it was under a brisk cannonade
that all our ships laid themselves in the positions as-
signed to them. Two ships of the line were forced,
by the shallowness of the water, to keep at a distance
of 1,800 metres from the batteries of the enemy, wad

The Birmingham Art-Union •is proceeding with
great activity. The ballot will take place about Christ-
mas, and many works of the highest order of art will be
for the selection of prizeholders, find, as it ought to be
with these institutions, a pair of the highest class en-
gravings by Goodell, Esq.—The Civic Processions on
Lord Mayor's-day—are distributed amongst the sub-
scribers at the time of payment, thus ministering to the
improvement of national taste, and consequently of our
manufactures and commerce.
SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—The works in the vici-
nity of this city (Exeter) are at length begun in good
earnest—a number of men being daily employed in the
Exwick fields—immediately opposite the terminus of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway. An immense mass of rock,
near the town of Dawlish, was blown up on Thursday,
with a charge of 1601bs. of gunpowder, in the presence
of a vast concourse of the inhabitants of the neighbour-
hood, who had assembled to witness the operation.—
Western Luminary.

Cum.osirTorr.:—The vicar of this place, the Rev.
W. Sykes, met with a serious accident on Friday even-
ing last. Having set down some friends he had been
driving in a pony phaeton, the opening of the door of
the house frightened the ponies, which suddenly started
off, and crossing an open gutter, the suddenness of the
jerk threw him out of the carriage. Mr. Sykes kept the
reins in his hands, which brought the ponies round upon
him, and they unfortunately trampled upon him, causing
some severe contusions in the head and face. The Rev.
Gentleman was taken up quite insensible, and for several
days was in much danger. We are happy to hear he is
now in a fair way of recovery.— Western Luminary.
FALL IN THE PRICE Or BREAD IN THE Mrrzoro-
Lis.—ln consequence of the favourable accounts received
from the agricultural districts of the promising state of
the harvest, the price of wheat at Mark-lane has fallen
this week is. to 2s. per quarter in first quality, and 4s.
to ss. per quarter on second qualities. The best Kent,
Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk wheat is at 395. to 565. per
quarter ; flour, fine, 40s. to 455. ; and seconds, 395. to
40s. per sack. The bakers yesterday, in the Black-
friars-road, the New-eut, Westminster, Whitechapel,
Minories, Bishopsgate, Tottenham-court-road, and other
populous parts of the metropolis, have reduced the 41b.
loaf to 6kd.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 4.—We
have had a more active market, and prices have an up-
ward tendency. -- Barnsley Junction, 31 • Churnet
Val!ey, 21 ; Dublin and Belfast, 3i; Harwich, 2 7-16 ;
Lancaster and Preston, 39} ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and
Manchester, 4 ; Manehester and Leeds, Halves, 531 ;
Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 11k; Manchester,
Bury, and Rossendale, 6 3-16 ; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 501; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters,
5 54; Manchester and Buxton, 21; Preston and Wyre,
171; Preston and Wyre, Guaranteed, 25k; Sheffield and
Manchester, 85 85k ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quar-
ters, 13 ; South-Eastern, 38k a ; Boulogne and
Amiens, 2i.
DISEASE AMONG CATTLE.—We regret to learn
that the contagious disease, which lately caused such
havoc among the cattle, has again made its appearance
in this district, and that some losses have occurred in
consequence.—Derry Sentinel
EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE.,.--Mr. COX of Aghada,
has grown fifteen barrels eight stone of wheat upon an
acre and a half of land. The species is that denomi-
nated the silken drop ; and though the grain is plump
and large, it is not, it appears, pm:l=lin to the miller.
—Cork Reporter.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1844.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Funds have been buoyant this afternoon, the
tenor of the Royal Speech, communicated at so early
an hour in The Sun, having given a lift to prices.
Consols closed at 994 8 for Money, and 998 1 for Ac-
count. Exchequer Bills did not vary. The Three per
Cent. Annuities for special transfer touched par.
The Foreign Bonds were also rather better. Spanish
Actives realised 224 8, the Three per Cent 3. 338 a ; Por-
tuguese Converted, 418 ;Mexican, 358; Colombian, 138;
Brazilian, 844 to 851 ; Belgium, 103 ; and Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 61* to R.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 27 ; Great
Western, 69 ; Ditto, Half, 351 ; Hull and Selby, 164 ;
South-Western, 391 ; Croydon, 31 ; Newcastle and Dar-
lington, 261 ; Northern and Eastern, Scrip, 91 4 ; Ditto,
Quarter, 4 ; Norwich and Brandon, 91 ; South-Eastern,
511 to 8 ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 91 ; York and North
Midland, 55 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 1 ; Paris
and Orleans, 17i 4 ; and Paris and Rouen, 188 to -3a
premium. Caledonian have been -I, and Brighton I t
discount.

The following was posted this afternoon at the Bank
of England

"At a Court of Directors held this day,—Resolved,
that the rate of interest on loans for Bills discounted
at the Bank of England be as follows : —Bills, 2} per
cent. ; notes, 3 per cent., such bills and notes not hav-
ing more than ninety-five days to run."
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
There was another quiet market for Cotton at Liver-
pool yesterday. Sales 2,500 bales, including 500 for
export. Prices were fully *d. per lb. lower than last
week. A good deal of steady business was done in
Shares, especially in London and Dover and the
French lines.—Bristol and Exeter, 111 ; Bristol and
Gloucester, 56/ ; Dublin and Belfast, 34 ; Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 63 ; Glasgow and Greenock, 131 ; Grand
Junction, Half, 854 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New,
35 paid ; London and Birmingham 321. Shares, 33 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, 51 ex. div. ; Midland
Counties, 1094 ; North Union, 126 ; Sheffield and Man-
chester, 87 ; South-Eastern, 394; Trent Valley, 121 ;
York and North Midland, 109 ; Paris and Lyons, 2 ;
Paris and Rouen, 381.
The following is an extract worth notice. It is taken
from the Toronto Patriot :—" The rapid increase in the
size and population of our flourishing city of Toronto,
cannot fail to strike with surprise and pleasure every
person who has returned to it after an absence of two or
three years. The last ten years have witnessed changes
which half a century would hardly bring to pass in other
less favoured localities. In 1834 the population was just nine
thousand. It is now at least twenty thousand. This
rapid increase has been chiefly the work of the last four
or five years, and, strange to say, more particularly
visible since the much dreaded removal of the seat of
Government. The latter event did unquestionable mis-
chief to the interests of Toronto, but the resources and
advantages with which Providence has blessed her, have
made ample amends for the losses she may have sus-
tained from the caprice or chicanery of political jugglers.
" King James arrogantly threatened to remove his
Court from London, and divest that renowned metropolis
of its character as the seat of imperial power.
" We, poor citizens, ought to be grateful,' was the
bold answer of the stout-hearted Lord Mayor, that your
Majesty cannot remove the Thames from London.'
" A representative of our Queen despoiled Toronto of
her political supremacy, but her noble harbour, and
splendid agricultural resources in the rear, were pos-
sessions of which no Executive caprice or tyranny could
deprive the loyal old city ; and so she has continued to
increase and flourish, uncheered by a solitary ray of
official favour or Viceregal sunshine."
Of colonial arrivals, later in point of date than those'
before received, there are none to-day.
A large purchase of Consols waa made this morning
—namely, 100,0001. by a trading broker, and the prices
advanced from 984 to 994 for the Account, and from
99i to 99113- 4 for Money. The Government brokers
did not make any purchases to-day. The Stock Market
is extremely firm, the decision of the Peers on the writ
of error having given much satisfaction. For Ex-
chequer Bills the premium is a trifle lower. India Stock
was at 281.

The Foreign Market is rather buoyant for Spanish,
Brazilian, and Danish Bonds, but not much business is
doing. Railway Shares are in good demand.
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK

(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock. ....,....................... ....... —
3 per Cent. IliesTuced Annuities ............••••.••• 99%%
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 03% % 9914 %
New 3% per Cent. Annuitie5............ ........
Long Annuities, Expire sto Jan. 1860 l2 7-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
India Stock ... 231
Consols for Account .....”...••••••••••••••••••••••• 92% 99%
I%d. 154 d.
... 73 pm.
Exchi,eol3o4uer Bills,
5001.- •••• •••••••••••• .....— 0••••••••••• 75 7.3 pm,
Ditto gnalr..... • ••..... ~....••• ..... 15 73 pm.
Ditto Advertised.•,
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. 823(
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B9
Spanish Bonds,. Five per Cent 1840...•.„.„ 2.%
Ditto for the Account ...........»....»....» 22%%
Ditto Passive Bonds. •..... ..... ....„ ...... ..
Ditto Three per Cent• ...... •••••••••••••••••••••••• 3334
Ditto for the Account 33%%L
Dutch 2% per Cents ...... ....„...... .......... „ —
Ditto for the Account.
Dutch 5 per Cent 5.„.„........................•••••••• WIN %
PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAIL. PRI SMARR.
Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ..».».. 112 to 111
Ditto New 17% 27% ••• to
Caledonian 5 4U to —.
Chichester and Brighton
Dublin and Cashel."... ........ ..... 2% ..... .... 7% % to
Eastern Counties ......... 23 ......... 11%
Ditto New Registered..„..Sl. 6s. 6d.
Eastern Union 5 ......... 5% ...... to 8
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Great Western ......... ......... .... 75 143% to
Ditto Fifths
Hull and Selby
London and Birmingham. lOO ... —
Ditto New Thirds 2 34 to
Dit o 14 Shares
London and Blackwall 16% ...... 63 ..... to
London and Brighton 5O ......... 48%
London and Greenwich
London and South Western ..... 41%
Ditto Eighths
Lynn and Ely-. liA ..... .... 4%
Manchester and Leeds 7O 125 ..
Ditto % Shares 3O .. 53
Midland Counties lOO lOB 109 ... to 107%
Northern and Eastern 45 56 to
South Devon
South Eastern and Dover 33% ...... 3854% ... to
Ditto New
York and North Midland
Ditto Scarboro' Branch
Ditto Selby Scrip
Parisand R0uen........... ........ .... 20 .....
Rouen and Havre.
19 to
JOINT STOCK IANK!.
Commercial of London
CLOSING PRICEs.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock — Indian Stock 2Bl
3 per Cent. Red lOO Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. Cons.
9% per Cent. Red Ditto New Annuities ...
New 354 per Cent. lOl Ex. Bills, 1,0004 I%d ... 73 pm.
New 5 per Cent. --Ditto 5001 ....„ ........
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 73 pm
Jan I'l6o l2 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... 200
Oct. 1859 l2 5-16 Consols for Act. 99le
Jan. 1860 ......... ...„ India Stock for Acct.

"" pm.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent Portuguese, 5 per Cent ......
Belgian, 5 per Cent lO3 Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent......
Chlliant C per Cent . ...... ..... Ditto, Metallic ....... .......
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, is
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred............... 12%
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Danish,l3Bp_be,r 5 per CentCent ent
jFrench, 5 per Cent —t. —c
Greek,
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, i Dutch, 234 per Cent , 61%
Peruvian,
18'25, 6 per Cent... 23 Ditto, 5 per Cent lOO%
SHARE&
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6 per Cent., 1837

Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) ll2

Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid

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Caledonian, 5 paid
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
Ditto Registered (Si Bs 8d paid) -
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 13s 4d. paid,/sTa. I 1
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Ditto dittO, No. 2 -
Great Western ( 5 paid,
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Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 8534
Hull and Selby, 50 paid 66%
Lon ion and Brighton (50 paid)
London and South Western (411.65. 10d. paid)
Ditto Eighths (15s. paid)
London and Croydon (Trunk) l7
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto, Half Shares, 30 paid
Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Scrip (15 paid) 24\
Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid)
Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid 1314
South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid)
Ditto New Shares, 4 paid
Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) lO5
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid
Paris and Orleans (20 paid)
Paris and Rouen. 20 paid

VISIT OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA TO THE
SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENF.—His Royal Highness
Prince William of Prussia, attended by a numerous suite,
visited these Gardens on Wednesday to see the conflagra-
tion of London. His Royal Highness was attended by
the proprietor, to whom he was pleased to express the
highest admiration of this splendid spectacle.
BARTHOLOMEW FAlR.—This fair commenced on
Tuesday morning. It has been usual for the Lord Mayor,
accompanied by his mace bearer, the sheriffs, and
under-sheriffs, to arrive on the ground in state, and pro-
claim the fair, pursuant to the terms of the ancient char-
ter. This year, however, the Lord Mayor came pri-
vately, attended only by the town-crier, and some of the
inferior officers of the city. His Lordship arrived at
Messrs. Footvye and Mudge's, in Smithfield, at about two
o'clock, and proceeded through the house to the back
entrance in Cloth-fair, where barricades had been
erected, and a strong body of police stationed to keep
off the crowd. The town-crier then read the proclama-
tion, and in less than five minutes the proceedings were
over. There are this year no large shows in the fair.
Messrs. Johns( n and Nelson Lee, the proprietors of the
far-famed " Richardson's," applied to Mr. Shank, the
market-clerk, for the ground they usually occupied, and
received a reply that the ground could not be let for the
purpose of erecting shows. The housekeepers in Smith-
field have been deprived of the privilege of letting the
ground in the front of their houses to the keepers of the
gingerbread and toy-stalls, occasioning a loss to them
I collectively of 9001. per year. The Markets Committee
only have now the power of letting the ground for stalls,
and for this they charge 4s. per foot. There are, con-
sequently, very few stalls, and no dancing- booths nor
swings, the objects of amusement bring machines fur
measuring and weighing people, a few targets to shoot at
with nuts, and a trumpery peepshow or two. During
the day the crowd was, however, very great. Several of
the licensed victuallers, and other inhabitants of Smith-
field, have drawn up and signed a protest against the
right of the City authorities to receive the rents fur the
fronts of their houses.
NEW CONVENT IN LONDON.—For the first time„
since the Reformation, the order of the sisters of charity
has been established in the metropolis. Eight nuns and
one novice from the nunnery in Baggot-street, Dublin,
have just arrived here, under the patronage of the Right
Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Roman Catholic Archbishop of
London, and the Roman Catholic nobility. They have
temporarily taken up their residence at No. 32, C/itep-
Square.