The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-25 00:00:00

TAE SUN, LONDON, WED:gEST)AV EVENING, JUNE 25, la4g.

riIHE LEICESTER,ASHB -DE-LA-ZOUCH,
BURTON-UPON-TRENT, AND STAFFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 29, Moorgate-street, I.ondon.
Ca:Atal, 900,0001., in 18,000 Shares of 50/.' each.
Deposit of 21. 15s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Captain R. Bernal Osborne, M.P. for Wycombe, Albermarle-street
William Collins, Esq., M.P., Warwick.
Matthew Gisborne, Esq., Walton Hall, near Burton-upon-Trent
John Bett, Esq., Coton lall,Burton-under-Needwood; Staffordshire
Michael Thomas Bass, Esq., Holly Bank and Barton-upOrt•Trent
Robert Jacomb Hood, Esq., Bardon Hall, Leicestershire
Charles Thornley, Esq., Marston Hall, Warwickshire
J. T. Raworth, Esq., Leicester
Walter Gisborne, Esq., Breadsall, Derbyshire
Edward Wigan, Esq„ Borough, London, Director of the London and
Brighton Railway
Joseph Dicken. Esq., Colton Hall, Staffordshire
James Wilberforce Stephen, Esq., Cambridge
John Eames, Esq., Ashby-de-la Zouch
Thomas Dairs, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
J. Lester Hassan, Esq., Packington, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
John Hill, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent, brewer
Thomas Fosbrooke Salt, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent, brewer
R. Sherratt Tomlinson, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
John Gratton, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent, brewer
Joseph Nunneley, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent, brewer
Nathaniel Nadin, Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire
Morris Piddocke, Esq., Stanton, Derbyshire
William Sharpe, manufacturer, Swadlincote Potteries, Derbyshire
James Astley Hall, Esq., Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire
Thomas Phillips, Esq., Newcastle-under-Lyne
Charles J. Mason, Fenton
Lewis Adams, Stoke-upon Trent,
Samuel Alcock, Burslem,
George Baker, Burslem, Manufacturers, Staffordshire
R. H. Haywood, Hanley, Potteries.
Sampson Bridgwoed, Longton,
Thomas Wynne, Longton,
(With power to add to their number.)
This line of railway will commence near the Syston Station on the
Midland Counties line, and proceed near the Charnwood Forest, and
so as to take in the collieries of Bagworth, Ibstock, Whitwick, and
Snibston, and proceed to Cole Orton and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, thence
near Swadlincote, Griesly Potteries, and the course of the projected
Burton and Mona Canal to Burton-upon-Trent, whence, crossing the
Trent, it will skirt the .Needwoed Forest near Tatenhill, Hamstall,
Redware, Blithebury, and Colton, to the proposed junction of the
North Staffordshire Potteries line with the Trent Valley Railway at
Colwich, about four miles from Stafford.
A short branch from Burton up the Dove Valley, to join the Mac-
clesfield and Derby line between Burton and Uttoxeter, is contem-
plated, and, in the event of a line being carried from Manchester to
Derby by way of Uttoxeter, the part of this lime between Burton and
Leicester would complete, by its junction with the projected Leicester
and Bedford Railway, a direct route from London to Manchester.
As an independent line, looking to its own local traffic as
a source of revenue, it traverses a country of extraordinary
mineral wealth, passing near the most southern coal field
in the kingdom accessible to London, from which is pro-
duced the finest quality of coal—Kennel coal, ironstone;
fire, and pot clay. Granite and limestone abound in that portion
of the line which skirts the Charnwood Forest to Ashby, and which
require increased facilities of conveyance ; to these it will afford, a
transit as well as a market. Between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Bur-
toa-upon-Trent are the Great Breedon and Ticknall limeworks, and
the Swadlincote and Griesly Potteries. Also the extensive coal fields
of Ashby, Moira, _Newhall, and Swadlincote, abounding in coal of the
best quality, which, by means of this railroad, will find its way into
the London market, a desideratum of very great advantage, and long
wished to be attained. To Burton it will convey the corn and barley
of Lincoln, Northampton, Norfolk, and the agricultural districts of
the east, as well as afford a ready conveyance to the produce of the
important breweries of Burton.
From Cambridge, Ely, Norwich, Yarmouth, Lynn. Peterborough,
and Lincoln, this will be the route to the Leicestershire, Staffordshire,
and Shropshire iron and coal fields, to the Burton breweries, to North
and South Wales, and Ireland. By means of the short line up the
Dove Valley, and its junction with the proposed North Stafford-
shire Railway, this will be the most direct communication from the
east to the north-western manufacturing districts, and to Birken-
head by way of Crave' and Cheste;lndeed, it may be called the
key or trunk line of the central counties of England.
It is impossible to over-estimate the advantages of this railway as
a junction line. It will unite, near the Syston Station with the Mid-
land Counties and the proposed Cambridge, Peterborough and Melton
Mowbray lines, and the contemplated Bedford and Leicester Railway.
It will alto for goods and passengers coming from the eastern coun-
ties (the destination of which may be Manchester, Liverpool, Wales,
or the north-west of England generally) avoid the angles and cir-
cuitous routes necessarily made at present either in going round by
Derby on the one hand or Rugby on the other.
On the west it will join at Colwich the Trent Valley and the pro-
posed North Staffordshire Potteries line ; and at Stafford it will unite
with the lines for Liverpool, Manchester, the Potteries, Chester, Bir-
kenhead, and Holyhead.
The estimated profit from internal resources is expected to be very
great.
The town of Burton-on-Trent is a place of more importance as re-
garded the amount of its traffic than many places of fonr-fold size. It
is computed that about 50,0001. a-year is paid for' carriage alone t
and from tha town. Its extensive breweries are chiefly supplied with
barley from the country lying between Boston and Northampton.
The shipping ports for its beer are London and Liverpool, and these
towns, with Manchester, are the chief markets for its home trade.
Nearly two-thirds, _therefore, of its whole manufactures, and of the
raw materials it draws from distant parts, would pass in one dirrc-
lion or another along this line of railway. Throughout the line there
is a great demand for lime and coal. .The Pottery manufactories of
Griesly and Swadlincote would supply a large amount of traffic to the
line as well as the North Staffordshire Potteries to the eastern coun-
ties and ports.
In the allotment of shares local interests will be first considered.
No ornamental property appears to intersect the line, and many
of the landowners have given it their support.
ENGINEER—J. U. Rastrick, C.E.
BANKERS.
London and County Bank, Lombard-street.
The Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester, Ashtiy-de-la-
Zouch, and Atherstone.
Pares' Leicester Banking Compan.v, Leicester.
The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne Banking Company, Burton-
upon-Trent, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne.
Messrs. Charles Harvey and Son, Lane-end, Staffordshire Potteries.
Applications for prospectuses and shares must be made to the
Joint Solicitors, Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 29,
Moorgate-street ; Messrs. Bass and Sweeting, Burton-upon-Trent ;
Thomas Plddocke, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch; or Messrs. George Earp
and Son, brokers, Derby ; at r. Eaglestield, and Messrs.
Payne and Freer, Leicester.
Applications for shares in the usual forts will be attended to, if
accompanied by a respectable reference.

LE ICE ST ER, AS
BURTON-UPON-TRENT, and STAFFORD JUNCTION
It 11LWAY.—"Notice Is hereby given, that no further application for
Shares will be received after the 25th instant, except from parties
locally interested, applications from whom must be made on or before
the 28th instant.
STEPHEN and HUTCIIINSON, 29, Moorgate-street.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE. JurrE_2s.

rMERMOMETER, Lowest. 52 ; Highest, 70 ; Noon, 62.
BAROMETER, 29.92.—W1ND, N.W.

NoTa.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
Highest" denote the lowest and highest state ot_ the
hermometer during the preceding twenty-four hour. Alt
the other observations are made at noon.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIB DAY.
Morning .. 44 minutes after 3 I Evening .. 8 minutes after

true, we denounce him for both offences—by the spolia-
tion of national property invested with a sort of historic
holiness. His touch her is desecration. We protest
against it ; and we trust that the public voice will au-
thoritativt ly forbid it, and signally indicate its displea-
sure at such an attempt.

The intelligence from Madrid is to the 17th. The
QUEEN, it was understood, would remain at Barcelona
till the 25th, then leave for the waters of Esparraguera,
and return to Madrid about the middle of July. MAR-
TINEZ DE LA RosA, who had completely recovered from
his late illness, was to leave in a few days to join the
Court in Catalonia. A Cabinet Council vi as held at
Madrid on the 16th, and on breaking up dispatches were
sent off for Paris and London. They were understood,
to r.-late to the abdication of Don CARLos and the
QUEEN'S marriage. According to the Clamor Public°
the liberty of the press is to be abolished forthwith by
a royal decree.
The Three per Cents. closed at 311 for cash, and 321
at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 21* for cash, and 218
for the 26th inst. ; Coupons at 26+ for the 10th of July;
and the Debt without interest at 6 11-14 for cadi, and
16 15-16 at 60 days.

In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, a brief
discussion took place relative to Otaheite, on the grant of
2,000,000 f. for the establishments in the Pacific. M. DE
MALLEVILLE referred to the attempts made by Admiral
HA3IELIN to open up a communication with Queen POMARE,
and said it appeared that, so far from showing any disposi-
tion to co-operate with the French in the government of the
country, she had refused not only to see his agent, but had
rejected all his letters. M. BILLAULT said Ministers had
sacrificed the dignity of France in advising the KING to
write a letter to this QUEEN, and thereby exposing the signa-
ture of his MAJESTY to the contempt of barbarians. Allusion
was also made to a letter said to have been addressed by POMARE
to LOUIS PHILIPPE, evidently dictated by the English mis-
sionaries. Admiral MACKAU said the letter alluded to had
never reached the KING, and might be regarded as apocryphal.

He could assure the Chamber that the dignity of France
would be maintained, and the protectorate of the islands
continued. A ammittee of the Chamber had decided on a
direct line of railway to be executed by private companies
from Paris to Cherbourg, by Berney and Caen, with a branch
line to Rouen, and , another from Caen to join the Loire.
The political intelligence in the Paris papers is not
important. The Moniteur publishes an ukase issued
by the Emperor of Russta, doing away with the
prohibition on many articles of foreign merchandise, and
substituting heavy duties on the followingarticles :—Bronzes,
marbles, clocks and watches, fine hardware, mercery, silks,
engravings, richly bound books, music, &c. They export
duties have been abolished on oleaginous seeds, cables,
hempen ropes, and other vegetable matters grown and ma-
nufactured in Russia. The Phare des Pyrenees, of the 16th,
contradicts, in the most positive manner, the report of the
arrest of CARRERA. According to some accounts he is still
at Lyons, and the report had been spread by the Spanish
Government, in order to induce her MAJasTY to return to
Madrid, without visiting the Basque Provinces. Accounts
from Switzerland announce that Dr. STEIGER had made his
escape from prison, and is now out of the reach of the Lu-
cerne authorities. The following letter gives the particulars
of his escape :

th" Zuanu, Juts& 20.—Dr. Steiger has, with the concurrence of
ree gendarmes who guarded him, made his escape from prison at
Lucerne, and the whole party, accompanied by many friends,
arrived here at half.past eight o'clock this morning. It appears he
was provided with a uniform of the •gendarmerie, and in this cos.
tume passed, in company of the others, out of the town, entered
a carriage in waiting, and passed the frontier. He remained in
Zurich till three o'clock, whence he took his departure, it is sup-
posed, for Frauenfeld in Turgovia. I hear the plan for escape
had been arranged several weeks since,.but no favourable oppor-
tunity offered ut.til last night at twelve o'clock, when it was ef-
fected in the manner above descr►bed."

The Funds fell considerably on the Paris Bourse on Mon-
day. but without any assigned cause. The Three per Cents.
closed at 831. 85c.; the Five per Cents. at 1211. 85c.; Or-
leans Railroad shares, 1,202 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,050 f.; Vierzon,
7221. 50c. ; Havre, 8551.; Avignon, 1,005 f. ; Basle, 265 f. ;
Spanish Actives, 3814 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 41.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:-
Orleans and Bordeaux, 1901. premium ; Boulogne, 107 f.
50c ditto ; Troyes and Montereau; 35f.; Paris and Lyons
(Laffitte), 18f. 50c. ; ditto (Calon), par; ditto (Ganneron),
sft ; Northern line (Laffitte), 25f. 50c.; ditto (Rosamel),
51. ; Tours and Nanted (Mackenzie), 9f. sc. ; ditto
( Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50c.; ditto (Jacques
Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 15f. ; ditto
(Talabot), 38f. 75c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 71.50 c. ;
Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), If. 50 ; ditto and.
Cette (Espeleta), 5f.; Creil and St. Quentin, If. 50c. ; Paris
and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 10f.; Dijon and Mulhausen,
If. 50c.
MARSEILLES, JUNE 19.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,025 f. ;
Boulogne, 6151.; Orleans and Bordeaux, 695 f.; Vierzon,
7951. ; Avignon and Lyons, (Talabot), 540 f. ; ditto
(Sebastiani), 520 f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale),
507 f. 50c.; Bourdeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 515 f.; ditto
(Mackenzie), 507 f. 50c.
Lroxs,-J UNE 20.-Avignon and Marseilles, 1,0161., end
of June ; Paris- and Orleans, 1,2051., ditto ; Paris and
Rouen, 1.0861., for the 15th of July; Orleans and Vierzon,
7641., end of June: Orleans and Bordeaux, 6851., ditto;
Boulogne, 6001, ditto; Montereau, 532 f., ditto.

SIR WILLIAM FOLT•ETT.—The answers to inqu'ries
this morning were that Sir William was much in the same state,
that there was no appearance of any change for the better, and, if
anything, he was worse, having passed a somewhat restless night.
The inquiries at his residence in Park.street are most numer-
ous, as also at the residence of Mr. Pennell, in Cumberland
terrace, Regent's-park, where the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
is now staying. Dr Bright, who has attended him all through
his long and and protracted illness, visited him twice this morning.
Up to a late hour thin day he was still in the same low and, appa-
rantly, sinking condition.

NEWCASTLE RACES-TUESDAY

BY EXPRESS.
The Tyro Stakes of 25 sovs. each, lb ft, with 30 added, for
two via olds. Half a mile. (9 Subs )
Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm ...(Lye) 1
Lord Zetland's f by The-Bard, out of Coheiress's dam 2
Mr. Allan's Lady Abbess 3
Won by two lengths.

The Northern Oaks Stakes of 10 sevs. each, for three yrs

olds. One mile.
Mr. Salvin's Marian Ramsay (Bumby) 1
Sir C. Mouck's f by Physician, out of Castaway 2
Mr, R. Kitching's Lucy
Mr. Hornsey's Orynthia 4
Mr. Headlam's Badinage

Won by a neck, after a fine race.

The Hunters' Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 20 added

Two miles.

Captain Boyd's Lara, aged ...(Hon. S. Erskine)
Mr. Clarke's Netherton Maid, 4 yrs
Mr. Headlam named The Wasp, 6 yrs
Mr. H. Johnstone's The Bat, 6 yrs
Colonel Thompson's Hebe, 4 yrs •••• •
Won by half a length.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles.
Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot, 3 yrs (Armstrong) 1
Mr. Mangles' Comical Boy, 3 yrs
Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 5 yrs " 3
Mr. J. Coekson's Punjaub, 3 yrs
Mr. Woffinden's Miss Burns, 5 yrs
Won by a head ; the third beat by a head.

PLATE BETTING.-4 to 1 agst Pagan (taken)-5 to 1
agst Lightning-8 to 1 agst Inheritress-7 to 1 agst Porto.
Bello (taken)-10 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne-12 to 1 agst Co
heiress-12 to 1 agst Wynyard (taken.)

AllSAULT.—Yesterday Mr. Joshua Rose Anderson,
the brother.in.law of Madame Vestris, was charged at Marital.
rough.ttreet, before Mr. Long. on a warrant which had been ob-
tained against him by his nurserymaid, Caroline Webb, for a vio-
lent assault committed by him upon her at his residence, No. 9,
Bloomfield-road, Maids-hill, Paddington. The complainant de.
scribed the nature of the assault. It appeared that on some die.
turbance taking place in the nursery, Mr. Anderson rushed
up stairs, laid hold of complainant, shook her with conside.
table violettcti pushed. her against the banisters, over which he
would no doubt have thrown her had she not held firmly by one
of the rails. Mr. Anderson complained of the conduct of the girl,
and raid he merely laid bold of her arm to remove her, Mr. Long
was of opinion that improper violence had been used, and fined
defendant 20s. and costs.
At %Vorship-street Police-court, Mr. John William
Chappenden, a tobacconist, taming on business at 2, City-road,
appeared to answer an information preferred by the Commissioners
of Customs, under the 3d and 4th of William IV., cap. 53, see.
44, charging him with having in his possession a large quantity of
foreign .manufactured tobacco, the duty upon which had not been
paid, and was convicted in the penalty of 1251. Bs., being three
times the value of the contraband article found in his possession,
or, in default of so doing, he must stand committed to prison.
fovea an exchange of
PRICE OF GOLD —The premium on gold at Paris
isio rd.
perpermoilulen,cwe hfiocrh,staatntdhaerdEgnoglldi,sh Mint price of 3/. 17s.
25 63 ; and the exchange at Paris onLondon at short being
25 75, it follows that gold is 0.47 per cent. dearer in London
than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of
gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
of 13 1014 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at
short being 13 12 it follows that gold is 0.68 per cent.
dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
A metallic wire for establishing a communication
between the electric telegraph of the Rouen Railroad and the Mi-
nistry of the Interior, has been carried along the water-courses and
under the Pont de Is Concorde to the Minister's office.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LI/IL—The
marriage of the Marquis of Worcester, eldest son of the Duke of
Beaufort, and Lady Georgians Curzon, eldest daughter of Earl
Howe, we are assured, is to be solemnised on Thursday, the 3d of
the ensuing month, and not on or about the 13th of next month,
as stated by a morning Contemporary. The nuptial ceremony is to
be performed at Bushy Park, the residence of the Queen Dowager,
near Hampton, and not at Gopsali Hall, Earl Howe's seat, near
Atherston, as was contemplated. We understand the Queen
Dowager intends to give a splendid breakfast at Clarence Lodge to
the wedding party, in celebration of the auspicious event.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Last evening, about ten
o'clock, a man named Thomas Miles. employed as a switchman at
the joint railway station, London• bridge, while coming out of his
signal box to adjust the switches, in order that • the up Croydon
train might pass into the station, was knocked down by the engine,
which passed over his right leg, crushing it to pieces from the
ankle to the knee-joint. He was immediately conveyed Without
delay to Guy's Hospital, where .he was attended by Mr. Cock, who
immediately performed amputation, about the middle of the thigh.
STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH CHINA —Yester-
day the first monthly mail direct to China was dispatched via the
overland route. It will be conveyed to Ceylon by the Oriental
Steam Company's vessels carrying the Calcutta mails; and at
Ceylon will be transferred to one of the same company's vessels
forming the branch line between Ceylon and Hong-Kong, touching
at Penang and Singapoore. By this arrangement Hong-Kong is
brought within 48 days' post of London. To celebrate the event
the directors of the Oriental Steam Navigation Company give an
entertainment to Sir Henry rottinger on Saturday next.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at • Liverpool yesterday was
firm. Sales 4,000 halos -Shat es were rather better :-
Armagh and Portrusb, 483.6 d. 2%; Barnsley Junction, 634 ;
Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction, 1114 • Birmingham and
Gloucester, New Shares, 414 1,4 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and
Accrington, 9% ; Bristol and Exeter, New Shares, 13%;
Belfast and County Down, 4% 823.; Bolton, Wigan, and
Liverpool, 16 ; Caledonian, 11%; Cambridge and Lincoln,
41,4 %; Chester and Holyhead, 16%; Chester and Preston
Brook, 2%; Churnet Valley, 5%; Clitheroe Junction, 3%;
Clydesdale Junction, 834 ; Derby and Crewe, 274 %; Dub-
lin and Wexford, 2 ; Dublin and Galway, 88s. 6d. 4%;
Eastern Counties, 2034 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quar-
ter Shares, 714 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 34 ; Glasgow and
Ayr, 67; Grand Junction, New Shares, 50; Ditto, Eighth
Shares, 22%; Grand Union, 93.; Great North of England,
301. Shares, 3614 ; . Great Southern and Western, 23 ; Great
Western, Half Shares, 115; Goole and Doncaster, 114 63. ;
Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 714 %; Leicester and
Birmingham, 393. ; Limerick and Waterford, 8% 1,4 ; Liver-
pool and Manchester, Half Shares, 106; Liverpool, Ormskirk.
and Preston, 61s. 6d; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares,
46 • London and Brighton, 75 ; London, Oxford, and Chel•
tenham, 3s. 6d. ; Londonderry and Coleraine, 414 ; London
and South-Western, 84%; London and York, 334 ; Direct
Northern, 3% %; Leeds and Thirsk, 6%; Leeds and West
Riding Junction, 9%; Manchester and Birmingham, New
Shares, 7% ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation,
365. 6d. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 3%; Man-
,/ cheater and Leeds, 17114 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 781,4 79 ;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2614 % ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares,
'9% % • Matlock and Midland, 514; Midland Railway, 1841,4 ;
Ditto, 401. Shares, 29; Newark and Sheffield, 3; Newcastle
and Berwick, 18%; Newcastle and Carlisle, 114 ; Newcastle
and Darlington, New Shares, 35% 14 ; Newport and
Abergavenny,' 2% ; Newry, Banbridge, and Belfast,
114; 'Newry and Warrenpoint, 11A ; North British, 24% 25 ,
North Kent, 91s. 3d. ; North Union (A), 160%; Oxford and
Birmingham Junction, 434 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton, 7%. 6s. 3d. ;Freston and Wyre, 32%; Sheffield
and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 16%; Sheffield and Lin •
coln, 325. • Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, .% 135.; Shrews-
bury and North Wales, 3 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and
Cheshire, 4; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 495. ; South-
Eastern and Dover, 47% ' • Ditto, New Sham, No. 1, 18%;
Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 1614 J; Ditto, New Shares,
Nis. 3,8% ; South Midland, % ; Trent Valley Conti-
nuation, 435. 6d. ; Ulster, 50; Welsh Midland, 81s. 4; West
Yorkshire, I % 6s. Worcester and Tring, 11% 9s. •, York and
Carlisle, 81s. 3d. 4; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2%;
Central of Spain, 21,4 : Northern of France (Laffit e's), 5%;
Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), .3 2% ' • Paris and Lyons (Gun-
neron's), 2%; Paris and Lyons (Colon's), 383.; Verona and
Ancona, 51s. 6d.
MmscultsTart STOCK EXCHAXGE JUNE 24.-The sales are
-Barnsley Junction, 6% 4 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 3% ;
Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 ; Blackburn,
Burnley. and Accrington, 9% 1 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and
Bolton, 5 3-16 14 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 16 % ;
Caledonian, 12 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4% 1,4 ; Chnrnet
Valley, 5% ; Derby and Crewe, 3 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
Quarter Shares, 18; Ely and Bedford, 2 5-16 • Goole, Don-
caster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction,. ; Grand
Union. 365. 6d. 375. • Huddersfield and Manchester Railway.
and Canal, 7%; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6 9-16 ;
Leeds and West Riding Junction, 9% 9; Leicester and Bir
niitigham, 2 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3; London
and South-Western, New Shares; 16% ; Ditto, New 40/.
Shares, 12% ; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby,
1% 7.16 ; London and York. 3% ; Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland, 5%; Manchester and Birmingham
Continuation and Welsh Junction, 134 %-; Manchester and
Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 3% ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Midland Junction, 3%; Midland Railway, 40/. Shares, 294 ;
North British. New Shares, 634.; North Eastern, Bs. prem. ;
North Staffordshire, 41,4 ; North Union (A), 160%; Ditto
(B), 95 ; Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester,
1 7-16 % prem. ; Oxford, Worcester, and IN olyerhampton,
7% ; Preston and Wyre, 321, ; Ditto, Half Shares, 3% ;
Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 3 5-16 ; Shrews
bury and Trent Valley Union, 2 1-16; South-Eastern and
Dover, No. 3, 81,4; Southport and Euxton, 3; Trent Valley
Continuation and Holyhead Junction, 2%; Whitehaven and
Furness, 2 15-16; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union,
15s. 15s. 6d. prem. ; York and Carlisle, 4 3-16.
Accounts, of Feb. 25, from Melbourne, Port Philip, have
come to hand, but the recent advises of March If‘, from Syd •
nev, have anticipated the interesting portion of their contents.
The advises from New York by the Cambridge are rather
favourable, and in respect to trade, &c., it is stated that " So
far aS6ur internal relations are concerned, everything is in the
highest state of prosperity. There has not been any very
extensive overtrading thisyear„and the crops of the country
are so abundant, that every engagement between debtor and
creditor must eventually be fully cancelled. The reduced busi-
ness of this season must have a very favourable influence, and
give those who have become involved in previous seasons an
opportunity to reduce their liabilities. These p riodical con-
tractions in trade serve to prevent in a great degree, or ex-
tend to a more remote period, the commercial revulsions this
country, and particularly this city, have so repeatedly ex-
perienced. A few years of uninterrupted and extensive busi-
ness is sure to lead many into embarrassments, from which,
in a large proportion of . cases, there is no redemption
but suspension ; but when a season or two of
active business is followed by a relapse similar to
that experienced, this trade acquires a more healthy
tote, extended credits are reduced, large stocks are
brought down, financial embarrassments relieved, insolvent
houses suspend, and breathing time is given to those who
were rapidly losing their wind in the pursuit of fortune against
time."
The dreadful fire at Quebec quite throws the miscellaneous
advices from Canada into the shade, and it is expected that a
public meeting will be called here to consider the best means
of furthering subscriptions. •
Consols have been steady at 99% 14 ; and the New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 102% to 102%. Bank . Stock
has been firm at 211 to 211%. The premium on Exchequer-
bills has be en 575. to 595.
The Foreign Investments are dull again. Spanish Five
per Cents. realise 28%, and the Three tier Cents., 41 Por-
tuguese Converted have been quiet at 663 A ; Mexican De-
ferred realise 21% %, and Colombian have advanced to 18
and 18%, owing to the advertisement of • Messrs. Reid,
Irving, and Co., to the efiect that the Bonds will be ex-
changed and the interest paid after to-morrow.
In Shares a moderate business is doing, and prices are, in
he aggregate, much the same, though drooping in.particular
stances.

ONE CLOSING
- RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICE:-.
Bank Stock .. .....2113 211 211
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 314 per Cents 10214% % 102%
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 11 7-16 11 7-16
COnsols for Opening • 99% 99
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11,4 d 57 59 pm. 59
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6. per Cent 46 46
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 18% 18
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837.........
Ditto, Deferred 21%%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. .... ....
Ditto, Converted 66%
Ditto, Account --
Ditto Small
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto 3 per Cent. 4l
Belgian 4% per Cent. — uu
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 99% 99%
. PRICES OF .CLOSING
IiAILWAY SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK.. .CLOSING
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and!
Portrush
Birmingham and Ox:-
ford Junction
Bristol and Exeter
Do. New . . 2 . l3 12
Caledonian
Ditto Extension ...... 214 3 ...
Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 4%
Chester and Holyhead... 10
Chichester and Brighton 20
Churnet Valley
Direct Northern
Dublin and Belfast June. 22%% 9%....
,Dublin and Galway..... T 4%,4— .......
Dublin and Mullingar... 2
Dundalk & Enniskillen 2,4 4%14 ,
Eastern Counties 14/. 165...... 20% 21 .......
Ditto New 4/. 16s.
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....51.135. 4d ll4
Eastern Union l5 .. .
Ditto Extension . ... 1%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 . 71 72
. Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... 17%4.......
Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% 7,! ...... ..
Ely and Bedford
Great Grimsby and Shef-
field
GreSt, South. and West.

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(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of Scotland 2%...... 3
3reat Northof England:AO°
Ditto New
Great Western BO 207 210
Ditto Half Shares 5O llB
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Hull and Selby 5O 107%
Do. Half Shares
Letds and West Riding . ,

Junction
London and Birminghin (StoCk) 239
Do. 1,,f Shares
London and Brighton... 50 ....,. 75%3/4 743/4
Do. New consolidated Bths 25 -
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s 9d 1914% * •
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d...
Loud. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 84% ,85
Do. New
London and York 2% 33/4 %X, %
Londonderry and Ennis- . .
killen ...,..... ...... ... ... 21,E 6
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds... 73
Do. 1A Shares -
Do. Quarters 2
Do Sixteenths ..... ... 31 —
Nlancheder and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters 4
Do. New Quarters ... 2
Midland 100 lB6 1871,% 186...
Do. New
Midland, Binn., Derby.s.loo 146 145
Newcomb, and Berwick 11,4 lB4
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45
North Kent
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Oxford and Worcester.. . 2'4
74 6%
Perth and Inverness ... .2% 2
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland ll/z. ...
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%......
Shrewsbury and Trent .
Valley Union 22s.
Shrewsbury, Hereford„
aid North Wales 23/1 —
Staffurdsli. & Shropshire 2
•••
:,outh. Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 47% •
Do., No. 1..
Do., No 2.
Do., No. 3
south Wales ..... ... 2% 3/4
5
Trent Valley..
Trent. Valley and Holy-
head Junction
West London,Old Shares 20 -
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 -

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Welch Midland - 2% .... 374%... 35/g
Wilts, Somerset, kW ey-
mouth
f ork and North Midland 50 llO 1091,4 lO9l/2
Do Seiiiy
FOREIGN RAI LW Al
Boulogne and A miens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2
;great North. of France
(LatEtte's)-
Do. do. (I:os:amel's) 2
Great Paris anct Lyons 2 ...... 17- ... .........
Lyons and Avignon
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzon ... 6
D Means and Bordeaux... 2
Paris & Lyons, Laflitte's ..•
Paris ard Lyons, Gan-
neron's, ... .. ............ 2
Paris & Lyons, (Calou's) 2 ...... -11 A
Paris antlOricans
Rouen and Ilavre ...... 16
Sambre and Meuse .... 4

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