The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, -FRIDAY

strifes of parties throughout the whole term of his
existence shall have been forgotten. His subsequent
investiture with the blue ribband, " by command,"
was the proper and becoming sequel of these acts of
rare disinterestedness. In showing, at the conclusion
of his letter, how the views and the measures of
those with whom he was once associated have altered,
and, as he contends, to the manifest prejudice aad
peril of the public welfare, in reference to the state of
the Church and the revision of its temporalities—to
the reforms Parliamentary, Municipal, and Commer-
cial, which have been since established—we may and
must express our utter dissent from and regret for
the views so pertinaciously adhered to by his Grace
—erroneous, obsolete, and mischievous as we conceive
them to be. But we respect him for his bold and
upright avowal of them. In these days we are
brought almost to venerate the phoenix-like virtue of
consistency, so that only our persuasion that the
Duke's is a consistency in error can qualify our ad-
miration for it in his own person. But whilst we la-
ment to perceive that we can find no grounds of con-
gratulation in the views he still announces as a states-
man or a politician, we cannot abstain from declaring
that our respect for the integrity and honesty of the
man are enhanced by the very misgivings we enter-
tain of those who have abandoned him and his party
for the power they wield in virtue of that abandon-
ment.

The Message of President POLK on entering on his
office as Chief Magistrate of the United States con-
tains no information, and exhibits no feature, which
might not have been anticipated from the character
of the parties by whom he was elected, and the well-
known aggressive spirit of the great body of the
people. His language, consequently, is adapted to
their pretensions, and the principles which regulate
their conduct. These principles are to go-ahead, right
or wrong, to extend their territory by foul means or
fair, to claim Texas on the ground that it is an inde-
pendent state, though taken by violence from Mexico,
that it originally formed part of the Confederacy, and
had been unwisely ceded away to a foreign power.
" Other powers, therefore," says the pacific President,
" shouldlook on the event not as the conquest of a nation,
seeking to extend her dominions by arms and violence,
but as the peaceful acquisition of a territory once her
own, by adding another member to the confederation,
with the consent of that member, thereby diminishing
the chances of war, and opening to them new and
ever-increasing markets for their products." The
Oregon question is settled with the same self-com-
placency in these words :—" Our title to the country
of the Oregon is clear and unquestionable." So,
when the time comes, will be their title to Canada,
and all the British possessions in North America.
These form a portion of that continent which the new
republic claims as its own, and from which they anti-
cipate to be able, at no very distant day, to eject all
British authorities, as unprincipled intruders from
the old world. In fact, the Canadian territory is
necessary to round off the northern line, to create
a balance to the increase of power in the
south ; and, above all, to infuse the pure
spirit of liberty, and establish American institutions
among their brethren on the other side of the Ame-
rican lakes. These are their arguments—they make
no secret of the fact, and we are ready to admit that
they have just as much right to Quebec and Montreal
as they have to Santa Pe, and Galveston, and the
River Columbia. But questions of such vast im-
portance, Mr. POLK knows well, are not to be
settled by a few peaceable words, by unautho-
rised claims, or even by occupying the territory in
order to perfect the title. Much more is required,
and to such terms neither Lord ABERDEEN, however
gentle his nature, nor Sir R. PEEL, with all his Irish
difficulties, will agree. England has a vast interest
in her West India colonies and her settlements on the
continent. A balance of power is as necessary in the
new world as in the old, and the people of the
United Kingdom will not remain satisfied or quiet
while inroads are made upon their trade and com-
merce, and the very existence of their posessions and
the independence of their countrymen are threatened
by lawless invaders.

by this sort of continuous, unrelazing aggression and
encroachment on the rights inherited by them from
their forefathers. Our Contemporary indulged in a

happy allusion to the shelter that Nottingham Forest
(within the hounds of which some of the common
lands to be inclosed under the Bill in question are
situate), afforded, in the olden time, to ROBIN HOOD
and his Saxon outlaws. It is not possible that, in

these days of centralization and organised government
such communities can ever again sustain themselves ;
but, for our parts, rather than see the healthful
wastes and sylvan glades which:the poor of England
can yet roam over, or wend through unchallenged in
their peaceful rambles, thus filched from them ; we
should not be sorry to see such stout and effective,
albeit irregular rural reformers as the bold Forester
and his Sherwood company, re-established to the
wholesome discouragement of oppression.

Madrid journals of the 19th inst. have been re-
ceived, but they bring no news. The QUEEN, it was
said, would visit Barcelona in May, passing through
Valencia or Saragossa. It is not improbable that
the journey is not without a French object, as it is
known that M. LESSEPS has been suddenly recalled
from Alexandria, and re-appointed to his former situa-
tion at Barcelona. The accounts from the Basque
Provinces are favourable. General CONCHA, the
Governor, had left Vittoria for Madrid. The Bourse
was closed.

The French Chamber of Deputies was engaged on
Monday, as stated yesterday, in discussing the Cus-
toms Bill, which is founded on the tariff settled by
royal ordonnance during the recess. This tariff,
which applies chiefly to Belgium and Sardinia, re-
quires the sanction of the Chamber, and the Bill,
therefore, was introduced for that purpose. The
Chamber resumed the discussion on Tuesday, and
was still occupied uith the subject at the hour of
post. The debate was commenced by M. DE Ru-
MILLY, who drew a gloomy picture of the present
position of commerce in France. Each day, he said,
the amount of exports was diminishing, and that of
imports on the increase. During the five years
which elapsed from 1838 to 1843, the average of
their imports was 745 millions, or 202 millions
greater than the exports. The merchant-shipping of
eofff
etch:eo
ft es of
frmnlBF2r2e a acnhd
velsBse2l6s,
all w
freights
d,
and
giving them to England and America. He observed
that, as the treaty existing with the United States
was merely provisional, a negotiation might be en-
tered into with that country, which might effect very
favourable changes for the commerce of France ; and
thene d, of 1826 with England, which,
h
being founded on principles of
said,
i blamedin
p thela ne treaty
of
reciprocity, was marked by very serious inequalities.
He complained that the Belgian treaty had been in
force for three years without legislative sanction, for
which the Government deserved severe blame, even if
the good one ; but in point of fact
that measuretreaty
been mischievous, for it appeared that
in 1843, since the passing of the treaty the imports
weread
from Belgium were 103 millions, while the exports
from France to Belgium were only fifty-two mil-
lions, besides which, Germany had raised the duties
on several articles of French origin on account
of the favours granted to Belgium. The treaty with
Sardinia he also blamed, as impolitic. It was inju-
rious to the agriculture and: navigation of France.
The Minister of Commerce, M. CUNIN GRIDAINB,
drew a different picture of the commerce and manu-
factures of France. Within the last year her com-
merce with Chili had risen from 11,000,000 f. to
14,000,000 f. ; with Mexico, from 13,000,000 f. to
19,000,000 f.; with Brazil, from 32,000,000 f. to
41,000,000 f.; with Uruguay, and La Plata, from
12,000,000 f. to 30,000,000 f. ; with Peru and Bolivia,
from 3,000,0001. to 7,000,000 f. ; with New Grenada,
from a few hundred thousand francs to upwards of
4,000,000 f.; and in all these cases the produce had
been exported in French vessels. In heavy com-
mercial *hipping, undoubtedly, France was below
many other countries ; for she had not, like Eng-
land or the United States, or the nations north of
Europe, weighty goods which it was necessary to
import in gross volume. No, France exported in ge•
neral only manufactured goods of great value, which
took up but small space. Hence they could not
employ any great amount of commercial tonnage,
and hence French trading vessels were inferior to
those of the countries just mentioned. It must also
be remembered that secondary states had, of late
years, increased their trading shipping, and had en-
croached on the business formerly in possession of
the greater nations. Thus, within the last ten years,
the relative power of the American flag had dimi-
nished from 82 to 69 per cent., and foreign vessels had
seized on the transports of the Union in the propor-
tion of from eighteen to thirty-one. He further
stated that both imports and exports had increased,
and if the latter were inferior to the former, the cause
must be looked for in the nature of the commercial
business which France carried on. The tariffs of
France had been gradually lessened, and at present
they rnounted to about 16 per cent., which was much
lower than that of England ; and whilst France had
diminished her customs duties, almost all other com-
mercial states, except England, had raised theirs, and
had even placed on additional duties to protect their
flag. Such was the case with Portugal, Russia, Bel-
gium, the Zollverein, Brazil, and even the United
States. The Minister then referred to the treaty
concluded between France and the United States in
1822, and maintained that as the exchanges between
the two countries had increased tenfold, it would
be most impolitic to alter the present state
of things. The discussion on Tuesday
related chiefly to The late tariff with Belgium, which
seemed to give general dissatisfaction, and M. LESTI.
BOUDOIS, an Opposition Member, moved as an amend-
ment, that the treaty at its expiration (the end of
fifteen months) should not be renewed. M. GUIZOT
said, France had a strong interest in conciliating
Belgium ; but admitted, at the same time, that there
was not, according to the present tariff, sufficient
reciprocity for France ; and he, therefore, should not
oppose the amendment, which was adopted by a great
majority. The Paris journals are chiefly occupied
with these commercial discussions.

It affords us pleasure to find the Times entering its
powerful protest against one of those "Inclosure
Bills" which of late years have so often challenged
our indignant reprobation. The Bill, now pending
before the House of Commons, for the inclosure of
certain lands and common fields in the parish of St.
Mary, Nottingham, is the latest and one of the most
disgusting editions of that grasping spirit of selfish
aggrandisement which renders the large landowner or
the capitalist in so many cases the nuisance, the bane,
the curse of the district around him, instead of its
benefactor and respected patron. Where waste and
common are to be inclosed, the owner of the free-
hold of a few hundreds, nay of a few scores, of
landed estate in their vicinity, knows that in the allot-
ments to be made under the Act of Parliament neces-
sary for such purpose, he will have the option of re-
claiming and entering upon possession of an extent
of the waste, in proportion to the extent of his own
previous holding. It is greatly to be feared that this
circumstance operates as a powerful incentive to these
parties —or, if not to them, to their hungry solicitors
—to first discover the expediency of inclosing large
tracts which have been for ages, perhaps from time
immemorial, free and common to the poor of the same
locality, supplying them also with free pasturage for
their little stock, and thus enabling them to eke out
the scanty subsistence afforded them by their wages
as labourers or artisans, &c. The extent and enor-
mity of the injustice they commit on the poor man,
by ousting him of the free range and pure air, the
healthful exercise, and peaceful rambles, to which,
like his fathers before him, he has been accustomed
to resort in his snatches of leisure, or on his Sabbath
holidays, never seems to suggest itself to their minds.
The sort of equitable vested right, if such a right
there be in any human being, that the families of the
poor labourer—their toiling wives and the ruddy
children, who look freely out from the humble cottage
door, with a cheery confidence that has not yet come
into collision with the harsh and sneering discourage-
ment of the world beyond their native heath—the
equitable vested right that these families have to
retain the privilege of living on, amidst the same
scenery and associations in which their childhood or
their youth has been passed, is a right which never
crosses the memory, or disturbs the calculations of the
parties to an Inclosure Bill. The whole powers of
their ingenuity are taxed to devise the pretext.; which
shall be most feasible, and may promise best, fir suc-
cessful effect, with Parliament, in the business of
" soliciting" their Bill. These pretexts are usually
of the most canting, hypocritical, and yet flimsy
description. The parties to the Bill affect (and this
is the only ludicrous part of the transaction) to be
moved in the affair by consideration for the interests
of the poor, forsooth I They gravely introduce pro-
visions for exchange of lands to be held in trust for
the poor. whose common rights and rights of waste
they are ousting ; or, when no lands can be had,
proper for this " make-believe" exchange, they create
a fund, by reserved rents or otherwise, in which
experience shows that so soon as the Bill has come
into operation, any but the parties rightfully entitled
are sure to participate; and even they obtain a nig-
gardly fractional stipend of far inferior value to the
common rights or of pasture which the poor have been
defrauded of by the Act, and which do not and cannot
make any compensation for the moral and physical
benefits arising from those healthful recreations both
for mind and body, the very "ground" for which has
been literally " removed from under them" by the
operation of the great landowner's and the rich
residenes " Inclosure Bill." The iniquitous cheat,
as well as cruelty, of this scandalous jobbing in
statut ble spoliation does not stop here. It is a
system of fraud and rapacity not one bit more ele-
vated in principle than the business of " thimble-
rigging," or any other such unblushing conspiracy,
to obtain property by deceiving its owners. In cases
where the measure of some disinterested legislator
proposes to " secure" to the poor certain other waste,
common, or other lands in exchange, you may be
perfectly sure, beforehand, that the new lands are al-
together objectionable in point of situation, and
altogether inferior in point of value. But there is
still another screw which may be turned as a further
power to ensure, after the eviction of the poor has
been accomplished from one locality, their inability
to avail themselves of the establishment which the
same Inclosure Act may profess to provide for them
in another. The substituted lands and rights can
only be entered upon and enjoyed in full legal right,

perhaps, on payment of a certain quit-rent or fine, or , The Coustitutionnel contains the following letter
other payment, apparently of a very light nature, I frnrn a correspondent, dated Oran, March 10 :
calculated on the single acre, hut amounting, in the ' " The steamer Gi endeur is j it, t returned from Tangiers
.si bere she was sent with disi.,:o, 1-1( , bringing the iwalow-
aggregate of any quantity etsivalent to the inclosed
In, it, V S:—.lli ner departur,, irrsrn Tsngiers. it was known
waste, to a oon4lerable sum. Thus we learn, from there that Abd-el-Fader had assumed a hostile attitude,
the Times, that a former Inclosure Bill had already toe ands the Emperor Abderrhaman, and called upon all
true lmans to standard. considerabe
taken from the townspeople of Nottingham large
bodyAlussu of troops, undejroin thehis command ofA the Emperor'ls
sections of common lands, some years ago, for see, had been sent to oppose him ; but little good was
building purposes. The applotments remain to expected from the expedition, as numerous portions of
this day unbuilt upon ; and the poor may enter on i the population have already declared in his favour.
Several circles or districts were in open rebellion. This
the substituted lands and their appurtenant rights on state of things is the more serious, as the party opposed
payment of a sum amounting to 1,4001. Did those to the dynasty of Abderrhaman is very powerful, and
who concocted that Bill and proposed these terms ever ' has only wanted a chief of ability to direct it. Our mi-
litary leaders are taking measures of precaution. All
believe, or really expect that the poor could pay this
I the disposable troops are kept in readiness to march, and
amount? How is it to be done ? By public meeting ?1 a
part of the subdivision of cavalry posted at Mostaga-
What would be thought of a meeting of poor owners , nem has been called forward. We are astonished at
of common rights, convened for the collection of the silence of the Government on the first operations of
1,4001. to secure those rights ? Why, there would
Major-General Delarue, who is on the frontier. The
trumpeter Escoffier, who has arrived with one of his
be half-a-dozen Assistant Poor-law Commissioners companions in misfortune, gives a lively account of the
dispatched from Somerset House to watch so porten- privations and hardships which he endured, and the
tious a phenomenon; and the town union would with- danger he ran during his captivity. Having only lately
quitted the Smahla of Abd-el-Kader, he has been able to
draw all out-door relief from that moment to a corn- furnish the Government with valuable information as to
munity of poor so unaccountably rich in reversionary the position of the Emir."
rights. The plea of taking away common lands for THE BOURSE—TUESDAY. MARCH 2i.
building purposes betrays, after all, the true sordid First Hish:st Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
object of the promoters of such measures. They
French Fire per Cents. •• .. 117 85 .. 117 90 .. 117 80 117 90
may honestly believe that the multiplication of tene- Four-and-a-Half.... 113 .. 113 •• 113 •• 113
}'ours. lO7 .. 107 107 .. 107
ments of a certain class may induce an influx of Three:per Cents.•.. 85 60 .. 85 75 •• 85 60 .• 85 79
. Loan .—•• .• .... 86 55 .. 8G 60 .• 86 50 .• 85 60
labour and of manufacturing capital into the town;
Bank of France •. ••••••3215 —3215 ..3215 —3215
but they must balance the chance of increased poor- Gouin Eank. I,ooof Shares 1
085 ..1090 ..1085 ..1085
rates by the certainty of such an increased house- BBeellggitaann IFtn.eks: •
1.8401 •• • .7. 105%50 11 61007”5: 7. 616055% .... 616055%
rental as shall very far indeed outweigh any addi- 1842........1842........107 .. 107 .• 107 .. 107
Fonr-and-a-Half .•. 101% .. 143% .. 103 k .. 103%
tional burden on the rates. The latter can only be Spanish Active............ 39% .. 39% 39% 39%
Threes.. •• •• •..... 41 .. 411,4 .. 41 .. 41
distributed in minute apportionments over the whole Passive .•• •• ••...• 7 •• 7 .. 7 .. 7
rate-paying community. The former will find its Roman ••
.. 106 .. 106 .. 106 .. 106
way into a few landlords' pockets, whether town, cor- RAILWAY SHARES.
poration, or individuals. Versailles, R.B•••• .
But this sort of ;spoliation will presently cease. Rouen L.B•• ... •• 7.7 1410670 50 ;1411600 :11410550 :11411505
We fearlessly predict that it will work its own cure. FOroluecannsto Havre 975 .. 976 25 -. 975 .. 976 25
1322 50 ..1327 50 ..1322 50 ..1325
The people will not, and we hope they will not, much Strasburg to Bale" •• ••
::::1214,20
50 L. 1213422 5500 :1213350 %Igo)
longer endure it. They have a right, the sacred title rssgairanuxt°tomTaerssidell.e.3::
of exemplary forbearance and good conduct under rani, to Seeaux .•••• • 702 50 .. 702 50 .. 702 50 .. 702 50
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Aram 3.
accumulated privations and suffering, in addition to
St. Germain .• •••• —. 1 187 50 ..1187 50 .• 1187 50 ..1187 50
their title by common :law, prescription, or usage, Versailles, R. 13..•• ••
80 ....1416120 60
Rouen
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..L...B.....::::::::::1410670 50 7.1416120 50 7.1410570
to every acre of common or waste that yet remains
in that eondition, and under that tenure, in the im- grolueeannsto.Havre . ::::::::::1;7275 50 L. 1938302 50 •.:1397270 50
.•:1938320 SO
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mediate vicinity of large towns. It is a miserable, Strasburg to Bale' .
..,.12143.05 ....1213350 :1213400
peddling, fatuity on the part of a Legislature to goad legle.":::: 12100
them into dissatisfaction, disgust, and resentment, Paris to Sceaux•7os .• 705 .. 705 , .. 705

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, MARCH 27.-Wind southerly breeze and cloudy.
DEAL, MARCH 26.-Wind N.W. to W.'N.W.-Arrd. South
Stockton, China ; Amphitrite, Davison, Mauritius; Char-
lotte, Goble, Mauritius; Britannia, Lyme for St. John's,
New Brunswick. Sld. Janes, Halifax. The South Stockton
spoke the Margaret Thompson, and saved the crew of the
said ship. The Janet, of Alloa, from Shields to Constanti-
nople, got on the Goodwin Sands this morning, but was as-
sisted off with loss of an anchor, and anchored in the Downs
without apparent damage.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 26.-Wind N.N.W., fresh breeze.-
Arrd. Bachelor, Napin, Ichaboe ; Andes, Smith and Cynthia,
Goldsworthy, Pernambuco ; Guiana, Kueft, Fernando Po,
sld. 28th Dec., and aid. for London. Off Falcon, Rio, for
Antwerp ; Niord, Kaufman, Havannah, for do.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 26.-Wind N.W. to W.N.W.-
Sld. Ceres, Jamaica. Off Oriental, steamer, Alexandria, left
11th instant.
SOUTHAMPTON. MARCH 25.-The Hawkhill, of Kincar-
dine, which had picked up at sea the crew of a vessel from
Alexandria, name unknown, was passed off Cadiz by the
Queen, steamer, arrived here.
PADSTOW, MARCH 25.-Wind W.-And. Neptune, Jolly,
lediaboe.
NEWPORT, MARCH 26.-The sloop Endeavour, of Tanby,
laden with beer, fell over on her broadside last night, and on
the following tide filled.
PORT TALBOT, MARCH 25.-The Two Sisters, Wood, of
and from Plymouth, struck on the Bar in coming in last
night, but was got off this morning, making much water.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 26.-The Penguin packet, with the
January mails, from this port, had not arrived at Pernam-
buco on the 12th of February.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals.-Thomas Lowry, Graham, from New South
Wales, off Dartmouth, sailed from Sydney Nov. 13,
St. Helena Feb. 6 ; South Stockton, Hickens, from
China, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 8 ; Amphitrite, David-
son, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed Dec. 17, St.
Helena Jan. 28 ; Calder-Kennedy, from Singapore, at
Liverpool, sailed Nov. 10.
Arrivals at St. Helena.-Herald, Jones, Feb. 1, from
Coast of Africa, and sailed, 4th, to Cork ; Earl Grey,
Douglas, 2d, from Coast of Africa, and sailed 2d, to
Brazils ; George Glen, Arthur, 2d, from Coast of
Africa to Pernambuco ; Emily, Hogan, from Mauritius,
and sailed, 4th, to Cork ; Globe, (French,) Baudoin,
from Coast of Africa, and sailed, 3d, to Goronne ;
Tory, Duncan, from Madras, and sailed, 3d, to London;
Cornelia, Gillies, 3d, from Coast of Africa, and sailed,
sth, to Glasgow ; Dorothy, Brown, frc.m Coast of
Afiica, and sailed, 3d, to Brazils ; Foam, Pringle,
from Coast of Africa, and sailed. 4th, to Brazils ; Can-
dace, Reed, from whaling, Chusan ; Blayne, 4th ;
Alice Chapman, 4th; Good Hope, Carfin, sth; Minerva,
Dnck, Widdington ; Gardner, Caledonia ; Cumming ;
Mountain Maid ; Allen, John Mitchell ; Douglas; Heli
Brig; Rapid ; Earle ; Retrieve ; Lowthean, Janet ;
Guthrie ; Conservative; M`Lacklin ; Europa ' • Ligert-
wood, 6th ; Arthur; Stable, and Monument ; Vining ;
all from the Coast of Africa.
Arrivals at Bombay-Regina, Quinton, Feb. 2, from
China ; Charlotte, Leibsabwager, from Manilla ; Ichan-
geer, 4th, from Calcutta; Champion' Cochrane, sth, from
Aden; Mahi. M'Donald, from Bushire.
Arrivals at Hobart Town-Emily, Greaves, Oct. 29,
from Kingstown ,• Champion, Helpman, from Sean
River; Calcutta. Nov. 1, from London.
Arrivals at Madras-Charles, Dumerque, Jan. 24,
from Pondicherry, and sailed Feb. 8 to Masulipatam ;
Trio, 26th, from Mauritius, and sailed Feb. 11 to Mau-
ritius ; Owen Glendower, Robertson, 26th, from Cal-
cutta, and sailed 28th to Cape and London; Orestes,
Fenwick, 27th, from China and Singapore; James Hall,
Grant, 28th, from Bombay; True Bril,on, Consitt, Feb.
5, from London ; Indian Queen, from Vizagapatam ;
Ellen, Brewer, from Coringa, and sailed Feb. 12 to Lon-
don ; her Majesty's ship Pilot, Jervis, from Moulmein;
Sir William Wallace, Rose, Bth, from Cuddalore; Grey-
hound, Hutchinson, returned from sea, and sailed to
Calcutta.
Departures from Madras-Randolph Herone, Jan. 24,
to Chittagong, Scotia, Jan. 26, John Line, 28th, to Nega-
patam and Aden ; Sir William Wallace, 28th, Duke of
Argyll, 28th, to Pondicherry and Cuddalore ; Grey-
hound, 29th, to Ennore and Calcutta ; Lady Flora, Feb.
1, to Cuddalore ; Reginald Heba, 4th, to Liverpool ;
Wellington, Liddel, Bth, to Cape and London ; Annun-
dehlinder, 9th, to Calcutta ; Northumberland, 10th, to
Gape and London ; Cove, to Northern Ports and Cal-
cutta.

Arrivals at Sydney, N.S.W.—Jane, Oct. 18th, Lady
Blackwood, 19th, from Whaling ; Chance, 23d, from
Manilla; Portenia, 25th, from Java ; Lanchester, 27th,
London ; John Williams, from London and Hobart
Town, and sailed to South Sea Islands ; Minerva, Ga-
tenby, 28th, from Calcutta ; Dublin, Jones, Nov. 1,
Parrock Hall ; Canney, sth, from London ; H.M.S.
Vestal, 6th, from Hobart Town.
Arrival at Launceston—Jane, Oct. 30, from London.
Arrivals at Port Philip—Athens, Oct. 18, from Ho-
bart Town; Mary White, 19th, from Sydney; Claren-
don, 25th, from Leith; Reward, Nov. 1, from London;
Tropic, from Hobart Tawn.
Arrival at Adelaide—Bleng, from Liverpool.
Arrivals at Manilla—Sir John Byng, Jan. 2, and
Urgent, Thompson, from Sydney; Meg Merrilies, 6th,
from Batavia; Eleanor, Bth, from Hong-Kong. _
Departures from Singapore—lsabella Thompson, Due.
19, to Clyde; Janet Wilson, 20th, to Bombay; Iris, 24th,
to Marseilles.
COLLECTION OF CHARTS AT LLOYD'S.

In addition to the valuable sets of charts which have
been lately presented to Lloyd's by the home and
foreign Governments, the collection has, been further
augmented by a set published by the Spanish Govern-
ment. At the last g. neral meeting of the members of
Lloyd's, the following resolution on the subject was pro-
posed and carried with acclamation !--" That the re-
spectful thanks of the meeting, signed by the chairman,
be tendered to her Most Catholic Majesty the Queen of
Spain, for the valuable set of charts published by the
Spanish Government from actual survey, and graciously
presented to Lloyd's by order of her Majesty."
In consequence of the great number of charts of all
parts of the world, which now comprise the collection,
exceeding the expectations of the Committee, and which
requ.re mounting, &c., it has been found impossible to
open the " Chart Room" to the maritime interest at the
early period at first intended ; but no unnecessary delay
will occur to afford all interested in the subject every
facility to inspect a collection of marine maps, not pos-
sessed by any other institution upon so extended and
perfect a scale. In addition to the several facilities for
transacting mercantile and other business, which the in-
stitution of Lloyd's has for many years afforded, a mer-
chant's room has been opened since the removal to the
Royal Exchange, and many improvements and additions
made to the establishment for the benefit of its members.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, THURSDAY EVENINC4.

The Public Securities leave off a shade better than in the
morning, Consuls being 991/2 % for Transfer, end 99% for
Time. The quotations during the afternoon had been even
a shade higher than the above. New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., ex. Div., for the Opening, were marked 102% %.
Spanish Bonds were a little firmer, the Five per Cents. at
30%; and the Three per Cents. at 40%; Mexican Stock was
marked 36% %; and Chilian Deferred, 54.
There was very little additional business in Railway Shares,
and the quotations were much the same as in the morning.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
A fair business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday.
The sales were 5,000 bales, all to the trade, and the market
was firmer.—The Share Market had a steady aspect, and
sales to a good extent were made. Barnsley Junction, ex
new, 71. I Is. 3d. ; New Shares, 3%; Belfast and
Ballymena, 3% ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accring-
ton, 61/2 ; Blackurn, Darwen, and Bolton, 41/2 4% ;
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9% to
93/4 • Bolton Wigan, and Liverpool, 101/2, Bs. 9d. ;
Caledonian, 9%8 16s. 3d. 3A ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6% ,•
Chester and Birkenhead, ex div., 461/2 ; Ditto, Half
Shares, at 5 dis., ex div., 23 ; Chester and Holyhead, 8%;
Churnet Valley, 7 7% ; Clydesdale Junction, 10 101/2 • Cork
and Bandon, 3% ; Direct Northern, 4% Dublin and
Belfast, 6% ; Dublin and Drogheda, ex. div., 861/2 ; Dublin
and Galway, 31/2 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 23/4 ; Dundee
and Perth, 31/2 ; Eastern Counties, ex div., 21 21 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, ex div:, 61% ; Ditto,

New Shares, 5% %; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 18'ISUMMARY OF
ys; Ditto, Half Shares, 91/4 ; Ditto, Preference Shares, 21.25. ;
Grand Junction, ex div., 223 ; Ditto, Half Shares, ex
div.. 111 110 ; 1it.,0, Quarter Shares, ex div., 55; Ditto,
4titil shares, 18 ; Great North of England. 301. Shares,
22%; Great Western, London to Bristol, ex div., 181 ;
Huddersfield and Sheffield, 4/. 14s. 43/4 ; Lancaster and Car-
lisle, 35%; Lancaster and Preston, Quarter Shares, 7%;
Leeds and Thirsk, 3 ; limerick and Waterford, 414 ; Leeds
and West Riding, 7 634 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
3/.lls. 3d. 3%; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares,
31%; London and Brighton, ex div., 621 3/4 ; Lon-
don and South-Western, ex div., 80; London and
York, 3% %; Manchester and Birmingham, New
Quarter Shares, 51. 3s. 9d. Si. ss. ; Manchester, Bury,
and Rossendale, 14% ; Manchester and Buxton, IyB ;
Manchester and Leeds, ex div., 145 ; Midland Stock, ex div.,
141%; Ditto, 401. Shares, 14% 15% ; Ditto, Birmingham,
and Derby, ex div., 109%; Newark and Sheffield, 4% %;
North British, New Shares, 4% 14 • North Wales, 2%;
Oxford, Worcester, and Rugby, 41/8 4 ; Preston and
Wyre, 321% ; Scottish Central, 51,4 Y ; Sheffield
and Lincoln, 1/. se. 6d. ; Sheffield and Manchester,
ex int., 112 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester,
41/8 4 ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 514 ;
South-Eastern, ex new, 43; Ditto, New Shares, 161 die., ex
New, 10/4 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 814 ; South Wales,
61/8 61% ; Trent Valley, 22% ; Ulster, ex div., 44% 45% ;
Lyons and Avignon (English), 21. 19s. ; Northern of France
(English), 6% 6 ; Paris and Lyons, Laffitte's (English),
4/. 18s. 9d.; Ditto, New Shares, -2/. 18s. 6d. ; Ditto (Gan-
neron's), 21. 1 ls. ; Sambre and Meuse, 6% ; Toulouse and
Bordeaux, 2% ; Sardinian, 17s. 6d.
The information received yesterday and to-day from the
United States, upon the subject of the annexation of Texas,
has taken almost all the merchants in the City by surprise.
Still, however, it is not expected by parties well acquainted
with American politics, that the scheme will be carried out
if our Government takes a bold front in opposition to it. The
majority of 2 in favour of the plan, will open a wide field
for discussion, as we have it upon very good au-
thority that four, if not six votes, were obtained
under a distinct (and our informant adds) a written contract
of future patronage being bestowed. Without question, this
is a subject of very deep interest to our mercantile
men, and much weight ought to be attached to the
intrigues which have been adopted to bring about the
decision of the Senate of the United States in favour of
the project. Although we have in our possession some
curious details on this subject, it is perhaps more
politic, in a national point of view, to withhold facts men-
tioned to us connected with this matter, until we find that
the confirmed policy of the Republican Government is that of
annexation, as far as Texas is concerned.
The message of the new President in other respects is
looked upon among merchants as of little worth. Commer-
cially speaking, the advices by the packet are somewhat sa-
tisfactory. Confidence appears to be rising, and, as a matter
of course, a better disposition is shown in favour of manu-
factured goeds.
The public securities have been again under the influence
of the intelligence received from America, which so sensibly
and unfavourably affected their value yesterday shortly
before the market closed. Consols have been 9914 to 99%
for present transfer, and 99% to 993% for Account. Exche-
quervbills have receded to 575. and 555. premium. South Sea
Stock has not been done, but a resolution has just been come
to, declaring a bonus of 6 per cent. and the continuance of
the Company's affairs.
The value of Mexican Bonds has naturally suffered to a
greater extent than that of Consols, as whatever may be the
effect of annexation upon our relations with the United States,
the position of Mexico in reference to its aggrandizing neigh -
bour, must become critical. The value of the Bonds this
morning has been 3574, being dull. Colombian Stock
has been up to 15% and 151,4. Spanish Bonds have been
297% to 34 for the Actives, and 7 for the Passives. Portu-
guese Converted have realised 62%, and Brazilian 01%.
Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents. have been 631/8 to 6278.
Shares generally have been rather drooping, but Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, Churnet Valley, and one or two others,
are firmer.

PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS.

ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.
99
102%
68 72

3 per Cent. Consols
New 314 per Cents —
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,000/. .. ......
Bank Stock for Account 215 215
Consols for Account 99%3/4 99%
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11/2d 56 57 55 57 pm. 57
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small . . 56 58 55 pm. 57
Ditto Advertised — pm.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto 1843 - 88
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... • •••• -.-
Ditto Deferred

Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15% 151/214
Danish, 3 per Cent ... 9014
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 —
Ditto. Account 35%
Ditto, Deferred —
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents —
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted • 661/
Ditto, Account —
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent. —
Ditto, Account 00000 ..•••• 40%
Ditto, Passive
__

Dutch, 214 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9914 99%
Ditto Bonds — 933
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
RAILWAY AILWAY SHARES

Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% l3/4
Birming. and Gloucesterloo
Ditto % Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 711/sue" 6% 7'4
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Cliurnet Valley
Cornwall
Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 11/ l3/4 24 ..... .
Direct Northern • 21
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 2
Dublin and Galway 2ll/2...... 2% 3 ...... ...
Eastern Counties 25 ...... 21%% 21% ...
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....41.135. 4d —
Eastern Union lO .. ... .
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto New 14 Shares... 21/ 514
Ely and Bedford
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great Western
Harwich
...... 31% 21/
Hull and Selby
Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... 20
Kentish Coast l%
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...232
Do. Quarters
London and Blackwell. 161. 13s 4d. 71/% —
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 16% 171%
London and Greenwich 12l 15s 4d... 103 g —
London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 79%
Do. New
London and York . 22%1A ..... 31A IA 3 —
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds... 73 146 144 —
Manchester and Birmin. 40
111idlend 100 142 143
Do. Fifths 2
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby...loo lO9
New4astlo and Darling-
thi Junction 24 ...... 47%
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newcastle and Berwick 1% l4l
Newry and Eninskillen. 21
Newark and Sheffield ... 11,% 4 1 1/2
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45
North Wales .. ll4 2A IA ,
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Do., New ... ..... ..... 1
Richmond and \Vest End

Junction
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Midland ll/8 23/4
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2l/2. .... 41/23,/, 5 ..... ..
South Devon... lO ... . 20
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 42% %14. . .
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
South Wales 2%...... 5:4 6... ...... ...
Trent Valley 2 ...... 17
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 3% %...•
York and North Midland 50
Do. Selby
Do. Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette
Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... 18 171
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 •
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's' ...
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Orleans 2O -, •1
Sambre and Meuse .... 2 ...... 6 71/
/4 2 •• •
Tours and Nantes, Mac-

ken zie's
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCII 26.—The sales
are :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarters, 5 11-16 ;
Manchester and Leeds, 147 ex div. ; Ditto, Quarter Shares,
20 ex div. • Manchester and Birmin ham, 5714 ex new and
ex div. ; Ditto, New Quarters, 5% 14 prem. ; Midland Rail-
way Consols, 40/. Shares, 143% %; reston and Wyre, 33%;
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9% ; Black-
burn, Dawen, and Bolton, 4 % ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liver-
pool, 1014 ; Caledonian, 10 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6% ;
Erewash 'Valley, 15 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway
and Canal, 314 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 3 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk,
and Preston, 33/4 ; London and Worcester. Oxford and
Rugby, 4% 4 ; London and York, 314 % ; Manchester and
Buxton, 2 1-16 ; Newark and Sheffield, 4% ; Scottish
Central, 5' ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction,
4 1-16 •, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 5 ;
Trent Valley, 16% ex new ; Great Northern of France
(English), 614.

FRENCH RAILWAYS.—PARIS AND LYONS (GAN-.
NERON'S) AND DIJON AND MULHOUSE RAILWAYS.—
Such is the interest taken in these projects by his Ma-
jesty Louis Philippe, that, upon hearing Mr. Mowatt was
at Paris as the representative of the English Committees,
his Majesty desired to see that gentleman, and honoured
him with an audience on Monday last, upon the intro-
duction of General Count Baudrand, who is the presi-
dent of both those lines.

AND
Pubitt ®pinto

" Who runs may read."

THE —NEW NOVEL.—We are requestei to state
that Mr. Colburn. of Great Marlborough-street, has this
day published " Maids of Honour," a Tale of the Court
of George L, in three vols. post Bvo., which can now be
had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just
published the following popular novels : —2. De Rohan,
or the Court Conspirator, an historical romance, by M.
Eugene Sue, author of " The Mysteries of Paris," &c ,
3 vols.-3. Strathern, a Story of the Present Day, by
the Countess of Blessington-4. Lady Cecilia Farrencourt,
by Henry Milton, Esq., author of " Rivalry," 3 vols.-
5. Hillingdon Hall, a Tale of Country Life, by the
'author of" Handley Cross," 3 vols.