The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1844

Three per Cents. yesterday were very nearly at
par';- being at 98i, and the Three-and-a-Half at
21. 10s. above par, and this has been pretty steadily
the rate of prices for several months. The
time, therefore, for paying off or converting
the stock, which had improved in value beyond
what was contemplated by borrower and lender
when the loan was originally made, and plainly
arrived. If the nation, by paying 505., could re-
lieve itself of 10s. interest—observing the strictest
good faith all the while—the nation was clearly
entitled to do so, and the Minister to whose hands
the care of the national finances is confided was
bound to avail himself of the opportunity of
saving some 14 per cent. of a large annual drain]
Accordingly, Mr. Goulburn resolved to reduce
the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. to Three per Cent.,
either by conversion into Three per Cent. (paying
the marketable difference) or by paying • off the
whole, at the will of the holder. For many rea-
sons, however, it seemed advisable to break the
descent of the holders of the Three and-a-Half per
Cents., instead of holding them to the strict
right; the sudden diminution of income to many,
though what they ought to have foreseen, might
prove inconvenient, while the balance, which in
one way or other they were to receive in
consideration of that diminution, might, if
very great, disturb the Money Market. Upon these
considerations, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
wisely creates for the occasion an intermediate stock
bearing three and a quarter ptill cent. interest for ten
years ; but after that bearing interest three per
rent. and no more; and into this stock he pro-
posns to convert the 250 millions of Three-
and- a-Half per Cents., an immediate saving
to the country of 625,0001. per annum, and
at the end of ten years a saving of 1,250,000/. per
annum—a saving in the whole, certainly, equivalent
to an extinction of fifty or sixty millions of the public
debt. This is something to be boasted of by a Minis-
try not more than two years and a half old, which, at
its accession to office, found the national debt increas-
ing at the rate of three or four millions annually, but
Mr. Goulburn makes no boast of the achievement,
he leaves the praise where the praise no doubt is
ultimately due, to the untiring energy and
inviolable good faith of the British nation ;
and he is right. It is honour high enough for any
mortal statesman to say that he is worthy to give
direction to such energy, and to be the guardian of
such faith. And this honour was unanimously
awarded last night to Sir Robert Peel and his col-
leagues, and the nation will confirm the award.
Commerce revived and extended—universal peace
abroad, conquered by glorious victories over all who
would disturb it—sedition crushed at home—and 50
or 60 millions of the public debt extinguished, without
one shilling's weight of pressure upon a flourishing
revenue—these are the trophies of 30 months of a
Conservative Administration.

, F. Forman, butcher, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, March
13, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official
assignee.

J.
T. Morgan, butcher, Feckenham, Worcestershire, March
13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore,
official assignee.

E. M. Parsons, baker, Great Portland-place, March 14, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
J. Marston, watch-maker, castle-street, Leicester-square,
March 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee.

T. W. T. Prescott, Duke-street, Marylebone, March 14,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
G. Dennes, attorney, Great Vine-street, Piccadilly,
March 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee.
P. B. Goode, attorney, Polygon, Sonser'-town, March 13,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee.

G. S. Peacock, mariner, Charles-street, Stepney, March
13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official
aksignee._

E: J. Cotsford, auctioneer, Ann-street, Pentonville, March
13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee.

G. White, Regent-street, 'Westminster March 13, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee.
T. Hayward, wood carver, Tabernacle-row, Finsbury, March
13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official
assignee.

W. Ray, farmer, Edgware, Middlesex, March 13, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
W. Cauty, Jermyn-street, March 13, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee.
W. Norris, butcher, St. Alban's, March 13, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
J. Baker, painter, Bradfield, Essex, March 13, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee.
F. Blackley, steward of a steam-ship, Southampton, March
12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official
assignee.
G. Moody, Union-street, Shoreditch, March 12, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee.
T. Robottom, coachman, Great Scotland-yard, March
26, at half- past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
•Lackington, official assignee.
F. Collins, dancing-master, Brighton, March 27, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson official assignee.
J. Clayton, cooper, White Hart, Kennington, March 27, at
one, at the Courtof Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee.
S. Nicholls, excavator, Kensall-green Middlesex, March 27,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
C. S. Shannan, tea-dealer, Bedford, March 20, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee.
J. Oliver, fruiterer, Cobbscroft, Kent, March 13, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
H. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham, March 16, at half-
past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official
assigneee.
G. Chidlow, licensed victualler, Wem, Salop, March 16, at
half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit-
more, official assignee.
C. Brown, miller, South Shields, March IN at half-past
eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley,
official assignee.
E. Cunnah, attorney-at-law, Chester, March 12, at twelve,
at the Liverpool District Court. MEI, official assignee.
J. Leigh, victualler, Llay, Denbighshire, March 13, at half-
past eleven at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official
assignee.

T. Smith, dealer in toys, Warrington, Lancashire, March 13,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official
assignee.
J. Ogbern, butcher, Clifton, Gloucestershire, March 13,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official
assignee. _ _

WOOLWICH, Alitacu B.—The Firefly steam-vessel
was towed down to Woolwich yesterday from Deptford, to be
fitted with her boilers, and when ready for sea she will be
employed in the surveying service, under command of Capt.
Beechy, in place of the Lucifer steam-vessel.

T. Mayers, wheelwright, Christleton, Chester, March 12,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official
assignee.

T. Bland, market gardener, Monmouthshire, March 13,
at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official
assignee.

G. Warburton, harness maker, Chester, March 13, at
twelve, at the Mancheetr District Court. Hobson, o fficial
assignee.

W. Plowright, publican,Pinchbeck,Lincolnshire, March 15,
at half-past one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy,
official assignee.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
E. F. Jaques, market-gardener, Commercial-place, Brixton,
March 29, at half-past one—J. Gosden, licensed victualler,
Wilsted-street, March 29, at half-past eleven—R. Wills and
R. Davy, drapers, Oxford-street, March 29, at half-past one
—J. G. James, wine merchant, Bucklersbury, City, March 20,
at two—J. 0. Palmer, music seller, Liverpool, March 29, at
half-past one—C. Parslow, taller, Blackman-street, Borough,
March 28, at half-past eleven—J. Wheatley, livery-stable
keeper. Kennington-cross, Lambeth, March 29, at twelve—
J. Miller, patent sail-cloth manufacturer, Stockton-on-Tees,
Durham, Mareh 29, at two—W. F. Mills, merchant, Hart-
street, Mark-lane, March 29, at one.
In the Country.

W. Dargue, innkeeper, Whitehaven, April 2, at twelve, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—W. Tomkinson,
wine merchant, Stoke-upon-Trent, March 29, at one, at the
Birmingham District Ceurt.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
R. Stevens, china dealer, New-cut, Lambeth, March 29
C. Webb, apothecary, Oxford, March 90—J. B. Montefiore,
merchant, Nicholas-lane, City, April 2—W. Monteath, linen
draper, Oxford-street, April 2—R. T. Hicks, wine merchant,
Cooper's-row, Tower-bill, March 29—J. A. Holmes, mer-
chant, New Broad-street, March 29—J. Deakins, horse
dealer, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, March 29—J. H. Ber-
ryman, bookseller, Birmingham, April 2-4. Rushton, livery-
stable keeper, Nottingham, April 2—T. Redsbaw, harness
maker, Bourne, Lincolnshire, April 4—.7. Andrew, licensed
victualler, Ladd-lane, City, March 29—J. Gunton, butcher,
Cambridge, March 29—J. Jukes, nail manufacturer, West-
bromwich, Staffordshire, March 29—A. W. and T. S. Low-
man, cheesemongers, East-cheap, City, March 29—D. Row-
lands, wine dealer, Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, March 29—C. J.
Hunt, billiard table-maker, Cork-street, Burlington-gardens,
March 29.