The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-02 00:00:00

THE SON, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL q, 1845.'

claim is derived from three titles—purchase from
France, purchase from Spain, and discovery and
prior occupation of the Colombia by citizens of the

United States. Such are the pretensions that a very
ridiculous partisan, a Mr. FARNHAM, has ventured to
print and publish. Such are the visionary assump-
tions which Congress and the Senate affect to recog-
nise, and gravely call on Americans to uphold. Let
us see, then, in what mode France acquired the ori-
ginal territorial sovereignty of Louisiana—how this
was ceded by France to Spain as to part, and as to
the other part to Great Britain ; and subsequently
by Great Britain to Spain, which by the treaty cf
1819 confirmed the sale of the Floridas to the Re-
public.

The first French colony in Louisiana having been
established by Dr. IBERVILLE, a Canadian, under a
commission for that express purpose, granted to him
by Louis XIV., remained subject to the dominion of
France until 1762, when, by the treaty of Paris
(agreed upon in November of that year, and signed
in February 1763), which ceded to England the
several French possessions of Nova Scotia, Canada,
and Cape Briton, the eastern limits of the remaining
French settlements in North America were fixed with
extreme precision by a line drawn along the middle
of the Mississippi, from its source to the Iberville
River; and from thence, by a line drawn along the
middle to this river, and the lakes Maurapas and
Ponchartrain, to the sea. Under the 20th article of
the same treaty, Spain ceded to England the whole of
Florida, with Fort St. Augusten, the bay of Pensa-
cola, and all its possessions on the North American con-
tinent to the east or south-east of the river Missis-
sippi. On November 3, 1762, the same day
on which the preliminaries of the above treaty be
tween France, England, and Spain were signed, the
Government of France ceded to that of Spain all
the country known under the name of Louisiana,
as also New Orleans, and the island on which it is
situated; by a secret treaty between Spain and France,
that is to say, France gave up to Spain, thereby, so much
of Louisiana as France had not previously contracted
to transfer to Great Britain. The treaty of September
1783, between Great Britain and Spain, ceded East
and West Florida to Spain, which thus became again
possessed of its ancient colonies. We now come
under Mr. FALCONER'S guidance to the Treaty of In-
dependence of the same year, between Great Britain
and the United States, whereby the independence of
the latter was recognised, and their South Western,
Western, and Southern boundaries were defined in a

manner so clearly described and with their necess-
...ry
connection, as recognised by the champio:,, of the
United States' present claim, so foreibLi set out by
Mr. Falconer in his—reeetit "*"„,alPlilet; entitled the
" Oregon (question," that we have quoted his own
words.*

In our ne•;;; paper we shall pursue the course of
these trP
..asactions, treaties, &c., from the retrocession
of Louisiana by Spain to France, in 1800, down to
the present time.

* The treaty says, "By a line through the middle of
Lake Erie, until it arrives at the water communication
between that Lake and Lake Huron; thence along the
middle of the said water communication into the Iluron,
thence through the middle of the Huron to the water
communication between it and Lake Superior ; through
the Superior, northward of the Isles Royal and Phili-
peaux to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of
Long Lake and the water between it and the Lake of
the Woods to the Lake of the Woods; and through the
same to the N.W. point thereof ; from thence in a due
west course to the river Mississippi, until it shall enter
the northernmost part of the 31st deg. of N. lat. ; south,
by a line to be drawn E. from the determination of the
line last mentioned in lat. 31 deg. N. of the Equator
to the middle of the River Apalachicola or
Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to
the junction with the Flint River ; thence straight
to the head of the St. Mary's River, and thence, along the
middle of the St. Mary's River, to the Atlantic Ocean."
Mr. Falconer observes, on this pert of the treaty,
" There was one error in this otherwise clearly defined
boundary : the head waters of the Mississippi river are
south of the Lake of the Woods ; and consequently a line
carried due west from the lake would not touch the river.
The clear intention of both parties was, to terminate the
boundary where this junction was expected to take place
—where, if the Mississippi had continued in a course
north, it would have intersected the line running due
west from the Lake of the Woods. This obvious cor-
rection of the mistake is adopted in the map lately pub-
lished in America by Mr. Greenhow, in which a dotted
line from the bead waters of the Mississippi to the line
running due west of the Lake of the "Woods completes
this boundary. But nothing west or north of this line was
granted by Great Britain to the United States in 1783,
and zwai.o.;,.- Ltsylk.4.gl-%iitgal aiVciVatf •

The accounts from Ireland, we mean the political
accounts, are highly satisfactory. The sympathy
shown by the Government towards the unfortunate
Catholics is beginning to take effect—the re-action in
that country, so long oppressed and so little accus-
tomed to English kindness or generosity, was evinced
at the meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday,
and fair play to the Irish is all now required to make
them the most willing, for they have ever been, in
battle, the most gallant defenders of the empire. The
great Agitator, the man who bass done so much for
his Catholic brethren, and whose word is more
powerful than twenty thousand troops, described with
just feeling the horrors with which he was impressed
by the last intelligence from America. The real
Yankee he never liked, th,? slaveholder and slave
breeder, even when they were courting his favour, he
spurned from him as he would spurn malefactors
polluted by the most atrocious crimes. True to these
generous seeilments, he has expressed candidly, and
in his um:al nervous language, the sorrow with which
he hwed of the annexation of Texas, and the dreary
PrcApect which it holds out for the friends of the
African race. "It was idle," he said, " for the
Americans to talk of liberty and practise slavery.
For his part, he would repudiate any assistance from
America if tainted with human blood ; and he was
glad he had the opportunity of denouncing the atro-
cious system. The PRESIDENT likewise talked of
seizing Oregon, and he would certainly do it. Eng-
land, however, should have the assistance of Irishmen,
which would enable her to obtain Oregon, and pre-
vent the annexation of Texas ; but the equivalent
should be justice to Ireland, and the re.
storation of her domestic legislature," The
last part of the paragraph is merely for show, or
to round the sentence, for Mr. O'CONNELL has as-
serted fifty times that if he could obtain justice, he
would cast repeal to the winds. Sir ROBERT PEEL
has now a noble game in his hand. Even his most
bitter political opponent admits that his measures
are admirable ; and, to produce lasting peace
and lasting union between the two countries, he has
only to press forward these measures, alike despising
the attacks of bigotry and the ;elfishness of a broken
remnant of the Tory
ferton. That faction, we learn
by the same mail fl'otn Ireland, is again rearing its
head in Dublt), denouncing the Premier and his new
schemes, and threatening damnation to all Pro-
testants who refuse to join in the holy war against
Catholics; but they are now powerless, and must yield
to their fate. This is the opinion of an old friend
of the Catholics, and almost his dying speech—we
mean the late SYDNEY SMITII, Mho thus foretels, we
' trust, coming events :
" I have some belief in Sir Robert. He is a man of great
understanding, and must see that this eternal O'Connelling
will never do, that it is impossible that it can last. We are
in a transition state, and the Tories may be assured that
the Baronet will not go too fast. If Peel tells them that the
thing must be done, they may be sure it is high time to de.
it ; they may retreat mournfully and sullenly before com-
mon justice and common sense, but retreat they must when
Tamworth gives the word, and in quick step, too, and wits-
loss of time. And let me beg of my dear Ultras r to-rtZ
i
gine that they can survive for a single n-'
W-ithout Sir
Robert—hat they could f an Ultra-Tory Ad-
ministration. Is ther"
I Chartist in Great Britain
who would not, the first intimation of such an at-
tempt, order st.iiew suit of clothes, and call upon the baker
and milk%ian for an extended credit? Is there a political
ro'L-uner who would not come out of his hole with a new
constitution 2 Is there one ravenous rogue who would not
be looking for his prey? Is there one honest man of com-
mon sense who does not see that universal disaffection and
civil war would follow from the blind fury, the childish
prejudices, and the deep ignorance of such a sect? I have
a high opinion of Sir Robert Peel, but he must summon up
all his political courage, and de something next session for
the payment of the Roman Catholic priests. He must run
some risk of shocking public opinion ; no greater risk, how-
ever, than he did in Catholic Emancipation. I am sure the
Whigs would be true to him, and I think I observe that very
many obtuse country gentlemen are alarmed by the state of
Ireland and the hostility of,France and America."

sideration of that wild persecutor, Dr. :111‘Gueu, and
The subjoined paragraph we recommend to the con-
tbe bigoted clique that still infest the Castle at
Dublin :
" I have always compared the Protestant Church in Ire-
land (and I believe my friend Thomas Moore stole the simile
from me) to the institution of butchers' shops in all the vil-
lages of our Indian empire. We will have a butcher's shop
know that
in every village, and you, Hindoos, shall pay for it. We
many of you do not eat meat at all, and that
the sight of beef steaks is particularly offensive to you ; but
This is English legislation frit. Ire-
like it in all :t.trole, in al,l pia, in
still a stray European may pass through your village, ttnd
want a steak or a chop ; the shop shll be establiz;ned ;
laanndd you
Theresh al l pi
nyofoarb

Talrpio

fScrultao,

all the discovered parts cf Africa, and in all we have heard of
Timbuctoo. It is an error that requires 20,000 armed men
for its protection in time of peace, which costs more than a
million a year; and which, in the first French war, in spite of
the puffing and panting of fighting steamers, will and must
break out into desperate rebellion."

The intelligence from Madrid is to the 25th ult.
The Bourse was closed on that day, and the journals
are destitute of interest. The Gazette publishes ac-
counts of the capture of some smugglers by the
Coast Guard, in which several lives were lost. The
following letter, dated Barcelona, March 23, appears
in the Phare des Pyrenees :
" For some days a sharp correspondence has been ex-
changed between the Captain-General and the Neapolitan
Consul relative to two Neapolitans, Vicente Ferrazano and
Thomas Appignoni, whom General Concha expelled from
Barcelona, and forced to take refuge in France. The Neapo-
litan Consul has protested against this act as arbitrary and in
contempt of the law of nations, as well as contrary to the
guarantees stipulated in treaties in favour of the subjects of the
two nations. But the Captain-General, in place of acceding to
this representation, declared that, being convinced that there
were at Barcelona foreigners who, in place of remaining neutral
in the midst of troubles which had occurred, had, on the
contrary, excited them, he was decided to inquire into the
conduct of each, and to expel, not only from Barcelona, but
also from the province, all whose conduct had not been com-
pletely neutral. General Concha added, that he regretted
adopting these measures, but that he was obliged to do so, in
order to preserve tranquillity in the province under his orders.
Almost at the same time a French subject, M. Kessler, was
thrown into prison by the orders of the Captain-General, on
the most futile motive. M. Flury, the French Consul,
hastened to demand his
liberation, and, in addition, required
an indemnity to be paid in proportion to the length of M.
Kessler's detention. But, if lam well informed, it would
seem that all the steps taken by M. Flury have not hitherto
produced any result, the Captain-General having referred the
matter to his Government for decision. This incident has
produced much excitement among the members of the con-
sular body, who all appear decided to support the rights
which treaties afford their courtrymen."

The French Chamber of Deputies on Monday re-
sumed the discussion on the Customs Bill, and the
Sardinian treaty occupied them up to the hour of

post. An amendment was proposed by M. L'HER•
BETTE relative to Sardinia' ships arriving in French
harbours and the coastirg trade between the two
countries, which led to a long, and according to one
account, a magnificent speech from M. GUIZOT, who
accepted the amendment as a Cabinet question. It
was generally believed that M. GUIZOT would not
have taken this ground unless certain of a major:.
_at/ •
The domestic intelligence in the papers 'is not of
importance. Marshal SOULT was
-ta !tering under an
attack of cold and fever, bue
according to a bulletin
issued on Sunday, n-4
the slightest danger was ap-
prehended. 0 Saturday, the gallant veteran en-
ins seventy-sixth year. The accounts from
•
wgzerland are to the 28th ult. A Berne journal of
the 27th states, that M. GUIZOT had proposed to
Lord ABERDEEN a conference, to be held at Paris,
relative to the present unsettled state of that country,
which his Lordship declined. According to the
Constitutionnel, the cause of the Jesuits is daily losing
ground. Berne, and some other cantons refuse to
restrain the free corps, and Lucerne begins to see
that public opinion, as well as the decision of the
Extraordinary Diet, is against it. That journal gives
the following account of the state of• affairs :
" According to private accounts transmitted to us from the
best sources in Switzerland, the insurrectional movement pro-
jected by the refugees from Lucerne, and of which the Swiss
journals no longer make any mystery, and which was to have
been made in the night of the 26th inst., has been put off for
a few days by reason of divisions which have arisen, not
among the members of the committee of the people of Lu-
cerne, but among the members of the auxiliary committee of
Argau, which have ended in abandoning the whole conduct of
the affair to the parties interested. This has evidently put the
Government of Argau more at its ease in its relations with the
federal authorities. Already the Vorort has addressed to it
the most warm remonstrances against its having, at the very
moment when the Diet had promulgated a decree against the
free corps, not only openly tolerated the formation of such
bands within its own territory, but in not having done anything
to prevent volunteers from coming from other cantons, and
ranging themselves under the banners of the rebels of Lucerne.
The lesser Council of the canton of Argau is said to have re-
plied to the Vorort nearly to the effect that its deputies to the
Diet having discharged it from all the consequences of the re-
solution come to against the free corps, the responsibility
ought to fall, above all, upon the States which had refused to
co-operate in the decree for the expulsion of the Jesuits ; that
as the popular effervescence bad been announced to the Diet
as the inevitable consequence of a decision against the free
corps, unaccompanied with a decision against the Jesuits, all
the measures which the authorities might take to prevent the
sympathising of the people in the liberal cause of Lucerne
must fail, in the presence of the deliberate determination of
these people to do their utmost for the triumph of this cause.
The Government of Berne, invited by the Vorort to oppose the
entrance of the free corps, has answered that it has not any
power to prevent the citizens from going wherever they please,
and that if they commit unlawful acts they may be attacked
by the ordinary means. In consequence of the inert attitude
assumed by Berne, and the direct support lent by the Go-
vernment of Argau to the cause of the refugees, it is reported
that the Directory has resolved to address a new summons to
this last-J4lllml eslg kt..4tAti/utitts
ment, it will propose to its Grand Council to take such pre-
cautionary measures as may be necessary to prevent any dis-
turbance of the public peace. The Government of Lucerne,
on its side, has not remained inactive. Not only has it ap-
plied to the primitive cantons to hold their troops in readiness
to afford it federal assistance, but it has called out its own
elite force, the whole of its reserve and landwehr, making an
effective body of 11,000 men. In reality, however, not one-
half of this number is available ; for, in the two nights of the
25th and 26th instant, nearly 1,000 armed soldiers have gone
over the frontier to join the insurgents. Under these circum-
stances, the Grand Council of Lucerne has been convoked,
and it is Armed that the Council of State is prepared to sub •
mit to it a proposal for an amnesty on a large scale. This
proves that the Government feels that its existence is at stake.
The whole line of the territory of Argau bounding the canton
of Lucerne is covered with refugees and well-armed volun-
teers, waiting only for the word to march in. The Govern-
ment of Berne on the 27th had not yet decided upon any
levy of troops, but it is prepared to meet whatever may
happen in case Lucerne should call in the aid of the primitive
cantons."

THE BOURSE--MONDAY, 111Ancu 31.
First Hiehist Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price Price.
French Five per Cents. •••• 118 •• 118 .. 117 95 .. 118
107 .. 107 .. 107 .. 107
Three per Cents •• •• 85 55 .. 85 65 .. 85 55 .. 85 60
Loan 86 50 .. 86 50 .. 86 50 .. 86 50
Gouin Bank, I,ooof Shares • 10:15 ..1085 ..1085 ..1085
Belgian Bank ............. 641 25 .. 641 25 .. 641 25 .. 641 25
Belgian Fives, 1840.- •• •• •• IPS •• 1051,E .. 105 .. 105 k
1842•••••••• 107 •• 107 .• 107 107
Two-and-a-Half. •• 62 50 62 50 62 50 .. 62 50
Spanish Threes •••••• • • • • " 41 .• 41 .. 41 •• 41
Passive.• ••••• •• • • 102 7% • • 7% • • 7% • • 71,1,
Neapolitan .• 102 •
.• 102 .. 102
106 .. 106 .• 106 .. 106
RAILWAY SHARES.

....16251t 7.1625155 7.16251,55 7.1625155
SVer saaresa,init ••
•-- ••
•• •".
410 . 410 .. 405 .. 405
R0uen..........•• •• •• •• ••1155 • 1160 ..1155 ••1160
Rouen to Havre— ........ 9" ** 975 975
Orleans 1323 75 ..1330 ..1322 50 ..1328 75
Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 340 .. 342 50 .. 340 .. 342 50
Avignon to Marseilles•• •• •• 1=35 ..1140 ..1135 . 1140
Bordeaux to Teste ........ 2'o .. 232 50 .. 230 .. 232 50
RAILWAYS FOIL TIIE ACCOUNT, APRIL 3

16252.75 50 1625155 .•1218 75
.. 405 . • 403 75 • • 403 75
•
Boum .......... •• •••••• •• 1155 ..1165 ••1155 .•1160
Versailles,Sl
:to. t Gie to :IL: •••:: • ••••
•• • .1• 11 :623 0:25 5:55 1 9,73,7 50 975 ••9 7 5
..1320 .. 1330
Orleans .•... •• •• •. • • ••
Strasburg to Bale ••••• • •• • • 341 25 .• 342 50 .. 341 25 342 50
:::1213320150 ..1142230 50 ....1213320 50 :1213302 50
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RESIGNATION OF ME. WALLACE, M.P. FOR
GREENOCK.—We are sorry to see, by the Greenock
Advertiser, that the country is about to be deprived
of the services of that most useful and indefatigable
Member of Parliament, Mr. 'Wallace. Much as we re-
gret the loss of his services, we still more deeply regret
that ill health, brought on by over exertion in
the discharge of his Parliamentary duties, should be the
cause of his resignation of his seat. The Greenock Ad-
vertiser of Tuesday contains his valedictory address to
his constituents, in which he refers with honest pride to the
many reforms which he has brought about during the
thirteen years over which his Parlimentary career
has extended. First, among these in importance and in
time, is that Post-office reform which eventuated in the
establishment of the uniform system
of Penny Postage.
May the next representative of Greenock be as honest,
as assiduous, indefatigable: as the ltlSt,

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
;--;-------7---------
(PROM 01.1 k owN conRESPONDENT.)
DEPARTURE OF THE COURT.
APRIL I.—Her Majesty and suite embarked at half-
past two this day, on board the to
)ftebt. 'the shore
was lined with
people, thg «11:p (English and foreign)
salutes gaily dressed out, trid were fired from the Royal
...
Yacht Squadron Ho-
ae and the Castle.
Prince Ally
w —.-
r
ho.- • -11 yesterday went over sevel of the new
a,... in East Cowes Park, attended by Colonel Wewyss
and the Hon. Mr. Anson, and in the afternoon they rode
out to Ring's Quay, and went over the grounds of
Woodhouse Farm. It consists of about 230 acres, and
it is understood that her Majesty wishes to purchase it,
and also Little Shambles, about six acres, which belongs
to Lord George Seymour and Sir George Seymour,
which will
give a ring fence to the royal premises. Two
lodges are proposed to be built, but the immediate altera-
tions are not intended to extend to more than three
weeks in executing, that the Royal Family may be down
again by the Ist of May.
This morning the Prince, accompanied by the Queen,
'
again visited the houses in East Cowes Park—i. e., Mr.
Brooks, Mr. Cattlin's Mr. Lancaster's, and Mr. Vicks
(attended by the architect of the estate, Mr. Mooring).
This latter house, it is expected, will be purchased for
,
part of the establishment. The royal party afterwards
went through the park and gardens.
Oeborne Villa is also likely to become the properly
of her Majesty.
_ __

Lord Yarborough is entertaining Sir William and
La:ly Montagu© and a large company of fashionables at
St. Lawrence.

CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.—From accounts issued by
order of the House of Commons, it appears that in the year
ending January 5, 1844, there were 1,881 officers of the
several grades and classes employed in the Customs depart-
ment in the port of, London: The expense in salaries and
pay was That year i.:148,5561. 18s. 2d., and there was a further
expense of 11,281/. Bs. Ild. for extra clerks and extra day
pay officers, whose services were occasional. In the year
ending sth of January last 1,858 officers were employed in
the like duties; and the expense was 251,805/. Bs. 4d., and
13,8441. Is. sd. for extra clerks, &c. Thus, in the last year
there were fewer men than in the preceding twelvemonth by
3, and increased expenses by upwards of 6,0001.

6-11 PS

THIS DAVIS NEWS.

p3jwouleTonrOl
ech3te,
Junction, yesterday.
net,rewyr7ad:safiiyi
8;o and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
E
ClTY,haalDetneisdrtatalot asa lteration
iUtn
exceedingAt (,QUARTER TE
Cotton i/3 TO
thOtt
tbkT:l/te
a.iltESLEtil
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es
with
Half a goodsh
Shares,
e sd, e3alyBd3oli
.n g :-Barnsley
9da. rns; B 1
iery.
Blanchester, e sew sthe
Shares,
ea; d 4
IClBletsitrearA
andl Tint begnlat 114-14aysn ci;
Gloucester,ken ead
Bolton, Wigsn, mud Liverpool, 12%; Caledonian, 10% %;
4C6am46b%rid;gDe
itatnd o,
NLieicowislnh,arBe% 9
s,
39; he39C4;stner aittuo,d
Half Birkh esnimeraeds:
22% 231/2 ; Chester and Holyhead, 8% % Chester
and Preston Brook, 3% 1% ; Churnet Valley, 71. 10s.
71 13s. 6d ; Clydesdale Junction, 10% ; Cork and
Bandon, 4 ; Dublin and Galway, 3% ; Dundee and
Perth, 68s. 6d. ; -Dublin, Mullingar, and Athluht,
138 ; Eastern Counties, 21% ; Edinb9Asgh and Glasgow,
New Quarter Shares, 53,4 o.lasgow and Dumfries, 19s. ;
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, Half Shares, 9% ; Ditto,
Preference Shares, 814 (pd. up) ; Grand Junction, 224 225 ;
Ditto, Half Shares, 112 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, fib ; Ditto,
Eighth Shares, 19 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
91s. 6d. 5 ; Great Western, Half Shares, 101 ;
Ditto, Fifth Shares, 401/ ; Huddersfield Canal and
Railway, 314, ; Huddersffield and Sheffield, 6% 61,4 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle 3714 ; Lancaster and Preston, 5414 ;
Limerick and Waterford, 5% 34 ; Liverpool and Manches-
ter, Half Shares, 101 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
234 53s 6d; London and Birmingham, 234; Ditto, Quar-
ter Shares, 32 321/2 ; London and Brighton, 654 ' • London
and South-Western, 80; London and York, 61s. 6d.; Direct
Northern, 4% 5% ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter
Shares, 1014 ; Manchester, Sheffield, anti Alidland, 6%;
Manchester and Leeds, 147 ; Midland Railway, 156 155;
Ditto, 401. Shares, 20; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 81s. 3d. 4%;
Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 118; Newark
and Sheffield, 6% 3% ; Newcastle and Berwick, 1514 ;
Newcastle and Carlisle, 124 123 • Ditto, Quarter Shares,
31 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 43/4 ; North British, Half
Shares, 4% 4 ; North Union, A., 149 ; Ditto, 8.,
91 ; North Wales Mineral, 15% ; Ditto, New Shares, 534 ;
North Wales, 2/. 16s. 3d. 23, ; Preston and Wyre, 35 34% ;
Sheffield and Manchester, 118 120 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares,
15% 16%; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham,
4%; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 6 6%; Shrewsbury,
Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4% 965. 3d. ,• South-Eastern and
Dover, 4314 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 17 ; Ditto, New
Shares, No. 2, 11%; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,8% ;
Scottish Central, 5% ; Wexford and Carlow, 23/ ;
Worcester and Tring, 81s. 6d. 81s. 3d. ; York and North
Midland Half Shares, 1434 15 ; Austrian and Sardinian, 7
prem. ; Lyons and Avignon (English) 61s. 6d. 60s. ; Northern
oclfueFntriann,ce44(sE.
6ni;„li;sh) 6% ,• Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's
English), 3; Paris and Orleans, 501,4 ; Paris and St.
- Sambre and Meuse, 6%; Verona and
Ancona, 21~.0re is in the Bankers' Magazine for the present month
information which will startle the honest tradesman and the
merchant, with respect to " Accommodation Bill Swindling."
At present we have not time to quote but the introductory
paragraph upon this really interesting topic. It is as fol-
lows :-
" The facility with which a dishonest trader can impose
upon his banker, by means of accommodation bills, where
the parties to them have been able for some time
to keep up an appearance of regularity and integrity
in their business transactions, makes it a subject of
the first importance that a banker should know when-
ever any of his customers are in any way whatever con-
cerned in such practices. The difficulty of detection,
however, is usually in proportion to its importance ;
for the parties, knowing very well that the least in-
dication to their bankers of such practices being
carried on must necessarily lead to their exposure and
discredit, are always artful enough to give the fictitious bills
as much an appearance of genuineness as possible, so that
they may be taken by the banker as resulting
from bowl fide business transactions between the drawers
and acceptors. Too many bankers have been robbed
by such practices to render it necessary to say any-
thing on the extent of this kind of swindling. We need
scarcely remark, that as every banker is liable to be
made its object, so it is a duty on every one to lend his
assistance in detecting and exposing it whenever he has the
opportunity."
We have before us the monthly statement of James
Houghton and Company, of Liverpool, having relation to the
timber trade. It is barren of information. There have been
but few arrivals, and few sales, but it states " The Customs'
duties on mahogany, cedar, and all fancy woods, are now en-
tirely removed, and an extensive business may therefore be
calculated upon."
The market for the British Securities is very dull, and
prices continue flat, Consols being 99% % for present deli-
very, and about 991/2 % for time. Bank Stock has been at.
215 for Account. The premium on Exchequer-bills is 645.
to 625., being an improvement.
There is some firmness in the value of the Foreign Bonds,
but they are not active. In fact not a bargain is officially
noted in Spanish, the staple of the foreign house. Portuguese
Converted have been well supported at 661/2 3/4 ; Mexican
have been done at 35%; Colombian have realised an ad-
vance to 153/4 and 1614 ' • Brazilian are 88 ; and Dutch Four
per Cents. 97% % ex div.
The Share Market is buoyant, and advanced prices have
been obtained for Cambridge and Lincoln, and several other
railways.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Aims 991/2%
Bank Stock for Account.
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 11/2d.
1,000/.
500/. - pm.
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Std
Columbian Bonds. 1534 16%
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent BB%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent
-
"`l4
Ditto Deferred Stock...
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account.
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE
Aberdeen -
Birmingham and Gloucester MO_ - -

_
Ditto, New..
Ditto, Ilaif Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln ... 11/2 9 83/4... to 91/2%
Chester and Holyhead
Churnet Valley 2 - to
Coventry,Bedworth, and Nun.
eaton
Cornwall
Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth 11/2 ...... 3% to
I' ire c t Northern ... ......... .. 2% 4%%... to
Dublin and Belfast Junction 21/2 B3l %..• to 93/4
Dublin and Galway 2l/2 3741/2... to 4%
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 3% ll/8 to
Eastern Uuion
_..... to
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ... 61
Ely and Bedford IIA ll% to
Great Grimsby and Sheffield... 2N 4% to
Great. South andiV. (Irish)... 5 - to
Ditto Extension
Great North of England...... 100
Ditto New
Great Western

Ditto 1/4 Shares 5O lOll/2 to
Harwich 1
Kentish Coast
Lancaster and Carlisle l5 ..„.. 3914 to 40
London and Birmingham ...100 234% to 235
Ditto Quarters ...... ......... 2
London and 8right0n.......... 50
London and Croydon... 13/. 15s. 9d.... 173 ..
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 4
London and South Western.. 41 ....793/
Ditto New 2l/a 125‘34... to
London and York ... ..... ...... 2/2 31,8 to
Lynn and Ely
Blancheito and Leeds 73 .....147% to
Ditto 1,4 Shares
Manchester and Birmingham 40
Ditto Quarters
Midland ......100 1551/. to 157
Ditto New
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 ll7l/i to
Newcastle & Darlington ;lunc. 24 ...... 49% to
Ditto New Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick
Newark and Sheffield
North British
Ditto New 1
Norwich and Brandon lO .... 11
Preston and Wyre
Richmond and West End Junc. 1
Rugby, Worcester. and Thug 1
Scottish Midland l% 3Y-yl4 to 4%
X, 8
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 4X434... to 511/__B
South Devon
South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 42%%... to •
Ditto New, No. 1 8
Ditto New, No. 3 2l/2 B% to 9
South Wales
...• ..
TrAnt v alley. ~.
Waterford and Kilkenny I ~.... 3Yi ... to
West Cornwall ll4 414 to
York and North Midland ... 50 ......
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Scarboro' Branch
Ditto Selby
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux,Toulouse, andCette 2
Great Northern of France ... 4
Orleans and Vierzon ..... .... 2
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 ...... 121/8 to 1214
Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) ... 2
Parisand Lyons (Ganneron's) 2 ... .. 21,E to
Paris and Lyons (Caton's)... 2 . ... 214 to
Paris and Orleans...
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris and Strasburg
Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster ... 20 ...... 27% to
Provincial of Ireland
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL I.—The sales
are :—Jamaica, 30 ; Lancaster and Preston, 54 ex div. ;
Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 193/ ex div. ; Ditto,
Sixteenth Shares, 71/s ; Manchester and Birmingham, 58
ex new and ex div. ; Ditto, New Quarters, 5% 76_ prem. ;
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 15% ; Midland Railway,
Preferential, 3 15-16 Ditto, 401. Shares, 20; North British,
1714 ; Preston and Were, 341,12 3/i ; Sheffield and Manchester,
Quarter Shares, 15N ; • South-Eastern, No. 3,8% 74 ;
Barnsley Junction, 8 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 3% ; Birkenhead,
Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 1214 12 ; Blackburn,
Burnley, and Accrington, 714 1/2 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and
Bolton, 4 3-16 14 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 13;
Caledonian, 101,4 % ; Cambridg:..s and Lincoln, 8:-A '-A ;
Churriet Valley, 7% ; Direct Northern, 4•N ; Dublin and
Galway, 3 7-16 ; Erewash Valley, 15 ; Glasgow and Dumfries,
20s. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 4% 1/2 ; Hud-
dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3% %; Hud-
dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6 13-16 ; Leeds and West
Riding Junction, 6% • ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
21/4 ; London and York, 3 ; Manchester and Buxton, 2 9-16 3 ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 6% % ; Newark
and Sheffield, 614 % ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton, 1% ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction,
5; Southport and Euxton, 2% 9-16; Trent Valley, 167 g
ea: new; Paris and Lyons (Cutnneron'o, 21A ; Piis and
5 trasbur,g, 27§..

THE MURDER IN ST. SILES'S.
(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
Since the murder of Eliza Grimwood, in the Waterloc-
road, no case of that description equals in atrocity and
cold- blooded determination the murder perpetrated on
iftihday night, on nib 13dc44 br AIM Tattj; bet who ie
married woman of the name of Brothers, for some yearg
separated from her hu,band.
It appears that the murderer and the murdered went
to the house at about twenty iiiiiiutes td elbvett o'clock,
and the latter asked an old woman, named Mary Pal-
mer, locum tenons for the landlady, whether they could
have a threepenny bed for the night. Palmer answered
in the affirmatlVe, and the intiedeter paid her threepence.
Palmer then gave the woman a light, and she and the
murderer entered the inner room, already described.
They had scarcely done ste when Palmer seated herself
oft fhb last step of the stairs " to have a smoke," she
said, and was barely five minutes there when she heard
the parties quarrelling, and perceived, she thought,
the sound of blows. She called out, " What are
you doing to the Woman ?') The murderer returned
no answer. Palmer then pushed the outer door
in (the door opening into the street passage), and
advancing to the door of the inner room, saw the de-
ceased sitting on the bed, and the murderer with his
right hand above his head in the act of striking her. The
old woman, Palmer, exclaimed, "Do not beat the poor
woman any more, you have beat her enough already !"
The assassin their rushed out, pushed Palmer aside, and
hurried into the street. His victim rose from the bed,
staggered towards the room door, and fell back in the
inner passage in the position already described. It was
not until then that the aged woman, Palmer, who is near-
sighted, saw the extent of the mischief.
The unfortunate creature was 45 years old, a stout,
strong woman, of once comely features, until dissipation
had disfigured them. She was a married woman, but
abandoned her husband ten years ago. He is still alive,
and lives in George. street. After she left her husband
she lived with a man named Tape, and assumed his name.
He has been dead some time, and since she has led a
life of prostitution. She was well known in St. Giles's,
and was a quiet woman—one of the least ill-behaved of

her class.
The person of the murderer is known to the police,
but not his name. He is somewhat under the middle
height—has broad high shoulders, one higher than the
other. His face is dark and pallid— his hair black, his
whiskers of the same colour, and shaven small. He wore
a rough hair cap, a dark velveteen jacket, and light-
coloured trousers. His age is about thirty.