The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA 's_ EVENING, JUNE 5, 1845.

steps to put an end to a system, which if not checked,
must lead to active interference by an armed force of

The defendant pleaded that he did not make the bet, and a special
plea that the bet was illegal.
Mr. W. PAYNE (the Coroner for the City) appeared as corinsel
for the defendant, tnd submitted that, as there was a demurrer
to the last plea, whit') would probably be argued in the Court of
Common Pleas to-rdorrow, it would be better to postpone the case.
The UNDER-Sitsater said, that in the event of the Court deciding
the bet was illegal, their proceedings would go for nothing; there.
fore, the case had better proceed.
Mr. BURN appeared for the plaintiff, and stated the case. The
plaintiff is the landlord of the Robin Hood, in Holborn, and the
defendant of the Bear and Wheatsheaf, Lower Thames-street.
Shortly before the Derby was ran, the parties met at the Blue
Anchor, in Holborn,when a bet was made that Calvarero beat
Orlando. It was well known that Orlando had been pronounced
the winner, and legel decisions had dictated the payment of the
bets in favour of Orlando. Why, therefore, the defendant refused
to pay was more than he could conjecture. He should, however,
call a witness to prove the debt.
A witness was called, when a lengthened discussion took place
as to the necessity of producing the betting-book to prove the bet.
The UNDER-SHERItir considered that it was absolutely necessary
that the book should be produced. It had been entered by each
party, and the plaintir ought to produce his own.
Mr. Busy said, unbrtunately they had it not in Court.
The UNDER. SHERIPF suggested that the case should stand over,
by consent, until the demurrer was decided.

Londonderry &Coleraine 2}b...... 5%
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham l% 11274
Manchester and Leeds... 73 165 164
Do. % Shares .., ...... 32
Do. Quarters 2 ...... 24
Manchester and Birmin. 40 ...... 61
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock 225.......225.......—
Midland 100
Do. New
Nevrcastle and Darling-
ton Junction .. 25 ..... 54 53
Do. New Brandling... 10
NeweasJe and Berwick 11/ l7Mi
Newry and Enniskillen. 2% ..... 5%4 5
Newark and SLefficld .. 1% 4% . .
North British
Do. New

5%
61/2
25/8
165
73
.... 233/4

Europeans.

The Impartial of Smyrna gives the following particu-
lars from Beyrout, dated May 13 :

" We see from here in every direction columns of smoke; Chris-
tians, Druses, and mixed villages are all burned; our gardens are
full of old men, women, and children, who have come to seek a
refuge amongst us. The news we have from the theatre of war is
very uncertain, but upon the whole it appears that the Christians
Aave had the advantage until now. At Abea, where they were re-
pulsed, the Convent of the Capuchins (under French protection) was
not respected, and the only inmates, Father Carlo de Loretto and
his servant, were murdered ; the American missionaries were the
only persons unmolested. Wigi Pasha did not move. The popula.

tion of Saida was in a state of revolt, the doors of the town were for
an instant closed ; fortunately the Governor and Cacti succeeded in
establishing order, and seized the leaders of the mob. The Cerfe
(French), the Snake (English), and a Turkish frigate departed for
Saida. Reschid Pasha, Major-General of the Army of Arabia,
embarked with a few troops on board of a steamer, and we hope
will prevent any further outrages."

Northern and Eastern... 45
Do. Quarter Shares... 1214 ISM
North Kent
North Wales .. ll4 —
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Oxford and Worcester... 21/ —
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central
tt-cottish Midland ll4 —
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Binn 2%. .. . 51,4 5
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union
South Devon l5 ... 27
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 461/ 45%
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
South Wales .. .. 214 SM
Trent Valley
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Waterford and Kilkenny 1
Welch Midland
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
York and Car1i51e......... 23/4 —
York and North Midland 50 108
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2
Great North. of France
(Laffitte's):
Jamaica Juncion 11,4 4l/2
Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . ... ........
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ...... 111 i
Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d I Mit,4••• ......
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris ard Lyons, Gan-
neron's, ... .
Paris and Rouen
Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 •.••••.•••. •••
Royal North of Spain ... 2
• Sambre and Meuse ..... 4
Verona and Ancona... ... 1

The details given in the Multt Times are of the same
character :

" We have seen letters from Beyrout to the 14th of May, which
give a horrible account of Syria in general, and Mount Lebanon
in particular. For fifteen days previous wholesale murder, burn-
ing, and every possible crime was committed, while the Govern-
ment would put no check to them. The greater part of the vit.
lages and towns in the high lanes are in ashes ; the Catholic
clergy have been murdered. Colonel Rosa, our Consul. General, made
a regular sortie, with a small body of troops formed in haste, and
succeeded in saving from destruction about 700 of our fellow.
Christians. The mania for blood has spread to Palestine. The
districts near Jerusalem are in arms, and several European travel.
lers have been murdered. Heaven only knows how this terrible
tragedy will end. In the bitterness of our heart we must now
regret the blood and the millions lavished by the Four Great
Powers for the re-conquest of this country, for the sanguinary,
fanatic, and ignorant Government of the Sultan, in 1840. What a
sad return for it, and what a mournful triumph for Mehemet Ali
and Ibrahim Pasha—and France l''

This was agreed to.
The Learned Counsel said, in the mean time they must have a
new writ, as it had not been tested by either of the Chief Justices.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
MY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yesterday
were 5,000 bales, all to the trade. There was more steadi-
ness in prices. 800 bales Pernambuco went at 41d.; 200
Egyptian at sid. to Bd. ; and 4,000 bales American at 34d.
to 6d. In Shares less business was done, and prices were lower.
Armagh and Porteush, 21/2 ; Birkenhead arid Cheshire
Junction, 10 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 71/2 %;
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Belfast and County
Down, 13/4 s ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14 ; Cale-
donian, 12 11. p ; Ditto Extension, 31% 3 ; Cambridge and
Lincoln, 83/4 s ; Chester and Birkenhead, 551,4 55 ; Ditto,
New Shares, 49% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 271/2 ; Churnet
5% ; Clitheroe Junction, 2% ; Clydesdale Junction,
914 %; Cork and Killarney, 214 ; Coventry and Nuneaton,
41/2 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 11 10% ; Dundee and
Perth, 3% ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, ; Eastern Coun-
ties, 20:3/4 ; Ditto, New Shares, 11 10% ; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 18% ; Edinburgh, London, and
Granton, 16 1, ; Glasgow and Dumfries, IIA ; Grand
Junction, New Quarter Shares, 501/2 3/4 ; Ditto, Eighth
Shares, 213/4 22 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4% ; Great
Western, 204 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 451/2 46 ; Goole and
Doncaster, 1% 345. 6d. ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway,
7% 3%; Lancaster and Carlisle, 45% 46 ; Leicester and Bir-
mingham, '% 1; Limerick and Waterford, 9% 1,4 ; Liver-
pool and Manchester, 215 214 ; Ditto. New Shares, 40i4 ;
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% ; London and Bir-
mingham, 321. Shares, 47:3/4 ; London and Brighton, 70;
Londonderry and Coleraine, 5% 5; Londonderry and Ennis-
killen, 4% ; London and South-Western, 84 ; London
and York, 33/4 1/2; Direct Northern, 3% Bs. Gd. ; Leeds and
Thirsk, 714 1,4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 83/4 ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 61 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 101,4 ;
Ditto, Ncw Quarters, 8 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Mid-
land, 7 1/, ; Manchester and Leeds, 164 165 ; Ditto, Half
Shares, 741; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 83/4; Matlock and
Midland, 53/4 1/2 ; Midland Railway, 401. Shares, 28 27%;
Newark and Sheffield, 4a ; Newcastle and, Berwick, 18
17% ; North British, 25 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 6% 3%; North
Union (A), 152 153; North Wales Mineral, 16 ; North-
Western, 4% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 3% ;
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 16% 16 ; Shrews-
bury and Herefordshire, 12s 14s. ; Shrewsbury, Wolver-
hampton, and Birmingham, 51/2 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry,
and Cheshire, 5 43/4 ; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 114 5,1 ;
South-Eastern and Dover, 46 451/2 ; Ditto, New Shares,
No. 1, 19 163/4 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 17% 15 ;
Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 814 18 ; Scottish Central, 7 las ;
Trent Valley, 193/4 20 ; Ulster, 48%; Welsh Midland, 2%
2%; West Yorkshire, 21/s ; Worcester and Tring, 5% ; York
and Carlisle, 13/4 ; Great Paris and Lyons, 2; Jamaica and
South Midland,l4 ; Northern of France, English (Laffitte's),
5%; Ditto (Rosamel's), English, 2%; Paris and Lyons
(Laffitte's), 31. 61s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2%.
baNCHESTEE STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 4.—The sales are
—Barnsley Junction, 6% ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Ac-
crington, 8% 14; Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western
Junction, 2 1 9-16 prem. ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,
5% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14% ; Caledonian,
12 ; Ditto, Extension, 3 % ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 8% %;
Churnet Valley, 5% %; Clitheroe Junction, 3% 3/4 ; Eastern
Counties, New, 11 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 214 1:% ; Goole,
Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 13/4 9-16;
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 4% ex new; Hud-
dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 71,4 %; Hud-
dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 7 % ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 ;
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 9 ; Leeds and West
Riding Junction, 8% 3/4 ; Leicester and Birmingham, 1 %
prem. ; London and Brighton, 70% ; London and South-
Western, New Shares, 15% ; London, Worcester, Oxford,
and Rugby, 5%; London and York, 3%; Manchester, Bury,
and Rossendale, 17%; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland Junction, 51/4 % ; Manchester and Birmingham, 61;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10 ; Manchester and Birmingham
Continuation and Welsh Junction, 21/ ; Midland Railway
Consols, 191 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 273/4 ; North British, 25 ;
Ditto, New Shares, 7 ; North Eastern, 11/2 3/4 prem. ; North
Wales, 3% ; North Western, 4% ; Oxford and Birmingham
Junction, 2% 31/s ; Preston and Wyre, Half Shares, 3 IA ;
Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 9-16 %; Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire Junction, 1 13-16 % ex new ; Shrewsbury and
Herefordshire, 12s. 6d. prem. ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley
Union, 2 9-16 %; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 5% ;
Southport and Euxton, 2 15-16 ; Trent Valley, 191/x ;
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 14 ; Welsh Midland,
23/4 % prem. ; West Yorkshire, ; Whitehaven and Fur-
ness, 3 IA ; York and Carlisle, 1% -prem. ; Paris and Lyons
(Ganneron's), 2 13-16.
We are advised respecting the Liverpool timber market,
that the arrivals this month consist of three vessels, 3,177
tons, from St. John's, of which one cargo was yarded by the
importer, one of 22 inches average was sold at 21d., and one
of 20 inches at 20-id. per foot. A cargo in the yard, of large
average, of last year's import, was sod at nearly 20d., buyer
paying all expenses from time of landing. The demand for
all kinds continues good. and_ tha

We have received Madrid papers of the 28th ult.
IsTaitvAEz was still pursuing the war against the jour-
nalists. Senor PRATO, editor of the Pat ict z, was ar-
rested on the 27th, and sent off, under military escort, to
Cadiz. The greatest excitement prevailed at Madrid, in
consequence of this arbitrary conduct, and the Govern-
ment paper, therefore, in order to calm the public mind,
had been instructed to state, that those arrests were
made in consequence of a conspiracy formed by the ad-
herents of ESP.IRTERO• From all accounts this con
spiracy is a pure fabrication, but we give the account of
it as stated in the Heraldo

" We have reason to believe that the Government holds in its
hands proofs of a plot for the overthrow of the existing order of
things. These projects have for a long time been ripening by the
Ayaeucho (Esparterist) emigration, which believed the moment
arrived for their execution. The absence of the Court and the
paralysation of public affairs afforded the long desired opportunity of
employing the funds derived from a loan, believed to have been
contracted with some English houses and notabilities of the Aya.
cucho party, whose restoration to power is the ostensible object of
the new conspiracy. It is affirmed that there are refugees in corre-
spondence with the partisans in the capital, and that an English
agent has lately arrived, charged with the necessary funds for
gaining over the troops. This rumour accords with what the Go.
vernment heard lately, of a distribution of arms and munitions
among some of the most devoted friends of Espartero, formerly be.
longing to the National Guard."

MARKET NE W S.—(THIS DAY.)
EMI( len
SMITIEFIET.D.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 10% to 4115; ; use-
ful do., 4/ 165 t.. 5/ 3s ; fine Upland do., 514 s to 5/ 8s ; Clover
Hay, 4/ lOs to 6135; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/1s ; Wheat Str.ov.
212 s to 2/ 3s per load. Trade, on the whole, dull, at about
previous rates.
CUMBERLAND. Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12a to 4/ 12s ;
useful ditto, 41 14s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 3s to 5/ 85;
Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21;
Wheat Straw, 2/ Is to 2/ 3s per load. A fair average
supply, and a sluggish demand.
WILITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 4/ 103;
useful ditto, 41 12s to 5/ ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 3s w
5/ 8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to 6/ 4s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21;
Wheat Straw, 2/ Is to 213 s per load. Supply but moderate,
and trade rather dull.

NARVAEZ, who travels with the QUEEN, is said to be
urged to these despotic acts by Queen CHRISTINA, and
to be acting without the co-operation of MARTINEZ DE
LA Rose, who is no favourite with that intriguing and
dangerous woman. The following notice appears in the
Madrid Gazette of the 28th :
" The direction of the caisse d'amortissentent will pay the inte-
rest, dating from the Ist July, of the six. months, due the 30th of
June of the receipts, Three per Cents. Interior, existing in Spain
and in foreign countries. The holders who, living abroad, wish to
receive their interest in Paris, at sf. 40c., may present themselves
to the Spanish Commission of Finances in that capital.''

'MEAT 112.11.3L1KET S.
SOUTHALL, JUNE 4.—The supply of Beasts, Calves, and
Pigs on sale here to- day was tolerably extensive, that of
Sheep and Lambs rather limited. The former met a slow
inquiry at barely last week's quotations, but the latter sold
freely at full currencies. Beef from :;13 to 4s 4d ; Mutton,
3s 8d to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 58 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ;
and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per
RomroßD, JOSE 4.—We had a fair average supply of fat
stock on sale this morning, while the general demand was
steady at our quotations .—Beef, from 30 8d to 4s 2d ;
Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to
4s 10d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling
Calves, 18s to 285; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16. to 20s ; and
Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each.
LEWES, JUNE 3.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton,
3s 6d to 5s Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d; and Veal, 4s to 4s 8d
per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade.

BOURSE.-Three per Cents. for cash, 33 ; for the ac-
count, 33i. Five per Cents. for cash, 23-i; for account, 24

The Paris papers publish extracts from the Oceanic
Francaise of the 12th January, the Government journal
of Otaheite, from which it appears that Queen POMARE
would hold no communication with the French Admiral
lately sent out to that station ; that she had retired to
a distant island, and, in consequence, Admiral HAMELIN.
with the consent of several chiefs, had appointed one of
them, named PARAITA, regent. Various means had
been tried to overcome her obstinacy, and, among others,
an announcement was made that King Louis PHILIPPE
had addressed a letter to her, but all is vain. Governor
BaPAT intimated to the chiefs that they should assemble
on the Bth, in order to deliberate on the affairs of the
country. After this convention, the Protectorate flag
was hoisted in front of the Regent's palace, and a
salute of twenty-one guns fired. The Ocianie also
states that two English vessels of war were in
the roads, but they did not salute the flag, though
the English officer in command recognised the pro-
tectorate. We have no doubt Governor BnuAT, Ad-
miral HAMBLIN, and indeed the entire French colony
would be heartily glad to get rid of this foolish business
' without delay. Dispatches had also been received by
the French Government from Marshal BUGEAUD to the
13th of May. ABD-EL-KADER was again is the field,
and several rather serious skirmishes had taken place
between the Kahyles and the French troops. Two suc-
cessful razzias had also been ...de.
counts from Seida, Ago v•••••
wards the east, pursued by General LAMORICIERE. The
Journal des Debuts contains an article on the new treaty
for suppressing the slave-trade, of which it highly ap-
proves. M. GUIZOT, we are glad to learn, has recovered
from his late illness, and was expected to announce to
the Chamber in person the ratification of the treaty.
The following particulars on these subjects appear in
the Presse

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended May 31, 1845, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,
per Imperial Quarter.

1 WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I AYE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE 4Gs 3d 29s 5d 22s 5d 30s Id 37s 2d Ms 7d
DUTY. •. 20s Od 8s Od 6s ca 10s 6d 6s 6d 6s 6d

RAILWAY COQ MIT

(THIS DAY.)

GROUP 88.

THE wATzurortp, WEXFORD, WICKLOW,

AND DUBLIN ILAILV7AY.
The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Colquhoun in
the chair, when the examination of witnesses was resumed.

Mr. Gibbons' examination continued—His examination corn.
menced on the gradients, of which the following is an abstract,
commenc,

—eritireiTto American pine
timber. Our Australian possessions will receive equally
satisfactory information of the result of the wool
sales here, and for New Zealand, Cape, and East Indian pro-
ducts there is generally a good demand. As to sugar, the
demand has steadily increased since the late reduction of
duty, and there is a gratifying augmentation in the con-
sumption.
The Funds are rather heavier to-day, but there is very
little doing. Consols realise par for special transfer, and 99
to % for Account. Exchequer-bills realise 61s. to 635. New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102% to %.
There is more doing in Mexican Bonds, and the quotations
are advancing, especially as regards the Deferred Stock,
which is up to 213/4 to 22%, as these securities are likely now
to be placed on a better footing. The Old Bonds have been
38 to 381/. Columbian are 15%34. Spanish have been ne-
glected at 41 /8 3/1 for the Three per Cents. Portuguese
Converted are 671 A to 3/4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been 633 %.
There is stilt a large business doing in Railway Shares,
but many of them have receded a little upon the late ad-
vance. Great Western are higher, because of the decision
in favour of its Worcester line ; and Birmingham, from the
same cause, are lower. South-Eastern are less buoyant.
The foreign lines are dull.

" The journals which have announced that the Minister of Fo-
reign Affairs will not resume his portfolio until after the close of
the session, are misinformed. The health of M. Guieot is entirely
re-established, and we have reason to believe that this day, very
probably, the interim confided to the Minister of the Interior will
cease. M. Guizot makes a point of affixing his signature to the
treaty of the 29th of May. The ratifications are to be exchanged
within the ten days, and the delay will therefore expire on Sun-
day. It is believed that between this time and then the new con-
vention will be brought before the Chamber of Deputies, by means
of a Bill, or a credit of ten millions, which will be presented by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs This credit is destined to place
France in a condition, within the briefest delay, to complete the
number of 26 vessels, of which the French cruising force is to be.
composed."

(Lin armpit.)

GROUP EE.
SCOTTISH MIDLAND RAILIATIaT.

ONE CLOSIN'.
PUICES OF BRITISH. FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
3j per Cent. Reduced - 99%1/4. 99/A
3 per Cent. Consols
New 3' per Cents 1021/4%4 10214
Long Annuities tQexDireJan.lB6o 11% 11 7-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 , 11% 5-16 11 5-16
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account....
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%€l. ••• 61 63
Ditto 5001. . ••
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised 5B

The same journal announces the approaching marriage
of the Duke of BORDEAUX with a daughter of the Duke
of MODINA.

On Tuesday the Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 95c. ; the
Five per Cents. at 122 f. 55c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares at
1,232 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,106 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 826 f. 25c. ; Havre,
896 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 1,050 f. ; Basle, 273 f. 75c. ; Spanish
Three per Cents, 42f. ; Spanish Passives, 73/4.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:—

99
pm. 63
pm. -
pm. 64
pm. 58

Orleans and Bordeaux, 225 f. premium ; Boulogne, 135 f.
ditto ; Troyes and Montereau' 60f. ; Paris and Lyons
(Laffitte), 21f. 25c. ; ditto (Caton), if. 50c. ; ditto (Gan-
neron), 7f. 50c.; Northern line (Laffitte), 30f. ; ditto
(Rosamel),9f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 9f. 50c. ;
ditto (Dronillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f. ; ditto
(Jacques Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe),
15f. ; ditto (Talabot), 40f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridio-
nale), 12f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), lf.
50c. ; ditto and Cette (Lspeleta), 17f.50c. ; Creiland St. Quen-
tin, lf. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c.

CLOSING
PRICES.
116

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Austrian, 5 per Cent .. •• •116
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839...... _ 871,4
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15%34 1534
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ........ . 38%
Ditto, Account 38%%14 38%
Ditto Deferred .........20 22 21% 2214 217 21
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ..,
" Ditto, Converted 6714 6714
Ditto. Account... 67% 67%
Portuguese 4 per Cents. —
Ditto, Account 6734
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 3 per Cent. ... •••
Ditto, Account 41%% 41
Belgian 4% per Cent.
1/2
Belgian Scrip, 21/ per Cent
Dutch, 21/ per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9814 1/2 981
(2
Ditto, Account
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK.
B lILIVAY SHARES
Aberdeen
4%
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 214 0
Birming. and Gloucesterloo
Ditto % Shares
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Ditto Extension ...... 2%..... 31/21/s _
Cambridge and Lincoln 11,4 ...... 8% 7n 8
Chester and Holyhead... 15 ...... 17 165
Unmet Valley
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2' ..... 11 10% ......

SHERIFFS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
THE DUKE OF BHUNBWICIL V. 1111LNER—LIBEL.

This was an action brought by his Serene Highness the Duke of
Brunswick against the publisher of the Lancaster Guardian, for
libel. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default.

His Serene Highness appeared to plead his own case, assisted by
Mr. Thomas, the barrister. His Serene Highness read his address
to the jury. The libel was contained in the Lancaster Guardian
of the 17th September, 1842, and consisted of a detail of the
arrest of his Serene Highness on suspicion of being one of
the swell mob. The libel was copied at the time
in almost every newspapet, in the United Kingdom,
and was headed " Arrest of the Ex-Duke of Brunswick on sus-
picion of being one of the swell mob." It went into details of the
arrest of his Serene Highness at an hotel on the charge of having
picked the pocket of a Mr. Marquis, at the celebration of the
Preston Guild, held in September, 1842, but concluded by stating
that the error being discovered, his Serene Highness was over.
whelmed with apologies, which he accepted. His Serene
Highness said that the libel was not confined to this
kingdom, but was an European libel, and he had
spent 6,0001. in carrying on actions, and would prosecute them
against every paper in which it had appeared. He then went into
a complete history of his life, and urging that he was the victim of
unrelenting persecution on the part of the high and noble in the
land, and that these libels were a part of the system. He emu.
mented in unmeasured terms on the conduct of his Royal High.
nese the Duke of Cambridge, who had been his nominal guardian.
The Learned UNDER-Similes. frequently urged on his Serene
Highness to confine his address to the matters charged in the
record, and more especially that such reflections should not be
passed on the absent.
His Serene Highness said he had offered to forego proceedings
against the publishers of the libel if they would give up the name
of the real author. The defendant had urged that he was not ac.
tuated by malice. But if not, could he explain why this libel
should have been inserted, when there was not even the fact to de.
pend upon, that any person, much less himself, had been charged
in the manner set forth in the libel. His character, his reputation,
and his honour were dearer to him than his life, and he trusted
that the verdict of the jury would deter others from publishing ca-
lumny and slander against him. His Serene Highness called—
Mr. Samuel Bannister, High Constable of Preston, Lancashire,
who deposed that no such occurrence as that set forth in the libel
took place.

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Dublin and Galway
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Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... 201,% •21
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Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
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Ditto Extension .
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% ..... 6173 •• ••• • •••••
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Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
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Do. Half Shares
L ncaster and Carlisle
London and Birminghm (Stock) 235 240 235
Do. New Thirds
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London and Blackwall. 16/.135. 4d.
London and Brighton... 50
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Yeovil

Cross-examined by Mr. WORDSWORTH—Preston Guild was a
great feast, only occurring once in twenty years. People went
from all parts of the world. Mr. Marquis had been robbed. His
Serene Highness was at Preston.
This was the only evidence adduced.
Mr. WORDSWORTH then addressed the jury for the defendant.
He urged that the main fact of the robbery had been proved, the
assertion of his Serene Highness being charged was disproved, and
indeed the article itself proved that the charge had been discovered
to be erroneous. He contended that there was no ground for the im-
putation of malice, and that the defendant had done everything in his
power to do justice to the honour and feelings of his Serene Highness.
He urged at great length that his Serene Highness had not received
any real injury in reputation, and that it would have been consis-
tent with the honour and dignity of his Serene Highness to have
accepted the apology which had been made.
The UNDER-SHERIFF then summed up. He said that the con-
ductors of public journals were responsible for the articles they
inserted, and were bound to inquire Into their truth. An apology
was insufficient, and had he been counsel for.the plaintiff he would
certainly have advised him not to accept one but to appeal to a jury,
and thus to have his honour vindicated.
The jury consulted about ten minutes, and then gave a verdict
for the plaintiff—Damages 200/.

Tuoavn e. COLEMAN.—s. RUNNINQ RUIN CASE.
This was an action brought to recover the sum of 101., the
amount of a wager laid on the Derby of 1844..

one u. i in 84, one of 1 in 91, one of 1 in 103,
one cf 1 in 107, •ne of l in 103, one of 1 in 104, one of 1 in 107,
one of 1 in 53, one of 1 in 104, one of 1 in 95, one of 1 in 163,
one of 1 in 98, one of 1 in 96, one of I in 93, one
of 1 in 105, one of 1 in 106, one of 1 in 98, one of
1 in 105, one of 1 in 04, one of 1 in 103, one of 1 in
100—total, 27 gradients, all of this severe character. The gradients
were made on the supposition that the atmospheric principle would
be applied. The gradients could easily be reduced, provided loco-
motives were to be used. He estimated that the cost, providing
the atmospheric principle was applied, would be 10,0001. a mile for
a single line of rails. The worst curve was •ne in twenty chains.
He had been a county surveyor of Wexford for many years. He
knew the country through which the Carlow and Wexford line
passed, and there was very little traffic on it. He had examined
the tables and estimates •f Sir John 111'N'iell, and he thought them
much too low. The price of land he considered underrated. He
considered that, if they went before a jury of Wexford to assess,
the value of these 370 acres, they would be valued at double the
amount set down.

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The Committee met to-day it the usual hour, Mr. F. Baring in
the chair.
1 he ease for the Bill having elosed yesterday,
Mr. ANDREWS proceeded to address the Committee on behalf of
the Duke of Athol, the Earl of Mansfield, and other landed pre.
prietors against the Bill. In the course of his speech he said that
the feeling of that part of the country with regard to the line had
been misrepresented, that the estimates were incorrect, and that
the calculation of traffie was grossly exaggerated, for that instead
of 30,00t11. per annum being realised, the real traffic of the district
would not produce more than 7,0001. After commenting at great
length upon the several points of the district, the Learned Gentleman
concluded by calling on the Committee to reject the Bill.
(LIFT IIITTINO.)