The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-08 00:00:00

A dreadful catastrophe, of which it is impossible to
estimate the extent, has occurred in Silesia. Towards
r resemblingt
the
laps©
mid-day, it was observed that the mountain of Zobt
was suddenly enveloped in a dense smoke, while at
terrific
aT
h e
a rumbling,rd.
A After
the
therolling s same time t m e a
thunder, w
few moments the smoke dispersed, when, to the con-
sternation of all, it appeared that the chapel on the
summit, with a large number of persons, had been
enguiphed. The number of persons who perished has
not yet been ascertained.
We read in a letter from Vienna :—" The zeal of
the Servians for everything connected with their
national language is unceasing. It has just been
decided that a national theatre shall be built at Bel-
grade. The Servian Ministry have subscribed
twelve thousand francs towards it, and the Prince of
SERVIA has promised to complete whatever sum may
be wanting when the national subscription shall have
been closed. At the Lyceum of Belgrade two new
chairs have been founded, one for a Professor of
French Literature, the other for Literature and Ser-
vian History."

Tlll6 SHARE MARKETS

TIZZITISE.

Business done
.1
Railways, Paid. I Nominal Priced. to_day.
A
3% Aberleori• • •• • • all Ito 14
• , 13% 4i
An. ii.:ergate, 'Nottingham,
Boston, &E. Junction 834 6 —6% 6%
firming., Woivertiamp.,
and Steer Valley IL 10%
Birkenh., Lan., & Chesis
Junc.,late 331. 6s. Bd.. 26 12% —1134 13.
Do. Chest. & firkenhd.,
501. 8;251. Consolidated all 163( 1734
Do., do., 20/. 17 .„
Bristol and Exeter.. •• 100 90 —9l 91 90%
Caledonian •• •• •• 50 18% 18% %
Chester and Holyhead .. 111 2 i 22% 21%
Dublin and BelfastJunot. 45 16 14 d.
Dundalk and Enniskillen all 3
Dundee, Perth, and Aber-
leen Junction .. all 6 7
Do., New ail • • —• • 7
East Anglian (251. L. &
E. and L. & D.) .. all 4% —4%
Do, (181. E. & IL) .. all 3 —3%
Eastern Counties .. 20 9% %to
diastorn Union, class A,
late E. U. shares .. all GU 734
Do. do. do. .. 6 .• •
Do. de., B& C shares all 43, 636 5
East Limcasnive • • 16% —Li %
D.. New quarters • • ail •• —• •
East & West India Docks
and Birm• Jun c. all 50 —52
East & West York. June. all .• •
Ediuotirgh aud Glasgow 50 2734 28% 28
:din., Perth, and Dundee 25 5% —5%
Glasgow and South-West. 10J • • •
14reat Northern • • .. all 19% —2O 197; 20
Do. halves, A, deferred all 6 5,4 (04
Do. halves, 11, 6 per et, all 1434 141,2 14% %
Great Southern and!
Western. Ireland • • all 37% 353
Groat Western .. 100 88% —85% 88% 89
Lancaster and Carlisle .. all 77 —BO
Do. thirds •• .. 11 13 4 8% —9% P.
Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 71 % 71% 71%
Do. quarter Mares .. all ••
Do. fifths . .. 14 634 d.
Do. West Riding Union 11% 4 d.
Leeds Northern .. an 16% 17%
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport .. • • 17% • • —• •
London and 131ackwall .. all 7% 8 7%
London, Brighton, and
South Coast .. .. 100 98% 99% 993( %
London and N.-Western lee 123% —123% 123% %%%34
Do. do. quarters •• 22 4% 5 p.. 27
Do. fifths 12 4 p.
Do. 101. sh., M. &13 (c) 1 2 —2% p.
London and 5.-Westers . 100 88% —B9 IA 89% 89 %
Do. new 501. 42% 6 534 dig.
Do. new 401. 34 5 4 ills.
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock • • .. 111
iiitanebet,tr, Sheffield, &
Lincolnshire 1.. .. 100 3334 3434 34%
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union .. 4 2 0 —2% die. 1
Midland •• •• 100 64% 64% 6434 %
• Do. firming & Derby 100 33 —35 31
Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 4734
Newcastle and Carlisle.. • •
Do. quarter shares .• all • •
• Newmarket • . all 81% —• 8%
Newport, Aborgavenny,
1 and Hereford .. .. 10 —4% din.
) Sorfolk 100 32 —34 34% 33% 34
Do. Now 201. shares.. 15 11 —lO dis.
Northern Counties IJaien 334 314 3 Ms.
North British.. .. 25 8 834 8% 34
North Devon .. •• •. 11 8 7 dim.
North Staffordshire •• 1734 8 dbl. 9%
1 North-Western 19 •die.
. North & Sth.-West.Jtinc. G 1 134 p 734
Oxford, Worcester and
• Wolverhampton.. .. all 1734 —l3 17% 13 34 u
- Scottish Central .. 25 15% 15%
f Scottish Midland .. all 10 10%
Do. new all —•t Shrews. & Blrm., Class A I all 7% 7%
o Do. Class 8.. .. • • all 534
Shrews. & Hereford., Old 7 4 3 dbl.
e Shrewsbury and Chester
e (Nor. W. Min.) .. .• all 14 —l6
Do. Halves an 7
Do. Oswestry • • .. all 1034 11%
Shropshire Union •• •• 6% 334 3 d. it,d 3% 34 x.d
Do., A, B, C, & D. tally
33 paid up at per cent
South Devon 1514 1634
P. South-Eastern •• 30 2132 21% x.n 21% 4. x.n
,e South Wales.. •• all 3234 —l3
1. South Yorksh. and River
A Due •• .. • . 15 —34 dis 13%
Sheff., Roth., and Goole
La South Division .. • • 6 ..
is Stirling and Dunfermline all ..
le Stockton and Hartlepool 16 2.3
Taff Vale .. • • .. • • 126 150 151
it Thames Haven Dock and
0. Railway .. •• 18 dis. %34
re Vale of Neath .. • • 17 5 4 die.
,„ Waterford and Kilkenny all 4%
Waterford and Limerick all 17% 183%
15 Waterford, Wox., Wick.'
a- and Dublin .. .. 3
le West Cornwall •• •• 13 5 434 did.
West London .. all • •
is York, Newc.. 8 Berwick 25 181% 18% 18% %
as Ditto and Newcastle
Bd Extension .. 20 d.
DM. G.N.E. purchase 9 3% 3 (1.
It, York and North Midland 150 24% —25 24% 106%

Royal Mail Steam

(We cannot be answers
will not be influenced by

24% 7GICA%

THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1852.

able for tl
interesto

bionnnal Prices. to-day.
----.-13 -- _
Agua Fria ...
..... ~ 1 1 _ .1) 2 1;,, 2
Anglo Californian 108. P
Asturian ..... • •
Australian ••.. • • , 5 •
Australian Freehold .• •• all r die. 14
Ave Maria ... • • • ..... (Us;
Blaenarvon Iron & Coal all
British Australian Gold 1 % dis
British Iron . •••• •• • • 13i. Is.•
Brazilian imp. (Is. 51. p.) 24'h
De. Cocaes and Cuiabs all 1 —t %
Do. St. John del Hey— 15
Cobra Copper . • 40 30 —3l
Coplapo .• • ..... • • 14 4
Eng.& Australian Copper 5 p 5%
General •• • • • • ...... •• all 94 —lay{,
Gold Mountain ••• I par —t, p
Great Polgooth .- •• .• all I tySi P 4%
Mexican& S.American 9 4
Nouveau Monde.. 1 3a i P 1%
Santiago do Cuba lO% 6 7
Tin Croft .. ••• • • • • • 7 10 —ll
United Mexican— .• .• • • all 24 2%
West Mariposa .. •• • • Lbs. par
Carson's Creek, 114 %. Port Philip, !y.
611:0 7L 1tt.5.N51‘.6
Australasia all 38 —:i9%
British North America 50 47% —49
Colonial .... •• • • 25 11% 12% 11%
Commercial of London 20 24 25%
London Joint Stock lO 18% 17% 18
Lefitton arid Westminster 20 29% —3O
National Provincial Eng. 35 .. .•
•
National of Ireland... 22% 17% —l7
Oriental Bank Corporat. all 32 33%
Pravincial of Ireland • • 25 42v, 43%
Do. New ...• • • • • all 15y,i —16 X,
Union of Australia all 35 -- 36 qt 37
Do. New 254 3 834
Union of London •• lO 14% 1554
Union of Madrid • • all •• ••
VIISCELLIMEOII733.
Canada ••..• • • • 324 i4B 45%
Eastern Steam • • .. • •
Gen. Steam Navigation 1 14 2734 28% ,28
Paula. & Oriental Steam. all 74 —BO 178
Ditto ditto 15 ..
Royal Mail Steam 6O 80 81%

Le errors of the Official Lista, am'
correspondents.]

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken
for exportation. The market closed heavily, and prices
had a downward tendency. The sales comprised 3,500
American, 120 Pernam and Maranham at 513. to 6p.,
10 Bahia at 6-id., 600 Egyptian at 5i 1. to 10d., 400
Surat at 3d. to 4-,1,-,l.—ltailway Shares were flat.
The six weeks' official average price of Wheat is re-
turned at 425. 4d. per quarter.
The highly-respectable meeting presided over yester-
_ _

day by Sir James Duke, for the purpose of receiving a
report from Mr. Francis Lyne, the originator of the
movement in favour of Tribunals of Commerce, and the
honorary secretary, passed a resolution expressive of a
determination vigorously to pursue the object sought,
and one or two gentlemen present connected with the
law, as well as with mercantile affairs, ably
elucidated the evils of the existing system-
Mr. Lyne's report proved satisfactory to all present,
and, as will be seen by the account of the meeting given
in another column of The Sun, it fully merited the
warm applause bestowed upon it. It is to be re-
gretted that an important question affecting the trad-
ing community at largo was jeopardized by one or
two parties who came in at the eleventh hour, merely
to indulge personal antipathies, and introduce a paid
servant, or one at least expecting to be paid. By an
act of high-mindedness on the part of the honorary
secretary, the funds were unfortunately surren-
dered to the keeping of these persons who,
despite the award its favour of the former,
refuse to transfer them back. Preferable, however,
will it be that the whole amount should be
a present to them, or returned to the subscribers, than
thatjthe cause should be endangered by being left in
their hands. The letters of sympathy sent to Mr. Lyn°
include communications from the most intelligent men
of business here and is the provinces, including Mr.
Hall, Mr. Heyworth, Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Boyle (Duff,
Gordon, and Co.).
The Amsterdam Stock Market, on the 6th inst. was
good for Dutch Stock; Mexican not so good. Other
Foreign Securities were in request.
The amount of Bills drawn by the Hon. the East
India Company during the past fortnight was 24,0811.
4e. 6d.

The English Stock Market is very buoyant, and prices
have risen per cent., Consols being 99 to 991. At
one period this morning Consols were 991 The Bank
of England has not intimated its intention to lower the
rate of discount. The dividends at) plyablo to-day,
and there is a good attendance of annuitants. Bank
Stook has been supported at 216 to 217. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at par with-
out the dividend. The March Exchequer bills aro 695.
premium.

Foreign Securities have been steady, and Spanish are

higher, the Threo per Cents. having risen to 474 and
48i. The Certificates have risen to 21-, and 3. Portu-
guese Four per Cents. have baen 37i. Mexican have
been 34/ to I, and neglected. Sardinian Bonds have
touched 95.
ItAilway Shares are very dull, and at about former
rates, Thames Haven have risen again.

Californian Gold Mines are neglected, but Australian
very firm. _

_
The last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to
this day, are in round figures as under:-
1852. 1851.
Great Western £16.784 £15,523
North-Western
South-Western 9,680 9,309
Brighton
Midland
South• Eastern
North Stafford 4,903 4,813
Caledonian
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
York and North Midland
Newcastle and Berwick
QUARTER TO THREE.
... 99} i
... 99* 4

Consols ~.
Ditto Account, April 13

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITIsII FUNDS O'CLOCK PRICES
Bank Stuck
3 i.er Cent. Reduced Anus.
3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 9953 99 1A 995,
New Pi per Cent. Anne.....,.
Long Anna. to expire ian.lB6o 6 11-16 6% 6%
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 6% 6 7-16 6 7-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 6% 67A
India Stock 262 262
Indi! Bonds, 1,000/ ...... .... 83 p 83 p
:South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
emboli; for Account
'f;xchequer Bills, I%d. March. June.
1,000!. .. ..... ... ..... ...
5001.
Sma11,
ONE OLOSINci
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brszilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ...... 991-/... :9934 x d
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent — 1021/2
Equador Bonds 5
Grenada Bonds, 11/2 per. Cent —
Ditto, Deferred ... 113 11 % %
11.4vcan 5 per lent., 1816 —
Ditto Account 34M% 343,3
Ditto, 3 per Cent.......
Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cont._ '"
Ditto. Account ' 1063/4 107:1061, x d
Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent 67 663,
. 4
Portuguese b per Cents
Ditto. 4 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto, Account ....
SpAnitli :', peri:;ent. 1840 —
Ditto. 3 per Cent —
Pi tt o,:account
Ditto. New Deferred
Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded 23/, 3
Venezuela 80nd5,;314 per Cent....
Ditto. Account
Dividends on the above payable in London,.
Belgian, 41,4 per Cent. ... ...... 96y,
Dutch 21,4 per Cent. 12 Guild.—
Ditto 4 per Onni. C trtifivatoN ... MIA% %

21 %
3 per cent.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--('rests DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 8.--Wind at noon N
breeze, and fine clear weather. ..24v
~ moderate
CALAIS, APRIL 7.—Tho Thernis,' Sunderland to Ma-
taro, is on shore on the coast; endeavours have been
made to get her off, but without
strained, and to-night's tide will decide success;
she is much
her fate.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MAReu 24.—Tho Weights, Odessa
to Queenstown, for Falmouth,
the 22d inst., got aground, Which cleared hence on
charging; will be surveybuted
IN VERREMIIII '
3APRILIt: 6. —The Concordia, of 11°'
don, Boness to Altona
w i
, as n contact this morning with
a brig, drifted On.
crew saved. the Berner Rock, fell over and sank;
NANTES, APRIL
run into s.—The Clarisse, for Guernsey, was
Yesterday, at Paimbeeuf, by the Paquebot Fer-
dinance, and received severe damage, but made little
water.
Colour. ISLE OF SKYE. APRIL 3.—The Daisy sloop,
of Berwick, Arklow to Newcastle, has sustained con-
siderable damage, having boon on shore.
SHIELDS, APRIL 7.—Wiud N.N.E.--Std. Brit:sh 111,r,
Qat bec.
SCI LLY, APRIL s.—Wind E. S E.—Acrd. John Ro•
tun woo Buenos Ayres; Iliero, Charleston for Antwerp;
Fleur So Lis, Calcutta.
LITTLtiIaiNiPTON, APRIL 7.—The Tertius, of Ipswich,
Portland to Loudon, has put in with damage, having
been on Bagnor Rocks.
lIAMDURGII, APRIL s.—The Colibre, hence for Bata-
via and Singapore, was in contact with the Yrita, from
Bard,:uux, and both sustained damage to bulwarks and
rigging.

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OUTRAGE by POLIC EMEN.--At the Liverpool
Police Court, yesterday, two police constables were sus-
pended from their duties, in consequence of a violent out.
rage committed on Thomas Wilkinson, on Sunday night
'alt. One of the constables, mistaking the man fur some
other person, at first knocked him down, and having got
another to a,sist him, they cohtinued their violence un;ii
the poor fellow was covered with blood, his knee broken,
and ho was compelled to be removed to the hospital. Mr.
Mansfield strongly censured the violent conduct of the
oilicere, who La all probability will be climiNcil the force.