The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-30 00:00:00

ITHE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY

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1 WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET.
Supplies considerable, but trade dull. Prices as follow :-
Beef 3s. 9d. to 3s. Bd. Mutton 4s. to 4s. 4d. Lamb ss. to
.ss.' Bd. Veal 3s. Bd. to 4s. 8(1. Pork 3s. Bd. to 4s. iod.
HUNGERFORD MARKET.
Supplies good, and so was the demand. Prices firm. Turbot
55. to Iss. Cod ls. to Ss. Lobsters 10d. to 3s. 6d. Salmon
Is.:3d. to 2s:. per lb. Beef iid. to Bi. per lb. Mutton iid.
to Sid. Veal Bd. to 9d. Pork 71d. to 81Ed.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
Supplies good, and so was the demand--prices much as last
quoted. Turbot, 53. to 15s. Cod, Is. to Bs.
Soles, 6d. to
35• .6d. per pair. Lobsters, 10(1. to 3s. 6d. 'Mackerel, lid. to
10d. Salmon, Is. 3d. to 2s. per lb. Whitings, sd. and 10d.
Haddocks, Bd. and Is. 211.
HAY -MARKET. .
Supplies moderate and demand in proportion. Prices
rn.._,
as last quoted. Hav, 70,:. to 933. Clover, 80s. to 112 s. ''''"
Straw,
365. to 425. per load.

COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE'S GRAND BALI.
TO TILE HEREDITARY GRAND DUKE OP RUSSIA AND
PRINCE WILLIAM OF THE NETHERLANDS.--We under.
stand the temporary Ballroom, lined with scarlet and
,white, erected, for the occasion at her Ladyship's family
mansion in Grafton. street, by Mr. Benjamin Edgington,
of No. 2, Duke-street, Southwark, was 50 feet long by
G feet wide. The effect when lighted up by mirrors was
i Very brilliant. These. ter4orary rooms are complete, and
ca.o (reeted and removed vith'out difficulty.

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_
It is reported ` that the packet sliip from 'New York, of
the Ist instant, is off Liverpool.- We do not hear as yet
that papers or letters have been received.' "
Consols opened. this morning firm at the closing prices
of yesterday, 938 i for Money ; Account, 931 i. This
being the grand day for the races at Ascot, a great number
of persons from the city, as well as from the Stock Ex-
change, have proceeded to the sporting spot,. consequently
it is not expected that much business will be done in either
of the Markets. Exchequer Bills, 26 28; India Bonds,
28 SO ; Bank Stock, 195 196 ; India Stock, 256 257.
;.Spanish ACtive as they closed:l9kt ;. Portuguese, 35/
I Tfiree'pei; Cents., 214 1; ,Belgian, 1011 102 ; Brazi-
lian,' 79i ;—Colornbian 30,f 314 ; • Meiican, 26i.; Dutch
Tvreand-at Half per Cents. 561-; Five per Cents., 1021 j..
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY ATONE O'CLOCK. •
Bank Stock.. b....
3 per Cent. Red • b ' 52%3.i Ditto Bonds 3'J 28 pro.
3.per Cent. Cons. 93,, % South Sea Stock —
3,4 per Cent — I Old Annuities —
Dittei Red. ' ' 104 93! 100 New Dian
New 336 per Cent OM 3614 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Lohg Annuities toezpire Ditto 500 .. 26 211 pm.
Jan. 5, 1860 , 14% Ditto Small .. ......... .... 26 29 pm.
Oct. 10, 1850' , .14 3-1 d; Ditto. ommercial, pill.
Jan. '5, 1060 ' ' '- 14 11-16' Ditto Advertised
Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ...
April 5, 1880 . India Stock for Account ...
Jan. •5, 1870 ' ' 'Consos for Account 933( Ti,
PRICES, OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAI AT ONIa O'CLOCK
Austrian Bonds —
,Peruvlan Bonds
Belgian Bonds ' f
Portuguese Ditto Acc8emi5.0unt.......... ... ... :
Ditto Account, ' , I
75
Brazilian Bonds -93 i Ditto New, f10nd5,........45%14
•
Dittb Account • — , Ditto'Account "% At
:Ditto, 3 per Cent
... .. :
Buenos Ayres Bonds ..........' —;
Ditto Account
Chilian Bonds ' — i Prussian Bonds —
D.tto. Account —, Russian Bonds, 1822
Columbian Bonds 2S.O ( Ditto Account .....
Ditto Ac6oun't
__..

Columbian 80nd5,1824....
Ditto Account
anish Bonds
Ditto Account ........

Greek Bonds... ..... .........

Spanish Bonds
Ditto Account,
Passive
Dcfcrred..

7- French

5 per ce—

-- - ~
~ cent....... —f. --c.
—.----. 4 per cenL ...... —f. —c.
Ditto Bonds, 1825.
Ditto Account --.- 3 pev cent.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — , --- Exchange. f. c.
--f. —c.
Ditto Account — Dutch, 2.!.4 per cent. ........ 56%,
~i Ditto, 8 per Cent —' -Ditto Account
Ditto Account
FRICES OF SHAKES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
British Iron Company
Great Western Railway Company.... 65 . • 74
Brighton Railway
•. ondon and Blackwan Railway ' ll
lAL neon and Birmingham Railway Company.,, go
ondon and Greenwich riailway Company 2r. 17 5,',
Iznidon and Croydon Railway Company l6/. as. 13% 4
...t.nchester.and Birmingham Railway. ......
Do. Do, Extension ......
g rth'l‘tidland Railway Company 65 • ,x, 61
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY
9.8.
3 per Cent. Consols
3%. per Cent. Stock
Ditto New, 1830 ...... .. ICO, City of Dublin Steam Comp. --
31.; per Cent. Debentures.. 92 National Insurance Company Bank Stock .... - City Debentures, 4 per
cent.
Grand
Canal Stock -
Royal Canal Stock
A-
It now appears doubtful at LH
loyd' LF PAST ONE.s whether the ship re-
ported in their Liverpool letter as being off that port is the New York packet of the Ist inst. or a ship from China.
Up to the present hour no papers or letters from New
York have been received.
The Dutch mail of yesterday has arrived with papers of
the 28th inst. The reports there of hostilities between
the Turks and Egyptians caused the Dutch Funds to re-
cede about ,-} per cent. ; prices—Two-and-a-Half
Cents., 5.1,i ; Five per Cents., 1011. p
The Stock Exchange and Foreign market have much the
appearance of its being a holiday, instead of places of bu-
sir;sis. During the morning not a feature of any conse-
quence has taken place in either of the markets.
There are now three packets due from New York, the
Europo and Roscoe to Liverpool, and the St. James to
London, and in all probability the Liverpool steamer will
arrive first, if the wind does not change.
Consols continue at the morning prices, 931 1 Money ;
and 934 ..,- Account ; Exchequer Bills 26 29; India Bonds
1
30 26, lower ; India Stock 256; Spanish Active 19 ;
Portuguese 3534 ; Three per Cents., 21i; Brazilian,
79k; Colombian, 281 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents.
sq-; Five per Cents. 1021 ii.
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THREE O'CLOCK.
The following notice has just been posted at the Ex-
change:—

" Bank of England, May 30, 1839.
" The Governor and Company of the Bank of England
do hereby give notice, that they are ready to receive ap..
plications for Loans upon the deposit of Bills of Ex.
change not having more than months to run,
Exchequer Bills, East India Bonds, and other
approved of Securities, such Loans to be repaid on or be-
fore the 23d July next, with interest at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum, and to be for loans of not less than 2,000/.
each."

Miss Eliza PlantagenctSraffordCOoke (niece to
Mr. Stafford Cooke, who claimed the Earldom of Stafford),
who it will be recollected a short time ago was inveigled
and robbed by two women in St. Giles's, has been disco-
vcred to Lc heiress to a large fortune, which, it is alleged,
has been unjustly kept from her. Mr. Thomas, a
medical gentleman of the Vauxhall-road, it appears, has
taken up her cause, and Mr. Benett, the Magistrate of
Hatton-garden, has expressed his willingness to lend his
aid, if just grounds can be shown for her title to the pro-
perty. The young 14dy is highly accomplished, but since
the death of her parents has been deserted by her relations.
She was on Tuesday introduced to Mr. Benctt, and an
officer was employed to make some inquiries.
BRUSSELS, MAY 28.—We stop the press to
announce that the Jury has acquitted Messrs. Kato and
Burtols. The Duke of Saxe Coburg and his family Kill
set out from London at the end of the week,

The Manchester and Birmingham Extension
Railway Committee met yesterday at twelve o'clock. The
attendance of Members eras very greit, amongst whom we
noticed Sir R. After a lengthened discussion, with
closed ddoi;, Mr. Ingham was appointed Chairman. no
inquiry excites- great interest.

The Committee on the Bill for the Manchester and
'Birmingham Extension Railway commenced its sittings
yesterday. The attendance of members was unusually,
indeed almost unprecedentedly, large. So soon as the
preparatory proceedings had been gone through, and the
Chairman elected,
Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIER objected to the Midland
Counties Railway Company being allowed to appear in
Committee as opponents of the Bill. That Company, it
appears, had presented a petition to the House alleging
that the Extension Railway, if made, would be a compet-
ing line to their own between Tamworth and • Rugby, and
praying therefore that they might be heard by council and
witnesses against the Preamble. The facts are shortly
these.. In the Session of 1836 two acts were obtained—
one :by: the Midland Counties Railway Company au-
thorising the construction of a Railway commencing by a
junction with the London and Birmingham Railway at
Rugby, 'which is 30 miles south of Birmingham, and com-
municating with the towns of Leicester, Nottiagham, and
Derby ; the other by the Birmingham and Derby Railway
Company, authorizing the making of a Railway between
those two towns by way of Tam worth, with a branch to
the London and Birmingham Railway, near Hampton-
cum-Arden, about ten miles south of Birmingham.
The lines thus obtained were not regarded by Parlia-
ment as any competing lines accomplishing the 'same
main purposes, otherwise it may be presumed that one or
other of the Bills would never have " passed muster" in
the Legislature. The Midland Counties Company assume
that the traffic 'of the North Midland Railway reach-
ing Derby in its course to London, will pass thence
by their line to Rugby rather than by the Derby
and Birmingham Railway to Hampton-cum-Arden,
because there is an advantage, in respect to distance
between Derby and Rugby by the former line, as
compared with the latter, of somewhere about ten miles.
But it so happens that the Extension Railway, the object
of which is to connect Manchester with London, proceeds
by way of Tamwcrth in its course to Rugby, and at Tam-
worth passes under the Birmingham and Derby Railway,
about 24 feet beloW its level, and the Midland Counties Com-
pany apprehend that the traffic of Derby destined for Lon-
don, instead of proceeding by their railway thence to
Rugby, will pass by the line of the Birmingham and Derby
Railway from Derby to Tamworth, that at Tam worth it will
" bolt down" to the line of the Extension Railway, end so
journey on to Rugby, the distance from Derby to Rugby
by this course being somewhat about the same as by
the line of the Midland Counties Company, and some-
thing less than by the Derby and Birmingham Railway
to Hampton-cum-Arden, and thence by the London and
Birmingham Railway. Upon the reasonable pretext, there-
fore, not that the Extension Railway would be a compet-
ing line with the Midland Counties, but that it
might enable the Birmingham and Derby to become so,
this very modest Midland Counties Company affixed its
common seal to a petition against the Bill of the Extension
Railway, seeking thereby, for the special advantage of
those whose money is embarked in that speculation, to
deprive Manchester of its desired communication with
London. The petition was referred by the House to the
Committee, and Counsel ordered in the usual way. Counsel
and solicitors were in attendance accordingly, and the right
of the Company to appear as opponents, was argued at
great length and with much ability, for the promoters of
the Bill by the Learned Sergeant and Mr. Austin ; for
the Midland Counties Company by Mr. Parker. The
room was then cleared, and, the Committee divided upon
a motion, affirming the right of the Company to appear,
which motion was lost by a large majority. So that this
Company, which has been raising such a splutter about the
Extension Railway, has nut, according to the decision of
Parliament, a right even to be heard in cpposition to a
measure which they have pursued with an unrelent-
ing opposition ever since it was first brought before
the Legislature. The Company's funds have been
expended in that opposition, and the resolution of the
Committee affirms in effect that the money thus expended
has been improperly employed. Will the Shareholders
call for an account of that expenditure ?—will they require
the Directors to repay to the general fund what ought
never to have been taken from it for such a purpose ? We
shall see.

THAMES TUNNEL.---ThiS great national under-
taking is rapidly progressing, and the most sanguine ex-
pectations are entertained of reaching low water. mark, on
the Middlesex shore, before the termination of the summer.
The works have now progressed to within 35 feet of Trinity
low water-mark on the north side, and from the state of
the shield and the general appearance of the excavation, it
is believed that all danger has been surmounted. When
low water-mark is reached, a shaft will be sunk on the
Wrapping side of the river, and the workmen will continue
their labours at both ends of the Tunnel. It is expected
that the subterranean communication between Surrey and
Middlesex for foot-passengers, will be opened in about 15
months. The number of visitors has greatly increased of
late, and the book which is kept in the Tunnel for the
entrance of names, contains the signatures of Ile most
distinguished characters in Europe, including- many scien-
tific men. The United States appears by the book to have
furnished its quota of visitors. The Grand Duke Alex-
ander of Russia, and Prince' Henry of the Netherlands,
have inscribed their names in the visitors' book. The
handwriting of both is remarkably small and neat, and has
more the appearance of a young lady's writing than that of
the Heirs Presumptive to the Thrones of two powerful
kingdoms. The labourers, with some few exceptions, enjoy
tolerably good health.

About half-pa.st four o'clock on Friday morning
last, Foulshaw Moss, near Milnthorpe, in Westmorland,
the property of G. Wilson, Esq., of Dallam Tower, was
discovered to be cn fire to an immense extent, and the
flames :;preading rapidly. The fire, when at its height, is
represented as having had a most sublime and grand ap.
pearance, rese.nbling in every respect a vast ocean of
rAlingilatne. All the pests were destroyed by the fire, by
the cutting and selling of which a number of poor people
obtained their livilhood, and who b•. this unf-rsPe - calamity
are reduced tl a state of destitution.— Carlisle Journal.

CARLOW_ MAGISTRACY.—TIIO lllail in Calling on
Lord Ebrington to dismiss from the Magistracy Dr.
White and Mr. Haughton, observes :—" The Lord
Ebrington is by this time convinced that in the Dublin
Evening Mail he has no unfair or ungenerous opponent
of his government ; nor will he think our occasional
approval of the less value, because our occasional stric-
tures are frank and unreserved. If we have consistently
resisted, with all the powers we could command, his ac-
cession to the Viceregal throne, on account of the whole
tenor of his political career, we have never done it at
the expense of his private character. We have not
withheld from him the very influential merits of his per-
sonal virtues, nor been niggard of an aniple reeogni-
tion of his moral worth and religious principle."
TILE. MARCIL OF HUMnUG.—Cambridge is the great
Whig University, and once on a time the Cambridge
men prided themselves no little on their superiority in
speculative and utilitarian philosophy over their brethren
of Oxford--

The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force ;
While he a library to Cambridge sent—
For Whigs allow no force but argument !
The sons of Whig landowners, however,b can under-
stand the impolicy of being bubbled as clearly as the.
scions of the most Tory houses. A discussion after
the manner of Friar Bragomardo arguing for the
bells of Notre Dame, with platform Presidents, re-
porters, and attested copies of " Mr. Sidney Smith's
first half hour," " Mr. Senior Wrangler's first half
hour," and .so forth, would suit the taste of the age
much better, and would certainly rouse a vast deal more
of dangerous inquiry among the incompetent multitude.
We approve of the laughinr, chorus in such case, much
more than of all the modes in Barbara, Darii, arid
Felapton. Who, for example, would think of arguing
with the Chartists? It is mere waste of breath and
thought. And, as for arguing with the Dusts, whe-
ther they be Dusts phrenological, or Dusts tee-total,
or Dusts anti-corn-law, you might just as hopefully
whistle jigs to mill-stones. Commend us, we say, to the
tg Via w

But, while Cambridge is returning, although in uo very
dignified way to her senscs,we rejoice to see Oxford bestir-
ing herself so worth!ly in her wonted support of the Con-
stit'ut ion. We refer—and we turn with pleasure from the
boyish demonstrations of her inconstant sister—to the
dignified and noble protest of the heads of the Colleges
there against the new scheme for introducing Pop&y,
under the name of National Education in England.
La these who look to use the " Oxford divines" as
tools against civil and religious liberty, read this and

GAZETTE--STATE OF THE COUNT RY.—All the in-
genuity of the Mail is unable to supply more than one
case of murder.

PROCLAMATIONS.—We have been told that in cen-
suring Lord Ebrington for not prohibiting by proclama-
tion Mr. O'Connell's incendiary project of illuminating
the city on the night of the 23d, we have done an 'in-
justice to his Excellency's motives, and overlooked the
wisdom of his course. That course, it is said, was to
let it be seen to the world that t.he• loyal Conservative
inhabitants of this city have, of themselves, the power
to beat down the demagogue ; and that, when they
choose to exert their influence, he is too timid and
too powerless to carry his pernicious designs into execu-
tion. With this view, it is added, his Excellency de-
clined either issuing a proclamation himself, or recom-
mending the Lord Mayor to do so ; in order that, as
the menaced outrage proceeded from Mr. O'Connell,
the acknowledgment of its defeat and frustration might
also emanate from his disappointed lips.

Mr. O'Connell's day is over here. He meets• nothing
but reverses and insults from the constituency which he
misrepresents. The mechanics of Dublin belt him
single-handed. A few determined and spirited Protest-
ant gentlemen have now defeated him again. He and
his party have been thoroughly well threshed in the re-
gistration courts. He will never dare to show his face
at the hustings of Dublin again.

The General Steam Navigation Company's
packet the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Cus-
tom-house at twelve at neon this day.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE MANCHESTER Ex-
CHANGE.—A number of workmen have been actively em-
ployed for two or three weeks upon the enlargment of kkee
Exchange. The addition will consist of a room of about
ninety feet in length by thirty in breadth, lighted by seven
large windows to the south, two to the east (Exchange-
street), and two the west (Ducie-place). This will be the
reading-room, and it will communicate by a wide opening
with the semicircular room to the front, which, being
cleared of tables, will afford ample accommodation for
meetings " On 'Change" without disturbance to the
readers.—Manchester Times.
MEDIA AND TUUM.—On Saturday week, the
owner of a small house in Newcastle asked an old woman,
her tenant for the May-day rent. Wait till Moonda',"
said the Chartist dame ; " wait till Moonda', and then
we'll see whether t' }loose is yors or mine."—Tyne
Mercury.
The Maidstone Gazette animadverts with equal
truth and force on the foul and disgusting misrepreseeta-
tions of a person calling himself Mr. O'Beirne, win) is
g-
now travellin about the country and victimising the pious,
obscenity
the basest Ywhich be professes to have
studied
dlei
ec(tt lecturing
calumnies on '
the Liberal press. Our Contemporary thinks it the duty
of the London press to chastise this Mr. O'Beirne. But,
Iffa oyn-n ot the
th, °bsc
end uttering
with deference, we submit that the fellow should be
punished on the spot where, his indecent outrage is perpe-
trated; and if all our country Contemporaries, wherever
the libeller shows. his head, were to undertake the repulsive
task Pf exposing* him, a sufficient antidcee to bis poison
woulLl fir provided.