The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-08 00:00:00

INWARDS.

1852. 1853.
Foreign Ships 104,400 tons 113,933 tons.
British and Colonial 206,603 „ 177,388 „

OUTWARDS.

Foreign . Ships 132,163 tons 166,789 tons.
British and Colonial 295,823 „ 218,437 „
When we observed yesterday that the proposi'-
tions of the Chance Her of the Exchequer seemed to
be popular, we founded our statement upon the
presumption that the main feature of the plan was
a reduction of the capital of our enormous debt.
The official details given in last night'S Sun, how-
ever, quite alter the character of the plan, and
have very much changed the previous impression.
That single portion of it which relates to the issue
of 21 per cent. • debentures is undoubtedly
popular, and would in all probablility be
found acceptable to the country at large ; that
is to the payer of taxes, not the annui-
tant. To take off 10 per cent. interest, how-
ever, and add on 10 per cent. of capital is a mere
pettifogging expedient, which no man of enlight-
ened financial views or of any grasp of mind will,
at this day, advocate. The advance in public secu-
rities is natural enough, when it is found that the
Chancellor is about to give the holders such excel-
lent terms that they can convert their 3 per Cents.
into 31- per Cents, or get 110 of a new stock for
their present 3 per cents. Far better would it be
if the Money Market is not thought able at present
to bear the sweeping change of a reduction of in-
terest upon half the debt from 3 to 21, and even-
tually to 21- per cent., to create some thirty or
forty millions of the new bonds in voluntary ex-
change for Consols, and then to make that the step-
ping stone to a greater operation hereafter. There
is a very general belief that these new bonds with the
coupons attached would answer to a large extent
the purpose of bills of exchange, and would circu-
late as such throughout the Continent. This, of
course would apply to peculiar operations where
coin or paper passes from one country to another
merely in nominal settlement of balances, the
amount involved being really not wanted for actual
use. Thus it constantly occurs that gold is coming
home and going out at,. the.same time. The effect
of lowering the' interest upon English Securities
will be to bring up the prices of foreign invest-
ments, and this has been already to a small extent
felt. As the resolutions of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer have yet to be passed, however, parties
do not like to go too far in purchasing, their stocks
upon a venture, for unless Mr. Gladstone gives
way, and modifies his plan, it is not likely to be-
come law.

A statement has been issuer explaining the pros-
pects and resources of the Cincinnati and St. Louis
Railroad, and it appears there is an immense traffic,
equal to a return of nearly 16 per cent. on the cost
of 10 millions of dollars, and that the eminent firm
of George Peabody and Co. is empowered to issue
7 per cent. Preference Bonds at 92-i, being what is
termed in America a " first mortgage." The
holder will have the option of converting hereafter
any portion of the Bonds into the capital stock of
the company, and the_ loan appears to find great
favour capitalists and bankers, at the West
end especially, where it is likely to be largely
e among
held.
English Stocks have been scarcely so buoyant,
owing to the doubt whether the Chancellor of the
Exchquer will successfully carry out his plans.
Consols have been 104 to for transfer and ac-
count. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have realised 103 to Bank Stock has been
steady at 225. The South Sea New Annuities are
per cent. above par. Exchequer Bills of June
realised ss. to 95., and those of March the same.
East India Bonds were at 435. premium.
In the Foreign Market a moderate business has
been done in Mexican, at 271 to 28, in Peruvian
Scrip at an advance to 41, in Brazilian 41 per cents.
at 99k; and in Venezuela at 381 to 39 ; Spanish
Deferred havelbeen at 25 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents.
keep firm at 40 to 40g.
The Gold Mine Shares are quiet at about the
previous rates. Metcalfe Mine are 17i. to 18 pre-
mium.

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The Land Companies Shares-are flat.
The Shares of the Joint Stock Banks have been
weaker again.
Railway . Shares are down a little, and there is
less doing. The foreign lines are about the same.
Port Hunter and Moreton Bay Shares have been
in more demand at t• premium, and the Australasian
Coal are held very firmly. Berlin Waterworks are
about 1 to 1k premium.

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BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)
Business done.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities- ...... 09i 100
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3i per Cent. Annuities... lO4 3
Long Annuities,
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth SUI
Jan.,jan.; 11886°60
India Bonds, £lOOO .14
Ditto, under £lOOO 43
South Sea Now Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1_(.1.
£lOOO ................................... 5 9 • K. •
£5OO ....................................... 5 9 LA'. 59 .
5ma11....................................... 5 9

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PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON) O'CLOCK.
x d
137iititiaouNBelovnals8552,Pe4riCpeenrt&n.i ............................ -9-9..}
Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent ...... . ........... 84:4 x d
Equadorßonds .................................... 6
Mexican 3 per Cent.... . ..... ............. 27/ • ,Ditto Account April 15, ................... 28 71'
Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 43 per Cent......... 89
Peruvian Scrip .. ....
...
...,
4f p
Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent..., 64
Portuguese 5 per Cent . 43
Ditto, 4 per Cent 4O i
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto, 43 per cent lO4 31
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 25
Venezuela Bonds 33 per Cent.
1
Dutch Exchange 2 per Ceut - 66
g i x
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates..... 97 d
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols look
100 ti
Ditto April Account

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—A public meet-
ing took place at the Town Hall, Hertford, on 'Wednes-
day evening. Mr. H. Gilbertson in the chair. There
was a numerous attendance. The plan and objects of
the society were fully explained by R. N. Fowler, Esq.,
the banker, a member of the executive committee, Mr.
C. E. Lewis, the solicitor, and Mr. C. L. Gruneisen,
the secretary. A resolution moved by T. Sworder, Esq.,
and seconded by G. Ludlow, Esq., expressive of the
opinion of the meeting, that the society, both on politi-
cal and commercial grounds was entitled to support,
was passed unanimously. A plan of the allotment of
the land bought on the road, half way between Hertford
and Ware was exhibited the meeting, and intimation
was given that further purchases of property would be
made in Hertfordshire.

BIRTH OF A PRINCE.

(From the Court Circular.)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Apart 7.
t ten minutes past one o'clock this day the Queer)
.vau safely delivered of a Prince. •
There were present on the occasion in her MajestP
room, his Royal Ikr,hness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock,
Dr. Snow, and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly nurse. In the ad'
joining apartments, besides the other medical attendants
(Sir James Clark and Dr. Ferguson), wereher Royal High•
ness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the
Queen and the following officers of State and Lords of the,
Privy Council, viz., the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lora
of the Treasury ; Earl Granville, Lord President of the
Council ; the Duke of Norfolk, Lord. Steward ; the
Duke of Wellington, .Master of the Horse ; the Duke °t
Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the
Marquis of Lansdowne ; the Marquis of Breadalbauc;
Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Argyll, Lord Prig
Seal ; Viscount Pahnerston, Secretary of State for the
Home Department ; and the 1.0 d Chancullor.
Summonses were immediately issued fur a Frill
Council to be held at three o'clock.
Shortly afterwards the Park and Tower guns were
r,2(1 in ce;ebration of the joyful event.
We hare only to add that liar Majesty and the infant
Prince o.,ra proL;rossiug most favourably.
At half-past two o'clock the following bulletin n'se

"Buckingham Palace, April 7, 1553'
Half-past Two o'clock p.m.
" The Queen was safely delivered of a Prince at tell
minutes past one o'clock this afternoon.
" Her 3.l,4jesfy and the infant Prince are well.
" (TAMES CLARK, M. D•
" CHARLES LOCOCK,
" ROBT. FERGUSON', M.D.
1,1
At three o'clock a Privy Council was held at ci
Council-office, Whitehall, which was attended by h 9
Royal Highness Mince Albert ; Earl Granville, f-if,
President ; Lord Cranworth, Lord Chancellor ; t"'"
Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal ; the Earl of AberdeA,
First Lord of the Treasury ; the Marquis of Lansdosi
Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the 1-1" I
Department ; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of Stat°
for Foreign Afairs ; the Duke of Newcastle, SecretarY
of State for the Colonies ' • the Right Hon. W. E. Cri°'d;
stone, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Sir Charles Woo“,
President of the India Board ; the Right Hon. Sidnei
Herbert, Secretary-at-War ; the Bishop of London ; the
Duke of Norfolk, Lord Steward; and the
,Marquis (
Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain.

At the Council the Archbishop of Canterbury Nva°
ordered to prepare a form of prayer for her IVlajests'o
safe delivery.
The Honourable William Bathutst was clerk of tb°.
Council in waiting.
Prince Albert, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel F. $
Seymour, after the Council returned to Buckingbalti
Palace.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge called at
Buckingham Palace, and her Royal Highness t',Bo
Duchess of Gloucester, and the other members of t",
Royal Family, sent to make inquiries after the state °`
her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent remableci
in the Palace throughout the afternoon. • ir
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
and the Countess of Dornburg, together with the P-0,
gian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the flaild
verian Minister, the Russian Minister and Baroness,,
Cetto, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, the Dane
Minister and Madame Bille, the Prussian Minister alt),o
Madame Bunsen, and other members of the dipleM3l
corps, called at the Palace to leave their respects. 48.
The following members of Administration, and geli'iye
men connected with the Royal Household with it
ladies of the respective families also called to ineto.
after the -health of her Majesty :—The Earl and C°olB
tess of Clarendon, Sir James and Lady Graham, a 5,
Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Lord and 1-415 rd.
Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. E. and Mrs. C,,frs,
well and Miss Cardwell, the Right-Hon. E. and qv
Strutt, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, j
Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, the Right Hon. M. T. te-0
Mrs. Baines, Sir C. and Lady Mary Wood, the Cou,in 0,
Granville, Viscount and Viscountess Har " d'nge
ton,
W. Bathurst, Lady Cranworth, Viscountess Palinel
the Earl and Countess of Bessborougb, Lord and Pstio
Alfred Paget, Viscount and Viscountess SydneY4f4
Marquis of Ormonde, Lieutenant-Colonel and Lady '74
Hood, the Duchess of Wellington, Lord and Lady V°ie;
Lord Elphinstone, Lady Catherine and Miss Bee-14
Lady Clark, Dr. Lyon Playfair, Mr. and Lady
roe
and Miss Stanley, the Countess of Charlemont, Sir Ge,°;3l
and Lady Cooper and Miss Couper, L:eutenant-Co'°sit
and Mrs. Gordon,' Colonel and Mrs. Bouveri, ant
George Bowles, the Marchioness of Breadalban'Y

Mr. Spencer Lyttelton.
The Archbishop of York and the Hon. Mrs. Musgrall
the Speaker of the House of Commons and Mrs. SP'
Lefevre, and a eat number of peers and members
the House of Commons, also attended at the Palace
make their dutiful inquiries. •

From the London Gazette Extraordinary.)
• BUCKINGHAM PALACE, April 7..0
This day, at ten minutes after one o'clock, the Qua
was happily delivered of a Prince., His Royal fligl~n .t
Prince Albert, several Lords of her Majesty's I‘jf;•
Honourable Privy Council, and the Ladies of her 3".'
jesty!s Bedchamber, being present. 10
theT townhisgrebayt tahnedfiirrizoor
ftatzhi important newspar wask
d Tmoawdeer koners,n oi.brifie
tile Privy. Council being assembled as soon as °55-,7
thereupon, at the Council-chamber, Whitehall, it I,:fg
o
ordered that a form of thanksgiving for the Queen''
delivery of a Prince be prepared by his Grace the Arc",{
bishop of Canterbury, to be used in all churches al',
chapels throughout England and Wales, and the tosvl
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday, the 10th day
~;
April, or the Sunday after the respective ministers shr
receive the same.
Her Majesty and the infant Prince are, God be praise'''.
both doing well.

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At the Council-chamber, Whitehall, the 7th day of .1-1-i'r,
Do
1853, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most lionouo
Privy Council . t Di 4
It +.l; dp b- ' 03;010

is this day ordereL y their lordships,
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a bet
of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God fordo!)
Majesty's safe delivery of a Prince ; and that -,/jes
form of prayer and thanksgiving be used in all chur`"o
and chapels in England and Wales, and in the to', ot
Berwick-upon-Tweed, upon Sunday, the 10th (13,Jtife
this instant April, or the Sunday after the resPetlo
ministers of such churches or chapels shall receive

same.
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And it is hereby further ordered, that her I\-101-die4
printer do forthwith print a competent number dc/fp°
of the said form of prayer and thanksgiving, t°soo;
same may be forthwith sent round and read in the -0"
ral churches and chapels of England and \Vales'
of the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
-Wm. L. BATIIO

At the Council-charnber, Whitehall, the 7th PO
April, 1853, by the Lords of her Majesty's
Honourable Privy Council. eyed,
It is this day ordered by their lordships that
ar
minister and preacher, as well of the Established
in that part of Great Britain called Scotland as t11;0
the Episcopal Communion, protected and allowco;3;esti
act, passed in the tenth year of the reign of her j,NJAVO,,
Queen Anne, intituled "An Act to prevent the distu'l.o
those of the Episcopal Communion in that part otool
Britain called Scotland, in the exercise of their relh,cil 0
worship, and in the use of the Liturgy of the Clitlrpr
England ; and for repealing the act, passed in tile,:jli't
liament of Scotland, intituled ' An Act against irre=';
Baptisms and Marringes,' " do, at some time duriebeg
exercise of divine service in their churches conCjio
tions, or assemblies, on Sunday, the 10th 'day Of of
instant April, or on th'e Sunday after, the ministevef
Preachers of such churches, congregations, or 11,0,0 f
blies, respectively, shall be enabled so to do, ptiV
prayers and thanksgivings to Almighty c4.od for
Majesty's safe delivery of a Prince.
WM. L. BATOIO

LETTERS AND PAPERS FOR AUSTRALlAvoeffievsctee,,virn&setsCi,egs:tcli;;o;l,,,
hofa s
lettersGb eo been
dn issued by
newspapersh ysotuh South
forA utGenerallister
Australia
se t
Victoria, (Port Philip), . New South Wales, an, oft
Dud_asiymemmaenan4is Land, will be sent by the mail s'e,.oolo'
l do
-pdoayste(dvriindayL)7dan in elm() for the Liire"
THE NORTH BRITISH AUSTRALASIAN COMPANY j5O
a special meeting of the North British Austral the
Company on Monday, at Aberdeen, it was resolve, to ,
Lthoendnoinar.iagAernt etnhte
saahmoueldtimbee.sforrtephzitt‘hvastrraenasfdefrrrociol,
agent of the company at -Kaw-aw, in New Zedse
who has lately arrived in this country for the purP°eo
procuring more efficient machinery and a body of rn'-
in which the capabilities of the copper mine and SLY
ins; works at that locality were' very favourably I
,
scribed. With regard to the contemplated creati°l"fof
new shares, it was suggested that one new share ,o''
,
every two shares at present held should be issued '4 -•
shareholders at par. orP
SUICIDE FROM WATERLOO-BRlDGE.—Yesterday
ing, at an early hour, the dead body of a yoaneef, °q
was found lying in the mud off Mr. Peachey's wP-1.1%.1
the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge. Informatin°4o
given to the police, and a shell having been Prn;
ttia
the remains were placed therein and removed °Ai'
dead-house of the old Church, Lamb6th. In the'ci'v tea
of the day several parties attended, and ultimate,
body was identified as being that of an unf°,-11.,cVrioliii„t
female passing under the various aliases of
Bayley, Everall, &c., but whose real name is °'ll," tV,
to be Amelia Munro. The deceased had, for son' corn
past, been living with a man named Lewis, in the ICA
wall-road, from where she suddenly disappearea,
days since, and on Sunday last a lavender-coloured o,'/W
r
bonnet was found on the above bridge, which w3sate 'l6;
wards recognised as that worn by the unforton;eLlle
ceased when she was last seen. From the f°l'.l
facts there seems to be but very little doubt ea
teno
young. woman put an end to her wretched CO
~,tieo
Mr. John Adamson forwarded the necessary infnrhiput
to Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, "
inquest is not yet fixed. ase,De
COURT OF CHANCERY.—By order of the -F-Lic g 'Of
Lords, a paper has just been printed respec,t'o'l,i'rt,l-
- of Consols bought and sold for the I) gra
Chancery in the last two years. In 18.51, tb,e
amount of Consols bought was 2,313,1881., 3":01,
amount sold 1,217,6951. ; whilst in 1852, the onh:
bought was 1,973,4481., and the amount sold, 1,6',„.;; t",f
SEAMEN'S WAGES, ANN.—The sailors bele') ;0
Vessels in the coasting trade at this port, who stino
an increase of wages on the 28th ult., have gone
again without obtainivii any 461yance.