The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-26 00:00:00

1844 .
1851 .

In the the eight years 3,944,000 114.2
"In these eight years the number of sheep had in-
creased by nearly four millions, or considerably more
than two-fold.
" The increase in each half of the period was :
Increase. Per Cent.
First four years
Last four years
At the Wheal Anna Mine meeting, to-day, a sa-
tisfactory report was presented, and a call of ss.
per share was made to prosecute the undertaking.
Owing to the satisfactory Bank return, and the
good news from Turkey, Stocks have been very
firm this morning, though with but little doing.
Consols are 99/ -4 for Transfer, and 99i to par for
Account. Bank Stock for account is worth 229 k.
Exchequer Bills of June are Bs., and those of
March 10s. premium. East India Bonds are worth
40s. premium.
Foreign Stocks are firm also, but quiet. Equador
have improved to 5i and 6. Mexican Stock is
worth 25/ The Spanish Certificates are at Bto
A material rise has occurred in the Turkish
Loan, which is 2i to 21 premium. This arises from
the expectation that a new Bank of Constantinople
may be formed in a way to afford compensation to
the creditors. Chilian Bonds are 101. Portu-
guese 4 per Cents. are worth 39 to ±. The Greek
Bonds have been done at 81.
The Railway Share Market has been extremely
quiet, but firm, generally. French Shares are
higher.
The Gold Mine Shares are well maintained, and
Port Philip and Australasian are tending upwards.
The Land Companies' Shares are rather better.
Ceylon Land and Mining Shares are at to
premium.
The Joint Stock Bank Shares are good, and
Oriental are advancing, owing to the large divi-
dend, and the necessity of holders buying, where
they have less than nine shares, in order to be en-
titled to the new issue.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)

. -
Business done.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Bonds, £lOOO —
Ditto, under £lOOO 4O
Bank Stock for Account 2291
Consols for Account 13th April
Exchequer Bills, 114. June. March.
£lOOO
£5OO — 10
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ..........
Equador Bonds bi 6
Greek ex over-due Coupons
Mexican 3 per Cent 2si
Portuguese 4 per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent..........

Sp finish Bonds, 3 per Cent 49
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, Bi 4
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 2i pP •
TWO O'CLOCK.
99
991 130

Consols .
Ditto April Account

CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT AT DEVONPORT.—Great dis.
content has been occasioned at Devonport, in conse.
quence of the intended erection of a large convict esta
blishment st that port.

I ACCELERATION OF MAILS TO THE NORTH.—On the Ist
of April a great acceleration of the mails to and from the
north will take place, which will enable letters to be
delivered two hours earlier, and dispatched two hours
later, than at the present time at York, Newcastle, and
other places.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A PRINTING OFFICE.—Last
night a very serious accident occurred at Reynold's
printing office, Parker-street, Drury-lane. It appears
that John Cottrell was at work at a printing machine
and, in laying on the sheets of paper, one of his
hands got under the dropping bar, (a contrivance
used for conducting the paper round the cylinders),
and before it lifted, by the revolution of the machinery,
his fingers and wrist were jammed in a most shocking
manner. He was immediately removed to King's Col-
lege Hospital, and placed under the care of Mr. G. Law-
son, the house surgeon. The injuries sustained are so
extensive, that it is much feared amputation will have to
be resorted to.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS FROM ABROAD. —The Lords of
the Treasury having received an application from a
foreign gentleman requesting the delivery of his library
duty free, and also some stitched books of engravings,
included in his collection, and intended for his private
professional use in this country, their Lordships have
been pleased to consider that as they were stated to
actually form a part of his library, and to have been
used for a length of time, and now intended entirely for
private use, and not for the purpose of sale in this
country, they should have the privilege of exemption
from duty, and directions have been given by their
lordships to the proper authorities to that effect.
STATIONS FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGES.—Mr. Commis-
sioner Mayne has cancelled the appointments of the
standings for hackney carriages at the places hereinafter
mentioned :—Kew-road, Richmond—four carriages ; to
commence at the lamp-post at railway bridge, and along
the curb stone on west side. Uxbridge.road—eighteen
carriages ; to commence 10 feet west from the iron
pinup, along the footway on the south side, to opposite
Stanhope-place. Oxford-street—foul teen carriages ; to
commence opposite No. 199, in centre of street, to No.
218, keeping clear of Nos. 209, 209, and 210. Buck-
ingham-gate—ten carriages ; to commence from Prince's-
court, James's-street, along the curb-stone, to the corner
of Stafford-row, Pimlico. Great William-street, Maiden-
lane, Islington—thirty carriages ; to commence 10 feet
from the crossing in Maiden-lane, in centre of street,
towards the Caledonian-road. Piccadilly—seven car-
riages ; to commence opposite the west corner of Sack-
ville-street, in centre of street, to the entrance of Bur-
lington-arcade, keeping clear of the Albany-court-yard.
Strand— nine carriages ; to commence opposite No.
333
in centre of street, to No. 342.

THE WOOLLEN TRADE.

(From the Leeds Mercury of this day.)

LEEDS, March 25.—Our report of the woollen cloth
market continues to be of the same character as it has
been nearly every week in the present year. There is
regularly a good business doing in the cloth halls, taking
into account the very limited stocks that are held by the
manufacturers. As fast as goods of a saleable character
are brought into the cloth halls, they meet with ready
p'urchasers at firm prices. There have been several buyers
in the town during the week, but we do not hear that
they have purchased extensively. Notwithstanding this,
there is, in the home and shipping trade together, a fair
business doing in the warehouses.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—The stocks in the hands of
the dealers of foreign wool being rather below the avo-
rage, the want of a better assortment has caused fewer
buyers to appear in the market. A fair amount of bu3i-
ness has been done in colonial wools, the manufacturers
buying to supply their ordinary wants, and the stocks in
the hands of merchants from last sales offer a plentiful
assortment.

HUDDERSFIELD, March 22.—The market to-day has
been quiet, there not having been a good attendance of
either buyers or sellers. Anything in new patterns for
the spring trade meet with ready purchasers. Most of
the shippers in town are very busy with orders, both for
the continent and America, but cannot get them fitted
up in anything like the usual time, the manufacturers
having so many heavy orders on hand.
ROCHDALE March 21.—There has been a better attend-
ance of merchants, drapers, and manufacturers than for
several weeks past, and there was a good demand for
middle qualities of dyed flannels and strong Yorkshire
goods. Fine flannels and power-loom cloths were more
inquired after. Prices of some particular descriptions
finished goods were rather higher than on this day weL
and there was rather more business done in the woo-
market. Prices a shade higher.
BRADFORD, March 24.—A great quantity of all kinds
of combing wools has changed hands within the last ten
days, and at high rates compared with this period last
year. Nods and brokes are now getting scarce ; the
high price that wool is commanding tends to limit the
quantity making. Yarns.—The supply of yarns is evi-
dently not greater than the demand, and nearly all for
home consumption. This also applies to reeled yarns,
which may now be said to be very scarce. This is in a
great degree the shippers' business, whose limits, ranging
from 9s. 6d. to 10s. for 30's to 40's, cannot be met with
middle wethers at ls. 4d., the cost of the top being now
beyond what is offering for yarns. Pieces.— There is a
good deal of business doing, and a great desire to place
orders for instant delivery, as was done in May last, to
the profit of the merchant, and loss of the manufacturer.
The great advance on the raw material makes the trade
thoroughly disjointed and unsatisfactory. In all heavy
wool goods the increased cost of manufacture is frightful ;
and as old orders run out, it is impossible to place fresh
ones at old prices.
HALIFAX, March 19.—We have had a fair demand to-
day for piece goods of common quality. Most kinds
of yarn, too, are in good request, at somewhat improving
prices.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(Front the Mining Journal of this day.)
The uneasy feeling which prevailed throughout the
city in regard to foreign affairs on Monday and Tuesday,
had its influence upon mining, as well as upon almost
every description of stocks, and the consequence was
that large numbers of shares were offered for sale without
finding buyers. The market has since rallied a little, and
for some species of stock there has been a fair demand.
Owing, however, to the uncertain state of the copper
market, lead mines are rather the most in favour.
At last week's sale of copper ones, the standard was
down upwards of 61. in the week, and 31. in the
month. Still, with the short supply of ore., and
the very small stock of copper the smelters have in
hand to meet the fresh demand for the new coinage,
we do not anticipate any great fall in the price at
present. But there is a question, and an important one,
too, for the mining interest to consider, and that is,
whether the copper mines of Jamaica will not, in a few
months, send more ores into the market than was ever
received from Australia. The most extraordinary re-
ports are in circulation as to the richness of the netcalle
Mine, described as almost a mountain of copper ; o:
lode is said to be 5 ft. wide of grey ore, yielding 70 per
cent. of copper. Many other rich lodes have been opened,
and although allowance must be made for the colouring
given to all mining reports, it is quite certain to believe
that in a very short time 350 tons of rich ores have bee.o
raised, and are now ready for shipment. The share,
upon which 11. has been paid, are 121. prem., but none
were ever offered to the public. In America, the cop-
per market is much higher than it is here ; and in re-
spect to lead, the large consumers being out of stock,
the " Yankees" are trying to " bear" the market by
offering small lots. In home mines, there has been a
fair demand for Seton, West Seton, Trebarvab, Kes-
wick, and Herodsfoot, but few sellers found.
In the Metal Market there is a decided reaction,
arising from sundry causes—partly from the high rate of
freights in the export thereof, occasioned by a scarcity
of vessels, and also the extreme prices that have of
ruled the market for metals of every description. We
have shown in another column that it is our belief that,
they have seen the top price, and will now retrograde.
At the Swansea Ticketing, this week, the fall in the
standard of copper ore was considerable, and if a similar
reduction continues there and in Cornwall, manufac-
turers and others will naturally expect to obtain cake,
tile, and sheeting at lower rates than they have been
forced to submit to for some months past. Although
tin maintains it) price,. the sale of it, as well as of tin
plates, has been dull, and lead is not saleable at pre-
sent quotations. In spelter less business is transacting
than for some time past.—M.,nufactured iron is steady ;
Scotch pig obtainable at 525. 6d. per ton, nett cash.
In the Bullion Market—Mexican and South Ameri-
can dollars, 4s. 110 d. per oz. Bar silver containing gold,
all gold above 5 grains in the pound to be paid for, ss.
18d. per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. lad.
per oz. standard Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard.
The sale of copper ore at Swansea, on Tuesday last,
showed a considerable drop in the standard ; and on
Thursday, at the ticketing in Cornwall, the number of
tons sold were 3,411 for 20,380/. Bs.; the produce being
only 5a ; standard, 1601. 11s., showing a fall of nearly
41 in the standard since the corresponding sale in last
month, and equal to a reduction of Bs. per ton on the ore.
GOLD MINES.—The market for the gold mining shares
has, on the whole, been rather dull. A very depressing
influence was exercised in the beginning of the week by
the publication of the unfavourable accounts received by
the Port Philip Company. Holders of these shares were
immediately panic striken, and the price fell from 1 and 0
prem. to Ito 0 prem. Sales have since been actually
effected at par ; but on Thursday there was a rally of
a- to g prem., in consequence of speculative operations
for a iall realising profits. Most of the other companies
were sympathetically affected, but to a minor extent ;
and they have since become firmer—confidence being
stimulated by the successful progress of the Colonial
Gold Company. Advices have been received by the
Agua Fria Gold Company from their engineer, that ope-
rations on the gold had commenced at the Gold Hill.
None of the machinery had been damaged by the
late disastrous floods ; and it was anticipated that
by the mail which left on the Ist of March re-
mittances would be forwarded home. The other
companies interested in California are nearly with-
out exception in the hopes of receiving some decided re•
sults from their agents. In addition to the Agua Fria,
the operations of the Nouveau Monde and Anglo-Califor-
nian Companies are stated to be in the greatest stage of
forwardness. There has not been much demand for this
description of stock, but on the whole they may be con-
sidered as steady ; while North American and Grana-
dians have been generally flat. The Liberty Mining
Company's advices anticipate the daily produce of gold
to amount to from $7OO to $l,OOO. Complaints have
been made, but apparently without foundation, that the
directors of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company
have taken no active steps to carry out the objects for
which the association was formed. It may be remem-
bered that the worth of this important property was but
imperfectly known in the colony ; and it was only after
the result of the samples assayed here by Messrs.
Johnson and Matthey became known; that the value of
the Australian Agricultural Company's territory was so
materially enhanced. This can scarcely be known in the
colony ; and the prudence exercised by the directors in not
recklessly going to work is to be commended rather
than otherwise. The gold brought into Melbourne by
escort was 1,997,965 ozs. from the Ist of February ti
the 10th December inclusive ; in February it was onl
,56,408 ozs. ; while in November it had increased to
349,185 ozs., the total value could be estimated at
6,992,8771. The increase of population by immigration
in the months of Sept., Oct., and Nov., was 32,306.
Great complaints were being made of the adulteration
of gold dust by the admixture of some spurious matter,
resembling the precious metal, but considerably lighter
in weight. Though this has been in many cases detected,
yet a universal want of confidence was engendered. The
labour market still remained hi an unsettled state, as,
although there were many unsuccessful diggers, but few,
after once being affected with the gold mania, are
capable of steady employment. Gold has been dis-
covered at Auckland, in New Zealand, and in the Re-
public of Ecuador. A company is in course of foima-
tion for working gold mines in New Granada ; it is
likewise intended to introduce to the English market
some more of the copper mines of Lake Superior.

DARING ROBBERY. —A most daring robbery took
place on Tuesday last, about five p.m., at the house of
Mr. W. F. Cutland, St. John's-wood, by three well-
dressed lads, who entered a window and seized the plate
basket from a closet. They were met by the housemaid
in the garden. She saved a portion ; but while one
ruffian struck her and pinned her against the wall, an-
other secured 27 spoons and a pair of sugar tongs before
the poor girl could give the alarm. The thieves got
clear over the garden wall, and were seen to go down
Hamilton-terrace, one having left his cap in the garden.
DEATH OF A MILLIONAIRE.—Thomas Perry, Esq., of
Wolverhampton, died on Sunday last, in his 89th year.
This gentleman is supposed to have a larger amount of
property than is possessed by any untitled individual of
Staffordshire. Mora than a century ago the family be-
came merchants. to America, and, carrying on a large
business almost without competitors, their accumula-
tions were large and rapid. When canal making was
first projected, Mr. Perry's father entered largely into
the speculation, and his success has scarcely been equal-
led by any modern instance of railway fortune. The
deceased gentleman was a bachelor, and though not
penurious in his habits, yet his expenditure was always
confined to the decent necessaries of life. It is but
justice to say, he always bore the character of a good
landlord. His immense wealth will descend to his
nephew, W. Herrick, Esq., of Beaumanor, Leicester-
ishire.--aajfordetire Advertiser.

SPO.RTING

SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCROVIII.

The fixtures for the ensuing week are more numerous
than in any preceding week this year. The principal
attraction to the metropolitan turfites will be the North-
ampton meeting, which is marked for Wednesday and
Thursday. The lesser stars on the list consist of Leam-
ington on Tuesday, Catterick Bridge on Wednesday,
Abergavenny on Thursday, and the Newton Spring and
Hoo meetings on Friday—sufficient sport, in all con-
science, for one short week, and quite good enough to
inaugurater what is termed " the legitimate racing sea-
son.

The events of the last eight-and-forty hours have put
a quietus on the chances of Maria (who met with ai
accident on Tuesday) and The Confessor (who is reported
broken down) for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes--
the first-named having been declared not to start on
Thursday, and the latter yesterday. The only other
movement of any consequence in reference to this stake
has been shown in the increased confidence displayed in
Defiance, who can scarcely be quoted this morning at
more than 3 to 1.

It seems that the running of Llanforda and Lampedo
is very doubtful, and that the three top weights are
almost certain not to show.

Charley runs for the Whittlebury Stakes, therefore, I
presume, will not start for the Handicap.
Sharavogue is in good form, and in all probability will
win the Northampton Cup Stakes. His principal op-
ponents will be Russborough and Lady Sarah. The
starting of Game Tommy and Ethelwolf is by no means
certain at the present time.

To the list of the horses in preparation for Northamp-
ton races given yesterday, add Warbler to young
Stephenson's lot.

thelwolf is considered a good thing for the Innkeep-
ers' Plate.

Frantic and Convulsion are the only starters for the
Northampton Triennial Stakes. Plumstead and Pelo-
pidas, the couple which it was presumed a few days ago
would also start, are, I understand, not going to the
scene of action.

THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

THE CONVICT SA UNDERS.

CHELMSFORD, FRIDAY.
Yesterday the Acting-deputy Sheriff, T. M. Gepp,
Esq., received information that the grandfather of this
culprit died while labouring under insanity. It has
already been stated that the convict's mother died a
lunatic, and from the indefatigable exertions of Mr.
Gepp, a mass of information has been collected and for-
warded to the Home-office authorities, since the reprieve
signed by the Duke of Newcastle, in the absence of
Lord Palmerston, and which expires on Tuesday next.
The result of these inquiries has induced Lord Palmer-
ston to authorise two eminent physicians, experienced in
, cases of lunacy, to proceed to Springfield gaol, and yes-
terday they arrived, and made a minute examination of
, the state of the prisoner's mind, but of course their
opinions were not publicly expressed. They will make
a special report forthwith to the Home Secretary of
State, and upon that document the ultimate fate of the
criminal will depend, on Wednesday next. Among
other information obtained by Mr. Gepp, is some from
the market gardeners of Mortlake, where it seems the
prisoner was known as " Silly Charley Saunders," and
at times was flippant and idiotic in his conduct, although
at others he was a steady workman. He appears to
have a great aversion to Irishmen, and labours under
the delusion that they entertain feelings of revenge
towards him for having posted some placards concerning
Cardinal Wiseman. The culprit himself, since his con-
demnation, has related to the chaplain and surgeon of
the gaol several acts of violence which he says he has
committed. While at work for Mr. Hoare, the brewer,
he says that he struck at an Irishman with a sickle in
the night, under the impression that the latter would
murder him. He also says that he attacked two coster-
mongers and a policeman, on Woolwich Common, with
a knife, but none of these can be traced to any truthful
foundation. The opinion of Mr. Gibson, the surgeon of
the gaol, is, that he is insane on these points. He has
also expressed his belief that he is entitled to 1,0001.,
which he wishes to be shared between his sister and the
widow of the unfortunate Mr. Toiler, who he still main-
tains he killed in self-defence. In addition to following
the occupation of market gardening, the convict has been
to Africa as cook in a trading vessel, and employed in
barges and fishing smacks.