The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-09 00:00:00

keys.

The produce markets have been tolerably firm this
week, and a large business has been done in sugar at
advanced rates.
Although thei e is not much doing in Public Securities,
the tharke,. bus decidedly a firmer toi,e, in ct..nsequence
partly of the favourable cow- of the debate in the French
Chambers up+in Consols have realised
9ti to 92. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
ila%e been 92i w 93. Bank Stock is worth 1931 to 195.
Excht quer-tilts have been 4k. to 43s premium.
In the Foreign Stock Market the ti ansactions have
m en at imiloved quotations. and in Mexican there have
neon some good purchases at 27 to 27k. Peruvian have
ealis,d 52. Dams,' scrip has been marked 71 to 81
premium. Brazil Bonds have been at 83. Dutch Two-
mid a dad pu• Cent.". have realied 494 to
'lle Share Market is flat, with very little doing.
Sou:h Est, rn, however, have improved upon the result
w yesterday's mieting.

ONE CL )." IN°
3 n% Stoci
3 , Cent. Reduct:d A-.. 1.8 ...... 91%4 921% 92
3 ~.,-: t_.:nt. Consols Annuities 91% 92 92
-v•3 .i per Cent. Anne
ni..:AnllB. to expire Jan.lß6o
~,i, tionck 1,0004 -
I Jitti. under 1,000/... ...... .- 5O 48 p 48 p
Junk Stock for Account ... ...... • 19314
. tisois ter Account 914% 92 92
et,e,;uei lint:, 21,60. & 2d.
1,0001. June 4l 43 p 43 P
5001. June 45 45 p
Small. June
,'ItICES OF FO/16IGN t. US.DS nIZIE iM05.114..;
O'CL)CK. PitlCF.9.
razilian fionds
Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 per Cent `.e7 27
!mnish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... --
Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849.. 8 814 7% El/4
Ditto, Bonds .. ... . .. 943 A 943 A
Equador Bonds
iirenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
,x,ean, . per Cent. 1846 57 27
Ditto. Account 271 14 27% 27%
t'eruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 52 534
;'ortut..!uese :i per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent ~., -- 25%
J, .: ;:vi. I. 411 t 1840

Ditto, i'a,sive
Ditto 3 per Cent `a:'% 29)
Ditto Deferred
liivittenes on the above payable in London
• utch 21,4 i per Cent., 12 Guild 49(4, Ir.'4 49%
tAtto. ; per cent. Certificates 79!i 79%
I'l, ICES OF IRTSINESS DONE CLOS[NO.
A I Lit A t SLLARE 4. PAID. AT 0211. O'CLOCK. PKICES4
benit,en .. . 511 „. ,
Do. Preference - ... .. 2,4
inn i ughwo and ()x
!• rd Juno., calls duly
paid, , r with a guaran. 20
....•
Do, withouiguara- tee 20 ... 241. i •••••• 24%
, „wig., wolverb'ptun,
and Stour Valley 13/. 145,..
,t- ton. Statuid & Birm. 5 ... ..
Cale insiiati 5O ..... 23Mi ex d ~ 23N ex 1
Do. Nets 101. Pref.... 10 ... ~
... ..... ••«••11A
%nester and Holyhead—
.....
. 50
.4 . • .•. ..
Ditto, Preference
.'.zoaern ConNties... ..... 20 •••••• 101/4A
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent. ...
Eest Larleaslire ......... 25
~2. ..... ..... .. ---, i
Ditto, New . ...... —.. 21 ...... 14, .. .... ...... —. l4,g
dinburgh and Glasgow 50 .—.. 44
x,,ter,YeoYil, & Dorch. '2 % l3/4 ... .. ......... 13,4
heat Northern
Do., ',4 B 6 per Cent 714 .. . 644%
r.at. North or England. Ino ~....232 x.d. ... ..... 2'32 x.(2l*
Great (.‘; estern lOU ...... 97(.: x.d. ...... 9714x.d
Ditto. 1,1? Shares 50
Ditto, New 171... .. . 15 ... . 134 x d........, iv% x.. 1
oil aid Selby . ...... 50 lOl ;.2 x.d. 101;t2"
La,,cashire & Yorkshire 93 .....
Do. Fifths.
..
L -.ids anti Thirsk ...... ::.0
Ditto, New, 40/ 4O
, 01,,i On & Black wa1i...12/. tis.Bo - ...... .....
~, .on, iingliton. and '
South ed,..:t. 5O .. . 3554 .
LO ft .01, and N. We.:tern lot) 136 13614 135% x.d. 136x.d
. . Att., new
to, Fiala:: :.. .. :-'
.„ 9 x.d
o. 104 (51. & B.) B. 10 . . 13% ~—. ..... . 134
iiillarit.', .. i.ii. ... 81 x.d.
D“. Birnt., and Derbyloo .. ... 54 .x.d....
D. .Consul. Bristol and
Birming.,6 per en —.lOO
:rth Brit!.,.t,
....
.. 26 ~.... —.
Ditto, Thirds .... . gt "•-'•45, 3.:..... •....•
tioyston and Hitchin .. 3
Shrewsbury and Birm.... 10
Ditto ditto. Class B. 6
-;hrewsbury & Chester
( Nor. W. Alin.)
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10
S'iropshire Union
'to ..611 e:astera .. 3:3!i 24 lAwi...
no.. N 0.2
Do., Scrip No 4
South Wales 33 ......
t ork, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... 25 ..... 254 ex.div.,.. 2514 X.
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. ...... ...
Do. Newcastle Exten
Do. ti.N.E.Prelerence 8 ...
y,k and North Midland 50 ...... 48% ex.div.... 481/2 x• 4
Dit!s, Preference ...... 10
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Luxembourg.... . 7 -
Ditto lO -
Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. ...... ...
Northern of France...... 13
ilrleans and Bordeaux—. 7
Paris and Strasbourg ... 10
Rouen and Havre
Sankl•te and Meuse 4
2% Tours and Nantes .. 9

-
7A

7 5% ;.d.

123 4
434
24

15
g1,4:4 2
164
74
18Y

MINES.
Brazilian Imperial ...... 244 --
Do. Do. St. John Del Rey 15

loi

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
London & Westminster. 20

BIRTHS.
On the sth inst., Mrs. Henry Squire, of 23, Cockopur-
street, of a son.

On the 6:11 inst., at No. 1, Great Winchester-street, Mrs•
W. 'l'. Harris, of a son. •
On the 7th inst., at Melville-place, Lee-road, Blackheath,
the lady of Frederick J. Turner, Esq. Barrister-at-lair,
of a son.

On the Bth inst. MARRIED.
, at St. Mark's District Church, Kenning'
ton, by his father, the Rev. A. Westoby, A.M., rector of
Farthinpt ne, Northamptonshire, William A. S. Weroby,
of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., M.A., to Lucy Aycrigg, only child of
William S:udley, lizq., of that district.
On the 6th inst., at St. Michael's, Toxteth, Liverpool,
henry Martineau, eldest son of Peter Martineau,
Esq , to Lucy, daughter of Thomas Martin, Esq.

DIED
1)n the ztith ult., at Kensington, Mrs. Waters, aged 81,
widow I.f Lieutenant Franci•• IPaters, Lieutenant of the

Alarlborough in Lord Rodney's actual with Le Comte do
Grabse, 17,i: ; likewise at the taking of Toulon, the height°
of ItaWa, and Calvi.
On the 27th ult., at Whitehaven. aged 33, Frederick, the
third son of Dr. ,ennison, of Margate.
On the Ist inst., at Eastcott, Lodge, near Pinner, Middle-
sex, Mr, Mary Anne Hingeston, widow of the late Jolla
Binge ton, Esq, aged 83.

t,,,ncion! Printed and Published by AIURDO YOUNG' 01
No. 112, titrari, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand. in il+e Precinct of the Savoy, m the county or
UW4110,314 Friday, Dlareli 9, 1449.

I' and CO re:131E11.0 EA I. NEWS
11, Q it i Eft iU7 IA REE.
The tL- rp- y esti clued
hod rs sa..s. The sales were
estima-ed ,e 3 500 d 3,000 Awetiesin
at ~, 6f ; 100 B.: Lt. t 51d , un-i Egypt;an at
7.t. Aet iti a to 4t. over t.'-aft on Si, it; dayas. ".
() o s;;,i r!,,i,s rf in tin efif hut alit-ration in
Vi..l R. ti! an r,. were 'wt.,
Th, re are 00 later lonial a! tit als to-day with tiny '!
nee, of 'wet est.
great facilities for coin .I.TC:itiott h twean Paris
anti Lender, cause irregulatito s it etr!er quirt, rt., it, be
more felt, and this is especi:Aly the ease with Germany
during the winter months. It is proposed now, we un- •'
it rstand, to form a telegraphic o,lm Vi.lln.t 10 MU•
inch and Frankt•ort, passing by Litz and Selzbeurg.
The Norm of France Railway Company, after
:epest,l orifereeces with the B. Iglara surf on
t:es, has expressed its inaoility to carry out'`
toe arraegemerit for reducing the tariff on. heavy •
goods, of which so large u qm.ntity passes ,'
tieween the two c,-untries. New arti-ngernents, it is
stared, would lead ,o great changes in tue manegement
of the line, and of a nature, pr, haps, to damage its pow
sitiun, which is at present satisfactory.
The NOW 13, unswickers object sir., gly to a passage "'
in the report of the Gosernue nr. Ceo.missioners up-,
pi into dto export' the vart .u.. rout, a for radway from
pott in the Atlantic through Nova Scotia and New.'
Brunsaiek to Qa, bee, on acceont of the rotlowiug ob-
servation with respect to the Bay of Fundy:—
" In summer the transhipment of passengers and goods
to and fro would be attend« d with the greatest incon-„,
vraiireiet —loss of time and additional expense; whilst is
winter it would be even still more inconvenient, and
liable to be interrupt d by stories, and the floating
masses of ice which then occur in the bay."
A pArty writing from the colony observes:—
" Now, with respect to the oljections urged as to the,
ngineering difficulties in the interior, never having gone
over the ground we can- ,ot presume to say whether they
really exist, or wheth, r the Cummis-Toners have drawn
on their imagination for the picture by them so vividly.
set forth; but with respect to the obstacles said to exist::
in navigating the Bay of Fundy in the winter
iseasoni,
we are prepared to give it a flat deniul. So fir to the.
contraiy is the fact, that instead of floating masses (tf
ice ebstructieg the navigation, during the entire of al.(
and every winter known to the inhabitants of the pro-
vince, not only have vessels of burden, but even open
boats of all sizes navigated without the slightest difll
culty, if we except the gales of wind which pervade the.
when, of the North Alentic during the whole of our
(so-called) inclement season ; and since the intro-,
duction of steam navigation into our waters, the,
steamers (certainly very inferior to those that
would be used in connexion with so great an under.;
eking as the contemplated North American Rail.
road), have, and continue to traverse unimpeded every
part of this terrific Bad.' It is easy to conceive,
at at the crossing of forty miles of water, and, in
national point tit view, the line running near the Ameri7
can frontier, would be serious and fatal obstacles to the
eat prject, when an entire land route could be pre-
ferred; but these were sufficient in themselves, without
making terrors in the Bay of Funtiy which really do
not c. Xtat.
" are induced to mike these observations purely
Nom a desire that this often-libelled country may be
known to our friends iu Great Britain as it really
exists."