The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THIL6'E.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated
at 8,000 bales, including 6,000 American:at 6%d. to 61/2d.,
800 Pernam at 4%c1. to 53sid., 200 Bahia. at sd. to .51/4c1.,
100 Egyptian at 51,4 d. to. GAd., and 100 Surats at 31,44 d. to
41/4d.-per lb. Of the above 2,000 American were trken for
export and on speculation. • The market closed very firm.
Railway Shares were dull, and prices had a downward
tendency.
There are important public sales of Wool annoiniced for
the preesent week. In produce generally a moderate busi-
nes is doing.
The shippolumbus, arrived at Liverpool, brings ralvices of
June 4, from Pernambuco. On political affairs there is
nothing of particular interest, and the Brazilian provinces
wers again tranquillized. The exchange was 241,4. very few
shipments being in progress. linger was firm and freights
wore low. There is no_hing definitive from the Elves Piste.
'; he Royal Mail steamer from the West Indies has. arrived,
and does not bring favourable accounts from the. colonies.
The letters are not yet delivered. There is a Wilkes freight
of 270,500/., and this includes no less than 300000 dollars
from California.
Some idea of the present state of Canada, arra the embar-
rassment of fits finances, which unless remedied must bring
about a serious crisis, may be formed from the following par-
ticulars in a local journal received yesterday by the Eu-
ropa In 1840, the debt of Lower Canada was 113,9751.,
we were saddled, it is true, with a debt of 1,271,7451. from
Upper Canada, but united, that of the whole province only
amounted to 1,385,7201. The credit of Upper Canada was
at a very low ebb; the great works which were uecessary
for the trade of the province were proceeding
very slowly; it owed nearly 900,0004 to England, and could
procure no more advances. As soon as Lord Sydenham had
succeeded in uniting the two provinces, the Upper Canadians
lost no time in taking advantage of our good credit to carry
on and further their public works ; they received tenders for
macadamizing roads, building bridges, ports, canals, &c., of
immense cost and extent. Some idea may be formed of their
share in the budget, from the single item in this
year's return, the Welland Canal, being classed at
who
68,155/., about one-sixth of the
exxerses
the
the province. Lower Canada continued
union as before, spending
little, improving little
,y
its credit, however, was, as may be imagined, considerabl •
impaired by the increased expenditure of the whole pro-
vince. The interest of the public debt of Canada is to day,
according to Mr. Mucks, '200,0004 ; the whole expenditure
of the province was for the year 1848, and will probably
exceed in 1849, 414,1771.; total, 614,177/. ; against which
the revenue return of last year presents a sum of only
379,7451. 7s. Bd. The annual deficit, even supposing that
notwithstanding the free trade policy of England, Mr.
Hincks' tariff, and local agitation, commerce remains still
as prosperous as before, will be upwards of 200,000/. Thus
the capital of the debt will go on increasing in a very
rapid ratio. To pay the interest, the Government will be
obliged to issue debentures, on a perfect railroad scale ; for
some years yet to come no other available source of con-
siderable revenue will present itself. At what discount de-
bentures may be current we cannot, of course, now foresee,
but any intelligent person will perceive that they will only
be received at a heavy loss in England, where the Whigs
call us bankrupts, and the Tories think us on the point of
annexation. In Canada, if trade continues to decrease in the
ratio it has done for the two last years, their value will be
positively nominal. Canada Debentures will be placed on
the same par as the Pennsylvania Bonds, and well will
it be for the province if the.disivaceful word repudiation be
never pronounced in our Legislative
There is evidently work here for the Legislature, and
some speedy action should take plack in the matter.
The polling in favour of Baron Rothschild goes on so tri-
umphantly that there is a feeling of ridicule attached to the
efforts of his opponents.
At the London Dock meeting to-day, the usual dividend of
2% per cent. for the half-year was declared, and a very fa-
vourable statemant was made of the business of the corn..
pany. The new wool warehouses, which will allow of 8,000
bales being shown for public sale, are already nearly full, al-
though not log since completed. The dividend will be paid
on the 10th inst.
The Coldnial Bank proprietors have also had their meet-
ing this morning, and a dividend of one per cent. for the
half-year has been declared. The profits have diminished,
owing to the increased caution exercised by the directors, but
the business is sounder.
The English Funds have remained comparatively dull, and
the report of a renewed complication of the Roman affair' and
the recal of General Oadinot, has some effect. Consels have
been 913/4 to 91%. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
9214 to 92%, and the Reduced Three per Cents. 91% to 91%.
Bank Stock is about 194 to 195. Exchequer-bills have
been 445. to 475. premium, and- India Bonda 695. to 715.
premium.
The Foreign Securities have been very quiet, being marked
33 to 14 for Spanish Three per Cents., 28,4 to i for
Mexican, 29% to 291 A for Portuguese Four per ents., and
80 for Brazilian. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have
been 50 to 506 ex. dividend.
Railway Shares are again flat, and generally lower, and
the speculators for a fall make the most of the unfavourable
circumstances connected with two or three of the York lines.
The returns of railway traffic for the twenty-four weeks of
this year show a gratifying result compared with last year.
°six CUMIN G
e rs OF rUNDS O'CLOCK, PRICES
Bank Steel.' 194 195 195
3' es Cent. itedueed Anns. .....
rsil4
New 314 per Cent. Anus--
92%
Long Anna. to expire J an. 1860
India Bonds, 1,000/.
)Ditto under 71 p 73 p
C alsols for Account ... 91%34 91%
Exchequer Bills. 140. & 2d.
1,000/. June 47 44 p 44 p
5001. June 47 44 p 44 p
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 43
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 15% 15%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons
Ditto, Ex Coupon.
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Active —
Ditto, Deferred l4
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account 291 1/4 29%
Russian Bonds „. 104 104
Ditto, Account ........... 104%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, 3 per Cent .
Ditto. Account 33
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild —
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 78 78
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES,
Bristol and Exeter 9O ........ .... 66

14%

3314

Caledonian
Eastern Conatie5...
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d.... ...-
Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d... 14 p
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Do., Class B & B.) 22% —
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 22%.....
EdinburginandNorthern 25
Ditto, Newport
Great Northern
Great North of England.loo
Great Western 100
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths ... 20
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ......
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Do. Quarter Shares... 20
Do. Fifths... ........ 10
Do. W. Riding Union) 9 .. 4% ...... .••••• .•
London, Brighton, and
South C0a5t....... 50 ...... 371/041/s
London and N. Western 100 ......131 130
Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 ...... 15%
Ditto, 2 .- .• •••
Low. Sr S. W.tate'n ..... 50
Midland 100 67
Do. Birm., and Derby 100
Do.Consol.Bristol and
Birming.,6 per ct.... 100 .......... -
North Staffordshire...... 173+
18
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton .••... 50
goading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Scottish Central
Shrewsbury and Birm... 11
Ditto ditto, Class B. 7
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick..... 25
o. Newcastle Exten. 20
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... 4 .........
Yo-L: and North slidland 50 ...283/4 29 281/2 29%
Ditto, Preference lO
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Northern of France.-- 13
Tours and Nantes ll 3%

-
U P

4%
41/2
11%
6713
WA
234
82

15%

93s
14%
6
411,
371 A
130
15%

7A;
35%
67
43

12%
18%
16%
23

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.

LONDON, JULY 3.—Wind at noon S.W., fresh gales and
squally, with heavy passing clouds.
SouTHAmmoN, JULY 2.—Wind W.—Sid. Trent, steamer,
West Indies.

OFF THE START, JUNE 30.—Mountaineer, Demerara;
Palro, Digby,Dominica.
LIVERPOOT„ JULY 2.—Wind W.—Arrd. Ist, Highlander,
Gething, Callao; Leonora, Demerara; Nautilus, Wright,
Tampico ; Lord Seaton, Fitzsimond, New Orleans; Mas-
conorat, Knight, New Orleans; Richmond, Ewer, Mobile;
Cornelia, Blanchard, Mobile; Amity, Borrowdale, Pngwash ;
Lady Constable, Mason, Richibucto. 2d, Bronda, Baird, Per-
nambuco ; Sesostris, Dand, Maranham, aid. May 24th ; Hora-
tio, Graves, Trinidad • Contractor, Gordon, Porto Rico; An-
drew Scott, Emery, Zpalachicola. Sid 300, p
Off port, Belmont, New Or-
leans;sAo3n,r erisl;u Vn
udi ai
en,
Elizabeth.
t St
Ottawa, wAa n,dclueewb'esc,.New Brunswick; Ander-
son,
.kT Arrd. 30th, Chorister,.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 2.—Win. •
Adelaide,
Richards, Monte Video. •
JUNE
22 d 9
._TGr aefna
el gr,
as
,Batavia Wright,ht,
forEa s t
South Australia.
OFF FALMOUTH,
Acorn,-ells, New York, and sailed for ward. Ist inst. Langlois, Porto Rico, and sailed for
nCe'hange, Panama; Harp, New York.
Lon-
don.LicceArrtp:orl !_l3 rsi
GRANGEMOUTH, JUNE 29.—Arrd. Hampson, Graham, St.
John's, N.B.

ST. JAMES'S TIIEATRE.—A short dramatic after-
season commenced here last evening, the operatic company
Laving left. The chief attraction of the performance was
the first appearance of those favourite artists, Arnal and
Madame Doche, who performed in the vaudevilles Ce que
Fonnze Vent and Riche d' Amour. The house was well at-
tended. Some very amusing novelties are announced, which
will employ the talents of Arnal and Madame Doche until
the close of the season at the end of next week.

A BROAD HINT:" Sally, what time does your
folks dine?" "Soon as you go away; that's Mims' orders."
—Rochester ,Arorth Star.

•
A*ORD ON -SLANG.

(From Eliza Cook's
It is a mistake to suppose that slang is allied to " vul.
gari ty" only. There is a manner of 'speaking in certain
and set, idioms in most grades of-We and society, which
amounts, at least with uninitiated ears, to a conventional
slang. We confess it is an ugly and unseemly word tp em-
ploy; yet we contend that the prescribed-and vernacular
Jargon, current 'in the mouths of than Who go abd'ut the
world in "silver slippers;" mines as tully'under this term
as the coarse and effebsive esiforeiaiionor a Bill'Sykes,
though its modificatton is in a ram,' duic' et 'tone, and it
bears a "patent of ,nobility," conferred by the aristocracy
of civilization- We have danced many a long night
through in a fairy-filled ball-room, and listened to pre-
cleegtsi tuiretreyfaiesgh7iftnhoefiaahtiTs and conver-
ctaisteionly_thtebesastrutei
into delicate, unruffled, rose- waterish
sontegnecmese,tahnoddizthede
, ,
wnoie scenes acted to such an insipid; rtnhOtonous, un-
changing " libretto,"
.that at the slidof the season, we
were fully impressed with the idea; that to be perfectly
competent to the
vduty " Alniacts," a genteel, and' in-
sinuatieg " slang ' must be acquf:red. Once gained, it
will serve in all places of the like dedication. There is
a ball-room slang,, most assuredly, without which,' no
votary to twinkling feet can hope to distinguish himself.
At concerts there can be no doubt as to the technical
" gradus" which is necessary to make us pass muster.
We thought we were somewhat acquainted with the
simple elements of harmony, and that. we could gossip
elrily with the eh/ fixnirl ...t.rir.qpriebs.ohn.;.
Apollo, forg,t7-. : the lot timewejotentied a." Grand
Feetirsi," we G at cuc3gnot4nce, and found gra
were totally unqualified to sit 4,4.1 the henchts of judg-
ment, that is, if the relined .4.l3d.eliborate " ditttionary
v‘ortla" of nuhical mysteries- which rattled about' us,
constitute an essential in criticism. The minute rani*
ficationa of the divine science were handled as glibly
and discussed as lightly as plain "Oh dear, what can
the matter- be," by a housemaid over her brOOtu.
" Counter point," " instrumentation," " consecutive
fifths," " minor thirds," "dissonances," ." diatonica,"
" dominant harmony," and an. interminable legion of
such serious and responsible difficulties, were lavishly
mentioned. ,
We confess we were afraid to speak; we were in rap.
tures over many of the solos, and enthusiastic to slight
insanity during the choruses; but as we knew' not how
to make our pleasure audible, in acceptable phraseology,
we prudently remained silent, and felt half ashamed of
our inability to participate in the oral hieroglyphics.
We had a shrewd idea that we could have as fully ex-
pressed our tasteful discrimination, and our. intense ap-
proval, as our neighbours; but certainly not in their
peculiar way, so we betook ourselves to ,deep study in
the erudite and black letter lore of- music, beginning
with " Luaus of Hermione," and ending with " Cles
rnenti." And now we can venture to talk most
learnedly, of " breves " and " natural .chords'r with
chromatic fluency; yet we are secretly of opinion that
sounds very like a superior "slang-" " Tell it rot in
Gath ' though, or we shall never have another concert
ticket sent us.
andthe we
uopr
el dr
fieiuesi t
eh
tatve roeraoebesee revtet
edn thedee
tr one i
mate
rcno
inerg-
teolluslt
calls," when healths are inquired After wish itrict gram-
matical solicitude, when running' allusionsto popular
subjects of gossiping interest are "got up" with dramatic
accuracy, as to text, and duly delivered'in same' half.
dozen drawing-rooms, where compliment and,ecandal are
administered according to " elite" authority,
.41 words
and tones that have no variation from their first visit in
Woburn-place, to their latest lingering in Belgrave•
square. Genuine, simple, matter-of fact English, would
never carry people through the diplomatical embassies
of " morning calls." Oh, dear no I be assured, gentle
reader, that the tongue which acquits itself creditably in
such work must be acquainted with a certain method of
speech, which is nothing mere nor less than an elegant
and refined " slang"—a certain way and manner of
talking, spangled nothings—which would sadly per.
plea those foolish folks who have an obstinate knack of
saying only what they think and what they mean.
" Evening parties" arc sustained on the same " deriva-
tives" and " elements" of language, perhaps rendered
occasionally a little more " in sound by the
"liquids" of negus and champagne.
Who will deny that there is a most distinct, and nps
very euphonious, style of " slang " upon "'Change ?"
Only put your head into " Capel-court," and if you do
not confess that the biisinese there is carried on in more
abstract and exclusive terms, thin any ever employed by
"Paul Clifford," or " Gentleman George,? we will-con-
sent to give up our shares in the " Californian -Junction
Line." We sought to become enlightenedrin'this living
Sanscrit; we anxiously inquired into the natural his.
tory of the " bear," and endeavoured to gain a 'few
particulars of the physiology of the " but in
vain; every interrogative was met by some masonic
" 'Changeisaa," which our simple brain could not
possibly interpret. We tried to learn something of
the " stag," but our most determined attempts were
frustrated by the opaque " transcendentalism.' of our
city " Buffon." We have frequently seen one' in the
distance with the " pack" at his heels; but we know not to
this hour, whether tears ever "course down his innocent
nose." We made a rash and alarming essay in puttibg
an inquiry to a sleek-looking gentleman, whom we have
beard designated as a "lame duck," touching the whys"
and " wherefores" of his cognomen. The indignation
and displeasure he evinced, made us believe, for the mo-
ment, that, like Moses, we had broken all the Cott-
mandments at once, and we have never :since men•
tioned a word relative to any aquatic cripple within a
mile of Cornhill. We purchased the shares above 'men-
tioned, in the vague hope, that through theM, we might
at least realise a
.ttifle of intellectual endowment' in the
Gresham classics. How dearly we have paid for 'our rash
pursuit of knowledge, we do not choose to tell. Be it
sufficient to reveal, that we, religiously believe the
"whistle " alluded to so bitterly and philosephically by
the immortal Franklin must have been a "railway " one,
and that we still consider the " parlance" of "Scrip," and
"transfer," among the most veritable "slang" that ever
echoed in a commercial Babel.
There is a law " slang," which bewilders and confounds
most painfully, for we seldom come within reach of its
cabalistic breathings without knowing and feeling that
the same will be all set down in " costs," and that every
sentence of legal Hebrew formally chattered by aflippant
clerk, or lynx-eyed principal, will be ultimately balanced
by round and sound " pocket-pieceS." We once saw an
old countryman fall into a ,viulent fit of alarm on being
told he was " subpoenaed" on an approaching trial. "So-
body shall subpeeny' me," cried he; " I'll have none of
your law tricks—l'd rather go to Americky to get -out of
the way." It was explained that he was merely to bear
testimony as a witness. " Aye, aye,' said•thetildlello*,
"that's all well enough ; I ain't no objection' to going
speaking the truth, but .I stand none, of yours subpeeny-
ing' bedevilments." Many a wiser citizen of the wgild
has had equal dread of the" unknown tongue". so preva-
lent among "blue bags" and " briefs;" and happy for
them if the imposing and astounding " shine' so pecu-
liar to parchment and pleadings, intimates no greater
infliction than a " subpeenying bedevilment." ' - -
There is a medical "slang," which has astonishing 'in-
tluence with hypochondriacal gentlemen andiiervotts old
ladies. If a physician were to tell' such patients that
their stomachs and brains were oppressed by improper
food and beverage, and that they only needed simple
diet, mental employment, and bodily exercise, the .unfor-
tuuate disciple of Esculapius might starve in his plain-
spoken honesty; but let him discourse of an inflamma-
tion of the " pylorus," let him suspect congestion °false
" biliary ducts," accompanied by gastric ferMentatiott,
and deranged ganglionic nerves,- and that even the
" pleura" and "diaphragm" show symptoras which need
great attention; let him insinuate these important words,
with grave demeanour, and the dear old ladies and sen-
tlemen are satisfied most incomprehensibly; the talent of
the physician is pronounced "first rate," and they give
gold and take physic under the " hey presto" conjuration
of a few words of medical " slang.'
There is a political " slang " heard, perhaps, -in
evens
perfection, on an election huitings. Was there v
of reform, ' ' devo-
natitti-
tional prerogatives," ‘e‘
"member " nominated wehgeredeitdcanuo,te talk of "„eo
the
for the national Welfare," "
don to the tecte';:te‘sitsenat 'Church," " noble and worthy
alle-
giance to t , r
term: proud position of a representative,"" un-
uty as a servant of the public," an a long
a
"iitinuinn-nflt:10 idioms, recognised as belonging exclu-
sfiivineclyb to political "speechifying." They tell remarkably
well, with the addition of open taverns; and _perhaps the
hustings' "slang" may be set down as among the meat
"corrupt" dialects ever listened to. •
We could pursue the thread of our argument until it
became a large skein; but we think the needleful we have
tivosesngedwailulash gioltw.
edougera reenadoyeeriso thasita,l slan
a‘
swer
tts, histss
coarsely
printed printed hornbook. ELIZA COWL

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JULY 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was very flat to-day, And
depressed. Great Western, Quarters, were done at 5 11-16-dia.

LIVERPOOL, JULY 2. -
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—There was very little business transacted to.
day. Prices were a shade lower. The sales are—Liverpool, Chester.
and Stockport, 4 dls.—Lancashire and Yorkshire Quarters, 5 die, _,.—
, Ditto, Fifths, 3% dis.—London and North-Western, 1314—rduot
New Quarters, 3M p. Manchester,, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
: Preference, 11%—.51idiand, 68M —Ditto, Halves, 12A 41s.—Ncirth
' Staffordshire, 4% dis.—North-Western, 81. 13s. 9d---York, New-
castle, and Bernick (G. N. E. Purehase)k 6 Pgifflit_•,llL.lBs°,± M.
18s. 9d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester. Preference, Prix—York wad
North Midland, 304. - , ,
MANCHESTER, JOLT 2. •
STOCK EXCHANGE. Leeds' Fifths % d
. Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 154 11.— • orut
I Staffordshire, 4)g C. Ws.— Do* (No. 4). 6-=Ditto (R.), 6-%
'c. int. .
.—The traneacticale to w. as m 0.,,..,....
Ditto
BIRMINGHAM, JOLT 2. . ,
STocg Excnenon.— The transactions to-day were as follow:—,
:North starerdsbire, 4/. 8s• 84. dis.—Shrewsbury —ewsburY and Birmingham
Preference have been as fkil-
(B), 4 dis•
en and York Extension), lls
YORK, JOKE 30. •
~ 2/. 18s. 6d.—Ditto
Sroax ExcnAwan.—The transactions today
iwicx (Newcastle Extension) I
'low:— Great Northern, 10%—
. 3d.—York, Newcastle, and Her-
, 4%—Ditto (G. N. E. Parchase), 4%.
i(Lond
1 ---.--,..--

MADAME SONTAG.—His Excellency Count Rossi,
Sardinian Minister to the Prussian Court, had an audience to
take leave, on his retirement, on the 20th ult. The King
likewise received Count and Countess Rossi (Madame
Sontag) in private audience, on the 25th ult., after which
they quitted Berlin, and reached Dover on Saturday last.'"
ROME.—France has contrived to place herself in
the most unenviable situation in the eyes of Europe. Neither
Catholic nor Protestant nations approve of her conduct to-
wards the Romans. Wherever you go you hear men of all:
classes and of all parties utterly condemning the interven-
tion ; and, as to its real object, all 'are equally at a loss in
their conjectures.—Patriot. - •
[ADYERTISEMENT.]—A Most Inveterate Skin Di•
sease Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pin,..--hwes His-
, kl; was' afflicted
litt, millwright of Nenagh, eounty of- bonq
wearithtoa tdhree dread uolvvtai nr;
dddi see: sae being,the n ehetevaiedrzd
wwhilils
renderedoresfrom
hintth e
some object of pity.
oattnt
the
o u f s
e Holloway's ltohwesaey '
wonder-
ful totally unable to work at his trade. lHis
loathsome
was of so ma-
lignant a nature that he became
s a o
In this state he was
pl'resenntedeve withring in
weeks he has been soundly cured, and is
iint
en
em
mrt aneddiePailfles r,
a anfdewby
now able to resume his laborious occupation.—Sold by all
Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 2448
Strand, London._

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