The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-29 00:00:00

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

We have received files of papers from Adelaide to
the Bth August inclusive.
The Forfarshire, with the new Lieutenant-Go.
vernor, Sir H. Young, on board, arrived at Adelaide
on the Ist August. The Porlarshire sailed from
Plymouth on the 27th April.
The Australian papers are otherwise devoid of
intelligence. The Abberton, which left Plymouth
on the 24th April, had arrived, as also the barque
Gratitude, which left London on the 14th of the
same month.

MADLLE. JENNY LIND AT BALFE'S CONCERT AT
EXETER HALL.—Iu addition to Signor Labliche and
M.,dertoiselle Vera, who will appear for the first time
at Exeter Hall this evening, at concert, :viade-
moi,elle Jenny Liad will sing several of her most popular
arias and cavatinas, and also, for the first time, a new
ballad composed expressly for her by Balfe, entitled
" The Lonely Rose." Even Exeter Flail, vast as is its
area, will.not be sufficiently large to accommodate all
who would lain be there to night.
FRENCH PLAYS.—St. James's Theatre was, on
Friday evening attended by the Duchess of Inverness,
the Prince of Orange, the Russian Ambassador, the Ba-
roness Brunnow and Madlle. Olge de Lechner,lthe:Earl
and Countess Granville, the Marquis of Angleses, Lady
A. Paget, Lord C. Paget, Mr. Spencer de Horsey, Miss
de Horsey Lord Brougham, Lord Wm. Lennox, Ea:lof
Besborough, Lord Cranbourne, Sir Andrew Barnard,
the Hon. Stuart Wortley, Mons. Eugene de Gerlache,
Mrs. Dyce Sombre, the Countess de Landsfeldt, Mrs.
Denni4oun, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Sir Henry Webb, Lady
Quentin, and not the least of the distinguished person-
ages present, Madlle. Jenny Lied, &c.
REDUCTION IN THE ARMY.—In the early part of
last week we stated that there was a probability that a
reduction in the army, to the extent of ten thousand
men, would be proposed in the estimates to be submitted
to Parliament in the ensuing session. We are informed
that the contemplated arrangement will be carried out
in the f Hawing m.anner, viz.:— -

Three regiments of 1,000 men each, who, having
bean sent to India, will no longer remain a

charge upon tha British establishment ... 3,000
Seven regiments of 1,000 men each to be re-

duced to 750 ...

". 1,750

Thirty-six regiments of ROO men each to be re-

duced to 750

.., 1,800

Fourteen devils of 460 men each to be reduced
to 230
••• ... 3 220
One depot of 400 men to be reduced to 170 230

—Chronicle. 10,000
'We are enabled to state. that there is no founda-
tion whatever for the report which we copied from the
Corsutre, to the effect that some communicationhad
taken place bptween the ex-King Los Philippe and
the President of the French Republic with respect to the
conditional return of the ex-Royal Family of France.—
Times.
The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina
Villiers left Middleton Park, near Bicester, on Saturday
last, for Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rut-
land. The Earl of Jersey has nearly recovered from an
attack of gout, and will join the circle visiting the Duke
of Rutlaud in the course of the week.

ITONEY arld C.:,-)7III.I.IERCIAL NEWS.
Q /:7•ER U) THREE.
The sales of Colene at Telverpool on Sennelay were
estimate -al at 12,000 ba!en and included 6,0t)0 American
on speculation. Prices of ell descripiiene were fully
maintained. The tr neiactions inclieled 8,000 American,
at 30. to 51'1., 2 000 Pernam and Maranhain, of 4id. to
51, and 1,000 Surat, at 2id. to 3:1. Railways remained
firm, with a fair amouet of basitnne doh,*
The Continental arrivals to-day excite far more in-
terest from their peli,ical contents than (rem any mer-
cantile details they aft)rd, and the view taken is not so
favourable as of late.
Unit. d States advices of the 13th instant report
favourably of the produce markets. A good business
was likely to be done upon the re-opening of the navi-
gation, and the Californian trade would be much
looked after, perhaps overdone, for, with all their
riches, the gold finders could not be ex-
pected to eat and drink, or use clothing
and necessaries to double the extent of' their most ex-
travagant wants. The shipments to celifornie, unless
emigration goes on rapidly, will soon outrun the con-
snraption, for ete ry
Pacific port was exporting to the
land of promise, and we ere, in the field with BroLLer
Joeethae.
The folio Piny is part of a report upon the iron
trade, received this morning from Birmingham:—
The excitement of quarter-day has now subsided
into e state of quiet activity. Both manufac-
turers aed pig makers 'have sold freely, and the
werks of the di,:rict are fully employed upon the orlers
then or prevemly taken. The rates at which contracts
wore concluded upen tha,t occasion appear to have given
very general satisfaction, and are being gradually
acceded to by parties who are in the habit of waiting
till the close of • the month to avail them-
selves of any shade of advantage that might
be obtained in a wavering market; we have not, how-
ever, heard of the slightest disposition to give way, but
the tone of those who cherished extreme opinions of ap-
proaching high prices is rather moderated, while confi-
dence is etre& ly reviving, and a well-maintained firmness
eheracieri,ea the every-thy transactions of the trade.
Thera is no alteration to-day in the Corn Market.
The embarrassment of another East India firm of
great respectability, that of Robert Eglinton and Co.,
became known after banking hours on Saturday. Scot-
land will suffer probably more than our own manufac-
turing districts.
The Paris news had a partial effect upon the Funds
on Saturday, causing a reaction from 914 a to 91k I.
This morning there is a further decided chan,.e
for the worse, and more attention is paid to the
state of affairs in France. u one can form a definite
(pinion as to the future, but the idea seems to be that
the Assembly will avoid a collision, if it be really ascer-
tained that the voice of the country demands a disso-
lution. Consols opened at 90 to 91, touched 91*, and
have since been marked 901 4. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter par Gen 's. have been 91:1 to 92k, and the Three
per Cents. 904 to 911. Bank Stock is worth 194. Ex-
chequer-bills have been 44a. to 50e. premium, according
to the date. It is stated that the Schleswig-Holstein
truce has been broken by some peasants.
In the Foreign Market there is likewise a reaction.
Mexican are down to 251 and 25. We still conceive that
this is the result of over speculation for the rise having
caused too rapid an advance. Equador Bonds are 2i to 3.
Clailian 91, and Grenada 14. Spanish Five per Cents.
have been lq to 154, and Portuguese Four per Cents.
261 to 27k. nutce Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 49 to
494-. ; the Five per Cents. have been 77k and 78k. At
Amsterdam, on the 27th instant, the mat ket was firm,
ant prices were rather on the advance.
Railway Shares have been affected by the reaction in
the Funds, and as the fortnight's account has to be ad-
justed to-morrow and on Wednesday, prices will fiac-
tuate according as the speculators are Bulls or Bears.
The most perceptible reaction is in Caledonian, Great
Northern, Brighton, Midland, North Stafford, South-
Eastern, and the York lines, but the others are lower.
French Shares droop.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 194
a per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l%lei 903/e
) per Cent. Consols Anns 9l 91% 90%
New 314 per Cent. Antis 92 911,8 92% 91%
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1880... 8 15-16
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 10001
Consols for Account 9l 907, 9114 90%
exchequer Bills. 2V,d. 2d.
Mach. June.
1,000/.
500/ 45 47 44p 48 p
Small 4B p
• RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent....,,., • 91
Equador Bonds 3 2
Grenada, 1 per Cent. .
Mexican Bongs, 1346, 5 per Cent 25% 26 25
Ditto for the Account ....
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840
Ditto Passive Bonds 3%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 4943/4 49 „
Ditto 4 ear Cent. Certificates 78% 77% 7831
• e s • none, res RAILWAY s,llAllEi AT ONE (YeLtieg
RAILWAYS. PAID. POI SHARE.
erch.‘en
Notting., Boston, Sr.c 41% —
Xyrshire and Galloway
BAfast and Ccunty Down .. 20
Berlis and Hants Extension
(Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per et.) 5
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 -
Do., withouta guarantee... 20 ...
millet:aux, 4 01., 4.x. Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... .

1)0., witnout a guarantee... 10
Y,iryNing., Wel., &.6tour Val. 13/.143....
irkeundad, Lanea6lnre, and
Cheshir. J unction
jo6wn, *tarot., & Binning... 5
;:istol and Exeter
___

D0., Third
iuclungliana3hire l6l. 4s 2% dis. to
alctioniqn
Ditto, Quarter Shares lll/...... 4zl/1 to
Ditto, New 10!. Preference 71/2 8%...... to
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50
[tester and liolyhcad .. 5O ..... 25
Ditto, Preferen,c
krence. .... -
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - . •.. to
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 par Cent. 10
...... to
Direct London & Portsmouth 51 — ...... to --
l)ublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 -
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 22% -
',!:ast Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
awl L. & D
Ditto, 18/.' E. & H
Ditto, 3/. 101 ~ E. & 11... -3% 2% %... to
Eastern Counties ....
Do. New Guarant. 6 per il:t. 10
Do. Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d 4 p to
Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... % p to
Do., ,Northern & Eastern... 50

Do., 5 per cont.
Do., Quarter 124... .. -
Do., 1".,; ew
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 31/2 , -
Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 22 ...... -
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 ...... to --
Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — .. to --
~ast Lancashire - ...... to
Ditto, New ... 2l -
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares -
,ast Lincolnshire ......... ..... 25 -
~dinburgh and Glasgow 5O — -
Ditto, flail Shares -
Ediuburgh and Northern ... 25 -
Ditto, New port l5
o.xeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — .... to
Exeter and Exm0uth........ 218. - ••• .. to
,titsg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 6s.Bd — ..... to --
;lasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - ..•... to ----
Do. Preference Consolidated ..- — ..... to
Great Northern
Do. IA2 A Deferred ..... ... 12% 4% to
Do. %LI 6 per Cent. Guar. 61/2 4l/2%,... to
Do. Extension ...
jt. South. & West. (Ireland) 45 -
.._

'ireat North ot. England 100
Ditto, is t. w 401.
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New 30/. ......... ...... 30 ..„ ~
Ditto, New 151. l4 ...... .
'real Western 100
Ditto, Halt Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shama 23
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 17/ l5 .. ... 142 to
Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .....
Ditto, 'Thirds lO -
!lull and Selby 5O — -
Ditto, flail Shares .. ...... 2.5 .....„ -
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% 22 -
.aneaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 -
Do.,Tlairds lO ...... -
micashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto, ditto -
Ditto half Shares ... 43 ......
Ditto Quarters ,. 17% lBl4 to —• gj
' Ditto if - I"
Ditto S:N.teenths -
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) -
Do., New tivar. 6 per cent. 7% — ...... to --
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 -
Do. (Rudders. and Sheif.) 43 -
Do., Waketield,Ponteiract.
and Goole 5O -
Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . 27634 to --
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 - •• ••• to .."."
Do., do., —.Half Shares (A) 9% -
Leeds and I3radtord 5O .....100 ..... to --
Lteds,Dcwsbury,& blanches
Do., Half Shares - ...... to --
Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — to
Leeds and Thirsk ... ..... 5O -
Ditto, New -
Do.,do.,Prefer., 6per Cent. 3t/..... ...... tO --
Liverpool, Crosby, and Soul h-
cost.

Liverpool, Manche3ter, and
_Newcastlc Junction 2%...... to
London& Blackwell ......131.65. 8d.... 5
Do. hsteniion -
Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 35%36 % to --
Do. GueTanteed 5 per Cent. 9 ..... -
Do. Pret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 to --
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... ...... to ---
Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 ...... ...... to -•
London and (ireenwich... 124 152. 4d.„ .. to --
Ditto Preference -
ondon & North Western.....loo ......134 ...... to
Do. Quarters (L. end B.) 22 -
Do. New
Do. Fifths -
Do. 40,. Shares... L. & M 25 ...... ..... to
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 10 .... . to
Do. 10/, .. M. and B. (B.) 10
Dv. 10/. Al. and D. (C.) 1