The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-03 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)

Their Lordship sat in a Committee of Privileges to-day. The Peers
present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of
Beauchamp, Lord Boston, Viscount Strangford, Lord Wynford, Lord
I)inorben, and the Earl of Orkney.

CLONMEL PEERAGE.
'Their Lordships, after hearing Counsel and evidence, determined that
the preset:t Earl of Clonmell had made out his claim to vote at the eke'
lion of Representative Peers for Ireland.

BRAVE PEERAGE.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was heard on behalf of the Crown in tt.'l'
Peerage, and the further consideration of the case was adjourned snit
die, in order to afford their Lordship an opportunity of fully consul2r-
ing the case before they pronounced their judgment.

CA MOY PEERAGE.
The further hearing of the evidence on behalf of the claimants in thli
Peerage occupied their Lordships the whole morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.---(THIS DAY.)

This being a seal day, his Honour the Vico-Chancellor proceeded t°
Lear 'notions, hut notfiing of any public interest came before the Court
previous to our reporter !caving.

11IONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS'

CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK
We are happy to announce the arrival of the Londonderry with the
Indian mail. Great fear was entertained for her safety. The East
India merchants, who were anxiously expecting their remittances and
bills of loading, will now be relieved by the above arrival. She sailed
frOm Malta 2d April, from Alexandria 28th March, Gibraltar 13th
April, Cadiz 14th April, Lisbon 17th April, Vigo 21st April.
By this conveyance we have received Malta Papers to the sth AP
We extract the following from the Papers :—" Her Majesty's
steam.
packet Blazer arrived on Monday last from Alexandria, with mails from
Oombsy to the Ist of March, and passengers ; amongst whom are the
Right Hon. Sir Hobert Horton, late Governor of Ceylon, and suite'
who are now performing quarantine in Fort Mnnoel.
"On Thursday last the Swedish squadron, under the corordsii Of
Baron de Gyllengranat, was admitted to pratique in the Great Harbour.Harbour.On Monday rooming the Commodore sailed for Gibraltar in the
Josephine.'
Bombay papers have been received at the North and South Anieri•
can Coffee House to the 29th of February. In these papers is inierted!
a long petition from the merchants, shipowners, master mariners, and
others in the port of Bombay, to both Houses of Parliament, on the
subject of the maritime I.:w ; together with the letter from the Chao.'
man of the la'e meeting; and it is hoped that the petition will have tbe
gravest consideration of both branches of the British legislature. Ili.
meeting was very numerously attended, and there appeared to be but
one opinion entertained of the necessity of extensive alterations an'
improvements.

Letters had been received in Madras from Moulmein of the 90th,:
The insulting conduct of the Burmese on the frontier strengthens ,
probability of an open rupture. A short time past some men came down to
the v illage ofDorah,situated within our limits,and murdered the head W'°7
The intelligence now received states, that Mr. Richardson was seiril
to Beling, a large fortified town, about 40 miles from Moulmein, by the
m-
Comrnis,ioner, to demand the surrender of the people who had corn'
rnittcd the murder. The 'head man of Beling received Dr. Itichar"7,.
-,
in an inso:ent manlier, telling him that he knew nothing about "
Finally, Dr. Richardson was obliged to return without getting the least
satisfaction.

A disagreeable influenza prevailed in Calcutta ; half the peoP6 .#fere
laid up with colds, coughs, and fevers.
By private letters received this morning from Amsterdam, `-
are
informed that the new loan of eight millions of guilders has been
opened this week for inscriptions, and that on the first day thirty in:ej
lions had been applied for. The loan which the Chambers bad rejec'
for a railroad from Amsterdam to Arnheim, for account of the rlt'h°l4
has been undertaken by private individuals, for which the K ,
ing -
guaranteed them 41 per cent. per annum for 20 years.
The Dutch mail has just arrived. The Papers state there is a rtlin'ilr
of a change in the Ministry.

THE FUNDS.
The British Market, which closed rather heavily yesterday at 931 /;
both for the Account and Money, may be quoted at present, 101:
trifling improvement, at 934, but no business of iniportance has 0 yetr
been transacted either in the British or Foreign Markets. Elchelese
Bills, 68 to 70 prem. ; India Bonds, 77 to 79 prem. ; Bank Stoa eut -
206 ; India Stock, 2704 2711.
In the Foreign Market most of the prices of the Foreign Securities
are nominal at present. Spanish Active, 204, with Coupons ; - 1,010" . g„ p
guese left off yesterday near 1 per cent. higher than in the 111°11',;,;
and may be quoted at present at 321 33 ; Three per Cents., `2ll,tch
Brazilian, 754 76 ; Columbian, 274 28; Mexican, 271 285; '''
Two.and.a-Half, 54A 5.
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PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0'0..0"
** 2162's Bank Stock
~.
~,,
S per Cent. Red. ...92 'A.% Ditto Bonds
....--
3 per Cont. Cons 93M1A, South Sea Stock ......... ...... ......!
3!4 per Cent... ....
Ditto Red 100%4% New Ditto ..... . ................. r*. -----
- New 31,-4 per Cer.t... ... 100.6‘ 3 per Cent. Annuities 175 000
' 68 7
New 5 per Cent... — Exch. Bills, £1,000.. .......
~ 70 pith
Bank LongAnnultiestoexpire Ditto 500 ..... -.• 137;, 70 to.
Jan. 5, IW_ l5 1-16 Ditto Small .....- .......... t., j 0 fen.
Oct, 10, 1559 l4 13-16% Ditto Commercial ......... l'
...., tem
Jan. 5, 1860 1514 Ditto Adverti5ed............ --
.......
Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account... ..... lApril :5, 1880 — India Stock for Account... .... 0314
Jan. 5, 1670 — Consols for Acconnt . .......
cLuci,
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0'
• .....
Austrian Bonds ~..,...
Belgian Bonds lOl% Ditto Account .....-':,
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds 7syDitto New Minas... ...........
...... 9.%
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds -
Ditto Account ........
,3hillian Bonds — Prussian Bends. ... . ............ .. "•-•
Ditto Account ..... ..... .....
Coluninian 80nd5.......... ........ Ditto `.e.count .................•
...,
Ditto Account .. — Ditto Metallic., .......... ..... .....
Columbian Bonds. 18'24 27:,14 Spanish Bonds.-- ...............
.....
Ditto Amount — Ditto Accir .nt ...... ............ ~,),,,
'...... Ditto Bo•-.418,1R.3 .............. ~......,''
Dmish Bonus ..
Ditto Account.
Greek 80net5....., ...... .... ..... ... Freech, 5 per cent.........., —. r . .....c
,
Ditto Bottle. 1825 --.,......-- 4 per cent. —l. --`
Ditto Account ...... ..... —-- 3 per cent... f.. --
1..
Mouican Bonds, 5 per cent ——. Exchange ....,..
.....c.
Ditto Account
Ditto, 6 per cent. ...... ...,. Ditto Account .......,.
Ditto Account — Ditto, oiser cent. ..
....
09% I'
Nosvolltan — Ditto Account
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Paid. Per Share.
Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 51. pm ) 511
Ditto Macaubas Cocaes '2s 914
S
British Iron Company 5O
Cheltenham and Great Western Railway ...... , 7,4 321 15137 s
Vi Edinburgh and Glasgow
9ii
Brighton Railway Company' 8 6%
London and Blatewall Railivay
London and Croydon Railway Company 2O 234
London Grand Junction Railway
Northern and Eastern Railway Company
Asphalte, Claridge's Patent 2 17S
Do British 1
Australasia Bank 4O 813
Ditto
014 4% .
Bastenne and Gaujae Bitumen
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, MAY L 94
3 per Cent, Controls 92% ,Grand Canal Dens. ti per cent.
..........
3X, per Cent. Stock ' 69%1 Ditto, 4 per cent. ... .......... .
Ditto Reduced 993e l Hibeinian Bank. ................. ... 044
Ditto New, 1530 .., ..
31.', per Cent. Debentures
Bank Stock • 20014 City Debentures, 4 per cent....
Royal Canal Stock
.......,
Grand Canal Stock — cent ........ .... ................. ,r..e.
HALF-PAST ON
(From the Bombay Price Current of Saturday, Feb 24') „mice,'
Our markets continue in an inactive state, and in most ill'_icil
without any revival in the demand for imports, a state of things 703
is likely to continue while the opw
lium trade is so much embarrass'u: 3
4_ity;
the large capital embarked in it, and •in almost every other co og to
while the spirit of gambling, which appears to engender it, is ruin hiss
credits, and reducing many to extinction as merchants. cot toaloto
been affected very little by the intelligence brought by the elf_ their
steamer from England ; the dealers have increased a few rupees ti' tee
demands, but buyers have not met them, and prices remain 1 u
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_ _
same. the
hv
By advices from Alexandria, dated 18th January, received "'
Atalanta, we learn that the crop of Egyptian Cotton this year wTha
mated by Government at 25,000 bales, with 30 to 35,000 bale°,.re
ing of the last crop. Price on board was quoted at 7P. per hestS,
schooner Pearl is under dispatch, with between 350 to 375 cout
Malwa Opium, and the Elizabeth and Bombay Castle arc als° h
sail. However the whole quantity exported, in now nearly four I°-I;este.
falls short of 1,300 chests. On our return we find a purchase of 50 e 0 per
at 790 Rupees per Chest, but prices have since declined 5 t°
aged
chest. The advices of the second Calcutta sale, which oerbut
Rupees 710-10-8; and Benares Its. 611-5-0 per chest, ha'd
very slight effect on Malwa.
pre'
Exchange on London has received an impetus from high r 3".
vailing at Calcutta. Owing to the.scarcity of Money Bills, theyll3ee
ights
sold here in one or two instances at 2s. per Rupee, at 6 months'
and the rate down to Is. 10d. per Rupee, may be considered the Pre
big terms.
n
Western Bank of Scotland Bills on Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. I M„ot'shtf
at sixty days' sight, have been sold at Is. 101 per Rupee. fre-150' -
have contijtued to rise, and engagements have been mule at 41.
per ton.
Consols have continued during the morning at 931 for the Aee°sUnitd;
Money 931 ; better for money than liar time ; Exchequer Bills tot.
pron. ; India Bonds 79 prem. ; Bank Stock 2051 ; India Stock" p;ee
Spanish Active 20 %, with Coupons ; Portuguese 3.N reacif
Cents. 221; Brazilian 75k; Belgian 101 ; Colombian
Dutch 54k.