The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-06 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6 1848

Minister of the Interior, with the portfolio of Agri-
culture and Commerce, on account of the indi4position
of Chevalier DEEOSSI DE SANTA Rosa. A notice in
the same piper informs the public that the consular
agents of the King of SARD;NIA have not the power
of legalizing private documents belonging to Sardinian
subjects, such power being exclusively vested in the
Minister of Foreign Affairs.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTEI? TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet,
and, compared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds
were per lb. lower. The sales were estimated at
4,000 bales, including 1,500 American on speculation.
The following were among the salts, viz , 100 Pernam
and Maranham at 61,1. to 64d., and 300 Surat at 4id. to
4id. per lb.—Railway Shares were lass active at rather
lower prices.

The sales of grain in the markets which regulate the
duties were last week small, being only 97,974 quarters
of wheat. The large arrivals of foreien have interfered
with the sale of home grown.
The accounts received within the last few days from
St. Petersburgh are of a very interesting character to
those who look beyond the present time. There has for
a long period been a want of uniformity in the Russian
commercial code. Sometimes high, and at other
dates reduced duties have been levied, especially
or refined sti.:ar, and from the peculiar constitution of
the mercantile body, divided as its members are into
merchants of the first, second, or third dais, as the case
may be, there is a serious impediment to the develop-
ment of the trade of the country. Tallow is a con-
stant example of the fact, and we keo iv of no rea-
son why, at lower prices, there might not,
to the great profit of Russia, be double the
quantity exported that there is now. Nothing
but a great reduction in rrices will act powerfully
on consumption, and the competition of our Australian
colonies already begins to work its effect, end may bring
about a change. This change, it is highly to be desired,
should be in the direction of free trade, and if the current
rumours are at all to be relied upon, they mey be so. The
Emperor has already revoked the prohibition upon the
export of the precious metals, imposed 'A hen the political
difficulties of the Continent rendered a drai❑ not un-
likely; and this measure will prove of essential benefit
to the native merchants, who have for some time past
had to make great sacrifices in remitting to England,
the exchange being so greatly in our favour that it will
answer the purpose to send epccie even by the
comparatively costly mode of land conveyance.
We need hardly remark that in any estimate
of the future position of the London money
market, this is a fact which should not be left out, for it
is reckoned by some that a half to one million sterling
may reach us within a month or two. Tne balance of
trade may be favourable to us from more than one cause,
and the periodical payment of the dividends on the
Russian lean held here acts in conjunction with them;
but still the subjoined figures, regarding the shipment of
Tallow from Russia, will assist in determining the
point:—

1849. 1848.
To London ... 50,139 70,617
Outports ... ~. ... 46,404 49,046

United Kingdom . . 96,543 119,663
Foreigners ... 21,921 9,787

118,464 129,450
There remain over in St. Petersbnrgh
.for shipment
next year 30,000 to 35,000 casks.
A paragraph appears in an American paper, headed
" The new Partner of the Barings," and dated from
Boston. It is as follows :—" The mercantile class here
have been quite gratified to learn, that Mr. Russell
Sturgis, of this city, while in London on his way
overland to India, received very liberal overtures
from the banking-house of the Barings, to
become a partner in that celebrated establish-
ment, and has accepted the offer. It is
understood that Mr. Sturgis will be the reception part-
ner, the position occupied by Mr. Joshua Bates for many
years. Mr. Sturgis has resided in India in former years;
he is one of the numerous family bearing the name, who
hail from New England, and whose sagacity and enter-
prise have been strikingly manifest during the last half
century, as they have been the pioneers to new marts of
commerce, and have been respected at home and abroad,
for mercantile honour and integrity."

The continued money purchases of Consols have quite
driven out of the market, for the present, even the more
courageous Bears, and if they cannot find it in their
heart to go with the stream, they are at least compelled
to remain quiet, and await a better time for speculative
sales. Of course, we pretend not to say how soon
this may come, but present appearances are
in favour of continued buoyancy, whatever oc-
casional checks may arise. Consols have been
964 I, and since 96i for Transfer, and for Time
they are 96i The " continuation" to January is high,
being 4 per cent. Bank Stock is supported at a rise to
203. Exch, quer-bills have been 475. to 50s. premium.
In the Foreign Market, Mexican Bonds have been
principally in favour, and have touched 28j to 281.
Brazilian Bonds have been marked 874 to 88, and
Buenos Ayres 47 to Spanish Five per Cents. have
been 19 to I, and the Three per Cents. 384 to 4. Por-
tuguese Four per Cents. are nominally 36 to 37. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 55i to 56.
Railway Shares are firmer, and with a fair business
doing. The French lines have looked better, and with
a brisker demand fur Central of France and Paris and
Rouen. The Belgian are firmer, as it is generally be-
lieved that the Government at Brussels will be brought,
by a sense of justice as well as of policy, to act more
liberally towsrds the capitalists, who have assisted in
constructing its railways.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 203
3 per Cent. Reduced Anauities
3 per Cent. Consols Anna
New 3,4 per Cent. Anna. 957A 96,A
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, MO 8 7-16 8%
D 0.30 Y ears, Expire Oct. 10,1859 8 3-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16
India Stock —
Do. Bonds, 1000/ B5 p
Consols for Account ..
Exchequer Bills. 1 % d. 2d.
March. June.
1,00/.
Small — 50 r
t'RICI,.. OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account
Ditto, Small . .... •.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 47 47%
Equador Bonds .... 4
Mexican Bongs, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 por Cent,lB4o
Ditto Account .
Ditto Passive Bonds 4
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Venezuela Bonds .... —
Do. Deferred
Dividends on the above navable in London.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent ... SBL 50c.
Exchange
Dutch '2% per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SHALE.
Aberdeen
Ditto, Preference
Amber., Notting., Boston,&e. 6'
kyrblaire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 28 .. ..
3erks and Hants Extension
(Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6
kiirmingham & OxfordJunct.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 -
Do., without a guarantee... 20 ...
Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 .....
Do., without a guarantee... 10
Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14s —
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction..
Bristol and Exeter
D0., Thirds
Buckinghamshire.. —17 IA — to
Caledonian
Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ...... 9 8%... to 9%
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 .
Chester and Holyhead 5O ..... 9% to
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 -
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 514 — to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27%......
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
awl L. & D
Ditto, 113/., E. & H lB ... .•
Do, 31. 185.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% —
Eastern Counties
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 lll4 x. int. to
Do. Exton., 5 perct.No. 1,6/.135. 4d .. p...... to
Do., do N0.2,61. 133. 4d... par ... .. to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Ditto, New .••... .. 43 • •••• 46 ...••• to --•
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares) ........• .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6
Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 ......
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 25
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 20225 - .. •• to
5
East Lancashire ... •
Ditto, New .. ........... ...• •
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares 6;4 — to
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O
Ditto, Half Shares
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ......
Ditto, New port
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ---- to
Exeter and Exmouth.... 2ls. - ••• •• to
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 60.8 d — .. ... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consolidated —•—• to
Great Northern
D 0.% A Deferred ..... ... 121,E 3% to
Do. % B 6 per Cent.
De., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 10 . ..... 81/8. to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 — to
Great North:of England 100 ...... ..... to
Ditto, New 401.... ...... .. 4O
Ditto, ditto .

Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ..... -
Ditto, New 16/......... ...... 15 ...... .

Great Western 100 —....59 581/i... to 59%
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 - to
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Do. New 171 ...
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — ...... to
Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50
Do., Thirds ..•
Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... ...... to
Ditto, ditto, ?I. B. & B ... 98
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares «. 49
Ditto Quarters 23% — to
Ditto Fifths lO .... • •••• to
Ditto. Thirds 16% ...... ...... to --
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO
Do. (Iludderi. and Shoff.) 50

Do., Westßiding Union... 10 .....
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25

Do., do., Half Shoes (A) 10
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Thirsk ...—.. ...... 50
Do. ,do.,Prefer., 0 per Cent. 31,4 — —... to
Ditto, ditto...
Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 ......
Do. Pref. Quarters, 1548... 9
Liverpool, Crosby, and South- _ _

port.
London & —....— to --
Lond.,l3right.,& SouthCoastloo 82 to 81
Do., New gua. 6 pr Ct.loo

Do. GuaranteellsperCent. 9 . ..... ..... to
Da. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... ..... to
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d...
Ditto Preference
London & North Western.....loo ......113
Do. New Quarters.
Do. Fifths
Do. 40g. Shares... .L. & M 85 — to
Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1
Loldon and S. Western...—. 50
Ditto, New 504
Ditto. Nt w 401
Do., New Scrip, 1846, Pre/.
7 per Cent . ••• 5 • .•• 7 ..... to --
Londonderry and Coleraine... 25
Do. Half Shares
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Do., Half Shares ... 5 •••• • • •.. to ....
Lrvestoff, guar. 4 ler ct 2O
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ......
%iamb Buxton, & Matlock 5
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto IA Shares (No. 1) ... 25 ...... to
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
Ditto, IA Shares (No. 3)... 124......
Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 .....
Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 ......
Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4/. 25....

Mid1and........ ....... ..... ...100 5l 50k... to 5114

Ditto,Consol. Preference...loo
---

Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 80 ...... 191/4 ..... to
Midland, lira,., and Derby...loo ... .. ...... to
ilidland, Consol. Bristei and
..._.

Birmingham, 6 per cent...100
Ridland, Bristol and Glouc. 42

Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... ..
Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50
Midland, Leices. and Swan-

nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100
idld. Great Western (Irish) 47;2 —
Middlesbro' and Redcar.
per cent. guar. . . SO
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO

Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. ...... to
Newmarket ... ..... ..... 23
Ditto Extension Scrip... V. 123. —
Newport Abcrgy., and Heret. 6
Newry and Enniskillen
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor .... 20
Norfolk
Ditto New 201.
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20
Do. Do. 51/s per cent
Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2
Northern Counties Union ... 4
North British .. .. ... 25 ...... 11% to
Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 121/2 — to
Do. Quarters !xi"...

Ditto Thirds -
_to

Ditto. Preference ...... 5
North Staffordshire
North Wales
_3I,E .... to

North Western
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
litading,Uuildtd.,& Reigate 15
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central
acottish Midland ... ....... .... 25

Ditto, Now 221
to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 ......
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8

Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. lain.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ...
Ditto, Oswestry„
Ditto (New)...
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....—. 10
Shropshire Uni0n.....
South Devon ...... .........
Ditto, Preference
Routh Staffordshire.... B%.
South Eastern:
Ditto, No. 2.- BO
Ditto, No. 3.: SO
Ditto, Registered-No. 4.... p

Ditto, Scrip No. 4..
South Wales . 43
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole l2
Sheffield, Rotherham, and

Goole (N.D) Gag. 5 perct. 161,4 — ... .. to
Do. do. (South Div.) 5
Swans. and Lofighor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7
Taw Vale Extension
Thames Haven Dock and
Railway ... 171,! --Le -
Vale of Tr Bath ,.. 8
Waterford and Kilkenny 2O .....„
Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47%-• .. -
Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw,
and Dublin .. 3
Wear Valley 6 pet f;ent. _

Guaranteed - 50
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do. ...... . 15 ... . -
West Cornwall
Whitehaven and Furness
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western .. 14 ...... to
Wil ts. Somerset,& Weymouth 45
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
Do. and Newcastle Exton. 20 ..

Do. G. N. E. Pur. or I'ref. 8
Do. Hartlepool 11k. & lily. 100
York ana North`Midland ..
Ditto, Yroterence

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Italian
and Arstrian) LI,2 —
Boulogne ann;Amiens
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzoa) ...
Dtancrara. . ....
Dutch Rhenish 8
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular 5 •••••• ...... to
Do. Do ..... .... ....... ... 10s.
Louvain ii la Sambre .....-.. 71/2 ...... to
Luxembourg
Ditto
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege........
Northern of France 14185..... 2 di5....., to
Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ... .. 814 to
Paris and Orleans...
Paris and Rouen
Paris & Strasbourg . ,
Rouen and Havre ........ ...... 20
Sambre and Mouse
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 .....
Tours & Nantes ... .
rournay, .iurbise, Landau,
and klaselt . .... .. 20 ...... ....., to
West Flanders Bg4 — •..... to --
JOINT STOCK RANKS.
Australasia
British North American .... 60 ......
Colonial
Commercial of London 2O ...... ...... to
London Joint Stock ~.»
London and Westminster... 20
National Provincial of En gld. 85
Ditto, New
National of Ireland ...... 22% — ... .. to
Provincial of Ireland , 25
Ditto, New
Union of Australia
Ditto, New .. 2% —
Union of London ...... .. ...... 10
Union of Madrid ...... 40

MINES.
Anglo Rexican lOO ......
Asturian ........ ........ ..... 16 ......
Australian ...
Barrossa Range . -
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 80
Bolanos Scrip
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 244......
Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 3A

Ditto St. John Del Rey 15
Cobra Copper „. 90
General
Real del Monte. Unregistered ... to
Do. Black Debentures —
Do. Red Debentures .....
Santiago de Cuba lO ...... to
United Mexican

ACCIDENT TO AN OFFICER OF THE COLDSTREAM
GUARDS.—On Monday Colonel Windham's hounds met
at Stoke, about tour miles from Chichester, and, having
found, pur:ued the fox to Woodmancot, near Ensworth,
where they killed. Amongst the foremost in the chase
were several officers of the battalion of Guards now
quartered in the barracks at Chichester. One of these,
Captain Strong, met with a severe accident, in conse-
quence of his horse failing to clear a drain, which was at
the far aide of a fence, at which his gallant rider had put
him. The animal contrived to got his fore legs into the
drain, fell, threw his rid( r, and then rolled over him.
Prompt assistance was rendered by Captain W. Crosby
and the Messrs. Deacon and Lyn.), who were close at
hand. Tho first named of these gentlemen rode off in
quest of nu client aid, which was not long in arriving, as
he met, within a few minutes ride of the spot w here
the accident occurred, Dr. Foster, R.N., and Dr.
Joseph Baxter, of Emsworth. Upon examination by
these gentlemen, it was found that, in addition to several
severe braises, one of the gallant captain's collar-bones
was broken. After the necessary manipulations of the
medical gentlemen, and when Captain Strong had re-
covered
from the first cfficts of his fall, he was placed
in a fly, ar d cenveycd to Chichester, whirr: he is doing
well, under the care of the battalion assistant-surgeon.

The evening before last, about seven o'clock, cries
of " Fire! Lle.lp!" were beard in the entresol of No. 38,
Rue de Ri%oli. The persons who hastened to the spot
found Mrs. Iluiltingtoid, an English lady, lying on the
ground wi(h her clothes on fire. The flames were
extinguished, and every assistance was afforded, but she
was so dreadfully injured that she died the next day.
She wore a dress of black crepe, and it must have acci-
dentally caught fire. Shortly before the accident her
maid had left her seated by the fire in an arm-chair,
and Mr. lltintingford was absent at the time. Though
the poor lady's sufferings were terrible, she was enabled
to give answers to the questions put to her.—Galignani.
AlissiNG The lights, paving, watering, and
sewering of King's-road, Chelsea. If the above will
return to their dark, dirty, and disconsolate friends, at
the above address, they will be joyfully received, and all
past faults will be forgiven. N.B. If the above terms
be not accepted, legal measures must be takes,—Punch,