The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-10 00:00:00

TILE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1847.

THE WEATHER.—StrIT OFFICE, MAT 9.
T.'ERNOMETER, Lowest, 47; Highest. 59; Noon, 62.

13A:.,.024ETE5., 29.85.
Wind S.W.; sunshine and showery.
MAY 10.
TUERMOMETER, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 63 ; Noon, 65,
BAROMETER, 29.88.—W1ND S.S.W.; fine.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS AY.
IMorning37 nainuteg after 9. I Evening .. 13 nalnnt4Do etc 10,

dency of which was to inform the public that the
treatment of female convicts was much improved in
► an .I):ctLc,a's Land, r.tiu that therefore Le .:ad les
compunction in sending out females to that coun-
try than he had formerly. The next day
the Learned Sergeant sentenced the prisoner
to seven years' transportation, with the remark
that "he did not know whether he was doing
right in acceding to the prisoner's request." We
cheerfully pay our tribute to the character for
humanity enjoyed by Mr. Sergeant ADAMS ; but we
have no hesitation in telling him he was clearly
wrong in the course he adopted. In the first place,
he acted directly in contravention to the rule laid
down by the superior judges, which is, never to fulfil
the object for which a crime has been committed
when they can avoid it; and, in the next place, he
had no business to assure the prisoner, by the
statement he made, that the punishment of trans-
portation was materially mitigated by reason of the
benevolent agency of Mrs. BOWDEN. It is naturally
supposed that the prisoner left the dock considerably
relieved in her mind by the favourable picture he had
drawn, and, perhaps, not a little heightened in her
own opinion, from the success which bad crowned
her desire to be transported. All punishment is vin-
dicated by the intended effect of example, not only
upon the criminal himself, but upon society at large.
In the case before us the Learned Sergeant has acted
in a way to deaden the effect of example. The con-
sequence to society is likely to be pernicious. We
should not be surprised to find, in a short time, the
number of female candidates for transportation largely
on the increase. We hope Mr. Sergeant ADAMS will
act with greater discretion in future. Mistaken hu-
manity works infinite mischief.

sessing so much less vessels that more money is expended in
them I The English alliance as solid and not less sincere in
1847 than in 1840."

At to the critical condition of the finances of the
country here alluded to by our 'Contemporary, it may
be observed that the retirement of M. LAPLAGNE very
much increases the immediate trepidation, but by the
judicious selection of his successor ultimate advan-
tages may compensate the market for all existing
involvments. Everywhere it is acknowledged that
the French Government must shortly be under the
necessity of contracting a loan, but there appears ne-
vertheless to be an inexplicable unwillingness on the
part of the Administration to open up the necessary
negotiations on that point. Before the departure of
our dispatches a general rumour was afloat that the
interest on the Bons Royaux was to be reduced to
four and a half per cent., in the event of which re-
port proving to be authentic a certain preparatory
step would thereby have been taken by the Cabinet
for obtaining the requisite assistance.
Previous to his retirement, General ST. YON re-
ceived the Arab chief Bou MAZA at the 'War-office.
The African warrior expressed his gratitude for the
permission he had obtained to enter Paris, and prof-
erred his services to march against ABD-EL-KADER.

The Journal de Debate gives the following lively
description of the foreigner :
his stature is above
the" average
veraMazgehaeiigsh2ts; ohris2p6hyyesaiorgsnoofmagyoexpresses audacity and
energy; his eyes are fine, black, and full of fire; his nose is
bkl;uheims faarcke,lwonhich is said to be the dis-
tinctive nobles. His hands are large
g ; and on each cheek near
andtgtlineueinti lijoovnsneeeg; sign.i hs sHal of the
hlheeaei cr
s the same sort of costume as Abd-el-
Kader : an haik in wool and silk of extraordinary white-
ness, and which surrounds his dark visage like a light cloud ;
a little brown cord made of camel's hair fixes the vestment
round his head; his bournous is black, of the kind called
zourdani ; and-his boots, called toumak, are of orange-co-
loured skin. The conversation of this young cherif shows an
energetic and resolute character."
The steam corvette Pluton had arrived at Toulon
on the 2d instant from the island of Hyeres, where
she left the first division of the Mediterranean
squadron.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Saturday at 78f. •, the Five per Cents., 115 f. 95c. ; the
Orleans-Railroad Shares, 1,235 f.; Havre, 937 f. 50c ; Great
Northern, 606 f. 25c. • Avignon, 763 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 591 f.
25c. ; Bordeaux, 511 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 407 f. 50c. ; Basle,
1921. 50c. ; Dieppe, 322 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 422 f.
50c.; Tours and Nantes, 4101: ; Paris and Lyons, 430 f. ;
Lyons and Avignon, 445 f.; Cette, 441 f. 25c.; Spanish Three
per Cents., 35%.
MARSEILLES, MAY 4.—Marseilles and Avignon, 775 f.;
Northern, 618 f. 75c.

LYONS, MAY 6.—Paris and Rouen, 945 f. ' • Avignon and
Marseilles, 7631. 75c. ; Nierzon, 581 f. 25c.; Northern, 6121.
50c. • Paris and L'ons, 4301.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 8.- +~L
Demerara, 21/2—Northern of France, 11%—Paris and
Lyons, s—Rouen and Havre, 25—West Flanders, 4.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
(From the Graham's Town Journal of March 6.)
His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Henry
Pottinger arrived at Graham's Town about five o'clock
on the afternoon of this day se'nnight. He was met a
few miles from Town by the Commander of the Forces,
Sir George Berkeley, by Colonel Somerset, by the
Civil Commissioner of the District, by all the other
civil and military authorities in Graham's Town, and by
a considerable number of the inhabitants. The recep-
tion of his Excellency was most cordial, all classes
appearing to vie in their endeavour to give expression to
their satisfaction at the arrival of his Excellency at the
scene of his future labours, and on which, we may con-
fidently assert, he enters with the fervent wishes of the
whole commnnity for his speedy and complete success.
His Excellency alighted at Government House, which
had been hastily prepared for his reception, but dined
s.on after his arrival with the Commander of the
Forces at Styles' Hotel.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
Tho Lirn7pool C,tt,n -• o, Sathrrlay
cheap r. Awelie in reaii,cu uu. Lu 61;9,1. per
were much the same. In shares there was no improvement,
and the business done was very limited.
There has been again a very satisfactory budget of news
from the West India colonies. The weather was exceedingly
favourable, and the crops were promising. In Demerara,
Governor Light had announced that it would probably be the
last time he should have occasion to make a speech to the
Legislature.
It is stated in advices received from Russia, that the manu-
facturers were anxious to obtain the sanction of the Govern-
ment at Berlin, to a remission of the duty of three rix dollars
per quintal on twist, where the fabrics of which it is
composed, are exported, because this will enable them to
compete for some of the benefit to be derived from the orders
which the United States has sent to England, France, and
Belgium.

Tile Indigo prompt, amounting to about 150,0001., was paid
on Saturday, and as there is no present want of money dis-
counts are likely to rule easier this week. The fine weather
and increased imports of corn from America may ere long
check the advance in grain here, for Wheat is to-day Bs. to
108. per quarter dearer than on Monday last.
There has not been much doing to-day in the Stock
Market, but the tone is still heavy. The advance in corn is
the principal cause of the continued heaviness. Consols
have been 16% to for transfer, and 86% to 8634 for time;
Exchequer-bills are ss. to 2s. premium; and India Bonds,
of 1,0001., 2s. discount. Bank Stock has been marked 189
to 187. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been
quoted 871/9 to 863j4. •
There is very little doing in the Foreign Market, and the
quotations participate in the heaviness of the English Funds.
Mexican Bonds have been marked 193%, Grenada 19 to 1/2,
Equador 234, and Brazilian 83. Venezuela Stock is 37 to
373/4. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 87% to 3/4.
The Railway Share Market has been again depressed.
Great Western are 112, North-Western 1684 to 170, South-
Western 60, South-Eastern about 35i, Eastern Counties
184 4, Brighton 501 to 51*, Midland 113 to 114, North Stafford
(with 74 paid) 8b to 94, York and Newcastle 34 to 4, and
Northern of France 114. Great Southern and Western of
Ireland are 25.

BRITISH FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. .. • . .. .. .. 188 189 187 188% 189
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 8514 85%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 86%1416 86%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 87% 86% 87 87
Long Anntdtiel, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 8 15-16 9 9
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. —91 i
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .• .. .. 2 die 2 die
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. .. .. 5 p 5 p
Consols for May 27 .. .. .. .. .. 86% %I( 86%
Exchequer Bills. 1% d . 2d.
1,0001... .. .... 45 2 p
5001.., .. .... 25 p
Ditto, Small .... 64 7 p
ONE
O'CLOCK.

7p
CLOSINC;
PRICES.
104
8214

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 83
Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 ..
Milan Bonds, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Danish, 3 per Cent
Equador Bonds .. 2%
Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . 19%
Ditto, Deterred .. 3
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 19%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 62
Russian Bonds ..
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Passive Bonds ..
Ditto, Deferred ..
Ditto, Three per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account ..
Verezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 37%
Ditto, Deferred .. 11 h
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 57 %
Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 87% %%
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.

.51%•• .• •

4%%

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

51V,
821,4
19}

108%

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. • • 2% ........
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 16%
Bristol and Exeter • • • • .. 75 .... 72 ..........
Caledonian .. 30 .. 23 %%% • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% .... ..........
Chester and Holyhead .. 27%.... 20% ..........
Eastern Counties . 20 _ 18% % ........
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 45. ..........
Ditto, ditto.. .. .No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. • •
Ditto, York Extension ....
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 •• • . • • •
Ditto New .. 7% .. • 6
East Lincolnshire .. 6% .... 7% .....
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 69 70 ........ 70
Ely and Huntingdon .. 15 -, 14% •• • . 14%
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% .. 1% .. s.
Great Northern 3%.... 2y. 14.. • • .... 2%
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 25 .......... 24%
Great North of England . ..100 ....230 231% ...... 231 h,
Great Western 85 ..,.112 ........ - 112
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... .........
Ditto, Qui(rter Shares .. 12% 16%..........
Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 25% .....
Ditto, New 7% • • •
Ipswich sad Bury St.Edmunds .. 14
Leeds anti Bradford .. .. 40 .... 83%
Leeds and Thirsk 26 _ 20%
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d.
Ditto. New, No. 1 b • . . .
Ditto, New. No. 2 . • .. U. 13s. 4d. % p..
London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 51% 50% 51 5l 4
Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... 9 • • • • 9%
London an North-Western —lOO ....169% 168% 170 170
Ditto, Quarters • L. and B. 7 .... 21%% 22
Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 11 4 • . 11%
Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .... 6% 6.... .. • • 6%
London and South-Western ..411. 6s. 10d... 60 .. .... •
Ditto, New .. .. • 22 .... 22
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 51%
Ditto, ditto .. .. 40 ....
Lynn and Ely .. .. 25 .... 2614
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .• .
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) ..7/. 45..... par
Midland „. ..100 ....114 113%
Ditto, New ~ 36 .• 38%
Ditto, New .. 6 .... %
Ditto, Consol. Bristol aid Bir-
mingham 6 per cent. ..100 —123% • •
Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 20 .. • • 24% 24%
Ditto, New .. • • • • 5 .... %•• • •
Ditto, North Shields.. • • • • 25 .. •.•• .. •
North British •. 25 .... 30%% 30%
Ditto, Hall Shares .. .• 12% 13%76
Ditto. Quarter Shares .. 2% •• .. 274 3...... • • 3
Ditto, Thirds .. • • -• 1 .... 2%
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 7% • ... BA, .• • • 9%
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 22% .. 13% ........ 13%
Preston and Wyre .. 25 .... 35 ...... • • • 35
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 358 .... 3% %.... . . . . 3%
Ditto, Class B .. • • • • 3 •• • • 2 ..... . . . • . 2
Shropshire Union 4211.
South Devon .. .. 40 .... 29
South Staffordshire .. .. 21. 125... 1 dis... ••• • •
.% dis
South Eastern and Dover 33%.. • . ...... •
Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 •• .. ...... •. •
Do., New (d 0.33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 12
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 5 4%%
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
West Riding Union • .. •,41.2s
Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 42s p .. • • • •
York and Newcastle 25
Ditto, New.. .. .. 10
Ditto, PreCerence .. 4 .... •• • ......
York awl North Midland .. 50 .... 81% •• • • ......
Ditto, Extension .. .. 25 .... 40% • ... • •
Ditto, Preference .. 2 .... 10% % ........
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten— 10 ...- 201 A % ........
- FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bord., Toul., & Cette tConstituted) 4 .... ..........
Central of France (Orleans and
Vierzon) .. • . • . • . .. 12 _ ..........
Demerara .. . • . .... 2% ..........
LOLVithi ala Sambre .. • • • • 6
Luxembourg .. 6 .. . .......
Northern or France .. • • 8 .... 11% .... • .....
Paris and Orleans .. .. 20 ....
Paris and Rouen • •

MIRES.

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Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... VA ••••• • - • • •

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G--(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAY 10.—Wind N.E., light pleasant breeze, and
fine clear weather.
DEAL, MAY 9.—Wind S.W., strong; P.M. S. S.W., mode-
rate —Arrd. Emma, Ellbouna, South Seas • Gunfes, Bom-
bay; Milford, Calcutta; Edward Thorpe, California; Nestor,
Wright, Demerara; Margaret Evans, Tinker, New York.
Arrived from the River, Harris Castle, Port Philip; Ada,
Jamaica ; Flounce, Havannah ; Emma Isadora, Boston ;
New Plicenix, Jamaica; Fantome, ditto.
OFF DOVER, MAY B.—Wind W.; 9th, S.W.—Arrd. 7th,
Lord Hungerford, Calcutta.
OFF BEACHY HEAD, MAY 6.—Johannas Tackens, New
Orleans, for Bremen.
sO2:24TIoLkumTirzomN,AYMBAY
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rrd..wT.aytostse.awm.e;r,9tWh,esst.sl.nwdi._es.
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Arrd. 7th, Pathfinder, Nnakek, Bombay and St. Helena, and
sailed for London; Eth, Ocean, Briar, Matanzas.
Coal:, MAY 6.—Wind S.S.E.; ,7th, S.—Arrd., 6th In-
vincible, Newman, Malta ; 7th, Prince George, Foster, Callao ;
Shamrock, W isemen, Bahia ; Flounce, Pott, New Orleans ;
Hortense, Means, Norfolk; Charles Walton, Baker, Balti•
more; Brazilian, New York ; Reliarce, Newfoundlaud ;
Hunter, Purcell, ditto. Sld. 6th, Lady Flora Hastings,
Quebec; Principi Radili, New York.
OFF DARTMOUTH, MAY 9.—Wind
Christiana; Yap, Rio Janeiro, for Altona.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY B.—Wind W. S.W., squally; 9th, S.E.
to W.S.W.—SId. Hendrick, Hudson, New York.
CLYDE, MAY 7.—Sld. Trumfante, Havannah; 8, Tha-
lestris, Guadaloupe ; Timehall, Newfoundland.
DUBLIN, MAY.7.—Wind S.S.E.; 8, S. to E.—Arrd. Bevis,
Doine, New Orleans; Express, Sanders, New York.
KINGSTOWN, MAY S.E.; 8, E.—Sld. Cape Bre-
ton, Montreal.
WATERFORD, MAY 7.—Wind S.E. to S.W.; 8, S.W. to
S.S.W.—Arrd. 7th, Oceanus, Smith, New Orleans; Ann
Kenney, Baldwin, Charleston, for Liverpool; Caroline E.
Plett, Pettiman, New York.
DEAL MAY B.—Arrd. Cairo, Hogg, Porto Rico.
OFF DUNGENESS, MAY 6.—Argo, Bremer, Canton, for
Bremen.
OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 6.—lndia, China.
OFF PORTLAND, MAY B.—Orest, Bahia; Norden, Wulff,
Pernambuco, both for Stockholm.
PORT TALBOT, MAY 7.—The Frank, of Hayle, went on
shore this morning, but is expected off after lightening.
WissfrAcir, MAY 9.—lt blew hard yesterday from S.E.,
with heavy sqaalls ; at 9 A at. it flew to S.W., and increased
to a heavy gale.
SWANSEA, MAY 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Countess of Bec-
tive ( ?), Perrie, Cuba.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 9.—Wind W., moderate.—Arrd. 7th,
Isabella, Demerara ; Btb, Columbian, Philadelphia; Ex•
celsion, New Orleans ; Yorkshire, John R. Skiddy, Her-
quenot, Sea and Alpine, New York; Carlos, Boston ; 9th,
Mary Indrie, Calcutta ; Elizabeth Jane, Colombo ; Eco-
nomist, Antigua ; Suffolk and Venice, Philadelphia. Sld.
7th, Mary Pollock, Quebec ; Bth. Tom 'Moore, Rio Janeiro
and Bombay ; Prince Victoria, Maranham : Coroner, Bar-
badoes ; Caesar, Aridad Bolivar, Hanover, Charleston ;
North Star, Philadelphia ; Rainbow, New York • Prince of
Waterloo, Queen Pomare, Sabroan, and Tay, Quebec.
DEAL, MAY B.—Arrd. Palmerston, Sydney New South
Wales ; India, China ; Asiatic, Calcutta ; Bs-tea,
for Stockholm.

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