The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-04 00:00:00

A SHIP ON FIRE.

The following is an extract from a letter received by
a correspondent from Bramston, March 3, 1847:
" Yesterday evening, about half-past seven o'clock, I
saw a blaze of fire before me. After having fixed it
well in my mind as to where such a large fire could be,
I became positively convinced that it was in the bay,
and that some unfortunate vessel was on fire. I opened
the window and looked through the telescope, and saw
an exceedingly large three-masted ship on fire, between
Hartland Point and Lundy Island, I should say about
two thirds from the island and one-third from Hartland,
I saw all the foresails from the great high bowsprit turn
bright, also all the square sails suspended from the
yards, when they were consumed. I could then clearly
distinguish the blaze running along the ropes and rig-
ging, and three masts all burning, also the bowsprit with
blazingth e rl)
alle _T must also mention that the deck was
the time, particularly in the stern ; the ropes
soon disappeared, then the masts and bowsprit, and the
only thing then visible was the burning hull, and that
lessened and lessened until it was gone. The whole of
this occurred in less than an hour. The carrier is already
come,
and lam obliged to stop. The bowsprit was to-
wards Lundy Island. '

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE, &c.—WEDNESDAY.
50/. given by Lord Sefton, added to a Sweepstakes of 10
each; 5 ft. One mile.
Mr. Allen's Nottingham, 3 yrs, Est 71b. (G. Oates) 1
Mr. Meeson's Jovial, 3 yrs, 6st 71b... 9
The following .also started :—Sir John Gerard's The Snob
-
5 yrs; Mr. W. Giles's Infringe, 3 yrs; Mr. Haworth's Rollin'
Burns, 5 yrs; Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell, 3 yrs; Mr.
Mau hen's Highwayman, 5 yrs; Mr. Bowes's Ukraine, 4
yrs ; Mr. Igoe's Woodranger, 5 yrs ; and Mr. Robertson's Tom
Tough, ag,d. Won easy by nearly two lengths.
THE STEEPLE CHASE.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sow. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if
declared, with, 100 added ; the second to save his stake.
60 subs., 20 of whom declared.
Mr. Courtney's Mathew, aged, 10st 61b (Wynne) 1
Mr. Watts's St. Leger, aged, 12st 31b (Oliver) 2
Mr. Moseley's Jerry, list 61b (Bradley) 3
The following also started, but were not placed :---Mr.
Preston's Brunette, 12st 61b (A. M'Donogh)—Mr. P. Power's
Saucepan, 123 t 21b (W. M'Donogh)—Mr. Ouseley's Hig-
gios's Pioneer, Ilst 121 b (Captain W. Peep—Mr. Robert-
son's Ballybar, list 12Ib (Turner)—Mr. D'Arcy's Culver -
thorpe, list 61b (Powell)—Mr. Hall's The False Heir,
list 4lb (Wilson)—Mr. Hall's The Pluralist, list 41b (Den.
by)—Mr. Preston't Frederick, list 21b (Abbott)—Mr.
Bevill's Latitat, list (Owner)—Captain Barnett's Marengo,
list (Barker)—Mr. Walters' Cavendish, lOst 101 b (Scott)
—Captain Gambier's Avoca, lOst 10lb (Captain BroadleY)—
Mr. R. J. Moore's St. Ruth, lOst 10lb (Canavan)—Mr. A.
Browne's Midnight, lOst lolb (Mr. Gardner)—Mr. Neale's
Red Lancer, lOst 81b (Lord Strathmore)—Mr. Lockwood's
Barmaid, 10st 81b (Owner) Mr. Anderson's Gre-
nade, lOst Sib (Radcliff) Mr. Kirkpatrick's Clinker,
lOst 71b ( Maloney) Mr. Elmore's Young Lottery,
lOst 71b (Butler)—Lord Strathmore named Roarer, lOst 71b
(J. Mason)—Mr. Wesley's Gayhurat, lOst 71b (Owner)—
Mr. W. Hall's Tramp, 10st 6lb (Archer)—Colonel Taylor
named Quicksilver, lOst 41b (Rawson)—Mr. Smith named
Cumberland Lassie, lOst 41b (Maddox)—Mr. Oakey's Va-
leria, lOst 31b (Daley).
Betting-5 to 1 agst Roarer, 10 to 1 agst Culverthorpe,
11 to 1 agst Matthew, 12 to 1 each agst Jerry and Saucepan,
13 to 1 agst Pioneer, 14 to 1 agst Leger, 20 to 1 agst Bru-
nette, and 20 to 1 agst Red Lancer.
Won by rather more than a length, after a very fast well
contested race throughout.
The Free Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, with
50 added. Two miles. l2 Subs.
Mr. Oakey's Valerie, _ 5 yrs, lOst 81b 011iver 1
Captain Campbell's Crcesus, aged, list 51b
Mr. Arnold's Alice, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b ......
Won cleverly. Several others started.

FOOD FOR MEN AND BIRDS.—The proposal has
been made to cut off the oats which are usually given to
horses, and make bread for men ; but there is another con-
suming class which is allowed with impunity to take the
food out of the poor man's mouth. We allude to the hares
and rabbits. Every rabbit consumes a bushel of wheat—so
says the calculation before us ; robbing the farmer of his
money and not benefitting the landlord. We think, there.
fere, when there is not a mouthful of too much food to spare,
it would be as well to get rid of some of these epicurean
rabbits and hares, and so increase the stock of provisions.
It would be a delightful item to read among the subscrip-
tions to the Irish and Scotch Destitute Fund :—" The Abo-
lition of the Game Laws ..2,000,000 bushels of wheat." It
would be only a small addition (the bushel of wheat being
six shillings) of 600,000/. ! By the by, what has become of
the Game Law Committee? The members require starting
a bit, for they do nothing apparently but sit upon their forms.
—Punch.
STAFF APPOINTMENTS.—Captain George Mein, of
the 13th Foot, who was one of the captives at Caubul, has
been appointed a major of brigade at Birmingham ; Captain
C. C. Young, of the Royal Artillery, has been appointed
aide-de-camp to Sir 11. Pottinger, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope (the gallant officer served
under Sir Henry in China); Captain Mein, of the Ist Royals,
has received the appointment of quartermaster-general on
the staff at Barbadoes ; Colonel Campbell, of the 9th Lancers,
has received the command of the Meerut division of the
Indian army, and Colonel Scott, C.E., of the same regiment,
that of Cawnpore.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
cf .1.7 F 7'o THRAE.
The Caton market at Liverpool yesterday barely supported I
previous rates. Sales 7,000 bales, of which 3,500 were jai
speculation. Shares were steady, but not brisk.
The new loan for Spain about to be raised, ostensibly at
Madrid, but in reality, no doubt, here and on the Continent,
should awaken the lively solicitude of the foreign bond-
holders. There are more ways than one of "raising the
wind," and long practice has made the Spanish Government
tolerably perfect in the work. Seeing the distrust (might
we not say disgust) felt by every one at the miserable po-
sition of the foreign creditors of Spain, no open loan, as we
imagine, could possibly be thought of, and a clandestine issue
of stock may probably be resorted to. People ask now in vain
what has been effected by the self-constituted committee of
Messrs. Henderson and Co., and what becomes of the san-
guine anticipations paraded before the eyes of the bond-
holders, who, truth to say, however, have ever attached but
little importance thereto.
We cannot but call attention to the success of joint-stock
banking in the metropolis within the last few years, as
exhibited more especially in the annual balance-
sheets of the institutions conducted upon this system. The
London and Westminster Bank especially, is an instance of
this, and, from being the first, we believe, -is also probably
the most prosperous. Last year the net profits, after paying
the income-tax, were upwards of 74,0001., and the dividend
consequently is at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, with a
bonus of 21. per cent., and a surplus fund of nearly 100,0001.
The bank has evidently, therefore, secured a safe
business, because its progress has been gradual,
and there is doubtless room for the employment
of the additional capital which the directors are about to
raise upon new shares. It appears that the public made de-
posits with the London and Westminster Bank last year to
the amount of 3,280,0001., and took circular notes from the
establishment for 6,7001., while the bank invested 938,717/.
of its assets in Government securities, and 2,676,7201. in other
securities; reserving no less than 634,00 W. as cash in hand.
We look upon this as being the most creditable statement of
bank management that has come under notice for some
time past.
The accounts from India represent trade as being dull.
The English Stock Market has been fiat, and there is an
apparent " lull." Consols have been 901,E % for present
and 92
,yt .
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Bank New T
shtroeeek- an
isd
transfer, and 901,4 % for April. The New Scrip is 114 to
1% premium. Reduced Three per Cent. Stock has been
-and-rQthuar2toe4rv2pteor
2Coesnts.
2051,1,a9?..-;frs 9 to
2 4%0
and India Stock 250 to 251. The value of Exchequer-bills
has been 3s. to 6s. premium, while the Advertised are at par
to 3s. premium. The market for the Unfunded Debt is cer-
tainly in a very weak condition.
The Foreign Investments have continued dull. Not a bar-
gain is officially reported in Spanish. Portuguese Four per
Cents. have been quoted &PA, and Brazilian 86% to 87'/.
Chilian are 93 to 95; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
bring 18%.
The Railway Share Market has been scarcely so well sup-
ported to-day.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
. .

Bank Stock .. .. • 20134 205%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities . • 90% 91
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 90% 3i%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 92% %
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 9-16 %
India Stock .. 251 250
India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. • • • • • •
Ditto, under 1,0001.
Consols for Account, April 15 • • .• • • 90%
Consols, Scrip .. • • • • • . 134 % p
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1345.
1,000/. .. 6 3 pm.
5001. 3 6 pm.
Ditto. Small .. .... 10 5 pm.
Ditto, Advertised .. .... par 3p pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • . 8634 87%
Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 86%
Ditto, New, 1843 • • • • .. 83
Milan Bonds, 6 per Cent. • • .. 95 93
Ditto. Deferred • • • • • • • • 3%
Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. 3434
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 109%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9234

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER !MARE.
.. 25 ....2456 23% to 24%

Aberdeen

_
Amber., Notting.,Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2%.... _ .. to
Birmingham aid Oxford Junction .. 5 .... 1414 %• • to
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham .. 5 .. • • 7% • ... to
Caledonian .. .. 30 .. 2818 .... to 28
Ditto, Halt Shares .. • • • • 2% •• • -2%.... to
Cheltenham and Oxford .. • • 2 .• • 1% to
Direct Northern Scrip .. .. • . 2%.... 2 a 7,g • • to
Eastern Counties .. • • • • • • 20 .. .. 21% % k to
Ditto, York Extension 4 .... 43 to
Eastern Union .. • • •• • • 40 •• • • .. to --
Ditto, Cambridge and Ely • . • • 2% .... 1% .. •.to
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. .. 14 .... •. • • to
Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... •• • . to
Ditto, ditto, New Scrip .. 1 u .... ...to
East Lincolnshire .. • • .. 4 .... 74% . • to
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 80 .... to
Great Western 85 .. • • to
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .. ~191 i t x.d. to
Ditto. New .. 84i x. d. t•
Huddersfield and Manchester .. 20 .... to
Hull and Selby .• " . 50 to
Ipsviich' and Bury St. Edmunds • • 'l'4 .... 12 to
Leeds and Bradford .. .. 35 .... 79' .... to
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester .. 211 .... to
Ditto, Old. Extension (Green).. 2% .... 3 .... to
Leeds and Thirsk 22%.... 2 % .. to

Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. ...• 2 to
London and Blackwell • • 161. 13s. 4d. .. • . .... to
Ditto, New, No. 2 I/. I3s. 4d. .... 1 p.... to --
Ditto, Extension .. .• .. 7% • ... 6 to
London, Brighton, and South Coast .. 50 ..55j %%i x ail to
Ditto, Consolidated Eighths .. • . 10 .... 13%.... to 14%
London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d.....9%....t0
London and North-Western • • • . 100 .. 156 .. • • to
Ditto, Quarters .. .. • . .. 2 .... 21% .. • • to
Ditto ditto New .. • . 2 .... 14% .... to
London and South-Western 41/. 10d. .... 64 x d.. to 65
Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths .. 40 .... 49 .... to
Ditto, Scrip .. .. • . .. 5 .. • -5% •• • • to
London and York Extension Scrip 2%.... to
Lynn and Ely .. .• .. • . 20 .... 22% to
Lynn and Doreliam .. • • • • 15 . • • 17% .. • . to 17
Manchester and Leeds •• . •• 22 .. to
Ditto, Sixteenths .. .• .'. ... ..
.. to
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) .. • • 84s. p.. to 3 p
Manchester and Southampton .. • . 2 .. .... to
Midland .• •• • . ..100 ... .121% .... to 122%
Ditto, New .. .• • • • • • • 30 .... 35% .. to
Midland, Birmingham & Gloucester.. 100 ....124 .... to 123%
Newcastle and Berwick •• • • •• 20 .. •• 34% .... to 34
Northern Counties Union .. • • .. 2% ... • 1 % .. to
North British .. • • .. • • 25 .. • . 35%.... to
Ditto, Extension • • • • .• %•• .• 1% .... to
North Staffordshire • • .. • . .. 5 .... 8% •.•. to
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 17% .... 11%x int to
Preston and Wyre .• • •• 25 .... 34% .... to
Reading, Guildford, and Reigato .. 5 5 .... to
Scottish Midland .. .. • • • • . 17% •. • • 24% .• ••to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) • • 3 •• • 4% .... to
Shropshire Union •• .. • . 425. • dis... to
South Eastern and Dover .. •. 33/.23.41 39 4 .. to 39
Ditto, New (do. 30/.) No. 3 .. .. 15 17 4.. • • to
South Wales .. •. • • lO .... 8% %.. to
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, & Goole 2 .. •• 2%.... to
Waterford and Kilkenny 11 .. • . .... to
West Riding Union .. .. • • .. 425. .• • • I % p.. to
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 425. .... % p.. to
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 36%... to
Ditto, Preference .. .• .:" 4 .. • . .•to
York and North Midland .. .. 50 •... .... to
Ditto. Extension .. ...20 .... 37%.... to
Ditto, Preference .. .. 2 .... 12 % .... to
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 10 .... 22 .... to