The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-30 00:00:00

, LONDON, WEDN_ESDAY MORNING, J

Ce immissionera have been in existence for many
Yeh a's. It has been usual to place certain sums
r ►timti*lly at their disposal, to be applied in the
promotion of useful public works. The sums so ad-
vanced have generally varied in every year according
to the ability of the Exchequer, and according to the
trength of the claims of those seeking the national
assistance. The Commissioners would have been

competent to make the advance without the legisla.
'tine sanction, had they the full amount a
their disposal. All, then, that is done is, t(

grant a larger sum than usual to the Com-
missioners, and everything concurs to establish
the propriety thereof. The money is actually in the
Exchequer. It was intended to have been laid out
in public works, although of a different character.
The works to be carried on will be most useful to
the country. There are already portions of them
opened, the proceeds of which will be more than suffi-
cient to pay the interest and instalments of
the principal of the money to be lent, and
every pound advanced will occasion the ex-
penditure of an equal sum, to be provided from
the private resources of the companies. Under these
circumstances, and for these reasons, therefore, we
most cordially approve of the present measure, the
principle of which has so triumphantly been sanc-
tioned by the House.

Madrid papers of the 22d have arrived. •
Carlist movements had taken place in the province
of Burgos, and in Navarre, and the Basque Provinces.
The POPE'S Nuncio had presented to the QUEEN a
letter from his HOLINESS, expressing a wish for the
speedy accommodation of the differences between the
Courts of Rome and of Madrid. Don ANGEL DE LA
RIVA, accused of firing at the QUEEN, has undergone
his first examination, He positively denies the
charge, and declares that he never saw her MAJESTY
on the day in question.
The Three per Cents. were done at 30 for cash;
the Four per Cents. at 18 for paper; the Five per Cents.
at 17-1- for cash; the Debt without Interest at 5 cash;
and the Coupons at 15.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
There was another accusation of misapplication of
funds brought forward in the Chamber of Deputies
on Saturday, a charge affecting not only the Minis-
ters but the officers of the Civil List, the pets of the
palace, and implicating even personages of a higher
station than either. M. L'HERBETTE accused the
Administration of the Civil List of having dilapidated
the forests of the State, of which the Crown has only
the usufruct to such an extent that the present pos
sessor of the Crown has received sixty-five millions
of francs more than he was entitled to. " And yet,"
said M. L'HERBETTE, "we have been asked for
dotations." The Minister of Finance attempted an
explanation, which was worthy of the renowned
TERRY O'ROURKE'S, " 'Tis part of my system."
We have adopted the German instead of the French
system of cutting timber, said the Minister, and
this is part of it. M. ODILON BARROT gave it as
his opinion, as a lawyer, that the Crown by the adop-
tion of this system, had exceeded its rights ; and
M. LEDRU ROLLIN declared that by the 618th article
of the Civil Code the Crown had in consequence
forfeited the usufruct altogether. Ultimately the
debate was adjourned to Monday.

The Chamber of Peers has decided that General
CUBIERES and M. PARMENTIER PALLAFRA shall be
prosecuted for having, in 1842, corrupted by offers,
gifts, and presents, the Minister of Public Works, in
order to obtain the concession of a mine of rock salt,
and that M. TESTS, at that period Minister of Public
Works, should be prosecuted for having accepted
offers and received gifts and presents, to perform an
official act for which no service was performed, the
Court believing that sufficient evidence exists to
prove these accusations. The trial will commence on
the sth July.
Lieut.-General Count GIRARDIN has addressed a
letter to the Presse, denying all knowledge of the
letter of 1838, on the subject of the Peerage, which
was read by M. GulzoT at the Tribune of the Cham-
ber of Deputies. This denial is corroborated by M.
EMILE DE GIRARDIN, who declares that the letter was
written by him, without the knowledge of the Gene-
ral, to a former editor of La Presse.
The price of wheat continued to diminish in all
the markets of France. At Bergerac, in the south,
it had suddenly fallen from 42 to 25 francs per hec-
tolitre. In Lower Limousin barley was being reaped;
the wheat promised a most abundant crop, and pota-
toes presented a fine appearance. In the Jura the
alternate heat and rain had been extremely beneficial,
and there was a fine prospect. The quantity of
foreig—uhpo, Imported into the denartmpn+ or bk~
north, from the 16th to tne 21st inst., amounted to
11,000 hectolitres. At the last market of La Bassee'
the price fell one franc per hectolitre ; at Cassel, 41.
60c. ; and at Bourgourg, sf. 67c. There was no
change in the Paris market on Saturday.

The Three per Cents. were done at 77i. 55c. on Sun-
day, in the Passage de l'Opera, Paris, but this price was
little more than nominal.

MARSEILLES, JUNE 23.—Marseilles and Avignon, 715 f.
LYONS, JUNE 25.—Paris and Rouen, 971 f. 25c.; Avignon
and Marseilles, 700 f. ; Vierzon, 606 f. 25c. ; Northern, 577 f.
50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 450 f.; Orleans, 1,276 f. 25c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNK 28.
Boulogne and Amiens, 16A—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Constituted), 2%—Central of France (Orleans and
Vierzon), 16—Ceylon, %—Dutch Rhenish, 41/4—Louvain
a la Sambre, %—Luxembourg, 11/2—Northern of France,
103%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 61/4—Paris and Lyons, 5%—
Faris and Strasbourg, s—Sarnbre and Meuse, ;14.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
There was a large business done is Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday; sales, 10,000 to 12,000 bales. Holders re-
quired an advance of *d. per lb. for American. Shares
were buoyant.
The Share Market has been very lively to-day, and
the quotations at the sale of Railway Shares by Messrs.
Dimond and Co. have, in many instances, much improved.
The following are a few of the principal sales:—
East Indian £o 4 6
Northern and Southern Connecting
Manchester and Southampton 0 12 6
North British, Extension 0 16 6
Ceylon
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 19 0
Shropshire Union and Canal 2 9 6
Great Northern
North Staffordshire
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 17 0
West Riding Union
Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( B). ..... 211 0
Great Northern of France ...... 10 18 0
Ambergate, Nottingham, and 805t0n...... 1 8 6
The intelligence by the steamer from Halifax has
disappointed some, who thought the rate of
exchange would have kept up to a higher
point. We see nothing, however, in the compa-
ratively trifling reaction that has occurred, to
induce the slightest anxiety, for even admitting that
we must part with more bullion, it will be some time
yet, and rather than lose the opportunity of shipping
grain to the United Kingdom, the Americans will un-
doubtedly give liberal orders for our textile fabrics, and
we may anticipate considerable activity in the manufac-
tiring districts.
In the United States the prospects for the crops ap-
pear to be excellent, and we are advised from Montreal
under a late date, that—" The weather has again become
warm. Yesterday and to-day the thermometer has
been up to 75 in the shade. Vegetation is now nearly
as far forward as it was at this date last year, and the
reports of the crops are unusually good."
The unfortunate immigrants from Ireland were suf-
fering greatly from fever in the quarantine vessels off
Quebec, although every effort was made to ensure their
recovery. There was, we are assured, no want of food
on board the ships bringing the immigrants, and so far
the passenger regulations were complied with.
It is stated that on the sth instant there were 21,000
passengers at Grosse Isle; 960 died on the passage out;
700 died at the station; there were 1,500 sick on board
the vessels, 1,100 sick on shore, and 90 died on the sth.
Bills were stuck up calling for 50 female nurses, and
20 orderlies, for the service of the hospitals at Grosse
Isle. Wages, 31. per month, with rations.
A letter from the Magdalen Islands, received at Hali-
fax, represents the people of the settlement there in
a state of great destitution. Flour is said to be twenty
dollars per barrel. About 3,000 seals bad been taken at
the islands this spring.
Before the, arrival of the Hibernia, flour was eleven
dollars at Hillifax, and twelve at Fredericton and St.
Andrew's, New Brunswick.
A cargo of 1,500 bushels of potatoes from Cornwallis,
the first since last fall, arrived at Halifax on the 30th
of May, and was soon disposed of at from 6s. to 7s. 6d.
per bushel.
There are to details yet from India by the Overland
mail.
The Money Market continues easy, but besides the
fall in the exchange at New York, the most has been made
of Lord John Russell's rather positive assertiim that the
potato crop was as good as lost. Ministers, in a time
like this, should weigh well their words, as excitement
and mistrust are more easily raised than allayed. Upon
what authority the Premier makes a statement of so
much importance, we are certainly at a loss to conceive,
and if his Lordship be really in possession of accounts
which are less favourable and more authentic than those
obtained by the public, it would be highly desirable that
the authority should at orce be given. In the City, there
has been a good deal of conversation upon this point.
The Funds leave been acted upon by the causes
above stated, and by the natural desire also which spe-
culators feel to realise the profits they may have made
upon the recent advance. Still the market is by no
means weak. Consols have realised 89 to 89+ for the
Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have been 91 to 91*, and the Three per Cents. 89* to
89*. Bank Stock has been firm at 195 to 196 k.
Exchequer-bills have advanced to 9s. to 12s. premium.
The Foreigh Securities have been flat again. Spainsh
Three per Cents. have realised 341, and the Five per
Cents. 21* to R. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 31.
Mexican Stuck has been marked 19 to 19*, and Equador
21. The French Five per Cent. Rentes have been at
117.25, with the exchange at 25.60. Dutch Feur per
Cents. were 90 to 901.
There is not quite so much doing in Railway Shares
and prices have remained at about the previous range
In some cases there is an advance, but in others a aligh
decline has occurred.
BRITISH FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 196% 195 195
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 89 %lA% 89%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 91% 91 91
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% 1-16 9 1-16
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. .. ..
Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. .. .. 910 p 10 p
Consols for Opening, July 16 .. .. .. 89% 89 89 89% 89
Exchequer Bills. IN d. 2d.
1,0001... .. , .... 11 912 9 p 11 p
5001... .. .... 15 II p 11 p
Ditto, Small .... 16 20 p 20 p

ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Equador Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 2% 2%
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 19 19
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 19% 19%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. .. •. 31 3131
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 21% 21%
Ditto, for the Account • • .• .. 21% 21 %
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 3431 34 !*
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent _ _ 117 F. 1,,. 1 i a. 25c.
25f fOc 25f. 60c.
Dutch Two-and-a-Hall per Cent ..
Ditto. I per Cent. Certificates ~ 90!,i 901 A

PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING
DONE AT
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID.
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Amber., Notting., Boston, and

Eastern Junction .. 2% •• • • 1% %•••• • • • •
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 1734 % ........
Binning., Wolver., and Dudley •• 10 .... 14% •.. 14%
Buckinghamshire .. 61.45.... die....... dis.
Caledonian .. •• •• 35 •• • • 30% 34 %j 4• • • • 30%
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 15 •3 . 3
Eastern Counties .. .. • • •• 20 .... 21 20% .... • • 20%
Ditto, York Extension .. • • 7 •• .. 7th.. • • • 6%
East Lancashire .. • • • • 20 •• • - 20 • • •• • • 20
Ditto, New .. .. • • 10 .... 10 ..
East Lincolnshire .. .. • • • • 8% •• • • 7% ••••• • • • • • 7%
Edinburgh and Glasgow • • • • 50 ••.. •
Ditto, Half Shares .. - • • • 15 .
Great Northern .. .. • • -• 3% •• • • 2 %•••• • • .. 21i
Do., London & York Extension 2% „ „ 1%
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 32%... 29%
Great Western .. .. • • •• 85 ....120 117 .. • 117
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • 12% .... 18.4 ...... 181,4
Ditto, Fifth5........20 .... 28
Ditto, New .. • • 4% 8% .... •
Lancaster and Carlisle .. • • 50 64
Ditto, New .. . • • • 7% .. • 11% . .
Leeds and Thirsk .. 26
Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. .. 3%.... 234 2%
London and Blackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. .........„

Ditto, New, No. 1 5 ....
London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .. • • 56% 55% •..
Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. 10 .. • • 14 .........
London an North-Western • • 100 •• .. 185% 186
Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... 25
Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 13%
Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. • . 40 .... ..........
Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (A) 5 ...• 11% .....
London and South-Western 411. Os. 10d... 67% ..........
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 49% ..........
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .• 50
Ditto, Scrip.. .. •. .. • . 5 .... ..........
Lynn and Ely .. .. 25 .... 24%
Manchester and Leeds .. .. • . 82 .... ..........
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 .... .. • • ..... 15
Ditto, Fifths 634 .... 11 . 11
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. —7l. 45..... %%p•• • • • • % p
Midland ..100 —.131 130 132.... 132
Ditto. Nov .. 36 •• 4414 45 ...... 45
Ditto, New . . 6 .... 10'4 % ........ 10%
Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm.
Isis per Cent. .. • • -.100 .. —129 ....... 129
Newcastle and Berwick .. 20 .... 20% 29%
Ditto, New
Noiiblk .. 8
Ditto, New
North British .. • • .. 25 33 32%
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • 12% is 15%
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • 34 . 4%
Ditto, Extension .. • • • •• • • Ts ••••• • • • •
Northern and Eastern .. 50 •• .. 59 .... ..... 59
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 7% ••••10%%• • • • • • • • 10%
P rpe
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toon, ah
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A. 258
1337 tt
.... ,
1337
Ditto, Half Shares (B) • • .. .... 1% 1%
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 5% ••••• • • • .. 6
Scottish Central .. . 17%,... 25% .........• 1,5%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... 3% ••• • • • ....
Ditto, Class B .. • • •• • • 3 •• • • 2 •• . • • 2%
Shropshire Union .. .- 4 ...• 2% ••••• • • • • • 2%
South Staffordshire •• .. 21. 125... % dia.. • • % dis.
South Eastern and Door 333 373 37
Do., New (d 0.331. 6s Rd.) No. 2. 12 .... 12 121
Do.. New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 •••• • • • • 4%
South Wales .. .. • .. .. 10 .... 7U, •• • •• • • 71,4
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
Goole .. • .. .• .. 2 .... 1% 2........
West Riding Union .. • • .. 4/.25... p • •
York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 38 ..........
Ditto, New.. .. 10 .... 17 iq ..........
Ditto, Preference• •8 1234 .. • •
York aad North Midland .. 50 .... ••
Ditto, Extension .. 25 .... 4234 • •
Ditto. Preference .. 6 .... 16%.. •••• • • • •
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.. 10 .... 2231 23 .... • •
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Luxembourg
Northern of France .. .. 8 10% 3L ••• • ••
•
• • •
Paris and Strasbourg ..........
Rouen and Havre • .. 20 .... 253 i .. •• ..

P
35%
17'
12%

MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered .... 3 ••••- • • • • • 3
LCOURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Amsterdam ...... C.F. 12 5 Gibra1tar.......... •• ..
Ditto, at sight 12 2% Leghorn ..•• • . • • 30 60
Rotterdam ••••• • 2 U. 12 6 Genoa .• •• • .
Antwerp •••••• • • • • • ... 25 95 Milan
Elamburgh .. •• • • SIX, 13 12% Venice........ •••• • • • •
Altona ••.••• • • • • • • .... Naples • • 40%
Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 65 Palermo, per oz ...... 120%
Ditto. ••••••• • • • • • .. 25 95 Lisbon •.•. • .. 52%
Marseilles •••••• • • • • • • 26 Oporto . ..... ........ • • .53
Bourd eau"- • 26 Rio Janeiro ..... .• • 26
Frankfort on Maine .... 1221,E Bahia . .
Petersburgh, 3Us Buenos Ayres ••.. • •
Berlin •• • • ..... •••• • • • New York, 21 days' sight
Vienna, effec. flo •• .. • • 10 6 Philadelphia •• .
Trieste, ditto..., 10 6
PRICES OF BULLION, Past OZ.
Madrid •• • • ...... .. 47 Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9
Cadiz •••••• • • •• • • 465 i New Dollars •• 0 4 9.X
..... .•• • Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0
Barcelona • . •
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
eville• •••••••• • • • • • • • Silver in bars ......•• 0 4 114

CURIOSITIES OF THE PULPIT.--In Indianopolig,
lately, Dr. Elliott, editor of the "Christian Advocate,"
a Cincinnati newspaper, preached to a congregation of
two persons. This he afterwards related was twice as
many as he once preached to in 1822. On that occasion
a Mohawk woman travelled fourteen miles on foot to,
hear him preach, but she did not understand English
and Dr. Elliott could not preach in the Mohawk tongue.
He had an interpreter, however, who knew Wyandott
and English
; and another was found who could speak
Wyandott and Mohawk. So Dr. Elliott preached in
; the first intorpretur translated the dkcoorse
into Wyandott ; and the second translated it into Mo-
hawk. A pretty sermon, no doubt, they made of it,
before it got to the Mohawk woman.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING:
SECOND DAY.