The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-01 00:00:00

BREAD.

The prices of Wheatenß7Q7lthe metropolis are from
10d to 101/2d ; of household ditto, Sd to 91/2d per 4lbs loaf.

HIDE MARKET.
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21Ad to 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to
721 b, 314 d to 31/2d ; do. 721 b tt 8011), 31/2d to 33/4d ; do. 801 b to
881 b, 4d to 41/2d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 41/2d to od ; do. 961 b to
1041 b, 51/2d to 6d ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Horn
Hides, I3s ; Polled Sheep, 56 6d to 6s tid ; Kent and Half-
breds, 4s 8d to 5s 6d; and Downs, 4s to 4s 8d; Shear-
ling:, 8d to 10d; Lambs, 26 to 2s 3d.

BAY !KAU ETS •
SMITHFIELD. Meadow Hay, 21 12a to 3118 s ; Clover ditto.
31 lOs to 41 17s ; and Straw, 11 12s to 11 16s per load.
Trade dull, at full prices.
CUMBEHLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 14s to 41 ; Clover
ditto, 31 108 to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 12s to 1117 s per load
A full average supply, and a steady trade.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 18s ; Clover
ditto, 31 lOs to 51; and Straw, 11. 12s to 1/ 16s per loaf.
Supply good, and trade dull.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat in the Court at Westminster to-
day.

IN THE MATTER OF DYNELY, ♦ LUNATIC.
Mr. ROMILLY applied this morning, at the sitting of the
Court, for the confirment of the Master's report in this lu-
nacy, reporting that it would be for the benefit of the estate
of the lunatic that the committee should have liberty to op-
pose a Bill in Parliament, introduced on behalf of the Leeds
and Thi-sk Railway Company. From the statements of the
Learned Gentleman, it appeared that the lunatic had the
fee simple of certain property situated at Branbrook, near
Leeds; that upon that property there were most valuable
springs of water, which would be taken away from the
lunatic's estate if the Bill introduced into Parlia-
ment by the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com-
pany was allowed to pass without giving his estate
any compensation. In a former session of Parliament, upon
the introduction of a Bill enabling the Leeds and Thirsk
Railway to run a tunnel through the lunatic's property, the
clause authorising the company to take the water and springs
on the estate, in order to supply the town of Leeds with
water was struck out, but the Bill now introduced into Par •
liament was to enable them to do so. Upon an application
which had been made to the Court for leave to oppose the
Bill, his Lordship directed a referende to the Master, to in-
quire and report as to whether it would be for the benefit of
the lunatic and his estate to oppose the Bill, and the Master
having reported in the affirmative, the object of the present
application was for the confirment of that report.
The LORD CHANCELLOZ made the order.
JONES V. ROSE

The further argumentsiW-thisp;rllheard appeal were re-
sumed to-day, and occupied his Lordship the whole morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOsR of ENGLAND. )
THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL V. NORRIS
The arguments in this case occupied his Honour the Vice-
Chancellor of England the whole morning. The case came
before the Court upon motion to dissolve an injunction
granted by his Honour ex parte, restraining the defendant
Norris from erecting certain houses in Islington-street,
Liverpool.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
FRIDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—A further Russian announcement has to-day
caused excitement in the City, and a rise of 1 per cent. in
the funds.. According to an ukase, a translation of which
will be found in another column, 30,000,000 of silver roubles,
out of 114,000,000 which have accumulated as the basis of
the Russian paper circulation, are allotted for " the
gradual
purchase of public securities, Russian and foreign." Of this
amount, which may be roughly stated at 4,750,0001. sterling,
about 2,000,000/. has already been employed in the recent ar-
rangement with the Bank of France; about 750,000/
sup-
posed to be destined for the Dutch and other continental
markets, where, indeed, it has probably already been in-
vested ; and, as it is not supposed that anything beyond the
accumulating interest will be appropriated to the purchase of
Russian stock, the remaining 2,000,0001., it is assumed, w ill be
laid out in the English funds. Anticipations of some develop-
ment of this kind have been entertained, more or less, ever since
the affair with the Bank of France, and hence while it has for
some time produced the advantage of lessening the amount of
gambling, by deterring men from mere speculative sales, it
has now been followed only by a moderate rise of prices.
Doubts are also entertained whether the arrangements fur
such purchases as may have been determined upon have not
already been concluded, since it seems highly improbable
that the notice would be allowed to produce its effect di-
rectly in the face of the intended operation. The bearings
of the measure we have already pointed out, in alluding to
that portion of it which has already been completed in•
France. That it will afford present relief cannot be ques-
tioned; but it must be remembered that the terms upon
which this relief is obtained (supposing a purchase of English
stock to the value of 2,000,0001.) consist of an annual pay-
ment to Russia of about 70,0001., with the certainty that, if
ever this payment be extinguised, it will only be by buying
the stock back at a greatly advanced price, or by paying it off
at the rate of 1001. for every UM now received. Severe
as this is, however, it might be looked upon without dismay
if it were accompanied by the certainty, or even by the pro-
bability, that henceforth the proceedings by which it has
been necessitated will be arrested, and that, having paid this
forfeit fur our past improvidence, we shall now pursue a wiser
course. Unfortunately, however, this is not the case, since
there are no signs but that it will at once give a new impetus
to the reckless expenditure out of which it has had its origin.
Consols opened this morning at 86i to a for money and 86a
to i for the account, and upon the Russian ukase becoming
known a sudden demand for all descriptions of stock took
place, causing an advance of more than 1 per cent., the
quotations reaching 87a for money and 87i for time.
Throughout the day a severe pressure for money was main-
tained (6 per cent. being currently paid on Government
securities), and this produced a reaction, during which
Consols were quoted 87 for money. Before the close of
business, however, purchases once more gave firmness to the
market, and the last prices were 87* to 1j for money, and 87i
for the account.
POST.— The English securities have to-day been done at
materially better prices. We mentioned several days ago
that the metallic resources of the Bank of England were
likely to be recruited by the receipt of a supply of gold from
Russia, a country which has of late years been greatly ad-
vancing in its mining operations, and which has that metal,
therefore, in considerable abundance. It transpired this
morning that intelligence had been received from St. Peters-
burgh announcing that the Emperor Nicholas had, by a
ukase, dated the 12th instant, determined to invest in the
Russian and foreign funds 30,000,000 of silver roubles in
specie, a sum equal to about 4,600,000/. sterling. Consol,
which had opened at 8636 for account, advanced, upon
the strength of this information, to 87%' the announce-
ment in question being coupled with the intima-
tion that it was expected the greater portion of
the sum named would be invested in the English
funds, and that the investment was intended to be one
of a permanent nature. On inquiry, we find that in this
arrangement the operation lately effected with the Bank of
France is supposed_to have been included, and that some '

large purchases on Russian account have been wade of con.

tinental securitius, so that the amount of stock that may be
secured in the funds of this country will perhaps be much
less than has been anticipated. We consider, indeed, that
the object of the ukase has already been pretty fully accom-
plished. The supposition that such must have have been the
case is strengthened by the knowledge that Messrs. Baring
and Co. have of late been drawing largely on the northern
cities, and it is taken for granted that it is through the me-
dium of that eminent house the portion of the business,
whatever it may be, appertaining to this country, has been or
will be conducted. It has been said for some time past
that, since the failure of the house of Harman and Co., the
former agents of the Russian Government, an account had
been opened with the Bank of England. and what business is
now done on Russian account is, no doubt, to a certain ex-
tent., with a view to the convenience of the institution.
A deputation of gentlemen from Liverpool and Manchester
had yesterday, as we learn, an interview with Lord John
Russell, on the subject of the excessive scarcity of money.
It is understood as the result, that Government, through the
Bank of England, undertake to do all they can for the relief
of the manufacturing and trading interests generally during
the prevailing pressure, and that the deputation returned
last night more satisfied. The exchanges on the continental
cities were much better to-day. The next accounts from
the United States are expected to advise a sensible advance
in the rate at New York on England. It will, in the opinion
of the merchants, probably be from 5 to 6 per cent. premium.
Orders may also be reasonably looked for, because, including
what has been carried out by the numerous emigrants pro-
ceeding to America, the remittances to that country cannot
have been to the extent of less than nine millions steriing.
An advance in the prices of European goods must be the
natural consequence, and there can, it is argued, be little
question that there must be a corresponding demand for Eng-
lish goods. Much is calculated upon in this respect.
There was to-day a meeting of commercial men of the
Hall of Commerce, the object of which was understood to be
an appeal to Parliament, calling for a mitigation of the pro-
visions of the present banking law. The point that will
be chiefly contended for is propably an extension of the limi-
tation of the Bank of England to an issue of notes from
a omsuthat:
amount of 14,000,0001. to something like 18,000,0001
held to be more compatible with the large commercial in-
terests at stake. The meeting was attended by Messrs. Bar-
clay Brothers and CBoi.e,ssrl:l.essprs.almDeru,rivainatcakiiiia2o ,
and Co.,
Gregson and Co., Sir George Larpent, Bart., Messrs.. Lyall
'Fry, and Co., and others, someP att.whom
cNßMßyooermeorbs setephrcfseiirpnsSpieaarenagol nd,c
aeedafer dsstCoihnneg:
exemplified at toppressive 'once V ibynitaht
tillaer ee ozft
,rmemorialatbhyuoatgo tnowt Parliament,rlrate
tw
oo.fd sisi.
counts now demanded by th..eryb,aonnkdeis Messrs.
several Pamlmoreer
wereari and Cdoi.a,pllolaeesds Messrs. Sanderson,await
th the
result of the Co.,resumed discussion
and
expected to come on this evening in the House of Commons,
as m
rhaevihnega
hear that
tshtraotnehe breearisinngaoenxtthraearmdaiititaeryr.
among such of our merchants as are
engaged pressure fori money
a purely
legitimate commercial pursuits, and this is certainly
mtainol-t
satis-
factory feature. It is the belief of
some of h
intelli-
gent
men we meet with that the scarcity of discount arises
more from the constant calls making by railway companies
than from the partial withdrawal of bullion from the hank of
England; for although large amounts will be sent to the
United Stateo by tha imxt tl9 yr Woo steamy, there Will

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still be a large residue remaining to serve for domestic be
poses, until the time shall come when our importations will
paid for by the exportation of manufactured and other b'ood.'

STATE OF TRADE.
and
(Prom the Circular of Messrs. MI Nair, Greenhow,
Irving.)
&flit
lec
MaNcfsEmit, APRIL 30.—Corri, Cotton, and Curren/. •
have, through their influences separately and col
rendered this month one of an indescribably liosatighle2„ce.
character. Alternate hopes and fears, from its corni".
ment to the close, have been the predominant charade
mar e
At the date of our last circular we noticed the tenseexist
of a marked improvement in the position of the nui
nerally ; and felt strongly impressed with a belief that e
to
would continue, provided our apprehensions with resPenti
ll
a
the money market were not realised. The amendment writ
of short duration, continuing only for a few days, and 12
the threatening aspect of monetary affairs induced a count: .
rative suspension of operations. Purchases, however, la,
both c
pith
nued to be made, at gradually improving rates, in
and twist, up to the arrival of the Hibernia on the 15t_.,h,ldfefi.
diminished estimates of the Cotton crop. The alleger,e re.
ciency, though merely based upon the falling aria the be ,
ceipts at the American ports, as compared with those
corresponding period of last year, had the immediate effect
corresponding •
of originating an extensive speculative movement, and
enhancing the value of the article in the port of Liverpoo
.
about id. to Ld. per lb. The advance thus noted iriris.
stantly followed by a demand on the part ofspinnera annnor
ep
ee
their for higher rates by many, whilst some Witms,ven
their stocks from the market, and declined money
to quote prices. Notwithstanding the position of doae at
matters, a fair amount of business would have been _.
this period if previoas rates had been accepted. The extre; ,
advance demanded has in few, if in any,
lised; in some, however, as will be seen from the sash
given, higher prices have been and continue to be pall.", the
is a brief summary of the state of the market iin",nh'e ia-
first three weeks of the month. Since then, fron,A,Thiltf
creased scarcity in the money market, and the great u— dedi
in obtaining discounts even at the excessive rates &man of
we may be said to have witnessed a total suspensinn ed
atilt
transactions • , purchases for passing wants having anis
instances bettsim
the only operations. and
This state of things has necessarily caused a further
~nir be
material diminution of the production, which cannot Pow
more than one-half of what it would be, were all O% Tot
working full time. The distress and suffering, onf;J:., ,15
upon the want of employment amongst the igeLn`,'h'e
assuming a painful and serious character. Wit'is- not
creasing dearness of the actual necessaries of life, itess a
difficult to foresee the consequences that will f0110v4_,..01"'"
speedy change for the better take place. The inui—
locpalri
cbeusr,dwerthsi
cwhcaurledgpernoevreaiiinyadu ontit
higherihan they WC" •-
saractitu
ago, are, under all the adverse circumstances, sustained the
remarkable firmness. This is no doubt attributable grow
diminished and diminishing productions of cloth and?o 0-
and to the comparative lightness of stocks. Were we - ald
or :5' ed
perience any relaxation from the money pressure,
feel satisfied that the severity arising from it „h e andsPstal3l.
away, an improvement in the value of nearly ell nabli
articles would follow for a time. There are unquest:tbica
heavy orders in the market awaiting execution, anu,„ishler
would be placed were the facilities for liquidation 11.7ieter-
and the probabilities as to the future range of Prices -
tipper
mined. Money will, we think, continue dear for soraninjoa
at least until something approaching to a conclusive,nrrv. est.
can be formed, in a favourable light, as to the comingun..,eat
Our accounts from the United States continue to rePd-iod
matters most favourably as to British manufactures, 3111000
us to expect that the orders from thence will be largtfihran.
by the last steamer were to a considerable extent.
ing as they do such a variety, orders in this qua China
dO
producing such an effect as those from India and
upon this market—brielly, they don't tell. I be °
The country trade was seldom or never known ivor
bad at this season of the year, a matter not to de'
and rho
dered at, looking to the dearness of provisions
pressed state of the manufacturing districts. , h env
Considering the extent of the depression, Whin" -Penis*
racterised this district, it is, amidst so much that enel
gratifying to observe the freedom, hitherto, from ins°'"ri-
amongst the manufacturing interests. Unlike former pe
of adversity, the present has so far passed away comp
tively harmle,s—a result no doubt owing to the 1400; oat
ahem
upon of sounder principles, and to the success
upon beneficial operations during the year.

County
it tlamstCataY' IRELAND.
THE LORD LIEUTENANTS
DUBLIN, APRIL 29.—Little or no change has takereeisin-
since five o'clock yesterday evening—the sy
FlEmApLtoTralisi.•
iii. place
ing pretty much the same all through last niece` nevi
bulletin ut this morning was to the effect that his Id; other .
had passed a tranquil night—that his breathing 071dnient.
anle issued,
freer, but that in other respects there was no es issn
Up to five o'clock this afternoon no fresh bulletin ere was Do
and the answer given to inquiries was that th
material change.
THE NEW POTATOE CROP. it 01
After all the sanguine anticipations to the contrary,
,:jacee
been discovered, in one case at least, that the old pes't so
has shown itself in the crop of this year, and that, too,"
tom
earlier period than last season, when the fret fatal 8701 gr.
F. A.
n. ojtageekisioerna,lloy;dmevaneleopßeodsetrilea,l thtehusmidwdrlietesof May. A- A-,,,,is
rboeniicoley:--our recollection that I sent you a titi:tot7
which you published in your newspsloloo
ment
my early potatoes being diseased. It was the first 11„„d
notice of the appearance of the disease in this distrintfcct,
many of our neighbours were incredulous of tke97bi-to
havenia,neaadvrel
yat disregardedhgfieatis:
oa same story tatornreTyedhwtewoya ri
ttnaehlriilre:athaneininll
aiatsshrutatisks3a-e
few
unmistakably fortnight
at
y:Ts ,
.I:bfeeatruitaiYeed..ny
dearPl
crop, which have now attained their full "''eawith the
potato murrain of the last ho ye and et"— a 's to be
earlier than they were last year. Whether the samel r, no
Year, the fate of the general crop, sown and sowing, this
man can say, but it looks bad." believe
There is, unfortunately, but too much reason to ted
that a much greater breadth of potatoes has been Ply
this season than could have been anticipated, after the
_We.
iugs afforded in the disastrous failures of the two prec cot.
years. It may be said that it is not the poor farmer
.or
_tr.
infenctt
fortnight
tier tenant that has thus rashly ventured upon the daen!igg
oils experiment, but that it has been done at the
104
of the thriving bolder of many acres, who if° lib
Nil
willing to abide the chances of success or failurt
very
in any other country- might have been ell ;o2';
well ; but supposing that the blight should be a tlitru_t,„l,
univers..l—by no means an improbable event—how. 72..7.
better would it have been that the acres devoted to the
tivation of the potato should have been laid down with g. 70;
or green craps--a consideration of some importanFe_rtbe ,
according to a current estimate, about one-third 0,
average crop of potatoes has been planted this year.
SPREAD OF FEVER.
hmobuesreof o
ip at ie
Belfast s i n a
mt hoeunfetevder
theThweonrku
440 individuals; since that period the number has increased
to 515.
The Evening Post contains the following nown3"..if:Alitiol:
from the Vatican, addressed to the Most Rev. ArnD-
Murray :
ic
Brother, has..,
" Venerable Brother,—Health and Apostolical ohnesSPaittaulrdaatytaell;e-4"
" It is sufficiently known to you, Venerable
our heart witn
the present calamities of Ireland have filled
our suffering
affliction, and excited our solicitude to relieve y
country. new proof
'll receive a _
"Accompanying this letter you 'WI the copy of our
of our affection towards the Irish people, in _al benedintiOn:
: forth for the,
appointing prayers to be everywhere poure
Ireland,
purpose of imploring the Divine assistance for, Atoll)
recommending the faithful to contribute by their char' in.
in.
Encyclical letter, addressed to the entire C tholic world,
donations towards the succour of the Irish people. "-',,arde
tensity of your sufferings, and our paternal feelings to"
you, demanded so much at eur hands.
“ For your greater consolation we deem it right te„..„;elat
that we ourselves, especially in the oblation of the 0,74
Sacrifice, will not fail most earnestly to implore t. to ,
who is rich in mercy, to look down from Heaven, and et
behold, and to visit benignly, his own vineyard, Be 1... a
grief and sorrow might be succeeded in Ireland by ghtele..-
,tdheaonladQ;etylt
noaut
h:aidrrecguramawesitaoaruaine,cyeslrdep
oenwa
eiogreuanlbewdldei
fbringoßrr
oththeaergoo7;an_eass
fwmaanivatlieuosjrutoay:b.le result to those measures which her Most beiw__A d
that kingdom.
inkgingcadnomb.e
of Tgoreaetffeerctadtvhaisntpaugre
tos you'trh
nfoaucniltirtyy
~,,::::
both clerg and people should unite in
ipublicthcoonlaczd,of
that
andour
Lordst ric t
Jesusl y
romo!?
Church.
~ Nir ,
We know with certainty, that you, Venerable Bret"
and the other Bishops of your province, have hitherto
all diligence in this matter, and we feel persuaded you . .
continue to do so for the future. us
" In the meantime, we impart to you most affectionatehr
from our heart our Apostolical benediction.
" Given in Rome, at St. Mary Major's, in the first fe.l:: - :
of our Pontificate, on the 10th of April, in the year of ow -'
Lord, 1847.
" PIUS P. P. 0."

r,dseti,
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.—The Londoft
of last night contains an order by her Majesty 112iorir
bestowing upon the authors of works connected with ;oat
Lure and the fine arts published in the duchy of Bril_rbt
after the Ist of April of this year a privilege of ealv,:tbe
equal to that enjoyed in the publication of such works
.3:00 •
Ui.ited Kingdom, and securing to the authors and aarapeic
of dramatic and musical pieces represented in Br°,,,,l3delsa
liberty of representation in the British dominion& An Ori •
books, prints, and drawings published in the
an order containing a reduced tariff of duties PO'
duch3r.°
REVIEW OF THE SCOTTISH GRAIN MARIEBOD
THE PAST WEEK.—Supplies were in general.elited, W '
in the article of Oats. Prices were on the rise, es 'soma •
belowma ritets
last barley arsl week's
e• ;while,
rues.i!e in
regard to wheat. Oats also rose in prim 'Tin dealll27
Tothheerst,enthdeenlcaytteirs f.7—to
Edinburgh Weekly Register. Car°
from
THE HARVEST IN EGYPT.—We learn A„ctivetbll._
that the harvest in Egypt bids fair to be most Prt. winal
year. If the crops should not be injured by (about,
it is calculated that, at the period of the high !toot° ardabi
July), Egypt will be able to export 210°T—,,.w'n.,
(3,. 20,000 hectolitres) of different descriptions 01 from •
FOREIGN FLOUR.—A vessel has arrlveboreis or
Bremen with an entire cargo, consisting of 1,258 These
flour, the production of the Hanseatic district
-a not oka
importations of flour from the q .he uarter mentioned did duty
place antecedently to the temporary repeal °f and
thereon, and the suspension of the navigation laws in
to articles of food. Thar"
A NOBLE EXAMPLE.—At a meeting held on distal,
day night at the Lansdowne Arms, Stockwell, of t.lll,e;n the
tisfied of the late Hailstorm Committee, Mr. Cutlnt.ell,
chair, Mr. Chapman, the large grape grower of vam_47-73/,
gave up in the most handsome manner the large sun; ;joy
out of 150/. he received of the original committee, th
to be divided amongst the poorer sufferers.

On the 27th ult. in GreatBIRTEM
Russ'ell-street, Bedford-Wife'
the wife of 11. W. Mitchell, Esq of a daughter.
On. the 28th ult., at St. Leon.tr.: d's-on-Sea, the lady of Joofb:
w )nne, Esq., late Adjutant of the 23d Fusiliers/
daughter.
On the 28th ult., in Thavies Inn, Holborn, Mrs. T. J. ler'
wood, of a son.

DIED.
On the 27th ult , at Queen's-terrace, Woolwich-common'
Charlotte Elizabeth Katherine, the infant daughter of 08r
tain the Hon. and Mrs. Stopford.
On April 16, Abraham Day, Esq.. aged 66.
On April 18, at Catton, near Norwicb, George Frederick
Harvey, Esq., late Captain in the 18th Light Dragoons.
On April 24, at Islington, F. G. Hanrott, Esq., aged 95.
(.05
On April 27, at Chieveley, Berks, Emily Sarah, Yotulb
child of the Rev. W. Bond.

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