The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-05 00:00:00

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"13, Austinfriars, June 24, 1847.
" Sir,—The Committee of Spanish American Bond-
holders, perceiving by the public journals that you have
received the appointment of Consul-General of the Re-
public of the Equator, request the favour of your in-
forming them whether you have received any instruc-
tions from the Government of that republic, to enter into
communication with the committee in reference to the
adjustment of the foreign debt of that republic.
" I am, &c.,
(Signed) " G. R. ROBINSON, Chairman.
" W. P. Robertson, Esq., Consul-General of
the Republic of the Equator."
" Equatorian Consulate-General, 10, Old
Jewry-chambers, June 29.
" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
or your letter of the 11th inst., requesting to know if the
Government of the republic which I serve has authorised
me to communicate with the committee in reference to
the adjustment of the Equatorian foreign debt.
"I beg to state in reply, that officially I have received
no such instruction ; but I think it right to inform you
that his Excellency Don Vicente R. Roca, President of
the republic, has expressed in his communications to me
his desire to re-establish the credit of Egnador in this
country. The civil wars and consequent dilapidation of
the public treasury previously to his accession to Ida
office left the Government then, and I fear still leaves it,
without immediate means of carrying a satisfactory
arrangement with the bondholders into effect; but I am
persuaded that, the inlornal peace of the country being
how assured, the Government will turn its serious atten-
tion to some early arrangement with the English bond-
holders.

"I beg to take this opportunity of stating that I am
desired, in a di'patch which I received by last packt•t
from Don Manuel Gom;•z de la Torre, Minister of Equa-
dor, to correct, publicly, a misapprehension which hus
arisen that a trtrm of two years had been fixed on for
i.orivi,rting the old Columbian into Equatorian Bonds in
Quito, after which time all claims would be wholly ex-
cluded. No measure of this or any other kind, tending
to invalidate the claims of the English bondholders has
emanated from the Equatorian Government.

" rnave the honour, &c.,

(Signed) " W. PARISH ROBERTSON.
"G. R. Robinson, Esq., Chairman of the Committee
of Month-American Bondholders."

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
JULY 2. 1847.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
June 29. Gauntlet cutter, %. illiam Peareth, Esq.,
from Sandgate ; Susan yawl, Earl of Hardwicke, from
Southampton ; Stormfinch cutter, Lieut.-Cul. Bowers,
C.R , from Poole.
30. Fair Rosamond schooner, William Lyon, Esq.,
and Dream yawl, G. Bentinck, E.q , from Cherbourg.
July 1. Witch cutter, Henry Oglauder, Erq., trom
Guernsey.
2. Yeterel cutter, Earl of Ilchoster, from westward.
SAILING.
June 29. Fairy schooner, Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., for
coast of Norway.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—Maud, Esmeralda, Flirt, Merlin, Resolu-
tian, Camilla, Fair Rosamond. Cutters—Osprey, Alarm,
Lark, Heroine, Dryad, Gauntlet, Noran, Stormfinch,
Antelope, Turquoise. Talisman, Elizabeth, Witch,
Peterel, Medina. Yawls—Dream, Waterlily, Albatross,
and Susan.
THE TORIES AT FAULT.—Mr. Spencer de Horsey and
the Tories of Newport, Isle of Wight, cannot agree ;
nor can they agree with their old Member, Mr. W.
Martin, and both gentlemen have retired. Messrs.
Blake and Crampton have it all their own way at present.

RAILWA Y SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 2.

STOCK EXCHANGE.-The market has been depressed to•
day, and but a small business has been transacted at lesser
rates. The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and
Eastern Junction. dis.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Pre-
ference, p.-Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junc-
tion, 11. 13s. 9d. dis,-Birmingham and Oxford Junction,
714 p.-Eastern Counties, 21%-Edinburgh and Glasgow,
Quarters, 17%-Great Northern, I% dis. ox int.-Hud-
dersfield Canal and Railway, lye p.-Leeds and Dews-
bury, 5 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dis.-Leicester and Bedford,
dis.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, New (late West
Lancashire), 175 p.-London and North-Western, 18214-
Ditto, Quarters (late L. and B.), 18 p.-Manchester and
Leeds, 23 p.-Ditto, Fifths, 5 p.-Ditto, 321. Shares (late
Extension), p.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union),
11s. 3d. p.-Manchester, Matlock and Midland, par-Mid-
Lind Stock, 1311,4-Ditto, New, Halves, 4% p.-Newcastle
and Berwick, New, 3 p.-Newcastle and Carlisle, New, 914
p.-North Staffordshire, 39 p.-St. Helen's and Runcorn
Gap, 27-Shrewsbury and Chester (late N.W.M.), New. Is.
3d. p.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 1/5 dis.-
York and Newcastle (late Newcastle and Darlington, Prefer-
ence, 4% p.-Chester and Birkenhead, 4014.
MANCHESTER, JULY 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Not-
tingham, and Boston, 1 3-16 dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire, 1 9-16 dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 714 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 2 dis.-Ditto, Pre-
ferential,. 3 p.-Derby, Stafford, and Worcester, 1% dis.
-East Lancashire, New, par-Edinburgh and Glasgow,
Quarters, 1714-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1
dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 14 p.-Huddersfield and Man-
chester Railway and Canal, 30/4 p -Dirto, 23/4 p.-Ditto,
Thirds, -js p.-Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, c.dis. -Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branches, Halves, 3 p.-Liver-
pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 11/2 dis.-London
and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), 72-
Ditto Quarters (C), p.-'Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midiand, par-Manchester arid Leeds, 311. (late Exten-
sions) ,% c. p.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 9-16
p.- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No.
1, 3 c. p.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), % c. dis.-
North Staffordshire, 3 5 16 p.-Northern Counties Union,
dis.-Oldham Alliance' 4; p.-Preston and IVyre, 38-
South-Eastern and Dover, Nu. 4, I/ dis.-South Yorkshire,
Doncaster, and Goole, 1/ dis.
LEEDS, JULY 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 235. dis.-East Lancashire New, 14 n.
dis.-Ditto, New (scrip), 2s. p.-East and West Yorkshire,
245. n. dis.-Great Northern, 134 n. dis.-Huddersfield and
Manchester, 23/4 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Halves, 3 p.-
Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 13s. 6d. s. dis.-Malton and
Driffield Junction, 10s. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Quar-
ters (late Hud. and Sheff.), 3% p.-Ditto ( West Riding
Union), 7s. c. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid-
land, 2s. 6d. dis.-Midland, Preference, 44 p.-Newcastle
and Berwick, New, 3 p.-North British, Thirds 1:N
p.-
Ditto, Quarters, 295. p.-Ditto, Extension, 3s. p.-North-
Western, 265. 6d. dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 4/.
Ils. 3d. p.-North Staffordshire, 3t, p.
HULL, JULY 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 285.-Manchester and Leeds (West
Riding Union), 10s. p.-North British, Quarters, 955.-
Nom h Staffordshire, 103/4-North-Western, 2s. dis.-
Shropshire Union, 31s. dis.-South Staffordshire, 6s. 3d. dis.
-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 61s. p.
SHEFFIELD, JULY 1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester and Lin-
coln Union, 298. di:3, cum int.-Manchester and Leeds ( West
Riding Union), 9s. dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 12/. 10s. Shares, 275. dis.-
Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 495. dis.-North British, Ex-
tenAion (scrip), 4s. p.-North-Western, dis.-Leicester
and Bedford, 4s. 6d. dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
Goole, dis.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, 514 s dis.
-East Lancashire, New, ss. p.-Newcastle and Berwick,
New, 3 p.-North liritishExtension, 3s. p.
EDINBURGH, JUNE 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 301/2-
Caledonian, New, 455.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 31s.
-Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 675. 6d.-East Lothian Cen-
tral, 415.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, New, No. 2,
41s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 145.-Edinburgh and Northern,
1855-Ditto, New, 804.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 13s. 6d.-Ditto,
ditto, New, 565.-Edinburgh and Perth, Halves, 6s. 3d.-
Great Northern, 935. ex int.-Newcastle and Berwick, New
81. 3s. 2d.- North British, Quarters, 955.-Ditto, Thirds, 555., &1.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, New, 225. 6d.-
York and Newcastle, Preference 1314.
GLASGOW, JULY 1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 301,‘-Cale-
donian, New, 435.-Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 675.-East
of Fife, 365. -East Indian, 4s. 3d.-East Lothian Central,
404.-Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, 71. lls.-Glasgow,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 1201-Ditto (5 per cent. guar. ),
124 L-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 6%-Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle, 5/. Bs. 6d.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401.-Glasgow
and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, Halves, sq-Mancheater and
Southampton, 155.-Ditto, New, 21s. 6d.-North British,
Thirds, 535. 9d.-Ditto, Quarters, 945.-Ditto, New Quar-
ters (scrip), 16s. 6d.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 121:2.

BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. —On Friday
the monthlyfirnd et eesttirneg:)fc this society
was held in the
rooms, Bedo
Covent-garden. Among those
present were Mr. G. Cooper (who presided), Dr. Par-
kin, Mr. James Rich, Mr. George Rich, &c. Mr. Long
read an elaborate paper on the potato disease, which he
attriouted to the noxious influence of a comet on the
atmosphere of the earth. lie also stated that the haulm
of the plant had been generally found to be first affected,
and that the best preventive of disease was to cut off the
stalk, and ri.commended that this should be done in next
August. Dr. Parkin contended that the disease was not
the comet, and denied that it first appeared in
of the plant. He attributed the malady to
elt‘late tlhsheead bi.}
s-
euxrtence of something deleterious in the atmos-
phere." Mr. Taylor read a paper to show the great
superiority of wheat, as compared with potatoes, in point
of nutriment.
Gas COMPANIES.—The companies throughout the
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return toPearfloiarmmeantitona
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that it does
thereof. This is for the purpose, no doubt, of finding
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