The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-21 00:00:00

S 1101 N MARCO 21, 1848.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The following bulletin of her Majesty's health WAS
issued yesterday :
" Buckingham Palace, March 20, Nine A.M.
" The Queen has slept well.
" Her Majesty and the Infant Princess are going
on quite favourably.
" JAMES CL ARK,
" CHARLES LOCOCK,
" ROBT. FERGUSON."
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived
at the Palace, to pay a visit to the Queen.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
called at Buckingham Palace in the middle of the day.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, took walking and pony exercise yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken
an airing yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent returned
to the Palace yesterday evening.
The inquiries yesterday at Buckingham Palace, on
the part of the Diplomatic Corps, and the nobility and
gentry, continued very numerous.

His Excellency Count Schimmelpenninck, the i
Netherlands Minister, left London yesterday evening
for the Hague.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Beckett, M.P., Mr.
Brotherton, M.P., and the Town Clerk of Manchester,
had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at
the office of the Woods and Forests, on the subject of
the Health of Towns.
The Lord Mayor, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Deed's,
had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at
the Home- office.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hood, the engtneer,
Mr. Parson, the solicitor of the London, Brighton,
and South-Coast Railway Company, and Mr. Massy
Dawson, Mr. Drew (clerk to trustees), and Mr.
Stewart (engineer), on the part of the trustees of
the Botherhithe and Deptford Road, had an interview
yesterday with the Commissioners of Railways, at
their office in the Board of Trade.
Mr. Wickham' Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
and Mr. Timm, Solicitor to the Board, had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Ex-chequer yes-
terday.
The Royal Commission Lr inquiring into the Mer-
chant Seaman's Fund had a meeting at the Board of
Trade on Saturday. The Commissioners present
were the Earl of Ellenborough, Admiral Sir Edward
Codrington,:and Mr. Enderby.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
8 to 2 agst Mr. Blake's Ballinafad, 4 yrs, ist—t
10 to 1 agst Mr. Fellowes's Thistle Down, 3 yrs,
4st 71b
13 to 1 agst Mr. Verity's Walmgate-bar Without,
4 yrs, 7st
15 to 1 agst Mr. Knightley na The Convict, 3 yrs,
4st 121 b
15 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Duplicity, 3 yrs,
4st 101 b
Ballinafad was in favour with several parties; in fact,
was the only horse really backed; Walingate-bar With-
out was friendless.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
b 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho, 6 yrs, 9st
S tc 1 agst Capt. Barnes's Tufthunter, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
tc 1 agst Lord Howth's Rat-trap, 1 yrs, Est 21b
2to agst Mr. Payne's Marquis of Conyngham,
5 yrs, 63t 71b—take 14 to 1
4to agst Lord Eglinton's Glen Saddel, 3 yrs,
sst 31b
15 to 1 agst Count Bathyany's Gannet, 6 yrs, 7st llb
15 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre, 4 yrs,
6st 121 b
20 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Good Boy, 3 yrs, sst 31b
30 to 1 agst Mr. Nevin's Blackbird, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—t
The bets laid on this event wore in small amounts at
the odds returned, all of which were offered subsequently.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STALKS.
7 to 2 agst Col. Anson's Blaze
6 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher
7 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone
$ to 1 agst Major Pitt's Fern
Very little done.
CHESTER CUP.
22 to 1 agst Mr. F. Clarke's Cracow, 3 yrs, 4st 71b—t
22 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Blaze, 3 yrs, 6st—take
25 to 1
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's The Swallow, 4 yrs, 7st
30 to 1 agst Mr. Edslison's Iletman Plaloff colt, 3
yrs, 4st 71b—take 33 to 1
40 to 1 agst Mr. Courtenay's Bantam, 5 yrs, ist 31b
40 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Enchanter, 4 yrs, Sat
101 b take 45 to 1
2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Mar Eon's Rufus, 5 yrs, Est 121 b—t
The Iletman Platoff colt and the two favourites were
in strong demand, and monopolised nearly all the busi-
ness; the investments in the other horses quoted having
been in very small sums.
DERBY.
9 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—t and aft offd
20 to 1 agst Major itt's Fen-22 to 1 taken
25 to lagst Mr. J. B. Dayr's Nil Desperandum—
taken freely
33 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Besborough
40 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher
40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Backbiter
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Nunn's The Fowler—taken
Springy Jack was in high force this afternoon, and,
beyond dispute, was second favourite, 12 to 1 taken to
some money, not having been obtainable to the close;
similar odds were taken to 1001. about Glendower, but
were currently offered throughout. Fern was backed
at 25, 22, and finally at 20 to 1, Nil Desperandum freely
at 25 to 1, and Besborough, in two or three quarters, at
35 to 1 and 1,000 to 30. Backbiter was not in favour.
INTELLIG ENCE EXTRA.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, 1848.
Handicap for the Northumberland Plate, 5 aovs. ft, il
declared by the 27th inst.
st lb
Pyrrhus theFirst,s yrs 8 12\ St. Oswald, 4 yrs
Sir Tatton Sykes,s yrs 8 10 King of the Forest, 4
lago, 5 yrs .
Cossack, 4 y-rs
Chanticleer, 5 yrs 8 8 Amosina, 4 yr 5......... 6 3
Inheritress, aged
Poy, 5 yrs
g,
5 Lethargy, 4 yrs . ...... 6 3
Lightni nton
ng, aged 8 6 Executor, 4 yrs. 6 2
Rat-trap, 5 yrs 8 4 All's Well, aged
Blackbird, 5 yrs 8 2 Foinnualla, 5 yrs 6 0
The Conjuror, 5 yrs... 7 13 Sally Maggs, 4 yrs 6 0
Rowena, aged .......... 7 11 Administrator, 4 yrs 6 0
Patriot, aged 7 10 Infringe, 4 yrs 6 0
Morpeth, aged
Grineston, 5 yrs 7lO Tom Jolly, 4 yrs 5 9
Epirote, 4 yrs
Jonathan Wild, 5 yrs 7 7 L'Hirondelle c,3 yrs... 5 9
Giselle, 5 yrs
Mathematician, 4 yrs
The Widow, aged . ... 7 6 Mariner, 3 yrs 5 9
Vanish, 3 yrs
Sheraton, 5 yrs 7 6 Prince Charlie, 3 yrs 5 9
Inglewood, 5 yrs 7 6 Cockermouth, 3 yrs... 5 9
King of Morven, 4 yrs 7 4Bc by Don Juan, out
Joe Lovell, aged
Titus Oates, b yrs
Fitzwilliam, 5 yrs 7 2 Matadore, 3 yrs
The Swallow, 4 yrs... 7 2 Telegraph, 3 yrs 1
5
Clementine, 4 yrs 7 0 Astrem, 3 yrs ..... 5
Best of Three, aged 6 12 Queen of the May, 3
Diomed, 5 yrs
Gaiety, 4 yrs 6 12 Cybele, 3 yrs . 5 2
Bingham, 4 yrs 6 12 Glen Saddel, 3 yrs... 5 2
Maid of Motherwell, Sorceress, 3 yrs .
4 yrs .................. 611 Swiss Boy, 3 yrs 5 2
Geraldine, 5 yrs ...... 611 Miasma, 3 yrs ...
Louis Newell, 4 yrs... 6 10 Whizgig, 3 yrs 5 2
Black Dwarf, 4 yrs ... 6 10 Maid of my Soul, 3 yrs 5 2
Titbit, 5 yr 5............ 69C by Het-man Pigott
The Premier, 5 yrs... 6 8 dby Voltaire, 3 yrs 5 2
Malt, 5 yrs . ............ I 8 \Ch cby Tearaway, out
Vesta, 4 yrs ............6 8 of Brandy Bet, 3 yrs 5 2
Gr cby Thcon, 4 yrs 6 7Chf by Lord Stafford,
Raisthorpe, 4 yrs 6 7 out of Birdlinse, 3 yrs 5 2
Ulysses, 4 yrs 6 6 Mr. Caudle, 3 yrs 5 0
No-Go (late Criss The Darter, 3 yrs .... 5 0
Con.), 6 yrs .
Meaux, 4 yrs 6 4 Sunnyside, 3 yr 5...... 4 10
Stults, 4 yrs
Queen, 4 yrs 6 4 Reality, 3 yrs 4 4
If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 71b, it
will be raised to that, and the others in proportion.
The Newmarket Free Handicap did not fill.
lIUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Cheshire hds., Wed., Oulton Park; Thurs., Shipbrook
Bridge; Sat., Carden —loi.
North Staffordshire hds., Wed., Stoke Heath; Fri.,
Draycot-101.
Durham County hds., Wed., Seabam Lodge; Fri.,
Shotton hall-10J.
Raby hds., Wed., Hartforth; Fri., Selsby Par 11.
Hurworth hds., Sat., Middleton-one-Row-10i.
Mr. Ilildyard's hares., Fri., Newthorpe.
Devon hds., Thurs., Whiddon Copse-11.
Sir Henry Seale's hds., Sat., Black Down, near Lod-
diswell.
Mr. Furse's hds., Fri., Rothern Bridge.
Mr. Roe's hds., Wed., Worswell; Sat., Bigbury Court.
Tiverton hds., Wed., Mirebath Village; Sat., Rock
Inn, Exton.
Dulverton harra., Fri., Holcombe Court.
Baron Rothschild's stag hds., Thurs., Claydon-11.
Mr. Drake's hds., Thur.s, Rycote Kennel; Sat., Thew-
ford House-10i.
Oakley hds., Thurs., Wooton Village; Sat., Snelson.

8 to
8 to
0 to
2 to

st lb
6 4

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—Mrs. Saunders, aged 70,
widow of John Saunders, Esq., formerly an eminent
brewer of Southampton, was burnt to death on Friday
night, at ber residence in that town. It is supposed she
was fleizqd via a fit, and fell into the fire.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY. QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool was dull. Sales,
4,000 bales. American realised 41d. to 6d. per lb. The
market was well supplied. In Railway Shares there
was no alteration. Business was very quiet.
There are private accounts from Vienna, which state
that Prince Metternich was at Breslau, and that the
Emperor Ferdinand had also left the capital. There is
an idea that an abdication will be resolved upon in
favour of the Emperor's brother.
The accounts from the Continent generally describe
confidence as being at a very low ebb. Messrs. M. G.
Serrett and Co., bankers of Valenciennes, have sus-
pended. The houses here connected with Germany are
quietly awaiting the course of events.
The complaints constantly reiterated around us of the
difficulty of winding up projected railway companies, and
even of obtaining a certified statement of the position of
the old hues, so as to set at rest the rumours and doubts
that arise ever and anon about the undue complication
of capital and revenue accounts, will, ere long cease, we
trust, owing to the assistance to be afforded by the Rail-
way Commissioners, under Lord Monteagle's Bill, which
provides that any ten or more shareholders holding
10,0001. of stock in a company, can demand a balance
sheet, officially audited. The Bill states :
" And bo it enacted, that in any case in which the
Commissioners of Railroads shall so think fit, it shall
and may be lawful for them to require the share-
holders who shall have subscribed the requisition for the
appointment of an auditor, as aforesaid, to pay or deposit
with them a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds,
to abide the result of the audit provided for under this
Act ; and in case it shall appear to the said Rail-
way Commissioners that the requisition for such audit
had been, in their judgment, made frivolously or vexa-
tiously, the cost of every such audit shall be paid
out of such sum deposited, and the overplus, if
any, after defraying such costs, shall be paid
over to the said shareholders ; but in every case
the costs of such audit, not exceeding the
sum of two hundred pounds shall be paid.
over to defray the expense of such audit to the Railway
Commissioners, by such company, in the slime manner,
and from the same funds out of which the expenses of
the ordinary audits of the company are paid, and on
which they are chargeable ; and the certificate of the
Commissioners of Railways, given under their hands,
that such costs have been so incurred, shall be a suffi-
cient warrant and authority to such company for such
payment, which they are hereby required to make
within' fourteen days of receiving such certificate ; and
in default of payment such costs may be recovered from
such company in any of her Majesty's courts of record.
"And be it enacted, that whenever any such requisition
in writing, duly subscribed as aforesaid, shall be pre-
sented to such ordinary or extraordinary general meet-
ing, the directors of such company shall be required,
within fourteen days of the receipt thereof, to transmit
a copy of the same, signed by, the chairman, deputy-
chairman, or secretary, to her Majesty's Commissioners
for Railways, who shall thereupon proceed without
delay to select, nominate, and appoint, by writing, under
their hands and seals, one fit and competent person, and
one or more accountants, to examine, audit, and report
upon the talance sheet and accounts of such company as
aforesaid; and every such auditor and accountant so ap-
pointed shall forthwith proceed in the execution of his
duties under this Act."
The extraordinary political changes abroad, which in
other periods would have occasioned a decline in the
funds of 2 or 3 per cent., appear to have no effect upon
values, as speculators are indisposed to operate, and
there are a few purchases of stock for money. Consols
have varied from 814 to 80i for money, and from 814
to 804 for account. Exchequer-bills of June have been
depressed to 245. and 235. prem., sales of this security
being rather pressed.
The Foreign Securities are very quiet. Spanish
Three per Cents., 214; and Portuguese Four per Cents.,
14i. Brasil Stock is 69. Mexican Bonds are 14.
Dutch Two• and-a-Half per Cents. have been 414.
In Railway Shares there is no particular change;
some lines support their value rather better.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.-- 81 SI WI 80% 81 81%
Long Anus. to expire Jan.lB6o
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8% 8%
Consols for Account Bl 81% 807 i 31%
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/. March ... 25 p
1,000/. June 24 23 p
500/. June 2B p
Small June
ONE

2 p
CLOSINti
TRICE&

RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O;CLOCIC.
Brazilian Bonds
Equador Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 I4!A
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto 3 Der Cent —
Ditto, 4 per Cent 14%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payble in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 411,1
Ditto. 4 per Cont. Certificates 611/2 60
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. 14. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeenso ......
Amber., Nett., Boston,
and Eastern Junetion 34 ...... -- ••
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 Liii —
Belfast & County Down 11% —.
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20 ......
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 .. ...
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley ....•• 101. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Juno.— 73/4 ..... . ... • .........
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...... .--
Bristol and Exeter...... 85 ...... _
Ditto, Thirds . ........ 20 ...... .....
Buckinghamshire... 12/. 4s.
Caledonian .. ............ 50 ... .. 284
Ditto, Half Shares .. 33/4 —.
Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 37 4 -
Ditto, Preference...... 12 ...... .
Clarence .................. 784 ......
it Class, 6 per Ct. 10 ......
_ _

2IA
141-4
14%
141A2
11%
3
213/4

41%
61

Do. In
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
10
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 25 ..••••
Dundalk & Enniskillen 171-A, —
Er st Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ..-.. 74
Do., 181., E. & 1L... 18
Do., 31. 10s. .- ...... 3% •• - 314 ..- .......
Eastern Counties... ..... 20
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1.-- 6/. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
Do., New ... 23 —
Eastern Union 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2 —
Diao, Mires .... ...133.4d.. ....
Do. (guar. 6 percent.) 10 ...... ..••• -
Ditto, ditto
Evst Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 34......
-% — ........... -.•

East Lincolnshire ...... 16
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 . .........
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. —•...........
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2 — ..............
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, New.. ...... .............
Ditto, Newport l2 ...... ......
Ditto, ditto, New 2l/4. --
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorcb. ......
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow, & Ar 50
Ditto, New ..... 40
Do. Preference Consul. 15 .......
Great Northern
4%
Do., London and York
Great South. and West.
( Ireland)
Great North of Ergland 100 .........
Ditto, New, 401 5 ......
............................
bitto, New, 301 3O ......
Ditto, New, 15/...
Great Western
Ditto, 1/2 Shares 5O ......
Ditto, Shares ...... 151/2 15
Ditto, Fifths. ......••••• 20 ...... 201/2
Ditto, New 171... ..... 71/21/4
Huddersfield and Manch. 24
Ditto, Tblrds ......... 8
Hell and Selby ...... 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .....•
Ditto, 1/4 Shares ..... 121/2
Ipswich &Bury St. Edm. 17%......
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 2%
Lancaster end Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1,4 Shares ." 38 : ... 30 ..
Do. Quarter Shares... 14% — ••• ••
Do. Fifths... ... 9
x.d....
Do. Sixteenths 6l/4 ......
Do. Thirds (Reg.).—.lo/.45.... 71/2 ti's... ...
Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 ...•.. .......... .. ..
Ditto % (late Hud-
dersfield and Shetf.) 33 ...... ..... •••••••
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole)
Do•( W. Riding Union)4/.25...... 351,; 1/4 0;s
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 ......
Do. 1/2 Shares ( A)... 9 . .....
Leeds and Bradford...... 50 ......
Leeds, Dewsbury, &e.... 421/2. .....
Do., Half Shares ......
Do., (blue) Scrip.-- 21/2. ...
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40 ••• ...... .••,
Ditto, New ...... . ..... 22% — ..• •,,
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31/2...... ••••
Liverpool, Crosby end
Southport . ............. . 2 ......
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction...
London &Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d....
Do. New, No. 2 ...... 5/.135.4d.... •..
Do. Extension , ••••••
London, Brighton, and
&titk ceigAtUtt 1006 40 VA%