The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-10 00:00:00

BUSINESS DONE. IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aram 8.
Bottle/I,lle and Amiens, 12—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Mackenzie), 1 Y.—Dutch Rhenish, i%—East Indian, %—Great
Northern of France Constituted, 14%—Great Indian Peninsular,
lA,—Louvain and Jetnappe, I%—Lyons and Avignon, 2—Luxem-
bourg, I%—Orleans and Vierzen, IG—Orleans and Bordeaux,
103/ Paris and Orleans, 484—raris and Strasbourg Constituted,
bsy—Sambre and Meuse, 2%—Tours and Nantes Constituted,

SIR GEORGE MURRAY.—We have been requested to
contradict the statement relative to the declining health of
the Master-General of the Ordnance. The real fact is, that
Sir George Murray has for some time past been making
great progress towards complete recovery, and during the
whole period of his illness has transacted his official business
daily at his own residence, instead of at the office in Pall-
mall.—Times.
FOREIGN POTATOES.—SeveraI importations of this
esteemed vegetable are now taking place from foreign ports.
A vessel called the Navarino, from the Channel Islands,
brought on Monday 45 tons, the produce of these islands ;
and the Ann, from Gijoa and Vilavicissa, 15 tons of the
same article. The Mary, from Bordeaux, which arrived on
the same day, brought 33 tons of potatoes of French; pro-
duce. Whether for the purposes of seed, or of immediate
consumption, these arrivals at the present time of asserted
scarcity in tae article in this country of native production,
present a feature of interest and importance.
FOREIGN IcE.—ln consequence of the failure of the
supply of ice at home during the last winter, there is now
great competition in the market from foreign sources. There
are now two sources open from America, and nearly every
vessel that arrives from Norway brings over ice as ballast,
which is imported duty free. A vessel from America, now
discharging in St. Katharine's Docks, has brought over a
quantity of capons and turkeys in the ice, the preservative
effects of which are, however, anything but satisfactory.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGIIA3I.—The Rev. and
Worshipful Chancellor Law, the Vice-Principal, has taken
up his reticlence in college, in order personally to superin-
tend the proposed extended system of collegiate, medical, and
surgical education. The reverend gentleman has offered to
the resident students the following munificent prizes:-501.
to the student who may carry off four medals, 30/. three
medals, 71. two medals, 51. one medal. William Sands Cox,
Esq., the Dean of the Faculty, has also gone into residence
to assist the council in carrying out the proposed plan:
The Earl of Kenmare has subscribed the sum of 2001.
tomb the Sorry Mot Nucl.

MONEY and CONIMERCIAL NEWS.

(From The San of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool Market yesterday
were 10,000 to 12,000 baits at firm rates. Shares im-
proved.
A sample of the latest importation of seed potatoes
just received from the Azores has been forwarded to us,
and though but little acquainted with agricultural pur-
suits, it would appear that should the failure in the
crop of this esculent be as general as reported, an excel-
lent supply may be obtained for tillage by the farmers
who are short of stock on cultivating the article in
question. It is not unworthy of remark, that
the potato blight has not in the least extended
to the Azores, and the samples here referred to
may be considered as pure. A sample may be seen at
the office of The Sun to-morrow and the next day. For
the details, those parties who are interested may refer to
an advertisement that is inserted in the usual place. It
is fully expected that very many further shipments may
be made to this country should it turn out (as un-
doubtedly it will) that seed potatoes are very scarce,
that the most ample means may be provided for the pre-
sent year's crops.
There are late accounts from the Cape of Good Hope
this morning. The only news of importance—and there
is every reason Ito believe that the facts are exagge-
rated—is, that the Caffres on the frontier were becom-
ing again very troublesome.
There has been a good amount of business transacted
to-day. The payment of the dividends has considerably
relieved the position of the Money Market. Exchequer-
bills have advanced to 28s. and 295. premium. Consols
for the Account have been very firm at from 96,-}
and for Money at 96* 4. At the present moment,
however, there is a preponderance of sellers. The
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have gone back from
97k to 96k. For Reduced Three per Cents, there has
been a fair demand at 951 India Stock has been sold
at 260, and Bank Stock at 206,1.
In the Foreign Funds the transactions this morning
have not been of any importance. There is a slight im•
provement in Brazilian to 811, and in Danish to 81.
Mexicans are heavy at 32, Portuguese at 81, Russian
at 109. Spanish Consols at 241, and the Dutch Four
per Cents. at 92. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have
realised 59i.
The Share Market has not improved this morning,
and business is slack.

BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. •• •• •. .. .• 2063 2o6sli
. .

Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 907;14% 95Y,
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96% % % 96%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97 96% 973 96% 97
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 3-16 10 3-16
India Stock .. .. • .. .. ... .. 260 26114
India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. .. .. .. 25
Consols for Account
.......96%'A••••... 9614

Exchequer Bills. I%cl. 134 d.
1,0001... .. .... 29 21 28 pm. 28
5001... .. .... 29 24 26 pm. 2S
Ditto, Small ~ .. 29 24 28 pm. 241

ONE

CLOSING

FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 81% 80
Danish, 3 per Cent -. • • • • •• 87% 87%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. • . .. 32 32
Ditto, Deferred .. .. • • • • 16% 16%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. • • • •
Ditto, for the Account .. • • • • 36 4
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent • • .. 81 - 81
Ditto, 4 Der Cent .. • • • • • •
Ditto, for the Account • • • • • • 53 57%
Russian Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 109 109
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent • • •• 24'% 244
Ditto, for the Account • • • • • • 24% 24x
Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. • • • • 16%
Dia), Three per Cent • - • • • •
Ditto, for the Account • • • • • • 36%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent • • 59% 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 921/692 92%
BUSINESS
PRICES OF PAID. DONE AT CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. .. 2%.. •. 1%.. • • .... • • 134
Bristol and Exeter .. .. •• 75 -• ' • , ' *** ' -
Ditto New .. .. .. •- •• 5 '• - - ..........9
Caledonian .. .. .. .. .. 10 .• • • 67i 7%•• • • • • 7%
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 2% •• • • 1% % • . 1%
Ditto, Extension .. .. .. 2% •• • • 14 ••• • • l4
Chelmsford and Bury .. .. .. 1%.. • • %
Chester and Holyhead .. .. .. 20 .... 174 • • ...... • • 174
Chester and Manchester .. .. 425. .• •• - • .
Cornwall and Central Devon • • 2%** '' -,
. ; l%
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 234 •• • • ~13 . . • %
Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .• 54 •• • • 33i ••" • . 3%
Direct Northern .. .. .. .. 2% .. • . 11A •• • • 14
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 •• • • 4 •• • • ......
Dublin and Galway .. .. .. 4 •.... 14 •
..... ..... 114
Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165..... 21% ••• • • • - 214
Ditto New .. .. .. .. 81. 165.• •• • 55i 13•
6T's p
Do. I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. - .. .... -
Ditto, ditto, .. .• No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. lA, V.,, pex (Rv 14 px d
EdDilittbtt.t)r,l
.. 50 .... 71 72
Edinburgh and
.... .. les. .... 1% 1........
Goole, Doncast., and ; heffield, &c. 429. •• • . % dis .. .. % dis.
Grand Ullioll (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% •• • • - ••••• • • • • 1/,
Great North of England . ..100 ....210 .... .
Great Western .. ~ .. .. 85 ••• • - -
Dittc, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 •• • • 16% ••••• • • • • • 16%
Ditto, Films .. .. _ .. 20 .• .. :34 ••••• • .• .. 34
Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 •• • • 4% % .• • • 4%
Hull and Selby .. .. .. .. :0 • • ..101 ••• . • • .... 101
Ditto, Halt ~hares .. .. .. 7 •• •• 24
Leicester and Bedford . .
Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. 2% ••• • - ••••• • ' • " 2
London an llirminghatn .........220 223.. ••.. • 222
Ditto Thirds .. ..
Ditto Quarters .. ..
London and Brighton ..
Ditto ditto Fifths ..
London and Croydon ..
London and South-Wes'ern 4ll. 65. 10d. 7G ••..•• .. . . 7634
Ditto, New . .. - •..
London and York .. .. .. .. 2% •• •• IM. %•••• • • • • 1 '‘;
Lor.dsn, Warwick, & Kiddennins 2,4 15' • • •••• • • • 1513
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 2% .. • • - ..
Londonderry and Coleraine .. 714 .... 4 ........ :. 4
Lynn and Ely .. .. .. .. 10 .... 7 •• • 7
Manchester and Leeds .. .. .. 82 ....120 ....
Ditto, half Shares .. .. .. 33 .... 514 .. • .....
Ditto, Quarters .. .. .. 2 .... 9 . ... • • 9
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. -
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 2 .... 9 .....
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 .• .• 747.•.. • • • • 7
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... par 34 dis 54 dis
Midland .. .. .. .. .. ..100 ....144 143%. ..
Ditto Fifths.. .. .• •• .. 2 .... - ••••• • • • • • 1 4
Ditto, New .. • • • • .. 18 .... 29
Midland Great Western (Irish) .. 10 .... .2 34 14 ••• • • •
Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 45 .... 424 43
Ditto, New 734
Newcastle, and Berwick • • •. 10 .... 16% 173 •• • . 1734
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2%.... 14 ..
North British .. .. .. • • .. 20 .... 244 %•••• • • • • 241
Ditto, Half Shares • . • • .. 6 .... 8
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 14 .. 1% 34 .. ....
Norther.: and Eastern • • • . 50 .... 67 ..
Ditto Scrip (issued at 5 dis.) .. 40 ~ ~ 3.-, _ 55
North Kent and Direct Dover .. 2% .... 11914 :: :: :: :: 14
North Staffordshire • • • • • • 425. .... li 2 p...... 2 p
Norv,-Lh and Brandon .. .. .. Id
.... _
...
... _
pitto. New • • • • • • • • 5 .... 7 ..... .
Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolvertur.ptn. 1234 •... 8341,,
..
..
Perth and Inverness •• • • •• 214 .... Ili
•-:
....
Portsmouth 1 nrect • • • • • • 3% ~ , , 144 ..
..
..
..
Rugby and Huntingdon • • • . 2 ~ .. m 1 .
Scottish Central .• • • • •• 10 .... 13%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .• 214 .... 134 %.... •
•llirewsbury and Hereford .. • • 2%.... I %
South Midland .• • • •• • • 425. .... -
South Eastern and Dovor • • • • 3314._ 3434 35
Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. LI ....• - .. ••..• • • • 1514
Do., New (d 0.33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 9%.....
Staines and Richmond .• • • • • 1 .... -
....
South Wales • • • • • • • • •• 5 .... 1% 1.... •• • • 1
Welsh Midland • • • • • • • • 2% .... 1% ....
West Riding Union • • • • .. 4'_>5..... 114 %p.
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 2% „,. 34 14
... l4
Yarmouth and Ncrvich .. .. 20 .... 241~ ~
York and Lancaster .• • • • • 2% .... 1% - ....
York amd North Midland •. ,
Ditto, Scarborough Branch • . 25 .... -
Ditto. Extension • • • • •• 15 .... 31% .... .. .. • •
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Dutch 'Rhenish • • • • • • •• 5 .... 534 !..4 14 .. ..
East. Indian .. • • • • • • • 55. .... % %
tart. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 11,4 7
....
..
Great Indian Beninsular • • .. 55. .... -
..
Great Western Bengal • • • • 55. .... sii
Lou Vain raid Jcmeppe • • - 4 .. . -
.......

Luxembourg
Nainui ar.d Liege • • •• 4 ..........
Orleans and Yierzen •• • • • • 10 .... 164 .. • • ......
Orleans and D4rdeaux .. • • 6 .... 10% ...... • •
Over Yssel • • • • • •
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 5%34
Rouen and llawre • • • • • • • 20 .... 29 ..........

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
National Provincial of England 35 35%

MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered

16%

1846.—The following is the House List of Governors
and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing,
viz.:—

FOR GOVERNORS.
John Benjamin Heath, Esq ' Governor.
William R. Robinson, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
FOR DIRECTORS.

Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq.
William Cotton, E,,q. 'James Pattison, Esq.
Bonamy Dobrre, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart.
Chas. Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Christopher Pearce, Esq.
Thomson Hankey jun., Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq.
John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. David Powell, Esq.
William Little, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid Bart.
James Malcolmson, E-q. Thomas Chas. Smith, Esq.
Humphrey St. John Mildmay, Wm. Thompson, Eq., Ald.
Esq. Thomas Tooke, jun., Esq.
James Morris, Esq. Thomas Matthias Weguelir,
Sheffield Neave, Esq. Esq.
George Wardo Norman, Dal. Francis Wilson, Esq.
Th election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be
held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 14th of April, and for Di-
rectors on Wednesday, the 15th of April, from tan o'clock in
the forenoon till four o'clock in the afternoon.

meritoriouspronlp
really
racrunEs.—lt may not be generally known that her Ma-
jesiltyEßmosNtlAJESTY'S PATRONAGE OF BRITISH MANU-
st eases is the first
graciously to set the example of purchase ; a fact in the
highest degree encouraging to every mechanic throughout
the Queen's dominions. On Monday last her Majesty and
tly,
vneonttiinoonn. lyboglve in s hermo patronage to any
Prince Albert examined, with much interest, the first pro-
duction of a wonderful shawl-loom constructed by Mr.
Robert Kerr, of Paisley, by which one man can weave two
shawls at the same time. Her Majesty testified her admira-
tion, and gave her patronage to this new manufacture by the
purchase of the specimens submitted. Such exalted sympa-
thy is of great import to the immensely populated town of
Paisley, where, at the Messrs. Kerr's alone, upwards of four
thousand persons are employed ; and it is anticipated, by the
assistance of this machine, that such number will be more
than doubled. It may be added, that the shawls, in their
several stages—the two woven back to back—likewise as
they_ are cut asunder—and moreover in their exquisitely
finished stafe, are exhibiting at Mr. George Smith's, the
shawl-merchant of Ludgate-hill, by whom these curious
fabrics were introduced to the Court.
ADVENTURES IN THE PUNJAB.—Major Lawrence,
the author of this work (which has already appeared in a
second edition) has just been appointed to the important post
of political ageut, in charge of British relations with Lahore.
We are not surprised that the gallant writer's volumes should
be so cordially received by his countrymen, since they convey
so animated a picture of the Seikh Chiefs, of their language
and manners, of the country contiguous to the Sutlej, and of
the novel life of a European in this interesting and important
region, where everything presents so remarkable a contrast
to his previous experiences.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—Yesterday, about eleven
o'clock, as a coal waggon, belonging to Benjamin Bent,
Cannon-wharf, Westminster, was passing up West-street,
Soho, a little boy about eight years old, who, strange to say,
was playing with the drag chain of the waggon, fell between
the wheels, and horrible to relate, the off hind wheel passed
along his back and crushed his head perfectly flat, so that
his brains and pieces of his skull were upon the stones of
the street. It is needless to add, he was dead when
picked up.