The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1846.

The second Chamber of the States of Baden have
resolved to enter into the consideration of a project
of law for suppressing all gambling-houses and lotte-
lies within the Duchy.

Madrid papers of the 20th have arrived.
A Prussian officer in the Foreign Legion has been
arrested at Malaga, as the murderer of Colonel TRO-
BAD°. In consequence of disclosures which he has
made since his arrest, M. ESSENTERO, the agent of
the smugglers of Malaga has been arrested. Several
other persons are compromised by these confessions.
It was reported in Madrid that a very extensive
joint-stock company has been formed for renting
from the State, for twenty-five years, the Philippine
Islands, Annobon and Fernando Po ; paying for the
first, a rent equal to double their present returns to
the Government, and engaging to form manufac-
turing and commercial establishments in the others.
The Prince DE JOINVILLE was expected to arrive
at Barcelona on the 24th.

MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 20.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 33- for cash ; the Five per Cents. ai
20i for paper ; the Debt without Interest at 61 for
cash; the shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 280;
and those of Isabel at 98.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Saturday Evening.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull.
Sales, 4,000 bales. Shares have been quiet also.
The features in the Bank of England return for last week
are these :
Notes issued now £29,005,160
Last

Increase

401,765
Bullion now
Last

Incsease
Public deposits, increase .........
Other deposits, decrease
Seven day and other bills, decrease
Other securities, decrease 137,495
The immense amount of bullion held, and the power which
.that gives to augment the note is,ues, is a very decided
proof of the sway which the Bank of England possesses,
under the last new Act, over the currency of the United
Kingdom.
There are advices from Sydney to-day to the 12th March,
but we do not believe that any letters have yet been deli-
vered, nor have any papers come to hand. the dates are
later than those previously received, and much anxiety was
shown in commercial circles to learn if any news of import-
ance had been received from New Zealand later in point of
date than that previously obtained from this colony At
present we have not had our letters delivered to us.
Great is the exultation at the Corn and Tariff Bills having
become the law of the land. Differences of opinion may exist
as to the foreign policy of the new Ministry, but as to home
matters, not a shadow of fear exists. Consols for the Account
have been done at 95, and at 94,% this morning. Exchequer-
bills at 13s. 14s. premium ; Bank Stock at 2041/ and 205%;
and the Reduced Three per Cents at 943/4 to 95 ; and India
Bonds at 25s premium.
In the Foreign Market there has been a good amount of
business done to-day, principally in Brazilian at 83, in
Chilian at 95%, in Mexican at 271%, in Portuguese at a
fall from 49 to 47%, in Spanish at 241/x, in the Spanish
Three per Cents. at 363,i, and in the Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents at 60%.
Upon the whole, the Railway Shares and Scrip Market
has been heavy to-day, as may be observed by a reference to
the official list of prices, inserted in another part of The Sun.
BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSINO
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. • • .• • • • • • • 2044 205 205
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 94% 95 95
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 96%34 904
10%
Irioidniga Außonndusit,ielso3,oEoxl.pire....Tan...s, 1.8.60..
_lO%
Ditto, under 1,000/. • • • • .. .. 25 25
Consols for Opening .. .• 95 94;zi 95
Exchequer Bills. I%d. •1
tid.
1,0001... 9 13 pm. 13
5001. . .... 9 14 pm. 14
Ditto, Small 9 14 pm. 14

ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 83 83
Chilian Bonds, C per Cent .. . .. 9534 95%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 27%4 273
Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. 16 34 4 164
Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. 48 49 47% 4734
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 2414 24%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 37 36% 36%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 9634 9614
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60%% 60%
PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING
RAILWAY SH PAID. DONE AT SHIRES. PAID.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. .. 2% •• • . 1 .......... 1
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% . 2%
Buckinghamshire .. .. .. .. 425. .... % die.. ... .. %, die.
Caledonian .. .. .. .. .. 10 .... 9% •• • • ...... 914
Ditto, Extension . • .. .. 2%.... 1%•• l%
Derby and Crewe .. .. .. .. 2% .... 6y4.. .
Direst Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 514 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Direct Northern .. .. .. .. 214 .... 114.... .. ..
Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165..... 23% .... • •
Ditto New .. .. .. .. 10/. 165..... 7% p
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. . ......
Ditto, ditto, .. .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. • •
Ditto, York Extension .. .. 105..... 1% % .....
East Lincolnshire .. .. .. _ 144 .... ),~
Ely and Huntingdon .. .. .. 7% . 314
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% 7. . - .. •..... . . 11,!
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .. .. 21% .. .. .. ..
Great Western .. .. .. .. 85 ....14112 14114
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... 154 15
Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 .... 4% ..... .
Hull and Selby .. .. .. .. 50 .•.. ...
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 15 ....
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 40 .... 584 60 .. 6O
Leicester and Bedford .. .. .. 228. .... .. .....
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. .. .. 425. •• .. •
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% .... I% 114
London an Birmingham . ..100 .. .. 223 224. •
Ditto Thirds .. .. .. .. 24 .... • •
Ditto Quarters .. .. .. .. 2 .... 281,4 29
Ditto Fifths .. .. .. .. 2 .... 25 25
London and Brighton .. .. .. 50 • • . 63 •• • •
Ditto ditto Fifths • • .. .. 30 .• .. 40%......
London and Croydon • • .. 131. 150 9d... •• • ....•
London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. ....
London and South-Western.. 411. Gs. 10d. • • 7714 .. .. • •
London and York .. .. .. .. 2%.. •. 1% % ........ 1%
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 214 .. • • 1 4 1.... . ... 1
Manchester and Leeds .. .. .. 82 •• .. —..........—
Ditto, Quarters .. .. .. 2 .• • • • ......... 10
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. 83 ••• • • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 4 .• • • 13% 75 13%
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .... 13% •• • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 ••• • ••
Midland .. ~ .. .. .. —lOO .... . .....
Ditto, New ~ • . .. .. 24 •• .. 374 ..
_ _ _. _ . __

Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 ..
Ditto, New 91/2
Ditto, New, Brandling .. .. 25 ~ ..,•..- -. • • ...... 43
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .• .. 241,E
Ditto, Half Shares .• .. .. 5 . .. ...... •• • • 7%
North British .. .. • . .. .• 221, .. .. 29% %.... • • .. 29
Ditto, C arlisle Extension .. 114....
v 4,

North Staffordshire .. .. 425. .... 3% p 3%;13
Perth and Inverness •• 2% .... l%
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. .• 114, dis.
Richmond .. 10 .... •• ••
Scottish Midland .. 10 •.

Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2 .... 2% 2%
South Midland dis dis

South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33i. • • • • ..
Ditto. New (iss. at 32/.) No. 1. 16 .......... 19j4
Do., New (d 0.33/. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .......... 134
South Wales .. • . 5 .... 1 1 k

Vale of Death .. 2
West Riding Union • • .. .. 425. •• .. 13q sy p• • .... 1% p
York arid North Midland . • .. 50 .... 98 •. • • • ....98
Ditto, Selby .. 30 .... 7414 ...... • ... 7414
Ditto. Extension . . • •• 15 •• • • 3314 ••••• • • • • 3334
Do. E. and W. 'tiding Exten... 1 ...- 113 113.;

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens.. • • .. 14 „ 12%
Bord., Toul., Ec Cette kMackenxie) 2 „.„ „
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) 2 ..... 1%
Calcutta and Diamond Harbour • • 7s. ......
Dutch Rhenish . • • • 6 •• .. 714
East Indian .. • .. • • 55. „„ „
Luxembourg
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .
Orleans and Bordeaux • •
Paris'and 'Lpons Constituted .. 5 „ ..........6 qi
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 „ „
Tours and Nantes Constituted • . Z „ ••••
..........
MINES.

Real del Monte. Unregistered • • 34
United Mexican .. 28/. 2s. B%d.

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BY PENNY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
... .

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Officos, 3, Castle Court, Cornhill.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM ODE OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
JUNE 19. Witch cutter, Henry Oglender, Esq., from a
cruise.
20. Dryad cutter, W. Delafield, Esq., from Gosport.
21. St. Margaret cutter, F. P. Delme Radcliffe, Esq., from
Plymouth.
22. Snake cutter, Hon. Henry Upton, from Portsmouth.
23. Osprey cutter, John Petre, Esq., from Plymouth.
SAILING&
JUNE 20. Georgian schooner, William Lyon, Esq., for the
coast of Ireland.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—Maud, Magic, Wyvern, Gem.
Cutters—Apsara, Peterel, Dryad, Snake, Witch, Gany-
mede, Turquoise, Albatross, Duchess, Noran, Eudora, Amulet,
Sparrowhawk.
Sir Bellingham Graham, Captain C. li. Williams, Mr.
Masse, Captain Ponsonby, the Marquis of Blandford, and a
number of other members have been at the Squadron Huse
this week. There are numerous inquiries about houses for
the season, but very few are yet taken.
JUNE 15.—Arrived the Russian Royal Yacht Squadron
cutter-yacht Neriede, 130 tons, Lieut. Abrigancotf, from
Cronstadt, bound to the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
The Royal Yacht Squadron cutter Ganymede, I. H. W. P. S.
Pigott, Esq., is on Ratsey's slip for the purpose of having her
copper overhauled and cleaned ; she is all ataut.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—Two Government mes-
sengers arrived at the dockyard soon after five o'clock this
morning,by special train from Vauxhall, having dispatches
for her Majesty, containing intelligence of the Corn and
Customs' Bills havingpassed the House of Lords, and also
the result of the division in the House Of Commons on the
Irish Protection of Life Bill. Immediate directions were
sent to the commander of the Fairy steam-yacht to prepare
to proceed with the messengers to Osborne House, and at
eight o'clock the Fairy left the harbour and got off Mead's
Ceeak by half-past, when the messengers were landed with
their despatches. Her Majesty could not have lost any time
in affixing her royal signature to the commission, for the
royal assent to these important Bills, and also to numerous
others which were included in the commission, for the Fairy
returned with messengers from Cowes by half-past eleven,
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arm PROVISIONS.—The arrivals at the ports of
~ondon, Liverpool, and Bristol, in a lesser degree, of provi-
sions from the neighbouring portion of the United Kingdom,
have continued to be of an extensive and important charac-
ter, and have comprised large quantities of butter, bacon,
pork, lard, general provisions, hams, meal, porter, the various
descriptions of grain known under the general head of corn,
and other articles of food and general merchandise, usually
brought from that fruitful island. If our space permitted
it, we could give the list of articles which have arrived daily
from the quarter alluded to, which would amply prove the
correctness of our remarks, but we must content ourselves
with saying that they have been of an extensive character,
and that among the more noticeable articles of supply, the
importation of which possess some novelty, those of fresh
salmon, to a considerable extent, and in one instaice, of live
horned cattle, in addition to the usual supplies of the swine
species, may be particularly mentioned. One ship, which
arrived in the river Thames, on Wednesday, brought no less
than 261 packages of this esteemed and luscious description
of Ash.

AMERICAN NEWS.

BY EXTRAORD[NARY EXPRESS.

MOST IMPORTANT FROM THE UNITED
STATES.

SETTLEMENT OF THE OREGON
DISPUTE.
ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAT.

The Royal Mail Steam-ship Hibernia, Captain
Ryrie, after a splendid passage of twelve and a-half
days, reached the Mersey this day, shortly after
twelve o'clock, bringing 102 passengers, and the
semi-monthly mails from the United States and
Canada.

By her arrival we have received New York,
Washington, Philadelphia, and Canada papers to the
latest date.

The news containc-1 therein is of a most important
character, as it announces the gratifying intelligence
that the dispute respecting the Oregon question has
been settled; and that, after all, there shall be no war
for this barren and unprofitable territory. This has
been brought about by the acceptance of the
ultimatum sent out in the steamer of the

19th of May last, and submitted to the
United States Government by the British Minister
at Washington. On receiving the proposition, Mr.
Polk, who was irrevocably pledged to 54 40,
felt he could not adopt the terms contained therein,
and in order to rid himself of the responsibility of
rejecting it he sent a message to the Senate, in
which he enclosed the proposition, and left the
adoption or rejection in their hands. Accordingly,
on the 10th, 11th, and 12th, the Senate took up the
matter in executive session, with closed doors, and
after three day's deliberation adopted the p:oposal, by
a vote of 38 to 12, authorising the President to
conclude a treaty on the terms proposed. Since
then a magnetic telegraph has reached New York,
stating that the treaty had been signed by Mr.
Buchanan and Mr. Pakenham, and would be brought
before the Senate for approval on the 15th inst.
The terms of the treaty are to the following
effect :

1. The 49th parellel—'till it strikes the Sound separating
Vancouver's Island from the main—thence along the centre
of that Sound southerly through the Straits of Fuca to the
sea, leaving the navigation of those Straits free to both, and
the whole of Vaucouver's Island to Great Britain.
__ _

2. The free navigation of the Columbia River to the Hud-
son's Bay Company until the expiration of their pre-
sent charter—and acknow leding their right of property in
the buildings, improvements, &c., which they own south
of 49.

There are probably other stipulations about a reciprocal
use of the ports in Vancouver's Island, and within the Straits
of Fuca.

The New York Courier and Inquirer has the fol-
[owing :

These are merely conjectural statements of the points of
the arrangement, but they may be near the truth, and this
may be said with certainty, that to any proposition which
the President would submit to the Senate for their advice,
thereby clearly binding himself, if the advice be in favour of
the proposition, to accept them ; and in the actual circum-
stances of tha country, that body, as now constituted, would
give their sanction.
We may, therefore, we think, congratulate both countries
in the final and peaceful adjustment of this angry and
threatening controversy.
In respect to the Mexican war, there is no new fact to com-
municate concerning the military operations since our last
report. The official dispatches of General Taylor, announc-
ing the capture of Matamoras, show that the Mexican force
was retreating hastily towards the interior, having evacuated
that town on the eve of General Taylor's approach, convey-

ing with them such portion of the munition and ordinance as
they could. General Taylor, however, had captured large
stores and many arms, cannon and small arms, secreted by
the•enemy previous to his departure, but easily found after-
wards. The strictest orders, which are strictly enforced,
were issued by General Taylor to his army, to treat private
persons and property with entire respect, and that nothing
should be taken for the army but upon payment.
Vera Cruz has been blockaded by the United States ship
Rieraton and one or two others. *Notwithstanding a New
York barque contrived to get into port, although chased by
the United States' boats. The following are the official
documents on the subject of the blockade. The notice is as
follows :

•
" I have the honour to inform you that the port of Vera
Cruz remains blotkadedfrom this day by the naval forces of
the United States on this station. Neutral vessels which
are now in port are at liberty to depart, with or without car-
goes, within the next fifteen days from this date. All
packets carrying correspondence, which are not engaged in
commerce, and under a neutral flag, are at liberty to enter
and depart from the port.
"I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect,
" ANDREW FITZHUGH, Comd'r."

The general Proclamation of Blockade is as follows :
In virtue of authority vested in me by the Government of
the United States of America, I hereby declare the ports of
Vera Cruz, Alvardo, Tampico, and Matamoras, in the Re-
public of Mexico, to be in a state of rigorous blockade by the
ships and vessels under my command.
The blockade will be extended to the remaining ports and

rivers of that Republic on the Gulf of Mexico,sis soon as
circumstances will permit—Of which due notice will be given.
This proclamation is made for the information of all con-
cerned ; and a copy of the instructions given to the blockad-
ing squadron is annexed.
Given under my hand this fourteenth day of May, A.D.
1846, on board the United States ship Cumberland, off
Brazos Santiago,
(Signed) D. CONNER,
Commanding United States Home Squadron.
Instructions to be observed by the officers commanding
vessels of the Home Squadron, in forcing the blockade of
ports of the east coast of Mexico.
Ist. No neutral vessel proceeding towards the entrance of
the blockaded port shall be captured or detained, if she shall
not previously have received from one of the blockading
squadrons a special notification of the existence of this
blockade. This notification shall moreover be inserted in
writing on the muster roll of .the neutral vessel by the
cruiser which meets her, and it shall contain the announce-
ment, together with statements of the day and the latitude
in which it was made.
2. Neutral vessels which may be already in the port be-
fore the blockade of it, shall have full liberty to depart, with
or without cargo, during fifteen days after that upon which
the blockade is established.
3. The Ports of Vera Cruz and Tampico will remain
entirely free for the entrance and departure of neutral non-
commercial mail packets.
Mexico boats engaged exclusively in fishing on any part
of the coast, will be allowed to pursue their labours un-
molested.
In its present political condition, the flag of Yucatan is to
be respected. Signed, D. CONNER.
Commanding Home Squadron.
U.S. Ship Cumberland, off Brazos Santiago, May 14,
1846.

In a Vera Cruz paper, El Republican, a notice is pub-
lished that the British mail steamer Tay was to leave Vera
Cruz for Havanah on the morning of the 2nd instant, and
"would take on board, as heretofore, all specie and cochineal
that should be offered for shipment."
The charges of Mr. Ingersoll against Mr. Webster had been
investigated by a Committee appointed for that purpose, and
reported to the House the opinion that Mr. Webster was
not guilty, thereby disproving the rash and rather malignant
assertion of his accuser.

A long correspondence had passed between General Scott
and the War Department, on the subject of the command of
the army against Mexico. His letters seem to have sunk him
in popular esteem, as he is considered as having been actuated
by wrong feelings in declining the President's nomination of
him as General of the Army of Occupation.
The papers come to hand this afternoon contain a long re-
port from the Committee on Naval affairs, regarding the
project of a line of mail steamers between New York and
Great Britain. The voluminous document concludes by
recommending the project as one of great importance, and
submits the outline of a Bill to carry the same into execu-
tion. Doubts seem to exi3t whether the Government and
Congress would adopt the provisions of the Bill.
From Canada we have papers to a late date, but they con-
tain no news of importance. The Canada Parliament had
been adjourned from the 9th of May till the 19th of July.
COMMERCIAL.—We have very little news of importance to
the commercial world. The money market at New York was
quiet ; a good business was done on the 13th, but the demand
for Foreign Exchange was limited ; quotations on London
were 1083/4 and 1084 ; Paris, 535 and 5364. The cotton
market was steady, and a fair amount of business. The
flour market was firmer, and provisions steady, with mode
rate sales.

WASHINGTON, JUNE 14, 1846.

. , .
Everything is quiet here to-day—dreary weather and no
life, except a general congratulation among certain political
parties, at the happy termination of all difficulties with
England—prospectively.
I suppose you have received the ayes and noes, forwarded
on Friday night. I have not much more to add. The debate
on the message of the President was calm and moderate, and
conducted altogether, it may be said, on one side : the ultra
men (so called the 54 40's), said nothing, except to vote.
Nor did the Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs
open his lips. He had not been consulted upon the question.
The message from the President, when made public, I
think will show him to have been consistent throughout, as
a gentleman, on his own notion of the question of right.
Circumstances have arisen, he says in his message, to make
it proper he should submit this proposition to the Senate,
from the British Government ; and as his precedent, he refers
to the conduct of General Washington in similar cases ; and
he says he awaits the action of the Senate whether or not he
shall make a treaty on the terms offered.
The terms you already know—the 49th line to be the
boundary, as far as the Straits of Fuca—then down to the
Pacific Ocean, withineutral rights to the Straits—Vancouver's
Island to the British—and the navigation, until 1858, of the
Columbia river. The Hudson Bay Company to be indemni-
fied for property turned over to the United States.
Accompanying this message i a letter from Mr. M'Lane.
He says the question will be settled upon the terms he has
just had from a late interview with Lord Aberdeen, but
doubts whether the British Government will agree (on
.ons
particular of the terms) to anything short of the fupvnit,tacins
tion of the Columbia, as perpetual. Here Mr
wrong, as the terms proposed only ask it until 1858. The
President then asks the advice of the Senate, whether he
shall accept the terms.
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6 Senators absent and not voting. terms
A:TlAvyoets;u3gB'who could
have been got, the vote would have stood 43 to 13.
Mr. Benton made a glowing speech. All amendments
and motions to postpone, were voted down, and the resolu-
tion to agree passed without a single alteration of the terms
proposed.
This result is looked upon as a great triumph of the

friends of peace, and Mr. Benton, they say, has captured
the adminisitafon, and holds the 5,440 men:as hostages.
This vote has also created an armistice. Mr. Calhoun and
Mr. Benton, who have not spoken during the session, have
become warm friends again ; and other mutual civilities long
suspended, have been renewed.

The treaty will be prepared with all possible dispatch, and
will be sent in this week, probably by Wednesday, as I un-
derstand from a Member of the Cabinet.

The Ultra's (with all deference to their views of the ques-
tion) are much mortified, and will take occasion to speak
their sentiments when the treaty comes in. /t may all be
finally concluded within the space of ten days.
The above information you may be assured is true to the
letter. PELHAM.