The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-29 00:00:00

EVENING, MARCH 29, 1848

DUKE had spoken with some of his private friends and
chief officers to this effect :—" The Russian army has
been placed upon the war footing; but as soon as
these troops, or a portion of them, cross the Prussian
frontier, French troops will draw near the Rhine.
The safety of our German fatherland then depends
upon the choice of a German Emperor, and all
German princes will agree with me in this opinion.
I am Duke of BRUNSWICK, I love my people, I love
my country, but will prefer sacrificing much to per-
mitting the German nation and its general welfare
to lack my aid. I will with pleasure serve as a sol-
dier for my fatherland, and gladly, if necessary, fight
its battles."

MONEY and COIVEVIEIZ CIA NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO 7711.:t:.!..;
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was with-
out
alteration. Sales, 3,500 bales, including 500 for ex-
port. Railway Shares were very dull, but prices were
supported.
The important advices received from abroad agitate
the public mind considerably. From the United States,
the intelligence of the conclusion of peace with Mexico
may be deemed very satisfactory; but the advices from
Sardinia, although what was expected, are of great
moment
The necessity of revising our navigation dews is in the
interest of our colonies more obvious than ever, and
some documents just presented to Parliament are very
conclusive in this respect. With the march of free
principles in Europe concessions to our most distant
possessions become still more advisable, and we have the
agreeable reflection that in making those concessions we
are likely to benefit the mother-country. As a case in
point, we take the following concerning Trinidad. The
extract is from a dispatch of Lord Harris to Earl Grey :
" Your Lordship is aware that a large portion of the
population of this colony is of foreign extraction, retain-
ing, in many respects, the ha,)its and tastes of the nations
whence they are sprung, and, consequently, there is
naturally a desire for the products and manufactures of
those countries. I refer snore particularly to the de-
scendants of French and Spanish families, as also to a
considerable portion of the Creole black population.
Now, by certain provisions in the navigation-laws, but.
very few of the articles required can be brought
here direct from France or Spain, in French or Spanish
vessels. The means of transit which must be adopted
becomes therefore far more expensive. With respect to
the French trade, which is far tb• most important of the
two, it is either necessary to charter an English vessel,
and send it to some port in France, and by which the
charge for freight per ton is 11. 15s. whereas by a French
vessel it would be 183., or it is necessary to have goods
forwarded by a French vessel to Martinique, to
which island the freight is as heavy as it would be direct
to this island. But, besides, the goods must be landed,
on which some commission must be paid, and an addi-
tional freight of 18s. 6d. per ton from Martinique to
Trinidad. But not only is the price of, and the risk
and trouble of procuring French goods considerably
enhanced, but the opportunity of a return trade is en-
tirely prevented."
This subject is not confined, as the dispatch of Lord
Harris goes on to state, to the direct intercourse of
Trinidad with both those countries, but extends to
Venezuela; and his Lordship concludes as follows:
" These facts together, I trust, will make a case
worthy of some consideration. Far be it from me to de-.
sire the repeal of any laws which might in any way lessen
the power and the commerce of Great Britain, but us
the interests of the colonies aro intimately connected
with those of the mother country, it would appear
important that full information should be given, when
there is reason to thick they are suffering injury, and
the laws by which that injury is caused are undergoing
investigation."
The public securities, although there has not been a
great deal of business doing, have been agitated consi-
derably by the intelligence received from Milan, Paris,
&c. Consols, which closed yesterday at 83i, opened this
morning at 824 and are now 81i k. Exchequer
bills have been firm at 341. to 355. premium. Bank
Stock for account has been at 192. Should England
fortunately remain a passive spectator of foreign
events, she will enjoy immense advantages in respect
to tradint and monetary operations.
The Foreign Bonds participate in the general flatness.
Spanish Five per Cents. are 114, and the Three per
Cents. 21f. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 15
to 16. Mexican Bonds are 1511- to Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents. are 40i.
Railway Shares are heavy again.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anna..
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 6, 1360.. 8% 9.16
Bank Stock for Accoun'i 191
Consols for Account .....
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/.
500/
Small .. .... 35 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds ... 2
Grenada, 1 per Cent. • •••
Ditto Deferred
Mexican Bones, 1846, 5 per Cent ls'4
Ditto for the Account 1514
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 24 22.34
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB1.0
Ditto Passive Bonds 31,4 3
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2ll
Venezuela Bonds ..-
Do. Deferred
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch per Cent.,l2 Guild 40%
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates
ITSINESS DoNit IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONX O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. nu). TIM SHAILE•
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 31;f1 — to
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 11%
Sirmingham & Oxford June... 20
Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley- 10 ... .
Birraing., Wol., & Stour Val. 101.145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction..
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter .
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire l2/. 4s
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares

Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 - to
Chester and Holyhead... 371/2 —
Ditto, Preference
Clarence. ... 7 814 — ..... te
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to
Direct London & Portsinoath 83/.i, —
Dublin and Belfest Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 1734 — to

East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
&ad L. & D., .

Ditto, 13/., E. &II l3 ....
Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. & 11... 3% — to
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet., i per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d
Do., do N 0.2,6/. 135. 4d... ...... to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 12%.....
Do., New
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% —
Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d — ...... to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., New Quarters -
East Lincolnshire ... 16% 15% to
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%. —
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ......
Ditto, New..... .. ...... ...... 33/4 ......
Ditto, New p0rt.....
Ditto, ditto, New ... 214 ...... ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% ...... ...... to
Ditto, New .. 2% — to
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s. 8d... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consolidated 15
Groat Northern.— .......... ... 13
Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ... .. to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% lO ...... to
Great North of England 100 221
Ditto, New 40/
Ditto, New 30/................ 30 ... .. 66
Ditto, New 151...... ... ...... 6%••••.. •
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 17/
Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. _
Ditto, Thirds 8
Hull and Selby sll
Ditto, half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% —_ . . .. to
_ _..

Do. do. and Norwich - 17i11,4... to
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) 24 — ..... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 .....
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 614. ..... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 10/. 4s
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38
Do. (Hudders. and Shelf.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and G001e......... ....... 50
Do., West Riding Union ...41. 25.....
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9
Leeds and Bradford to
to
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 42 1/2 ......
Do., Half Shares
2/
...... ..•... to -.—
Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... -.. /2 _ .
••• •to Leeds and Thirsk ........
, 22%. ••••
Ditto, New
do ~CPrroesfbe3r..;
afiri.p.de-rs-oe.
u.e.tni
it
...
23 %.. . • . .... • • t o -.—
...... to
Liverpool, l)port...'
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sO2Bl. li
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..... ... ...
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____—
Lon d . , Bright., & South Coast 50 3O .. ... to 293;6
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 ...... 183/s,•, .. to 19
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9
,i... '
tO
De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... ..
Ditto, ditto ...........1852 50 .. ...
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2(1... 20 ...... to
London & North Western.....loo 128 1284 ... to 127
Do. Quarters (L. and 11.) 22 -
Do. New
Do. Fifths
Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M

Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7 I/2. ••••
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 71,12 —
Do. 10!.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western...—. 50 ...... 45 to
Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 37%......
Ditto, New 404.... ..... .. .. 30
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditto,Thirds 81. 6s. 8d ...
Lendon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11,E — .••••• to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 271/2 — •••••• '
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3
__

Manch, liuxton,.& Matlock 3
blanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100