The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-15 00:00:00

NEW Gt. WIT.

The Court was occupied throughout the morning with
cases of uttering base coin, but none of them possessed any
feature of interest beyond the incidents usual to these cases.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a great demand for Cotton at Liverpool yester-
day, the sales amounting to full 10,000 bags, including 3,000
on speculation and 1,000 for export, at an advance of to
4d. on the quotations of Friday last.
The Share Market was dull, and the quotations generally
lower.
At Messrs. Wickham and Co.'s sale of shares yesterday an
advance in the prices was manifest, compared with their last
sale. The attendance was better, and the bidding more
spirited. The following are a few of the numerous lots that
were disposed of:-East Indian, 16s. 6d.-Ambergate, Not-
tingham, and Boston, 345.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield,
175.-Northumberland and Lancashire, 235. 6d.-Madrid and
Valentia, 215.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 695. 6d.
-Grand Union, 153.-York and Carlisle, 30s. 6d.- South
Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 605.-Over Yssel, 225. 6d.
Accounts from Quebec state :-" We have bad a continu-
ance of charming weather at Quebec since the 18th instant,
such indeed as in ordinary seasons we look for towards the
middle of June. To-day the sky is almost unclouded, and
notwithstanding a cool breeze from the eastward. the ther-
mometer marked 60 degrees in the shade at noon. We are
happy to learn that the apprehensions regarding the produce
of maple sugar this season have proved groundless, and that
the quantity made is considerably above the average."
From Montreal likewise we are advised that-" Business is
beginning to revive here; that there are seven er eight
schooners and sloops in part and three steamers. The only
thing that looks wintry-like are the heaps of ice on the
wharfs and on the shoals in the river. There was ice formed
during the night before last. This morning it is warm, ther-
mometer at noon 55 degrees, and the smoke of clearing land
begins to appear to the southward."
The committee for the relief of the sufferers by the Quebec
fire had received 162,1821. up to April 20, paid 68,7741., had
a balance of 93,4081., and had deposited, at 3 per cent. in-
terest, 73,3711.
In repay to some remarks of a correspondent interested
in the continuance of the public sales of railway shares,
opposed to the system on the presumed ground of want of
security, we are advised thus by the selling brokers :-" We
were at first disposed to take no notice of the, statements
made, as they were inconsistent with the facts, but
we beg to state that an auction, conducted as
ours is (Messrs. Lamond), affords no greater facilities
for the circulation of forged scrip certificates than does the
Stock Exchange ; nor do we believe that anything to the
same amount of fictitious scrip has passed through our
hands as has been dealt in in that market. If this be the
case, as we have no doubt the issue of the inquiry now
pending respecting the Buckinghamshire scrip will prove, is
it not as easy to suppose that forged shares may have been
first bought on the Stock Exchange, and then sent to our
office, as that they have been bought originally at
our auction, and then carried to the Stock Exchange ?
Our mode of conducting business is pretty well understood
and appreciated by a very numerous and highly respectable
connexion."
At the East India House this morning the grants to Lords
Hardinge and Gough were unanimously confirmed.
Consols are not firm this morning. For the Account the
prices have ruled from 96% to 96%; and for Money, from
96% to 961,4. The sales, however, have not been very ex-
tensive. India Stock was yesterday quoted at 267 ; to-day
is only at 264. Exchequer-bills are heavy at 20s. to 235.
premium. India Bonds have receded to 295., and Bank Stock
to 204%.
The Foreign Funds are but in limited request. The only
bargains of the day have been in Austrian at 110, in the
Brazilian at 82, in Mexican at 323%, in Spanish Passive at
51,1, in the Dutch Four per Cents. at a fall to 91%, and in
the Two-and- a- Half per Cents. at 59%.
The Railway Share Market is rather fiat to-day. The
official prices are annexed.
BRITISH F. UN DS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. 20534 2043 20534
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95%34 9534
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 96% % % 96%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 97% % k 974
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1660 .. 10% 1034
India Stock . .. 264 264
India Bonds, 1,0001• -
Ditto, wider 1,0001. .. 33 29 p 29 p
South Sea Stock .. 10634 10636
Ditto, New Annuities 95 95
Consols for Account •• • • ..96%% 96%
Exchequer Bills. 194 d. •I%d.
1,0001... •- .... 21 24 20 23 pm. 20
Ditto. Small - .... 21 24 20 23 pm. 20
booL ~ - .... 21 24 20 23 pm. 25
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 110 110
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. • • -
Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 82 82
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 33 32% 33%
Russian Bonds .. • • • • • • - 110
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. -
Ditto, for the Account • • .. - 24%
Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 5%34 534
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. - 4236
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 5994
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 2
.. 9% 91% 92%
Ditto. Bonds • • • • • • • • • • 91% 91%
BUSIN ESS CLOSING
. DONE AT
PRICES OF PAID
RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction 2% •• • • 1% •• • • .... • . 134
Birmingham and Gloucester ..100 .. - 125
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% 24,
Bristol and Exeter .......75•
Ditto New .. • • • - .. 5 •_ 10 •...... 10
Buckinghamshire . • .. 425. •• • • % p p
Caledonian .. • • .. 10 .. • • 12% ••••• • .. • • 1236
Ditto, Half Shares .. 234 .... 134 134
Ditto, Extension 234 - •• •
Cambridge and Oxford.. .. 1%
Direct Northern 234
Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine .. 2'
Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 23% 24% • •
Ditto New .. 8/. 165..... -• p
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. % p.. p
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. % p 34 p
Ditto, York Extension 10s. IA, 2 1%
Eastern Union .. .. 25 .. - .......„.
Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edmunds 63% , 5
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% 1%54..,,..,, %
Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. % % p...... p
Great North of England . ..100 ....219 218........
18 2
Ditto, New .. . 1% •• .. 14 .• ..
Great Western .. 85 - ......
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 173 18 ..•• 18-
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... - 351
Harwich & Eastern Count. Junct. 2 .... 136 1%
Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .... 103 ....... :: 103
Ditto, Half .'hares .. • • • • 7 .... 27% .
Leicester and Bedford .
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% .... 2% 232
London ant Birmingham . • .100 .. 22834 229...... 223
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths 2 25 .... 25
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. .. .. -
Ditto, New .. 234 - ..... 4
Ditto, Extension .. • .
London and Brighton ..
London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 2236 % ........ 22%
London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. 79% 793¢
Ditto, New . .. • • • 17% •• •• 30 .. 30
London and York .. . 236 .... 2%34 .. •••• •• 234
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 234 .. • • 1% .......... 1%
Manchester and Leeds .. . 82 -..........-
Ditto, Quarters .. . .. 2 .. 10 %••••• • • . • • 1 oy,i
Ditto Extension .. . .. 425. •• • • 3% %P•• • • • • 31,4 p
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 82 .. •••• • • • • 82
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .•• • 13 ••••• • • • • • 13
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 •• • • 9 % • ..... •.. 5%
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. 1% 34 p...... 1% p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 •• • • 1% 2. •• • ... • 2
..100 - -
Ditto, New .. 18 •• • • 33% 33 .... 33
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .........
Ditto, New . .. I 9%
..... 914
Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 ••.. - .. • . 25%
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% .... 1%94 ••194
North British .. 22% .. 3014293 f x int 29% xin
Ditto, Half Shares .. . • • • 83¢ .... 12 11% x int.. 11% xin
North Kent and Direct Dover • . 234 1% % 134
North Staffordshire .. .. • • 425. 4% % p 4% p
Scottish Central .. .. • •• 10 .... 16% . ..... •• .. 16%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 314 ..... 3%
Shropshire Union .. 423. die.. •• • • % dle.
south Midland .. • • .. • 428..... 134 % p...... 1%
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33314 403¢ 59% ... • 4036
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 17% .• •••• •• •• 1334
110., New (do. 151.) No. 4. 234 .... 3% •••• • • • •
S sines and Richmond .. ••I•••• - • • •• •• • • 2%
South Wales .. 5 •• • • 2%•••" • • ' • • 3
West Riding Union • • .. 425. • • 3% P. ••• • • • 111
.•
34
Wit,beach and St. Ives .• .. • • 2 •• • • "• '• 1%
York and Carlisle .... 1n•
•••••••"•
York and North Midland ..
30 •80 .• • - ••• • . 74
74 •• ••
Ditto, Selby .. • • • • • • _
Do. E. and W. RidiFOREIGN ng Exten.• •
RAILWAYS . 1 •• • • 11% I( •..•• • • • • 11%
• -. 12%

Boulogne and Amiens . • .. .. 12 .... 1214 ........ . _ _
Dutch Rhenish .. • • . .. 5.. • . 814 •••• •• • • a .
ss. .... .......... 14
Luxembour 1%
g
Kamm and Liege ......6 .... 414 .. •• •• •• • • 414
Orleans and Bordeaux • • .. 6 .... 11 ........ • . 11
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 71/4 674 . . 5
.. .. 7
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... —•— •• • •• • •
Sambre and Meuse .. . .. 8 .... 554 ........ • • 5%
Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5••..536... . .. • • • • 5%
West Flanders .•.. .• • 4••••2%•• • • • • • • • • 2%
MINES.
Brazilian Imperial (issued at bl. p.) 21 .. .. • ....... --•
Ditto Macaubas andCocaes •• • . 25 .• . • 934
Real dcl Monte, Unregistered .. —•. .. ...... ... 4

-
VISIT OF GENERAL TOM H TUMB TO THE ST. KATHE-
RINE'S Dock.—Yesterday
morning much amusement was caused in
the st. Katherine's Dock by the visit of General Torn Thumb. Ile
was driven to the dock in a cab, and was smuggled In, unknown to
the gatekeepers, by his conductor, who, in the first instance, con-
veyed him on board the large New York packet Chip Prince Albert,
when he went through part of his performance, to the great delight
of the crew. One of the sailors, however, gave much offence to the
General by taking him up and putting him in his pocket. Ile next
vi: ted the packet ship Westminster. It soon became known that
the " General" was in the dock, and people flocked from all quarters
to catch a glimpse of him. His conductor at last put him under his
cloak, and proceeded to the principal entrance, where he wai stopped
by a Custom-house officer, who ordered him to throw his cloak aside.
Tom Thumb's conductor did so, and exhibited the little fellow, who
was allowed to pass duty free, althougk Certtilll7 11 cvatrabaug str-
Ude 09i opticilled la Mt uor

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T HIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAT 15.—Wind, E.N.E., light breeze and cloudy.
DEAL, MAY 14.—Wind E.N.E., very strong.—Sld. Claudia, Peale,
Bombay.
OFF SALCOMEE, MAY 12.—Isis, Batavia; Messenger, New Yerk ;
Bethel, Mosher, St. John's, New Brunswick.
PLYMOUTH, MAT 14. —Wind E. 1•1 .E.—A rrd. Emma, Weeks, Bahia.
BRISTOL, MAY 14.—Wind E.—Arrd. Frederick, St. John's, New
Brunswick.
NEWPORT, MAY 14.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. 13. Lady S. Stewart,
Roper, Quebec.
OTT HOLYHEAD, MAY 14.—Duncan, Calcutta.
SotrrnAmorf, MAY 13.—S1d. Eagle steamer, West Indies.
CLYDE MAT 13.—Wind S., fresh.—Sld. Culdee, Campbell, Bom-
bay; Nina, Ciillies, Tobago; Pioneer, Fox, Newfoundland.
Coax, MAT 12.—Wind W.S.W., light.—Acrd. Sir Henry Parnell,
Kerr, Laguna.
LEITH RoADs, MAY 12.—Arrd. Douglas, M'Keluiell, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 14.—The Mary Ann, Cassidy, from Sierra
Leone, arrived to-day with loss of sails, foremast, and foretopmast
sprung, having experienced a heavy gale last night off Shoreham. Off,
Perseverance.
HARTLEPOOL, MAY 12.—Sid. Tweedside, Kean, Quebec.
HULL, MAY 13.—Sid. Charlotte, Hawkins, Bombay.
NxwPoRT, MAY 14.—The schooner Charles Napier, of Southamp-
ton, in dropping up the river this morning ran against the bridge,
and carried away jib-boom and headrails, and is making water.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 14.—The Coromandel, from New Orleans to this
port, which was on the bar of the Mississippi, got off 11th ult., and
was re-loading. The Emerald, bound to this port, was on the bar of
the Mississippi I lth ult. A dismasted vessel, supposed to be a barque,
was seen on shore on the Isle of Pines 10th ult. The George Anson
has been wrecked at Tobasco.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.

The present week's arrivals of English Wheat, coastwise as well
as by land carriage and samples, have been on a fair avenge scale,
and the stands were tolerably well supplied. The finest parcels of
both red and white moved off steadily, at full prices. In all other
kinds nest to nothing was doing. The show of Foreign Wheat was
not large, yet the sale for it was very heavy, and Monday's quotations
were with difficulty supported. In corn under lock we heard of no
sales. Barley was a slow inquiry, nevertheless, prices were maintained.
Malt came slowly to hand, yet the demand was In a sluggish state.
at previous quotations. The Oat trade was dull, yet a fair clearance
was effected, at full prices. Beans, Peas, and Flour were unaltered
in value.

English
Irish ......
Foreign ...• • •

Wheat.
4,020 qrs.

ARRIVALS.
Barley.
2,330 qrs.

6,060

1,670 I
Malt, 5,050 qrs.
WWI TIMIELD.

Oats Flour.
2,540 qrs. 3,880 sks.
1,720
4,360

The supply of Beasts on ether to-day being very extensive
—viz., 1,001 head—the demand for that description of stock
was in a sluggish_ state, yet Monday's quotations were well
supported. From Scotland, we received SOO beasts and 280
sheep ; from Prussia, 34 oxen ; from Germany, 20 ditto ;
and from Holland, 125 oxen and cows, together with 50
sheep, in comparatively speaking, middling condition. Al-
though the numbers of sheep were again on the increase, the
mutton trade was firm at full prices. From the Isle of
Wight, 250 Lambs came fresh to hand per railway; while
from other quarters the receipts were liberal. On the whole,
the demand wars firm, at extreme currencies. Calves were
in moderate supply, and heavy demand, at late rates. In
pigs very little was doing, yet previous quotations were
maintained. Milch cows moved off slowly, at from 15/. to
181. each, including their small calf. Sucking calves 18s. to
295.; and quarter old store pigs I6s. to 18s. each. Beasts,
1,001; cows, 123; sheep and lambs, 7,680; calves, 238;
pige, 320.

NEWGATZ AND MEADENNAZZ.
We bad a slow inquiry for each kind of meat.

BOROUGH HOP DIARIE.BT.

Although the bine, in nearly the whole of the plantations in Kent
and Sussex, has progressed very rapidly during the present week,
the fly has almost everywhere made its appearance; hence, the de-
mand here is tolerably steady, and prices are well supported. The
supply of Hops on offer is small.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)

GROUP IV.

The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills
comprised in this group, re-assembled at the usual uour this morning.
Mr. G. W. Hope in the Chair.

THE ALFORD VALLEY LINE.

Mr. CRAWFORD opened the case fur the promoters of this Bill
which was for making a branch of the Great North of Scotland Rail-
way up ithe Alford Valley to Charleton. The length of the line,
which would accommodate a rich and extensive agricultural district,
was 16 mi. es, and the estimate was 100,0001. The line was only
opposed by one landowner, who was represented by Mr. Whate-
Q. C.
The opposition, after a short discussion, was arranged, and ulti-
mately withdrawn, when the Committee virtually declared the
preamble to be proved, subject to the conditions which had been
agreed upon between the parties.

EASTERN EXTENSION.
The next Bill brought under the consideration of the Committee,
a as, for making the Raatern Extension of the Great North of Scot-
land Railway. The line was proposed for accommodating the dis-
tricts between Dyce to Peterhead and Graizerbing, a distance of 46
miles. The estimate for the line was 400,0001. and the working ex-
penses were calculated at the rate of 331. per cent. per annum.
Mr. Gibb, the engineer of the line, having proved that the engi-
neering features were highly favourable, a witness residing in the
locality of the line, was called to speak to the importance of the line.
and to prove that the majority of the inhabitants were favourable to
its passing.

'[he Committee declared the preamble to have been proved.

MORAYSHIRE.

The next Bill taken by the Committee was for making the Moray-
shire Railway from the harbour Lesseymouth up the valley of the
Spay, joining the Great North of Scotland Railway at a point near to
Eight.

Mr. Chinn, the gentleman who laid out the line, proved there were
no tunnels, deep cuttings, or engineering difficulties on the line.
The line was 23 miles in length, and would cost 63,0001.
Witnesses having been called to prove the advantages of the line to
the district through which it passed,
The Committee declared the preamble to have been proved.
This closed the labours of the Committee.