The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-26 00:00:00

EVENING-, DECEMEER 26, 1848."

TUESDAY

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has addressed a
circular to the various Ministers at Foreign Courts of
a very pacific character. M. D'HAaCOURT iS to be
recalled from Rome, M. Bois La COMTE from Turin,
and M. DB RATNEVAL from Naples.
Yesterday, being Christmas-day, the Bourse and
public offices were closed. In the Passage de l'Opira
some speculators assembled, and the Five per Cents.
were offered at 77f. 70c., but not a single transaction
took place.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.

The Wiener Zcitung of the 20th publishes the
official announcement of the abdication of the
Hungarian Crown by the Emperor FBRDINAND.
This official document is dated the 2d December,
but was not published until the 20th, that is, not
until after the Pesth Assembly had published its
proclamation, in which it declares that it was only
made acquainted with the EMPEROR'S abdication
through the means of the public prints and private
information. The fact is, this document was not
drawn up until after the publication of the Pesth
protest, and then the honest Ministers concocted it,
and ante-dated it to serve a purpose, and yet it is such
forgers as these that the people are called on to trust.
What faith can be placed in the promises of such men?
The news of the surrender of Presburgh is con-
firmed, but it cannot be considered as any advantage
gained by the Imperialists over the Hungarians,
inasmuch as the latter had long since determined to
evacuate Presburgh on the approach of the Imperial
troops, and to concentrate their forces at Raab and
Comerin. It is more than a month since they dis-
armed the National Guard of Presburgh preparatory
to evacuating the place, which the Imperialists oc-
cupied without resistance.
The finances of Austria are in such a desperate
condition that KRAUS, the Finance Minister, has
resigned his office in despair.
Vzsairia, Doc. 19.—The Wiener Zeilung of this
day contains three army bulletins of Prince WIN-
DISCHGRATZ, dated the 17th and 18th, giving an ac-
count to his MAJESTY of the progress of the Imperial
troops, before whom the insurgents everywhere give
way. Prince WINDISCHGRATZ removed the outposts
on the right bank of the Danube: just opposite Pres-
burg, on the left the second corps d'armee occupied
Stampfend without any resistance, and the avant
guard were ranged before Pzesburg.
Intelligence is, of course, continually arriving that
Preslgurg has surrendered, but-no official communica-
tion to that effect has yet -been received. The Aus-
trians have lost several men and officers. The en-
gagement at Kerchare especially was attended with
considerable loss. At Tzered the Imperial troops
captured six field-pieces, a quantity of arms, a
standard, 43 horses, and made 768 men prisoners;
the remainder fled in all directions.—l.russels Papers,
Dec. 24.

The Austrian papers of the evening of the 19th
instant contain a short bulletin of Prince Wiranscn-
GRATII, dated Presburg, the 18th instant, in which the
Prince informs General WELDEN that he had just
entered Presburg, which had been completely
evacuated by the Magyars. He adds that he should
advance his head-quarters the next day to Carlburg.
These papers also announce the occupation of
Wieselburg on the 18th inst., after a sharp action by
the Ist corps of the army, under the command of
the Ban JELLAIUICIS.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

At Liverpool, as in the metropolis, yesterday was
observed as a strict holiday, consequently, we have
nothing to report concerning the Cotton or the Share
markets.

The present being a time for pleasure rather than
business, people are engaged chiefly with calculations
of the past and consideration* of the future. Of the
result of this year's business, for it may be said to have
'closed now the holidays are on, the matter for congra-
tulation is rather that 60 much has been done, fcr the
influence of revolutions abroad and excitement at home
could not but be expected to prove injurious. We have
had a year of vicissitudes, and we seem now to
be on the threshold of improvement. The Funds are re-
covering gradually to a better price. The Bank bullion
stores are more amply replenished than for a long time.
Money generally is abundant and cheap, and confidence
grows stronger. Although many firms, large and small,
merchants and retailers, still feel severely the effects of
the panic of October, 1847, the manufacturing districts
are becoming more active, and the stocks of goods in
foreign ports are becoming reduced. These form the
ground for pleasant prognostications of the future,
and relieve the more sombre feeling produced by the de-
pression existing in the West India colonies as an inevit-
able result of
.the changes which have been judiciously
made in our commercial policy.
The Hamburgh mail brings the exchange on London
13 9 with bills in request.
The satisfactory advices from France have produced a
favourable impression here in the Stock Exchange, al-
though very little business has been done. Console have
advanced to $B/ I. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. are $9 to and the Three per Cents. to 88i f.
Exchequer-bills are 38s. to 41s. prem.
The Peruvian affair excites still a great deal of atten-
tion, and no doubt the bondholders will be assembled in
public meeting to decide upon it. Whatever the Peru-
vian Consul-General may say, and we observe that he
has written to an evening Contemporary on the subject,
the belief is general that the Peruvian Government has
for a long time past been obtaining, both by the guano
contract payments and by :quiet purchases, a large
amount of, its own bonds at most depreciated values.
The dividend's in arrear amount to more than the
original debt, if our memory serve us righily, and it
is now totted when proposals for a settlement are made,
that the stock is exceedingly scarce, and that, conse-
quently,. the Peruvian Government would have not the
slightest difficulty in carrying opt even better terms.
The creditors, however, are so thoroughly tired out that
it would not surprise us to find them submitting to great
sacrifices.

The Foreign Stocks are very buoyant. Mexican have
touched' 242- for-Account. Peruvian have ranged-from
44 to 46. Brazil Bonds have been 74 to 75t. Spanish
Three per Cents. are 27i; and Portugnese Four per
Cents. 24 to f. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have
been 49i A duty of 5 per cent. is to' be levied on the
Coupons paid in Holland.
Railway• Share- are rather quiet. Caledonian, Mid-
land, Great Western, Great Northern, and some others,
are higher. Eastern Counties and North British
scarcely so 'good.

ONE CLOSING
PRI 'ES OF HRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 'PRICES.
8 per Cent. Reduced Anns. 88%3/4 8818
New 34 per Cent. Anne......
Long Anne. to expire Jan. 1860 B% 11-16 8 11-16
India Bond., 1,0004 ........ ... , .
Ditto under 1,0001. . ..... . 39 p _ _
Consols for Account BB% 1,0,1
Exchequer Bills. 24d. & 2d.
i 1,0001. March
I 1,0001. June "37 40 p 40 p
5004 March
500/. June
r Small,March .. 38 42 p 42 p
Small. June .. - ...... ..... 41 37 p 37 p
• PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE CLOSIN +-
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Account 7514
. - Ditto, Small ... 74 74
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 24
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Ditto, Deferred 2% 2%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2l 24%
Ditto, Account •—• 24%3/4 243/4
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 44 46 45
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Ditto. Account 26 2614
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account l4
Ditto, Passive . 3l/4
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Venezuela Bonds, 21/4/per Cent — 19
Dividends on the above payable in London.

36 p
asyfi

Dutch iIA per Cent., 12 Guild 491,4% 49%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 7414 14 7414
Ditto, Account 74% 74%
PRICES OF PAID, EUSINESS DONN CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 5O •• •• ---

Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 414 —
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7%
Belfast & County Down 19
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, without guarantee 20 . ...
Birming, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
id, or with guarantee 10 ..... 14%
Do. withoutguarantee 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 14,5... ........
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June 10
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter 9O ...

14%

Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 27%
Buckinghamshire... 141. 4e.
Caledonian . . ..... 50
Ditto, Hell Shares .. 834 ......
71% 134
Do. New 10/..Pref 7%..... %34 7%
Di tto,Clydesdale June 50_ ......
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference. - l6 . . ... . .. —
Clarence
Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... ... —
Do. Government Loea,
4 per Cent. ~ lO ...... .... —
Direct London & Ports- -•-.
_

_
month
Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20
East Anglia, 251., L. & .
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......

Do., 181., E. & 18 —
Do., 3/. 10s.
Eastern Counties—.
11 j
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent. . .. 10
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 26L 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters ..« 12%
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto....
Ditto, Class B (L. &
and B.) , 2O ........
Ditto, Class C, ditto 2O . ....
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10
Ditto, ditto - • — ........
Ditto (C. &E.) guar. .
5 per cent.......--.. 2% -
East Lancashire -
Ditto, New . 2l .........
Ditto, New Quarters 614 4%

V

1 1 1,4

% P

,71h

4~

Do., 6 per Cent. Pre!, '
ference Quarters ... 614 .....
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares.:: 20 .... .. _
EdinburghandNorthern 25 '-- • - '—
Ditto, Newport • 11 ...- ~_
...
Exeter,Yesvil, & Dorch 2% l„3g
Glaigow, Dumfries, and • . .
Carlisle
Glaagow,Kilmar., & Ayr 10 .... . . .
Do .Preference 'Preference Consol.
...
.. I &ea ..
Great Northern
Do., % A Deferred ... 12% 4/4 % % ..... ...
Do., % 8,6 per Cent.
guaranteed ... ..... 6% ...-;:.
Do. Extension 2% ..... .
Great South. and West. ...
(Ireland)
Great North of England.loo ......
Ditto, New, 401. .... .... 40 •
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New, 30/ 3O ...... 67% ......... ......
Ditto, New, 151 l4 ..
Great Western 9O ...... 79%
Ditto, 1,4 Shares 5O , . ... . .
_..
Ditto, Shares ...... 21 ..... 174
17
Ditto, fifth 5............ 20 ...... ..... .. .e.
Ditto, New 171.....«. 13 ... .. 104 ....
IN sklerafield and libuich. 30 -
Ditto, Thirds ....... .. 10 .....
Hull and Selby .. ....... 50 ••••••
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..... 49
Ditto, 4 Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle.— 50
Ditto, Thirds *- 10
Lancashire Si' Yorkshire
8693 .
...
....
1-2%.,...„.......:
......
....
....
Ditto, ditto—
Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 ...
.. 62%
Do. Quarter Shares... 17% ll ... ' "le
Do. Fifths.. .. 10
...... ...... "'
Do. Sixteenths."... 64
Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13
Do. New, Gua.6 per cL 7% _
Do. Liverp and Bury 43 —

-

26%
39

16

834

24%

67%
7R4

Ditto 1,4 '(late Hud-
dersfield and Shoff.) 43 - .•
De.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
............... .....
Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 -._ -- ,_
..._
..... 17
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. IA Shares (A)... 9A — .._
..........
....
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, Soc. ... 50
• Do., Half Shares 25
....
Do., (blue) Scrip...... 2%...7..
.....
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50
Ditto, Now ...... ••-*** 35
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 34 — ....... ........ -_
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport 3142 —
Liverp., Manckster, and
Newcaqtle Junction... 21,4 —
London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. id.—
Do. Extension ..... ... 22,.....
London, Brighton, and

South Coast 5O ..... 31
Do.Guarant.s per ct—, 9 •••—•• .
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ... ..
Ditto, ditto...—. 1852 50 — 00000 ". 000000
Ditto, New Si., guar. . ' •
6 per cent. .. 5 „ii•-•'. ' 5%. -
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d ..
Ditto, Preference... 18/ 175 2d... •••
London.... .. ........
and N. Western 100 „....122 1231/2 124
Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22
Ditto, New ....... ..... 7 ,8% Bl4

aIA

Ditto, Fifths ..... .. 2 ......
Do. 401.Sly.res(L.Mr) 25

.
Do. 10c. (M. & B.) A. 9 ......
Do. 10i. (M. & B.) B. 9 ...... 11 ......
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 314 Bl4
Lend. &S. Western 5O ...... 40% 3934 ... .. 40%
Do. New 501. ...
Do. New 401 34
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto
Ditto. Thirds.. ......131. 6s. 8d... 4%% dis 4% die.
Do.. New Scrip, 1848,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls 5
'l..)ndon, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ......... ........ 114---
Londonderry&Coleraine 283 A ...... ... —
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ... ........ ... 271 ...... ..... ... ..... .....
Lowestoft (4 per ct.) ... 20
...

Ditto (6spe'r ct.)
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock
MAnchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 111 A
.....

Ditto, New IN. Pref... 10
Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40
Ditto ditto . ......... 13
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire l5 . ...
Do., Grimsby Dock 2O
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s
Midland ... ...•..11X1 33%..........
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do., do., JO/. Shares... 21/ .....
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Do. Consol. Bristol and
Birming., 6 per et.... 100 122
Ditto, Bruit. & Glircstr. 38
Ditto, ditto .........141. 18s —
Ditto,leieest& Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo
Midland Great Western
Irish
Middlesbro' and Itedcar,
6 per cent. guar.
NewcastleandCarlisle...loo

Do. Quarters 25 ......
Newmarket
Do. Extension ...... 125....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6 .•....
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor
Norfolk 100 - ••• • •
Do. New 20/.
Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20

Do. Guaranteed Mt pc. 5
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
North British ........ ... 25 ...... 153/4
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Extension O% — •
Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 111,4 —.• 4Vi
North & South-Western 2 —
North Staffordshire
North Wales ... ...... .... 3% —
North-Western . lO
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton 5O
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate lO
Royston and Hitchin ... 2
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham, &
Goole (Nor. Div.)
_ „_. .

Do. do (Sou. Diy.s ... 4 —
Shrewsbury ancißiria... 9
Ditto ditto. Class B. b ......

Ditto, New Guaranteed 6
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ......
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Alin.) l7
. Ditto Halves ... ditto 8% ..... ..
Ditto Oswestry ...... 17% —
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref
Shropshire Union
.- • ..••
South Devon 5O .....
•••
Do. Preference
south Staffordshire 6i,,
South Eastern l33th 233i 24
110., No. 1 24
Do., N 0.2. ' -.. 22
Do., No. 3 ....... . ..... 25
Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 ...... 7%
South Wales ...... 28
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 6
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6
Taw Vale Extension ... 8 - ..• ••
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway 17%......
Vale of Neath ... .. 4
Waterford And Kilkenny 17% — ..
Waterford and Limerick 47%
Waterfd,Wafrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed . .. 5O •
Do. do. do. ... 25
Do. do. do. ... 10 ..... - ... ..... - -
West Cornwall
West London : ..... -

Do. Do. Ist Class ... 21
Do. Do. 2d Class 20
Whitehaven & Furness 14
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... 12
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth 4O
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... ......—... 25 .. .....
Do. Original New and
Berwick ...... .. 25 2614
Do. Extensiox No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 2. ... lb
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8
York and North Midland 50
Diite, Preference 10
Do. East and Westßid-
ing Extension

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian)....
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of Franca (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 17
Ceylon
Demerara 15
Dendre Valley... 4
Direct Bombay and

Madras eeeeee •:•••••••••• si• • •••
Dutch Rhenish 714.. ......
East Indian Bl — ......
Great Indian Peninsular 14 ...............
Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7 4 — ...............
Luxembourg — ............
Ditto ...........
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ......
Namur and Liege
Northern of France l2 ...... 8
Orleans and Bordeaux... 7
Paris and Lyons ll .•• .............
Do. Do. 4,
Paris and Orleans ...... 20
..............
Paris and Rouen 20 19 18% 191,4
Paris and Strasbourg ... 9
MINES.
United Mexican 28%
JOINT STOCK I3ANKS.
Union of Australia ..... 25

27;/2
26%
18%
133
7%
53

101,1
25:zi

8%

2%

8
2 3/1

19%

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 26.—Wind this this day at noon S.S.E.,
light breeze and dull hazy weather; greatest pressure of
wind, since noon 23d, 4} lbs. ttronteter 30.8, ther-
mometer, 49.
WIND AND WEATHER, THIS DAY, 9 A.N.

Glasgow
Edinburgh
Newcastle S.E., very cloudy.
Hull
Southampton S.S.E., rainy.
Liverpool
DEAL, DEC. 25.—Wind S., fresh; r.ar. S.S.W., mode-
rate.—Arrd. from the river, 23d, Highbury, Walker,
Jamaica. Arrd. from the river, and sailed, William
Forster, Killick, Algoa Bay ; Manchester, Brown, Mo-
bile; Elizabeth Archer, Cobb, Sydney, New South
Wales; T. J. Roger, obinson, Charleston ; Gipsey,
Gibson, South Seas.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd., 23d
Mary Bannatyne, Ficken, Whampea ; Natalia, Nielson,
Sur;nam, for Amsterdam; Sld. her Majesty's ship
Driver westward, to relieve the homeward bound.
RAMSAY, ISLE OF MAN, DEC. 23.—The Columbine,
of Glasgow for Liverpool, drifted ashore at Point Ayr
this morning.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.—The Marchioness of Bute,
Cardiff, to this pdrt, was in contact, 20th instant, off the
South Stack, with the Lady of the Isles, hence to the
Azores, the former lost cutwater, bowsprit, &c., and
sprang covering board ; the latter was dismasted and
takgn in tow till the 22d, when she bore away with a
fair wind for the Isle of Man. Sld. Venture, Africa ;
Superb, Buena Ventura ; Peruche, St. Domingo;
Switzerland, New Orleans ; Caroline, New Or-
leans ; Princeton, New York ; New World,
New York ; M. A. Keming, Newfoundland. Off
port, American, Susquehana, Paragon. Arrd. 23,
Ashling, Harding, New Orleans ; Harriet Au-
gusta, Robinson, Mobile; Isaac Wright, Marshall,' New
York; Orleans, Bogart, ditto; Columbus, M'Cowan,
ditto.- -24-,-Ihrichifer, Demerara. 25, Bark-
hill, Collins, Newfoundland. Sld. 23, Allerton, Hong-
Kong; Hannah Salkeld, Calcutta; St. Ann's, Sierra
Leone; Maria Jane, ditto; Selma, ditto; Columbas, Per-
nambuco. 24, Secret, San Francisco; Astra, Mobile.
25, Navigator, Buenos Ayres; Commodore, Mobile;
Historian, New York; Caroline, St. Lucia; England,
New Orleans; Viceroy, ditto; Governor Davies, ditto;
Cumberland, Apalachicola; Defence, Charleston; Me-
dora, ditto; Piscator, Newfoundland.
MARGATE, DEC. 25.—The Sophia, Cobbledick, from
Gibson to London,whieh was on shore on Foreness Rock,
was got off this morning, and brought into the harbour.
NORTH FORELAND, DEC. 23.—The Lady Hilda, of
and for Jersey, from London, is on shore under the
North Foreland light; crew saved.
WEYMOUTH, DF.e. 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Joseph
Bushby, Sparks, Chins, for London.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wind S.E. by E.—Arrd. Jo-
seph Bushby, Sparks, China.
SCILLY, DEC. 21.—The Arietes, of Baltimore, Ame
rice' was passed, dismasted, full of water, and abandoned
on the Ist ult., in lat. 32, long. 76, by the Wannan,
arrd. off port.
BRISTOL, DEC. 26.—The Hope,' Liverpool, to this
port, was run down by the Eugenia, Calnest, from Liver-
pool to Mobile, on the 21st inst., thirty miles off Holy-
head; crew saved.
BALLASUIM POINT, Dm 24.—The Lady of the Isles
has &rifted on shore this morning. Is expected off with-
out material damage.
TA.RBERT, Dzc. 21.—The ilydrus, of Barnstaple,