The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

Ns, MARCH 7, 184 ,

Do. Consol. Eighths. 40
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 ......
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. ...
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d...
Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17s 2d...
London and N. Western 100...135 136 134% x.d 1341, x.d.
Ditto, Quarters 2 ...... 6%... 6
Ditto Fifths ..... ..
Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 20
Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% — .. ... .........
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7% lO
Do. .I(V.. (Al 11.: B.) G. I .....
Lon I. &S. Western
Do. New 50/. ... ..... 37%..
Do. New 401
Do. Tenths (C0n....01.) 50
Ditto ditto .. .... .... 40
' Ditto, Thirds Bl. 6s. 8d....
London, Salisbury, and
Yoovil ..... .... ........ 1%•••••• --•
Londonderry &Coleraine 27%...... —...—
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 25 ...... ••• ..... .•••
Lowestoft (4 per et.)
Ditto (6 per et.)
Nlanchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 3 ...... %
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100 - ••• ••
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — • •••••• ........
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7% — •

104
49 xd.

Ditto and Grimsby.— 25-
Ditto ditto . 7 •••••-•••••-•
Ditto ditto ..
4% —
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire — .........

Do., Grimsby Dock... 12',4 — ...
Do. Man. & Lin. Union 41.2 s
Blanchest. & Southarn pt. 21A
itielanil lOO 106 104 105% 105 104x.d
Do. Consolidated Pref.100
Do. 40/. Shares
Do. 50/. Sharps l5 ... .. 11
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
D. Consol. Bristol and
Birnaing., 6 per ct.... 100 ......120
lidlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 36
Ditto, ditto ...111.85. 6d...
Midlnd,Leicest.Sc Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ......
Midland Great Western
Irish

Nevreastie and Carlisle...100
Do. Quarters 25
Newmrket&Chesterford 184
Do. Extension .........21. 12s —
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6 . ....
Newry and .Enniskillen 7 -
Newry, Warrenpoust,
and Rostrevor
Norfolk ......... ............ le,t)
Do. .New 20/.
Do. Extension . 16
Do. Guaranteed 54pc. 5
. _ ._ ...

Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of N0rf01k....
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
North British ........ ... 25
Do. Half Shams 121,4 ..... .....
Do. Quarters... ...... .. 5
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds 2
North & South-Western 2 ...... ........
North Staffordshire lO --- WAN...
North Wales
North Western
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ...... 40 ... .. 23104
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 1%
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 22%, — . ....
Ditto, New ..... 10 - ........ ••• 41,
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole ... 5
Shrewsbury and Birra... 7
Ditto ditto, Class B. 4 - •••........••••
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W-. Min.) l6

Ditto halves ... ditto 8 — .. .... ........
Ditto Oswestry ...... 14
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 6
Shrewsbury and llerefd. 2
Shropshire Union
South Devon 4O ....
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire
• outh Eastern & Dever. 33% 27% 27
Do., No. 1 24
Do., Nc. 2.
Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 20 ...... ........ ....
Do., No. 4
South \Vales ... .. 18 - ••• ••
zieuth Yorkshire, Dolt-
caster, and Goole 8
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stna. C0a1.... 6
Taw 'Vale Extension ... 4
Thames Ilaven Dock
and Railway ....
Vale of N eath ••• .. 4

W ate rford and Kilkenny 131. ~... .. —
Waterford and Limerick 40
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin.
West Cornwall .....
Whiteharen & Furness 10
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 925.
W ilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth 3O
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick.
Do. Original New and
Berwick
Do. Extension No. 1. 13
Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10
Do. G.N E.Preference 8
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 16
Central of Spain
Ceylon
Demerara 7%......
Dendre Valley... 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian ll% — .. ••.• •
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Italian and Austrian.... 4 ......
J amaica S. Mid. Junction 1
Louvain ala Sambre ... 6
Luxembourg... —
Lyons and Avignon , 5 ...... ......... ......
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ......
Namar and Liege l6 ... .. -- ........ ... 4% xi
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... ..... ...... -
Over Yssel 4/ 354 d.....
Paris and Lyons lO ..... 1.1. i% 2....... . 2
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ......... 20 ...... .. ....
Paris and Strasbourg ... S ...... ... ...-
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. . —
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours and Nantes - 5 ......
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den' and Hasselt ...... 16 -•
West F1ander5......... -.. 81 .. ... -
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

London Joint 5t0ck...... 10
Provincial •f Ireland ... 25

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.'
LONDON, M.4ncß 7.—Wind S.W., light breeze, an,
fine.

DEAL, MARCH 6.—Wind westerly; P.M., N.W.—Arrd.
Echo, Laguna,: and sailed for Altona:; Hamilton,
M'Dougal, Callao; Juno, Charleston, and sailed for
Rotterdam; Moderator, Stark, New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mitten 6.—The George Hudson, of
Sunderland, Constantinople to Odessa, with bulwarks
gone Ex., was taken into Perron a derelict. 3d, inst.
ISEwroRT, MARCH 3.—A boat, about fifteen feet long,
marked " Little Queen, of roughs!, B. Pendergast," and
apparently but a little time in the water, and several
fragments of wreck, have been seen on the coast.
DARTMOUTH, MARCH 6.—The Maria, Cardiff to Syra,
with loss of sails, bulwarks, and spars, cargo shifted,
and other damage, put in here yesterday.
ST. IVES, MARCH 4.—The head of a mast and some
spars, with rigging attached to them, apparently as
having been cut away, and belonging to a vessel of about
100 tons, were brought in here yesterday.
SWANSEA, banes 7.—A two-masted vessel, name
unknown, got on the Mizen Sands, off the Mumbles
Head last night, and was totally wrecked.
SHIELDS, MAacrt 6.—The Ann, Gale, of Whitby, in
being towed np the river, struck on Jarrow Bank, and
sank.
The Beaver, Lawson. sailed from Constantinople for
Falmouth on the 15th of October, and has not since been
heard of.

20%

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
HAY 11EAMILSTS.
SblITIMELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 12. to 31 14. ; Clover,
ditto, $1 15. to 41 153 ; aid Straw, 11 3s t• 11
8. per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish
demand.
CIIIIREELAID.—Ifeadow Hay, 21 153 te 31 15. ;
Clover ditto, 31 15. to 41 128; aid Straw, 1/ 4. to 11 13
per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations.
WRITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 123 to 31 14s;
Clover ditto, 3/ 15. to 41 153; and Straw, 1/ 43 to 11 ba
per load. Supply good, and rade dull.

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KINSALE Emsonox.—We are happy to announce
that Mr. Hawes, the Under-Secretary of the Colonies,
is a candidate for the vacancy in the representation of
Kinsale. It is scarcely necessary to say that Mr. Hawes
has ever been distinguished as an ardent friend of
Liberal policy, and of just and paternal government in
Ireland. As a member of the Government, he is in a
position to serve the interests of Kinsale. Mr. Watson,
the former excellent Member for Kinsale, does not come
forward.—Duidin Evening Post.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the
Governor of Gibraltar.
Colonial-office, for the

DECLIJ t.RATION OF THE IRISH
COUNCIL.
The Irish Council indignant at the refusal of the
House of C( ,mnions to sanction the inquiry into the
efficiency ans I working of the Irish Poor-law, which had
been asked fo r by the almost unanimous voice of the
Irish Represel natives (upon which refusal we commented
last week), h sid a special meeting at the Northumber-
land-buildings , on Friday, March 3d, L 548; the Right
Hon. Lord Cit ,ncurry took the chair, when it was resolved
—" That the,: recent division in the Rouse of Commons,
on the moth on for an inquiry intc) the operation of the
Irish Poor-h tsb exhibits a detmoination on the part of
Government ;and Legislature co rule this country with-
out regard the will of the Irish people, as expressed
through th 6 it represobntatives ; and that the Irish
Council cons idering the impossibility of providing ade-
quate subsist canoe for the perishing poor without an im-
mediate alter sAion of the law, declare their deep dissatis-
faction at su, h. refusal of inquiry.
" That the Council do meet on this day week, and that
the Members of the oo,ancil, especially those who are
Members of .? ?ornament, he earnestly requested to attend,
for the purpose of con aidering how most effectively that
dissatisfaction-. mazy be, manifested.
(Signe 1) "CLONCURRY, Chairman.
" SAMUEL FERGUSON,
" k the absence of Sir Colman O'Loghlen,)
" Acting Hon. Secretary."
—b

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EXTRA( )RDINARY ROBBERY.
On Saturday, :as Mr. Beadon, the sitting magistrate
at Wandsworth Police-court, was about quitting the
bench, John W. Miura Thompson, a fine-looking man,
about 35 years of age, who was described as the captain
of the Medora, roils placed in the dock, charged with
stealing a quantity of gold dust, to the value of nearly
7,0001., consign Led t,o and the property of Mr. W. M.
Hutton, of La rkNall-lane. Clapham, and 25, Watling-
street, City, merchant. The property, with the excep-
tion of a few hut idred pounds' worth, was produced in
court.

Mr. Hutton, having been sworn, said the prisoner
was captain f s 'vessel belonging to him, and called
the Medora ste am•.:r. She left Shoreham in October
last for the G. )1d Coast of Africa, there to receive
a cargo of palm xi ell, and to bring over freight from
the merchants xes iding at Cape Coast and other settle-
ments. The prisoner received on board a quantity
of gold dust, consigned principally to themselves.
On Friday they received a letter from their cor-
respondent ann or swing the arrival of the ship at Ports-
mouth, and another from the ship, written by the
prisoner, in which he stated that on leaving the Gold
Coast he was skixed with the fever, which threw him
into a state of delirium, and while in that state he had
thrown all the gold dust overboard. Pro.ecutor imme-
diately dispatched two of his confidential clerks to
Portsmouth, and on their arrival there they found the
prisoner had lett the ship and started for London. This
conduct aroused their suspicions, and they commenced
making inquiries amongst the dealers in bullion, and
discovered that the prisoner had sold a quantity of gold
dust to Messr s. Ery.annel, in the High -street. The
clerks consequently returned to London, and that morn-
ing prosecutor surd' his son endeavoured to trace out the
hiding place of the prisoner. Knowing that he was in
the habit of s:ay ing, when in town, at his brother-in-
law's, a Mr. Coc per, a surgeon, in the Clapham road, he
caused a letter •to be sent to that house directed in his
name, and as it •was taken in prosecutor gave such
information to, thf, police as led to the prisoner's appre-
hensirm.

constable Gibbs, 77 V, a very active officer,
sta4,:ed that that morning, at nine o'clock, he was directed
by the last wi'aiess to watch a house opposite the Bed-
ford Arms. He did so for some time, and then went
and knocked at the door, and asked if Captain Thotap-
son was there? He was answered in the affirmative, and
shown upstairs to Captain Thompson's room. He there
saw the prisoner at breakfast, and asked if he was Cap-
tain Thompson? He said he was, and witness then told
him he was come tn take him on suspicion of stealing
GOO ounces of gold dust, and asked him it he had brought
any luggage, as be must search it? He said, " Yes;
and would show witness where it was." Prisoner then
went into a front bedroom, and, pointing to a basket
and box, said " The property is there." He found four
large bags of gold dust in the basket and five smaller ones
in the trunk; the whole of the bags contained gold dust.
During the tome witness was searching the room prisoner
was sitting on the bed. He had some papers in his
hands, and handed them to witness, who said, " What
is this?" and he said the produce of the other property.
Witness then found that the papers consisted of twenty
51. notes of the Portsmouth branch of the Bank of
England, and a cheque on a bank for 1421. ss. ; the
prisoner also gave witness ten doubloons, which he
also said w•As part of the property. The gold dust was
weighed by steelyards, and was 116 pound avoirdupois
weight. The prisoner had on his person a gold chrono-
meter, V. in money, a Mexican dollar, and half a dollar.
Police-sergeant Emerson, 9 V, stated that after the
prisoner was brought to the station he went to Mr.
Coo-pees house, and upon searching the room where the
prisoner slept he found the small portmanteau produced,
and in it another bag of gold dust. lie also found a
belt, for securing under the clothes, with braces attached.
This belt. which was shout sight 1-0.. a, —us
stitched at intervals of about two inches, and each inter-
stice was filled with gold dust. It would appear that
the prisoner conveyed the gold ashore by means of this
belt. The prisoner identified the trunk at the station,
and said the gold dust found was the remainder of the
load. Prosecutor asked prisoner if he had any more,
and he said no. There was altogether 1,600 ounces.
In answer to a question from the bench, the prose-
cutor said there were different freights of gold dust, anti
it all appeared to have been missed together. Some
was consigned to a house at Bristol, and part to a house
in London.
The prisoner said the gold dust was originally in
small boxes; he broke these open and destroyed them,
and afterwards mixed the dust altogether and put it in
the bags as it now was.
The prosecutor said the value of the gold dust pro-
duced would be about 6,4001., at 31. 17s. per ounce. He
expected the vessel round by Monday. He trusted that
the gold would be delivered up to him, as he wished to
deposit it in the bullion office of the Bank of England.
The cheque was also due that day, and should be
cashed.
Mr. Beadon thought otherwise; it was at present a
very grave question, whether the Messrs. Emanuel,
who had given that cheque, had given fair value for
the gold; if they had not done so, and prosecutor con-
verted their cheque into cash, ho would be a consenting
party to tho sale, and would not be able to recover from
them afterwards.
Mr. Beadon addressed the prisoner, saying—You
have no gentleman present to defend you, and, there-
fore, it is my duty to caution you. You are at liberty
now to state anything you please.
Prisoner—l sold sixty ounces to Emanuel. I re-
ceived 60s. per ounce for one lot, and 655. for another
lot. He weighed it and tested it, and asked no ques-
tions. I also sold him some doubloons, which were part
of the consignment.
Mr. Beadon said he should remand the prisoner to a
future day. The gold would be deposited in the bullion
office, and he should advise the prosecutor to proceed
immediately to Portsmouth, and obtain a warrant to
search Emanuel's house.
The prisoner was then remanded.

ABOLITION of the INCOME-TAX.
HULL, MARCH 6.—A meeting was held this day in
the Town Hall, "to petition against rating to the
income-tax, incomes derived from personal exertions
after the same rate as those derived from realised
capital."
The meeting cas convened on the requisition of about
one hundred and seventy signatures, comprised of
clergymen of the Church of England, and other
religious bodies, lawyers, surgeons, merchants,
tradesmen, and others. The worshipful the Mayor
occupied the chair. When the importance of the subject
is taken into consideration, the numerous and highly-
influential names that were attached to the requisition,
the paucity of the meeting is surprising—not more than
one hundred and fifty persons being present, and not
above one-third of those payers of the tax.
The apathy in a population of nearly eighty thousand
is scarcely to be accounted for, except by the patience
with which John Bull submits to his burdens.
The usual petition was adopted pro forma, and in
dead silence, the principal speakers being persons who
figured at a recent peace meeting, held in the town.
After the business of the meeting had been disposed
of, the Mayor called upon the town clerk to read a letter
from M. T. Baines, Esq., one of the members for the
borough, which set forth that he had voted in the mino-
rity with Mr. Horsman on the income-tax, and his in-
tention to support Mr. Humes amendment to restrict its
operation to ono year.
After the letter had been read a vote of thanks was
moved by the Chairman to Mr. Baines, for his attention
and services in the House of Commons. This, as might
have been expected, met with considerable opposition,
many thinking it not only premature, hut not in ac-
cordance with the object of the meeting, and also a
reflection upon the other highly-esteemed Member,
James Clay, Esq., who has shown every attention to the
business of the borough, and whose vote is recorded in
The Sun of Saturday, along with Mr. Baines.'
During the altercation which took place, a person
connected with the press boldly stated that he had a
letter from Mr. Clay, stating his regret that ho had ac-
cidentally been shut out from the division, which, how-
ever, was received with no little incredulity, the letter
not being forthcoming to prove the inaccuracy of the
votes of the House as given in The Sun.

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ller Majesty has nominated Lord Dalhousie to be
a Knight of the Thistle, vacant by the death of Earl
Moray.
'We are requested to state that Sir De Lacy Evans
supported Mr. Horsman's amendment against the in-
come-tax as at present assessed, having paired Sir
John M‘Taggart, who was in favour of the Government
measure.
DRURY-LANG TIIEATRE.—Upon our arrival at the
theatre last night, we were informed by a printed bill
that the contemplated equestrian performances were
postponed till this evening, in consequence of the ar-
robgemento Dot being completed.