The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-05 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS._ (THIS DAY.)

4,
CORN EXCIIAN GE-WEDNESDAY.
t The fresh arrivals of English Wheat for our market
since Monday have been on a moderate scale; yet the
at barely the late reduction in the
show of samples today exceeded the wants of the mil-
lers. All kinds of Wheat of home produce experienced
a very dull inquiry,Quotations. The best parcels of foreign Wheat were
field at full prices, but the middling and inferior kinds
ruled extremely dull, and were somewhat easier to pur.
chase. In Barley next to nothing was doing; yet the
factors wero not disposed to give way in price.
The Malt trade was heavy, and the quota-
tions must be considered somewhat easier. For
all kinds of Oats we
quiry, at barely stationary prices. Beans, Peas, and
Indian Corn were almost nominal in value. Inferior
foreign Flour was excessively dull; but the best parcels
of English supported late rates.
have to report a very dull in-
whom AllitiyALs•
~.„•1 Oats. 1 Flour.
English •••• • • 1,080 r... liftr.—' . 240 qrs. 1 730 sks•
I
15,220
••
Foreign • • •• • • 5,680
Irish. ........ _ cl—• 2:250 qrs.
0 420 I --

3,0h0
Malt. 2,330 qrS.
Our market toWdaUrrEcHAPEL.
kind of Meat, the demand for which was heavy, on some
what easier terms. Beef, fr 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton,
3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 55 8d to
to 4s 10d; and Pork, 33 8d to 5s per 81bs by the
carcase. Was
ohmeavily suppl
lied with each
6s 10d; Veal, 3s 10d

THE GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND DINNER.—The
anniversary dinner of this excellent institution will take
place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgatc-street, on the
17th instant, Sir E. Bulvier Lytton in the chair, who will
ho supported by Charles Dickens, Esq., Mr. Macreadyt
and a host of dramatic and literary talent, Niho take a
warm iuterest in this institution.
UNIVERSITY Ittroam—lt is understood that a
memorial, already
extensively signed by names of weight
in boil universities, and still in course of signature, will
,itertly bigFrost-ImA to 1<c);:i h.as,:cli praying
th
crown to Issue a commission for inquiry into the stale
and management of the Uniyersities of Oxford and
Cambridge.

VOINEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet.
Sales 2,000 bales. Railway Shares were on the de-
cline still.
The accounts by the Medway steamer from the West
Indies appear to be of a character very different to those
already to hand. There is a good amount of bullion on
board.
The intelligence from Paris does not improve as far
as public confidence is concerned, though very laudable
efforts were making to meet commercial engagements.
The continued rapid decline in the French Funds ap-
pears to be a sad illustration of the apprehensions enter-
tamed.
It is important in these times of despondency to
note the least circumstance upon which the hope of au
improvement may be founded. The following from
M'Nair and Co., of Manchester, is in some respects con-
solatory :
" How long the present state of things will remain it
is beyond the power of man to say. Were peace re-
established in Europe, a return to prosperity would not,
in our opinion, be distant. A knowledge of the state of
our foreign markets, and the improving aspect of the
country trade, where stocks in the hands of dealers are
represented to be very light, induces the expression of this
belief. Within the last week a slightly improved feeling
here has been manifested, attended with a partial resump-
tion of purchases by the Greeks, the absence of whose ope-
rations, from their ordinary magnitude, as intimated in
our last circular, had the effect of increasing the depres-
sion. We may notice, too, that the purchases for the
North American markets hare been of comparatively
trifling character; a fact which with others has caused
March to be the reverse of what it generally is in its
ordinary years, viz, a month of considerable activity."
In the present aspect of political affairs in Europe, a
glance at a Parliamentary return now before us may not
be uninteresting, as showing the extent of our mercan-
tile marine. It appears that on the 31st December,
1814, the number of sailing vessels registered belonging
to the United Kingdom, was 21,067, of 2,391,482 tons,
and 1 steamer of 69 tons. Since then the increase has
been steady and gradual, and on 31st December, 1847,
the number of sailing vessels was 23,381, of 3,114,221
tons, and of steamers 1,028, of 140,132 tons.
The vessels employed in the coasting trade have also
increased ; but no doubt railways have interfered with
them, for in 1845 the tonnage was 10,803,440 tons for
sailing vessels, and 3,728,616 tons for steamers. In
1847 the sailing vessels amounted to 10,316,888 tons,
and the steamers to 3,902,916 tons.
No alteration is to be noted to-day in the price of
wheat.
The Funds are to-day extremely quiet, scarcely any
business being done either for account or money. In
our remarks yesterday as to the state of feeling here,
we intended to say that most parties connected with the
Stock Exchange would rather sell than buy, and that this
rendered the forthcoming settlement the more critical
should a rise occur. The quotations of Consols have
been 841- to Exchequer-bills are up to 355.- and 41s.
prerniutn, being in fact the only outlet for money.
Bank Stock has been 189 to 191. East India Bonds
have been 18s. premium.
The Foreign Securities are very depressed. Spanish
Five per Cents. have been 10 to 10k, and Portuguese
Four per Cents 134 to 14. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been 33 to 34g.
Railway Shares continue flat.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anna 81%%
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 10001 p
Bank Stock for Account 191 189
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/.
Small 34 41p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account ....... 14
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o
Ditto for the Account . lOl4l/2
Ditto Passive Bends 2l/2
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent l7l/2
Ditto for the Account 17%3/4
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21/2 per Cent.,l2 Guild 341/2 33 34
B:TSINESS' DONE IN RAILWAY MAKES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SHANE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3 —

Ayrshire and Galloway
Bclfast and County Down .. 13 .. ~
Birmingham & Oxford June... 20
Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 ... .
Birming., \Vol., & Stour Val. 101.145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshira Junction.. 73/4
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter
D0., Thirds
Buckinghamshire..
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares - 33/4 ..... ...... to

Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead 37% ..... 12
Ditto, Preference ls
Clarence. .. . •7814
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 • •.. to
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 -to
Direct London & Portsmouth 3% —
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% to —.

East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., - -
axd L. & D.
Ditto, 18/., E. &11 lB ......
Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. & H... 3% 3 to
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., d 0....... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d...
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter .... .... ...... ... 12%._ _
Do., New
Eastern Union - 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto., Thirds 13s. 4d — to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10
Ditto, ditto ...... ......-.... 20 ......
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., New Quarters -
East Lincolnshire 16% l 5
Edinburgh And Glasgow 5O — to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% . — to
___

. _
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 .....
Ditto, New B% to
Ditto, New port.. ... ........ 12
Ditto, ditto, New 214 — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81.69.8d... .. to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consolidated 15 -
Great Northern.... .......... ... 13
Do. London & York Eaten. 2%
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% to

Great North of England - 100
Ditto, IN t w 40/
Ditto, New 301.
Ditto, New 15/. ..... ... ...... 61,i...... .
Great Western
Ditto, half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 174 1443/4... to
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Do. New 171
Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. to
Ditte, Thirds 8
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto, Half Shares ....
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
,wich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% — to
...... . .

Ips \ -
Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) 21,4 — ..... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds... lO ......
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 .....
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares .... 38
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ........... VA...—.
Ditto Thirds (Re:. ) ... 10/. 4s
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38
Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole
Do., Nest Riding Union ...41. 2a..... 3IA dis to
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ......
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 — to
Leeds and Bradtord 6O .....

Leeds Dewsbury, & Manches. 421/
to

. _
Do., Half Shares
Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — ...... to
Leeds and Thirsk ...- ... ..... 40
Ditto, New - ..... .. 22%. ....
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 Vg. •••• ..•••• to
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction.... 2% to
London le Blackwall ...131.65. 8d 4% to
Ditto New, No. 2 5l. 13s. 4d.... ... .. to
Do. Extension
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9
De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 •• •••
_ _

kindon'and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference .........181 17s 2d...
London & North We5tern.....100...125 124 124tA, to 124
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 -
Do. New
Do. Fifths
Do. 401. Shares L. &M. 20
Do. 101.... M. and B. (A.) 71/2. ....
Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 71/2 to
Do. 101. M. -id B. (C.) 1

io. ..... . _. am _.. 3',4...—. to
London and S. Western....... 50 4312.••,,. to
Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 37% ...... to
Ditto, New 40/...—....... 3O
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50
...... to --
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditte,Thirds ... ............10
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1%
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27-I,i ......
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 . ..
...
Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
......
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 „....
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto Ifil Shares (No. 1) ... 13
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 7IA ......
Do., New 101. Preference.. 74 7%
..... . to
Ditto Grimsby ... 25
Ditto, ditto. ......••„••...... 7
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 7%......
Ditto, Grimsby Dock ..... PIA — to
Ditto, Man. & Lim Union 41. 2•....
M. A 11CLPStUr all,'. inUthalni)tOn - ~.i ,
.. ' " to ...."".
Al ithand 100
Ditto, Congo!. Preference...100
Ditto, 501. Shama..,.. ..•... 16

Midlrrid, Birm., and Derby...loo
Midland, Consol. Bristol and

Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 1134....— to
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36
Ditto ditto 11/. 3e.6d. ...... to
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 35
Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6

per cent. guar.
Newcastle and Carlisle
Ditto Quarter Shares
Newmarket and Chestertora 181/2 to
Ditto Extension -
Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 ..... -to
Norfolk
Ditto New 20/.
Ditto Extension
Do. Guaranteed 51/2 per ct. 5 ..
De. Scrip, :847, N. of Norflk 2
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 - .. to
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Nswry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor
Sorthern Counties Union l4
North British
Ditto lislf Shares 12% — ...... to
Do. Quarters 5%...... .. to •-.
Ditto. Extension 64 —
Ditto Thirds ... -.... 3 ...... 1% to
North and South-Western... 2
North Staffordshire
North Wales
North Western
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7 1A...-.
Royston and Hitchin ... 1%......
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland ... ....... .... 22% — ....„ to
Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole 5 ...... . to ....
.'ihrewsbury and Birmingham 7
Ditto. ditto, Class B. 4 -
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. Iti . Miu.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 ... - . ... to
Ditto, Uswestry l4
Ditto (New) 1 -
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref 6 -
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2
Shropshire Union .
South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 -
Ditto, Preference 221/2...... ...... to
South Staffordshire
South Eastern and Dover 33%
Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, New, N 0.2.......
Ditto, New, No. 3 ... 20
Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... .. 7% 3% to
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's St tn. Coal ... . 4
Thames Haven Dock and

-
to

Railway 17% —
law Vale Extension
Vale of Death
Waterford and Kilkenny 1314......
Waterford and Limerick... .. 40 ••• ..
Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw,
and DubUn
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed
Do. do. do. • 25
West Cornwall
Nnitehaven andFurnesa l2 ... .. ..... to -.
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western... . .
Wil ts, Somerset,MVeymouth 30 ...... ...
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 ..... 271414
Do. Exten.lio. 1 ( Y. &N.) 15
Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 ..... 9% to
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... .. 7%A to
York and North Midland .. 50 ...... ....
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and Westßiding
Extension ... .. ......
FOREIGN
Boulogne and Amiens
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon)
Central of Spain
Ceylon ,.. ss.
Demerara.
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... ~
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian . 114
Great Indian Peninsular
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1
Louvain it la Sambre
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted)
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege l6— • .. to
Northern of France. lO ...... 24% ..• to
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Issel 4l3s 4d - ...... to
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans.... 2O
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 ......
Rouen and Havre 20
Sambre and Meuse 2O
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14
Tours & Nantes .... 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Landau,
and Hassell ... ... .. 16 ..... ...... to

25
RAILWAYS.

20 %... to

6 ......

West Flanders Bth ....,
. _
-
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia -
British North American .... 50
Colonial -
Commercial of London
Lendon Joint Stock , lO
London and Westminster... 20 ...... 20% to 20
National Provincial of Engld. 35
Ditto, New
National of Ireland 22% — ..... to
Provincial of Ireland

Ditto, New
Union of Australia

Ditto, New 21,12 —
Union of London .. 10
Union of Madrid

MINES.

Anglo /lexicon 100
Asturian Mining Company... 12 ......
Australian ...
Blaenoryon Iron and Coal ... 50
Bolatos Scrip -
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24 -
4ialvanized Iron
Ditto, New
Real del Monte, Unregistered ... 1 V,.. to
Do. Black Debentures —

COURSE OF
Amstenlam •.. 12 7}4
Ditto, at sight • •
Rottcidaqi ...• •• .
Antwerp.. ••
ilamburgh ......M.B.
Sitona .......... • • ••
Bads, 3 days' sight .. •• 2,7 70

11arscilles ••••••• • • • ••
Boarticaux .... ••• • . • •
Frankfort on Maine....
Petersburgh, Sii. Ririe
.... • • • • •• • • • • ••
Vienna, effee. flo • • • . •.
Trlexte, ditto.... • •
Madrid • • .. • •........
Barcelona