The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

S
_ _ _ MAY 2,

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

HAY MAIIICkTS.
SMITHFIELD. —Meadow
ditto, 4/ to 4/ 17s; and Straw,ilaY 13/171:to31111150%
A fair average supply, and a slow trade.
C I:7MRF:/tl.,AND.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 4/ ; Clover
ditto, 4/, to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ I2s per
load. Supply limited, and trade tolerably firm.
W itITECRAPEI..—Meadow Hay,
31 to 31 15s ; Clover,
ditto, 4/ to 51; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ Its per load.
Trade dull, at the ahoy., quotations.
COLONIAL.
S UGA R. —Then. has been a good demand for British
Plantation, about 490 hhds having changed bands at an
a(ivance of about la per cwt. The Fublic sales have
comprised 4.200 bags Mauritius, 8,400 bags Bengal'
and 900 baskets Penang. The Mauritius sold with
tpeCrlolovaeTl,.
,pirit at very full prices, low grey to good yellow at
35s to 38s Gd; but Bengal and Penang brought an ad-
vance of is per cwt. The quantity of British Planta-
tion landed last week at the Est and West India Dccks
Mas 2,030 }Ads, 191 tierces, 418 barrels; there were
taken for home consumption 694 hhds, 51 tierces, 202
barrels. The stock in the same places is 13,020 hhds,
1,249 tierces, 2,160 barrels.
COFFEE.-800 bags Plantation Ceylon and 130 bales
Mocha have been offered by auction, which was all dis•
posed of at a slight improvement in value; Ceylon from
32s 6d to 41s for good ord to low mid, and Mocha at
48s Gd for good clean garbled, with a few lots of fine
long berry at 665.
Rux.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 593 puns 131 hhds; there were
taken for home consumption 163 puns 13 hhds, and ex•
bags Bengal
gushotldios readily ilyandat a extreme
lotsme
i s mid white tre
ported 76 puns 42 hhds. The stock in the same places
is 13,948 puns 2084. hhds.
E
Tilt refraction, being above the present
1
market value.
is 49s 6d to 49s 3d per cwt on the
fur 9 to 11 per c
TALLo w. Y.C.
spot, and Town 525.
TEA--
rates,l
eEr.w IT l,
SA.LTPETRE.-370 bags Bengal were withdrawn at 345.
RICE.-1,360
market is steady, and the deliveries have
rather increased.he

COAL MARKET
Carr's Hartley
Chester Main ]4s 6d
Davison'sWest Hartley 15s Od
Original Tanfield lle 6d
Pontop Windsor .... 12s 6d I
Tanfield Moor
Wylam
Wall's End, &c.
Bewicke and Co.
Framwell Gate 15s Od
Killingworth lss Od
Washington
Lambton Primrose
Belmont lss 9d
Haswell l7s 6d
Hetton

'.--YESTEADAT.

Lambton
Leasingthorne
Shotten
Whitwell
Caradoc
Cassop.. ... ...
Hudson's Hartlepool 165 Od
Heugh Hall
Brown's Deanery
Seymour Tees
Tees
L Anthracite Culm
[ DerwentwaterHartley 14s 6(1
ILlangcnnech 23s 6d
Ships at market...7o.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
(THIS DAY.)
The delegates met this morning at the usual hour.
The business of the assembly was confined to bearing
the reports of the various delegates from the different
towns, giving a description of the social and political
condition of their constituencies, and their determination
with respect to the proceedings of the assembly,
Several of the delegates haring given in their reports,
Mr. M'Grath said they were met for a specific pur-
pose, and he thought the time of the assembly ought not
to be wasted in hearing reports from different parties,
which might better be given in the discussion of the
various questions set down in the programme of the
proceedings. He should, therefore, move that the as-
sembly should proceed at once to the discussion of the
first part in the programme, which was to enable the
assembly to proceed with determination in the business
of the charter.

The proposition met with the most decided opposition,
and was eventually withdrawn.
The proceedings were then resumed, and the assembly
adjourned at the usual hour.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
No betting, the majority of the subscribers having left
For Chester.

CHESTER RACES.

CHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The only bet laid up to this time is 9 to 1 in fifties
agat Peep O'Day Boy; but 1,000 to 30 is offered apt
the Iletman Platoff colt, who is reported to be amiss.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—We have at last arrived at remarkably fine
' weather, and the `Chester Spring Meeting
befit in a very
eting simultane
Ciii4ly. The reportS' about the
hey state are utterly without Z)uunlation, should
this day and to-morrow hold fair, no comp is van i,e
made of the state of the groond.
Thefield for the " Coop".'
is likely to
calculated on, a
be the largest
ever started in -England
or elsewhere
esen t; fromi thirty six
to forty being the number at p
good proof of the fair handicappine of Mr. Tepham, and
the importance attached to this race by betting men.
The following include all that are likely to put in an
appearance :
Pyrrhus the First Peep-o'-day Boy
*lnheritress The Swallow
War Eagle Intrepid
Rattrap Connaught Ranger
Cawroush Rufus
Lightning The Tartar
•Collingwood Montpensier
Tit Bit
Conynglieul
Patriot Maid of Lyme
*Grimston • The Premier
*Lady Wildair *Seleshe
Giselle Magnet
Newcourt Gamester
°Chat Sharston • :- *Ballinafad
*The Widow
*Sir Peter Laurie
Stultz
Bantam Pantomime
Tom Tough *Spectator
r
Whinstone Infringe
•
*Crozier
. Enchanter ' 'Pillage
Mrs. Taft Lady Hylda
*Good Boy
Black Ball
• Sylvan
Maid of My Soul
*Rainbow Colt by Retman
*Sunnyside . Glen Saddel
Those marked with an asterisk are doubtful starters.
In a race of the nature of the Tradesman's Plate,
hardly any running can be taken as a criterion to be
guided by; were they to run this race at Newmarket,
Epsom, or any other course large enough to start them
fairly, side by side, instead of in three or four rows as
at Chester, the result every year would be materially
different: as it is, the Cup is a lottery on a large scale,
anything on the inside of the course, in the front or
second rank, being good enough to win it, although on
other courses that identical animal may have been dis-
tanced by others in the race.
There is certainly one exception to the above rule,
should there be really a racer, such as War Eagle or
Conyngharn among the starters, their superiority is
almost sure to tell upon the field, even if they start in
the last rank, consequently I fully expect to see one or
the other, if not both, placed:—
I consider that Patriot and Rattrap have the Irish
lot safe, and will be found to be the representatives of
that division. Intrepid, with 6st 121 b, and Newcourt
7st 71b, will show the antique division to glory. Of the
four or five years old light weights, Infringe, Stultz, and
the Maid of Lyme, are infinitely the best ; and the
three years old send forth as their champion the colt by
Hetman Platoff. The above is the result of mature con-
sideration, and is founded On the present condition of
the animals, the ground, the peculiar course, and the
temper and capabilities of the nags engaged • The fieldt is remarkably strong this year, yet I fancy the foremost
1 rank will come home something after this style—
War Eagle or Conyngham (War Eagle for choice) I 2 Iletman Platoff colt - ... '• • ::. 3
••• ••• Newcourt . ••• ...
... ..-
- ..
Maid of Lyme
Infringe, Patriot, Intrepid, and the well up. -- - .
The Dee'Stakes, I presume, will end thus:--
Flateatcher ••• '''
1
De Witt ...
Darlington

••• ••• ••• •-•
I am, Sir, your, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Monday Evening,
12 o'clock.

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.—Yesterday afternoon
an examination of candidates for admission into the
theological department of King's College took place in
the college hall, being conducted by the Rev. Dr. Jell,
Principal; the Rey. Frederick Denison Maurice, M.A.,
chaplain of Lincoln's•inn; the Rev. Richard Chenevix
Trench, M.A., chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Oxford;
and the Rev. Dr. M'Caul, rector of St. James's Church,
Doke'e- place. The principal subjects were the Greek
Testament, Grotius de Yeritate, Mosheim's and Burton's
Ecclesiastical History, Paley, and Suroners' (Archbishop
of Canterbury) Evidences of Christianity, and various
Latin and Greek authors.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE, LONDON.—Yesterday this in-
stitution, established for the promotion of female educa-
tion, and for granting certificates of qualification to
governesses, was opened for the reception of pupils, and
the commencement of the lecture classes, which are to
be formed. Two lectures were delivered—one on Na-
tural Philosophy and Astronomy, by the Rev. Mr.
O'Brien, M.A.. Professor of Natural Philosophy and
Astronomy in King's College; and one on Barrion
and Musical Composition, by William Sterndale Ben-
nett, Esq.
CAPTURE Or PRUSSIAN VESSE
—Yesterday intelligence reached fll B,T RN
Lloyd's DANES.
that upwards
wardof fifty Prussian merchantmen bn Haroburgh (sailing
d
cap-
tured by the Danes, and carried into already
behagen. The
steamers plying between Hull and
under the Hamburgh flag),
proceed on their voyages, fearing received orders not to
interruptions from the
Dings in proceeding up

818,

[PRICE 51%

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE,'
The demand for Cotton was lively yesterday in the
Liverpool market. Sales, 6,000 to 7,000 bales. Prices
were fully maintained, and American was in some cases
rather di arer, varying from 30. to sd. per lb. Surat
has been 24d. to :aid. per lb. In the Railway Share
Market a holiday was observed.
The letters from the Continent appear th contain
nothing definite upon the subject of German and Italian
affairs. There seems to be every probability of the
Danish war being vigorously prosecuted, and the greatest
interest is felt to ascertain whether Russia and Sweden
will assist. To the questions which Mr. Urquhart will
this evening put to Lurd Palmerston, upon the subject of
both Spanish and Danish affairs, it is probable that there
will not he a very positive answer given, although some
information may be elicited as ta whether England is
bound by treaty to interfere, should Jutland be invaded.
The Belgian Government intend to charge the Societe
Gitnerale an interest of 3 per cent. upon the allowed
extra issue of 20,000,000 francs.
The following statement respecting the tobacco trade
will be of interest to our commercial readers, as it comes
from the firm of Grant and Hodgson, brokers:—
" We have had an extremely dull, neglected market
said
.notsatioe.a
last month, with an almost general disposition on the
part of manufacturers to contract their purchases: this
state of business has not produced any change in prices,
with the exception of ordinary of some sorts, which we
have quoted at a slight decline. Recent advices from
the United States, have brought improved prices, and
state that considerable business had:been done, and that
quotations were well supported; the statements rela-
tive to a considerably contracted production, and the
emxcaeebdese,aotoio2o
alathedds
very reduced quantity of Kentucky Strips to be made,
upon)
may not be deemed undeserving of attention, when
tatiiiin in connexion with the firmness of our own market
duringduee an unparalleled depreciation of all kinds of pro-
From the provinces the accounts received this MOM-
ing are more f
demand for the eastern
and the prospect of a better
trade, together eastern markets, and a brisker home
.at(slotohbheds.r"elied.
with the more favourable weather for
agricultural operations
mercantile and manufacturing
is likely to infuse some spirit into
The Public
operations.
morning, and since Securities have been. very buoyant this
ters per cent. Saturday,Consols have the advance is three-quar-
transfer and the settling been 82,1 to 834 for present
ranged from 82i- to 83 day. For next time, they have
ceded to, 40s. and 393.
4. The Unfunded Debt has re
Bank Stock is worth fBrBensium, owing to sales made-
been quoted at 20s. to 2qsto 190.
India Bonds have.
Quarter per Cents. have b;.i., The New Three-and-a-
The Foreign Securities beenhazarked 82,i to 82i.
Spanish Five per Cents. have been equally buoyant.
Three per Cents 234. PortugueSe2ll to 134, and the
been quoted 174 to 194. Mexican Four
per Cents, have
16 to 4. Russian Bonds have been 89° to 964 has touched
01
Four per Cents have been 624. If• Dutch
Railway Shares have been influenced bythe
rise,. ;
Stocks, and prices generally range decidedly higher, in
es-
pecially for the old lines.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS
ODAY
ffic al A T ONR O'CLOCK..
(From the List.)
Bank Stock .................... lBB 190
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3l yi
3 per Cent. Consols Anne.. .- ...... ... 83',1', 12% 833...1,
New 314 per Cont. Anna 82%%A3,4'
Long Annuities,'Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 Bl4 7-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 B4l
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 8 ,-16 1,4

. _
India Stock —
22 20
Do. Bonds, 10001
Consols for Account B3 83% 82% 83%14
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/.
5001 4O 43 39 p
Small 4O 43 39 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican'Bonels, 1846, 5 per Cent —
Ditto fur the Account ••. 104 16 16%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent SI
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 3 per Cent 17%
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Small
Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent 90% 89
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Cent
Ditto for the Account 23%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild —
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONr, iN RAILWAY SHARE* AT 01rt, O'CLOCk
ItAnwils. PAID. nil. SHARK.
therdeen
blibm, Notting., Boston, &c 3% k.. _
A,3 rehire and Galloway
3,llast and County Down .. 14% ..
,irillingnam & Oxford .1 unc... 20
13irinniglIam, \Vul., & Dudley 10 ... •
ftraiing., \Vul., & Stour Val. 12/.45, ...
I;irkenlo,ad, Lancwhire, and
Clieshir. Junction ‘ ,4 -;1'
.
JuSti)ll, Stamt., & thrilling... 5
:;rist ol mild Exeter
Du., Thirds

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