The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-10 00:00:00

mina, in which the Sicilians obtained the advantage
over the Swiss.

According to the Piedmontese G Izelte, the authori-
ties of Palermo have demanded an armistice of some
months.

MO Finfi CO!Vii4II474CIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed
firmly. Sales 5,000 bales, including 500 of American
for export ; American realised aid. to sd. per lb. For
ares the market was gloomy, and considerably lower.
There are various ship arrivals to-day,' but the ac-
counts generally are not of later date. The American
advices notice less doing in grain and cotton, but this
was the result as much of a temporary, or presumed
temporary stringency in the money market, as of any
other cause. In reference to public stocks, kc., at New
York, it is stated that
" Government and State securities have been in very
moderate demand during the past few weeks, and the
prospect at present i., that a decline in prices, to a cer-
tain extent, will soon be realised. We base this opinion
upon the fact, that money is becoming scarcer every day,
and its value daily increasing. The amount of Govern-
ment stock upon the market is more than it can bear,
and unless it is relieved it will be impossible to sustain
prices. The advices received by the last steamer from
London, relative to the negotiation of a loan upon the
hypothecation of United States Six per Cent. Stock,
have not had a very favourable influence upon
these securities, and it is the universal im-
pression in the street, that in the event
of the required loan not being made, Treasury notes
will sink below par. If the loan is obtained, money will
be plentier, and the market relieved, and if it is not ob-
tained, Treasury notes will, without doubt, fall below
par, and the market be relieved by arresting the drain of
specie to pay into the independeut treasury, as these
notes will be purchased for payment into the Custom-
house, and take the place of the precious metals. There
is, therefore, a probability of improvement in the
Money-market."
The Canadian accounts are interesting. The Quebec
Gazette, in reply to some remarks that have appeared
under this head, and were furnished by a corre-
spondent, denies that there is any French Canadian Go-
vernment in existence, or that any French party is in
power. When Mr. Lafontaine came into power
it was through election by a constituency of Bri-
tish birth or descent in Upper Canada, where
very- few French are to be found, and he has
ever since, says the Quebec Gazette, adhered
to Mr. Baldwin and his political party. At the last gene-
ral election, Mr. Lafontaine was returned by a combined
vote of the British and French electors of the capital city
of the province. If there existed a French party in the
Government, it could only be a small minority, and there
are but four of French origin in the present Administra-
tion, while eight are British, and with respect to Lord
Elgin's being so much controlled as to be unable to in-
vite to his table any one who might be objectionable to
the French Canadians, the editor of the Gazette says
(which, by the bye, is not a denial) that he never heard
any instance of the kind. The Government, it is added,
is simply unpopular with some of the papers, and its
financial :difficulties were bequeathed to it by its pre-
decessors. The Toronto Globe considers the issue of
debentures to have succeeded well, but the Gazette
admits that upon this subject opinions in the province
were divided.
By an arrival from New Zealand we have dates of
April 19, from Wellington, and April 8, from Nelson.
The arrangements were in active progress for settling
the Otakon district, and its colonization was expected
to be of great service to the southern parts. At
Wellington, the exchange on London was 2 per cent.
premium, and freight was 6/.
There was a re-selection of town acres going on at
Nelson under the last arrangement between the New
Zealand Company and their purchasers.
From Auckland the dates are April 9. The mur-
derers of Lieutenant Snow and family were still undis-
covered.
The English Funds have further declined to-day, and,
after the long pause, there is more activity, with an ap-
parent inclination to press sales. There are various
reasons assigned. Foremost is the railway panic which
compels, it is contended, the realization of assets by certain
parties who have made advances upon shares. We shall
not feed the morbid taste for excitement which points
invidiously first at one individual or company, and then
at another, as being "in difficulties," simply bec,use
such notices can do no good, and must do much harm.
A fall of k or 1 per cent. in these times can readily be
explained on tangible grounds, without mere speculators
inventing causes, or magnifying sales made in the way
of business into embarrassment felt by any instl-
tution. The knowledge that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer has stock to sell, that the
election for President in France will solve a mo-
mentous problem, and that the pacification of Italy
has yet to be accomplished, are all accessory, if not
prime causes that weigh heavily against the abundance
of money in the bankers' hands (never great probably).
and against the comparatively satisfactory revenue re-
turn promised this evening. Consols opened at 851
have been down to 851 4, and are now about 85-1 I.
Exchequer-bills are 30s. to 335. premium.
The Foreign Bonds have been very dull. Spaniah
Five per Cents. have been 11f to i; Mexican 18i to
Equador 2; and Belgian Four-and-a- Half per Cents. 72
In the Railway Share Market there is less excite.
ment, but no improvement in prices. The tone is, per
haps, a little better; but we tear that there are stil
sellers hovering over the market to take advantage o
any rally. Some parties are trying the Liverpoo
market.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 8534144%
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 21/d.
March. June.
1,0001.
5001 33 35 p
Small 33 35 p 31 35 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds 2
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent IB%IA
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o
Ditto for the Account ....... 1116
Ditto Passive Bonds
Ditto Deferred
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41,4 per Cent
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. rem. Pea SHARE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 41.4 —
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 17 4 ....
Birmingham & Oxford June... 20
Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 . .
Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... to
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction..
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
to
Bristol and Exeter . B—
s Thirds ••• ..... ••. 25
Buckinghamshire..
Caledonian
50 ..... 1778...... to
Ditto, Half Shares ... 834
Ditto, New 101. Preference 2% 3/4
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and H01yhead......... 471/ —
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 514 to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 30
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20
East Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
and L. & D
Ditto, 18/., E. & H
Ditto, 31. 103., E. & H... 3% — to --

jeastern Counties
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 7% to
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... to
Do., do N0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... ...... to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do., Quarter 12%.„ ..
Do., New
Eastern Union, Claus A. (late
E. U. Shares) ...... ... •• 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 .•
Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 17% — to
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10
Ditto, ditto
Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — to
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ... 9l
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% to
Edinburgh and Northern ... 23
Ditto, New ..... ... ..... ...... 614 — ...... to
Ditto, New port - 13
Ditto, ditto, New 33% — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to
Glasg.;.Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6s.Bd — ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consolidated 15 ..-. -
Great Northern.... .......... ... 17 3 3% 2% to 314
Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 2 %
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% 2l .... .to 20%
Great North of England 100 223
Ditto, New 401
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, I,ew 301.
Ditto, New 151-- - .... ..... 14 ...... .
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares 5O 42% 42 to 43
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths 20
Do. New 171
Huddersfield and Manchester 28 .. -.— -
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby 6O
Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ...- —
Ditto, Quarter Shares . 12% — to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do.,Thirds. ...
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 .....
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares - 43
Ditto Quarters 17% — to
Ditto Fifths - ... to 3
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6;ii
Ditto Thirds (Reg.)
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43
Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 43
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,

and Goole
Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... .
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... 34% to
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% l 3
Leeds and Bradford 5O .. ...
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 50
Do., Half Shares
Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 2S .... um, tic 0.1

Leeds and Thlrsk ...—... ...... 50 -
Ditto, New ..... . ...... 30 . ...... to
Do. ,do., Prefer., 6 yer Cent. 31/.. ...... to —..
Liverpool. Crosby, and Bout h-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester. and
Newcastle Junction 2l/ — ..... to
London k Blackwall ......131. 6s. 8d
Do. Extension
.

Lund., Bright., Sz South Coast 50— 251/ 25 to 254
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9
to
to .
Do. Pret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50

Ditto, ditto : 1852 50 .. to

Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 ......
...
.. to
I ondon and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... ...
.. to
Ditto Preference
18/ 17s 2d... ...... to
f,ondon & North Western.....loo ...104 ...... to 102
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22
Dl. New
Do. Fifths
Do. 40i. Shares... ..L. & M 25 — to

Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... .
Do. 10!. .. M. and B. (13.) 9 .....

Do. 10/,

and B. (C.)
_1

London and S. W estern ....... 50
Ditto, New 501........ - ..... 42%
Ditto, New 404 ......... .. .. 34
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ......
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditto. Thirds 11/. 135.4 d ...Pis% dia. to
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref.
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
5 per Ct. on Calls .....1/. 13s. 4d....
Landon, Salisbury, & Yeovil
_. 114 —
--- - . ..•

Londonderry and Coleraine... 271
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.... 8 ...... _
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 4
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto IA Shares(No. 1) ... 18 ......
Ditto, ditto (No. 2)
Ditto, % Shares (No. 3 )... 10
Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 .., ~
Ditto Grimsby 35 — to
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto ... .....
to
Ditto Sheffield and Line. 12%.,„..
Ditto, Grimsby Dock 17% — to
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2L ...
Nlidland .....
Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo
Ditto, 50/. Shares , .... ...... 20
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. 52
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... ..
Ditto ditto 14/. 18s. ..
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... .
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 42% — to
Middiesbro' and Reclean 6
per cent. guar.
Newcastle and Carlisle , 100 ---
Ditto Quarter Shares
N ewmarket

Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s
N 1( Abr \cl Ileref. 6 --

Newport _ Jergy., anL
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor ...... .........,.... 20
Norfolk
Ditto New 20/.
Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20
Do. Guaranteed 51/s per ct. 5 ..
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Northern Counties Unien ... 4
North British
Ditto Half Shares-- ..... 121,! 63/ ... .. to
Do. Quarters 61,4
Ditto, Extension ...... .... . . 543 —
Ditto Thirds... ......... ...... 84 ...... 4%.
North and South-Western... 2 .. .. ..
North Staffordshire... .. ...... 15 ...... 7%% to
North Wales 3% ....• • •••• to
North Western . 10
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Read' Guildfd., & R lte 10 -

~eading,Guildtd., ...eiga, ...... to
Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1%......
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25
Ditto, New... 171,4 —
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole 71,! — ...... to
Do. do. (South Div.) 5 ....~
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 - to
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W . Min.)
Ditto Halves. Ditto... 8 ...
Ditto, Oswestry
Ditto ,New) 1
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref.. 10
Shropshire Union...
South Devon
Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25
South Staffordshire.... 51,4 -
South Eastern
Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, New, No. 2
Ditto, New, No. 3

, .
Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole
Swans. and Loughor and. Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 6
Taw Vale Extension
Thames Haven Dock and

Railway 171,4 --
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 1711......
Waterford and Limerick..... 45 ... .. to
Waterford,Waxford,Wieklw,
and Dublin - •••• • to --
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do. ..... ... 9 ...
West Cornwall
West London....
Ditto, First Class 2O
Ditto, Second Class 2O ..—.. ...... to
Xhitehaven and Furness l3 ... ..
Windsor, Staines, and South

Western 9l, - -
Wilts, Somerset,& Weymouth 40 ...... 2034 .. -
fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 .. .. 22% to 2134
Do. Original New & Beeck 25 ...... 22 -
Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 -
Do. do. No. 2, New:& B. 15 - to -
Do. G. N. E. Fur. or Pref. 8
York and North Midland _ 50
Ditto, Preference -
Ditto East and West Riding
25
Ex tension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS. .... to
Anglo Italian (late Italian
and Austrian - to -
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... - -
Central of France ( Orleans •
and Vierzon) - to -
% - to -
Ceylon
Demerara............ 12,4..... - -
Dendre Valley - to -
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . -
Dutch Rhenish -
East Indian - . to
Great Indian Peninsular IA
Louvain ala Sambre ..... .... 7% - ...... to -
Luxembourg - ..... to -
Madrid and Valentia . 2 - • to -...
Namur and Liege 2O -
Northern of France l2 ...... 6 ...... to
Orleans and Bordeaux ...
Paris and Lyons -
Do. Do. - ••• .. to .....
Paris and Orleans-- 2O
Paris and Rouen .. -
Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 9 - ...... to
....
Rouen and Havre ... 20 ...... - ...... to --
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale l4 ..... -- ..... to -.
Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... • 9 ...... -- ...... to ....
Tournay, Jurbise, Landen,
and Hasselt ..... .. 20 ...... -_
..... to _
West Flanders 8%...,, ......
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia - ...... to --
British North American -
„.... to _
Colonial - • •• to -..
Commercial of London - ...... to .....
London Joint Stock ...- ..... 16 - -
London and Westminster... 20 -
to -.
National Provincial of Engld. 85 - -
Ditto, New
National of Ireland - ...... 22% - ... .. to -
Provincial of Ireland
..... to --
Ditto, New lO ..... 14;4.... to -
Union of Australia 25 -• ..... to -
Ditto, New 2% - to -
Union of London ....... . ...... 10 - ..... to -
Union of Madrid 4O - ...... to -
MINES.
Anglo Mexican lOO - to -
Asturian Mining Company... 13 ...... -- to -
Australian 2IA ...... to -
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 504 ••••••
-, ••••« to -
Bolatios Scrip - - to --
British Iron . l2 - ..... to --
Brazilian Imperial .... .. ... 24% - ..... to -
Ditto Cocae4 and Cuiaba... SO - ... .. to -
Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 .• ••• - -
Cobre Copper "• 40 - •••••• to -
General Mining ... ...... ...... 20 - ...... to -
Real del Monte, Unregistered - -..- .. ... to -
Do. Black Debentures - - -
- .. to -
Do. Red Debentures ..... .... ....
to Santiago de Cuba. .............. 10 • - - - to -
United Mexican ....... 28% - ... -to -

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, OCT. 10.—Wind, W.S.W., moderate breeze
and cloudy.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 9.—The Henry Dubignan, Cullen,
for Liverpool, put back to Savannah, 16th ult., leaky.
The St. James, from Savannah to Liverpool, put into
Boston, 24th ult., leaky, and with captain, second-mate,
and six of the crew laid up with fever. The Morris, for
Cork, put back to Halifax, 27th ult., leaky, &c. The
Enterprize, from Dublin to New York, put into Lunen-
burg, 24th ult., with loss of top-masts, &c. The Peel's
One, from Hull to Richibucto, struck on Cape North,
C. 8.,. 18th ult., fourteen persons drowned. The Age-
none, Hicks, from St. Andrews and Eastport to Liver-
pool, put into Halifax, 29th ult„ leaky. The Icarus, for
Cowes, :put back to Rio Janeiro previous to the 16th
of August, with part of cargo thrown overboard.
Bth. Arrd. Balfour, Bombay; Creole, Buenos Ayres.
Sealby, Laguna ; Abbot, Lord, Mobile ; Mississippi;
Baltimore ; Helen, M`Caw, Philadelphia ; St,
George, ditto ; Boston, ditto ; Harriet, St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Elizabeth, Pugwash ; Brothers, ditto;
Sarah Parker, Prince Edward's Island ; Princess Alice,
Quebec ; Mary, Newfoundland ; Cara, ditto. 9th.—
Cressida, Calcutta ; Pakenham, Bombay ; Elizabeth,
New Orleans ; Europa (steamer), New York, left 27th
ult., and from Halifax 30th, with 50,000 dollars cn
freight Jane, St. John's, New Brunswick, sailed sth ;
Mary Jones, Buenos Ayres ; Ann Mary, Cape of Good
Hope ; Paulina, Boston ; Recorder, Calcutta ; Royalist,
Rio Janeiro ; Rhodes, Savannah ; Persian, ditto. Off
port, 9th, Charlotte, St. John's, New Brunswick, and
sailed for Belfast ; Isis, Bella Portena, and Parton.
DEAL, OCT. 9.—Wind S.W., squally.—Atrd. Will
Watch, Sydney, New South Wales ; Sooloo Batavia;
Wild Irish Girl, Batavia, and both sailed for iotterdam;
Ainestia, Batavia, and &ailed for 414asterdaroi