The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-25 00:00:00

ACCOUCIIEMENT

HER MAJESTY.

BIRTH OF A PRINCESS.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 25, 1846.
This afternoon, at 3 o'clock, the Queea was safely de
vered of a PRINCESS.

In the room with her Majesty were his Royal
lighness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the

monthly nurse ; and in the rooms adjoining were the

other medical attendants, Sir James Clark and Dr,

Ferguson, and also her Royal Highness the Duchess o

Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Queen, and the
Ministers and Officers of State, summoned on the

occasion.

The Privy Councillors present were the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Duke
of Buccleuch, the Earl of liaddington, Sir

Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, Mr. Secretary Glad

stone, the Eatl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the

Earl of Jersey, the Lord Chancellor, and the Duke of

Wellington.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present
were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, the Earl of Staf-
ford, and Earl Stanhope.

rimi.us V. THE RATCLIFFE GAS COMPANY.
The arguments in this part-heard appeal were resumed,
and occupied their Lordships the whole morning.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
The Master of the Rolls was occupied the whale day with
motions and petitions. No case calling for a particular
report came before his Lordship in the course of the morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
THE DUKE OF LEEDS V. EARL AMHERST.
His HONOUR gave judgment in this case to-day, declaring
that the assets of the late Duke of Leeds were answerable for
the equitable waste that had been committed. The case
occupied the Court some days in argument a short time ago,
at which period we gave a short outline of the facts.
THE ATTORNEY. GENERAL V. THE EARL ON DEVON.
The further arguments in this part-heard case, the ques-
tion in which relates to the management of the Tiverton
school,, were resumed, and occupied the Court the whole day.
We have already given a detailed account of the facts.
The Vice-Chancellors KNIGHT BRUCE and WIGRAM were
occupied the whole morning with causes of no interest.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Oram' about 25 years of age, porter, was charged
with stabbing a female named Elizabeth. Norton, under the
following circumstances
Between ten and eleven o'clock on Saturday night last,
the prisoner and the injured woman were drinking together
in the :tap-roni of the City of Hereford public-house, in
Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square. Norton was intoxicated,
and a violent altercation ensued between them, in the course
of which she struck the prisoner twice in the face, making
use at the time of very abusive and provoking language. On
the prisoner recovering the second blow, he rushed and
closed with Norton • they struggled for an instant or two,
and then Norton called out that she was stabbed; blood was
directly afterwards seen streaming from a wound on her left
side. She shortly became insensible, and afterbeing removed
to a chemist's in the neighbourhood she was conveyed to
Middlesex Hospital. In the interim the prisoner effected his
escape from the pubic-house, and absconder' from the neigh-
bourhood. However, police-constable J olin Manning,
No. 86, of the E division, succeed 4 d in tracing
him out, and between eight and nine o'clo.'k last evening
apprehended him, concealed in a water-close t, in Granby-
place, Waterloo-road, Lambeth. Norton is about fifty ye.rs
of age, a married woman, an, c 1 the mother of several children
now living. For several years past she had cohabited with
the prisoner.
Inspector Clements, of the E division,
handed to Mr.
Maltby a certificate from the Hospital, of the woman being
confined there from the effects of a stab of a. eery severe
nature in the left side, as to the probable result. of which no
opinien could at present be formed. The wound was between
two and three inches in depth.
Mr. Ma.nrey
asked if theprisoner wished tot. Uy anything
in the present stage of the proceedings? Tto, prisoner, Tektn
p

seemed fully conscious of the very serious situation that he had
placed himself in, said, on the woman striking him a second
time, he made a rush towards her, having a knife in his
hand, with which they had been eating. their supper; how
the wound was inflicted he was not conscious. Here he burst
into tears.
Mr. MALTBY remanded him until Thursday.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was again
heavy, and prices were I,Bd. per lb. lower. The sales were
30,000 to 40,000 bales, including 800 for export and on specu-
lation. Shares were dull.

The result of the meeting held at Lansdowne House on
Saturday afternoon, at which between seventy and eighty
Whig Members of the Upper House were present, and at
which it was unanimously resolved to support the Corn Bill
of Sir R. Peel, without any amendments whatever, has been
the subject of universal conversation in all leading
circles this morning. Congratulations have passed that
this great measure may be now considered as be-
yond the chances of defeat. Parties unconnected with
trade or commerce know little of the impediments
which have been placed upon the interchange of
commodities by the protracted debates in the House of Com-
mons, and fervently is it hoped that in the House of Lords
the decision may be " speedy and soon," as the late Sir
William Curtis was in the habit of desiring business to be
transacted. The current rumour is that the Duke of
Wellington has still proxies at his disposal on Conservative
grounds, amounting to 70 or 75. Adding to these the
Whig Members of the House of Lords, who met Lord
Lansdowne on Saturday afternoon, and who agreed to take
t: e measure, there can be little doubt that the Bill is safe,
and that following in the wake of the long period
of depression there will be a degree of anima-
tion in the trade of the country, which has
not been witnessed for many years past. 'The quotations of
the public securities are too high to permit of any material
advance, even were the Corn Bill passed; besides which, it
is certain that money will be required very extensively for
fresh commercial operations, should the Lords not reject the
Bill.

A document arrived by the last mail from Canada, and to
which publicity has been given this morning, signed by Earl
Cathcart, and addressed to the Colonial Secretary. Upon
the face of the document the opinions expressed by Earl
Cathcart, savours strongly of the Richmond and Bentinck
policy, i. e., protection. Very broad assertions are made
by the Representative of her Majesty in Canada that the
alterations in the corn- laWs will not only destroy the carry-
ing trade between this country and the colony, but that it
may even tend to alienation of the people there, and
lead to annexation with the United States. But few
of the merchants here—ultra-Tories they are—have any faith
in results such as predicted. On the contrary, the mass of
merchants believe that all parties would be benefited by the
corn-law question being settled, as then fair competition
would be induced, and the resources of our own colonies
brought more prominently forward.
There have been several commercial arrivals to-day; but
they are singularly barren of information, excepting to parties
interested. The trade of the port of London is at present ex-
tremely brisk, as far as respects the warehousing of all sorts
of produce that has arrived from colonial or foreign ports.
The Public Securities have been rather firm this morning,
but there has not been any considerable amount of business
transacted. Cash is more in request than it was a week back.
The payment into the Treasury and the Bank of England
on account of duties are daily on the increase, and
this will for a time, at least, tend to make the money
market rather tight. Consols for the Account have advanced
this morning to 961,4 %, and for Money 963 A. Exchequer-
bills have fluctuated from 17s. to 225. premium. India Bonds
are at 30s. premium, and Back Stock at 205%.
The only bargains in the Foreign Bonds have been in
Mexican, at 31% 34 ; in the Deferred, at 171,4 3/4 ; in Peru-
vian, at 391,1 ; in Spanish, at 241 ; in the Three per Cents.,
at 37%; and Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates were in re-
quest at 91%.
The Railway Shares still continue heavy. There are now
some hopes that the large amount in the hands of the Ac-
countant. General in Chancery, deposited on account of rail-
way projects, will soon be returned into circulation. Orders
were given in the Vice-Chancellor's Court on Saturday last
for paying out deposits upon ten or eleven schemes, the pro-
moters of which have not complied with the standing orders.
BRITISU FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .• • • .. • . 205% 205%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95 % 95%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% % 96%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 9718% 97%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 10 3-16
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. • • .. .. 30
Ditto, under 1,0001. .. • . .. 25
Consols for Account .. 96% %
India Stock for Account .. 266
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 114 d.
1,0001... .... 22 17 pm. 17
5001. .... 22 —— pm. 22
Ditto. Small .... 22 —— pm. 2'2
Ditto, Advertised •• • • 20 15 19 pm. 19
ONE CLOSIN(
O'CLOCK. PRICES,

96%
266

FOREIGN FUNDS. _ _
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. 31% % 31%
Ditte, Small .. 31%
Ditto, Deferred - 17% % 17%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. 39% 39%
-Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24% 24%
Ditto, for the Account .. 24% 24%
Ditte, Three per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account 37% 37%
Dividends on the above payable London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 92
PRICES OF BUSINESS
CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT
Aberdeen ..
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
.. • • .. .. 10 .... 4% .....• • • 4
Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .... ••.•• • • • .. 125
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 ....
Caledonian .. •• 10 • .... 11% 11%
Ditto, Half Shares .. .... 1% % • • 1%
Ditto, Extension .. .... 1% ..........
Cambridge and Oxford.. .. 1% .... % 1 •.
I
Chester and Holyhead .. 22% .... 21% • 21%
Derby and Crewe .. 254-- 6 5% ....... 544
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2%.... %........
Direct Northern
Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 23 4 .......• 23%
Ditto New 8/. 165..... 7 p.... .... 7 p
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d. .... • ..... e p
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. .... •• • • % p
Ditto, York Extension .. 1 % ..... 1%
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... ..........
Ditto Shares .. . 12% .... 18 18
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. ....
Goole, Doncast., and sheffield, &c. 425. • • 14 dis.
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) I% ....... 1
Great Western .. .. 85 ....145 .......... 145
Ditto Half shares .. 50 .... 83 .......... 83
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... •• .. 16%
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 32% 333 .... 333
Leicester and Birmingham .. 225. .... 3,/s di5....... dis
Leicester and Bedford .......... 225. .... 4 p par.... par
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. .... di5....... dl.
Liverp., Manch., & .Ncwc. Janet. 2% 2 .......... 2
London an _t Birmingham . • .100 .. • .227 .......... 227
Ditto Thirds .. .. 24 .... 62 •62
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. ..........
Ditto, New .. .. •• 2% ... • 3%....
London and Brighton .. 50 .... 64% 65% .. 65 4
London and Croydon .. .. 13/. Iss. 9d. 22% .......... 22%
London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. 78 . ........ 78
Ditto, New . 17%.... 28% ....... 29U
London and York .. . • .. 2% ......... 2%
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil • • 2% .. • • 2
Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 . .
Ditto Extension 425..... 23% p . . 2% p
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 8030 .... • • ...• 80%
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • • % p••• • • • %
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1%
Midla-kd ..100 ....149 148........ 148

Ditto, New .; 18 .. .• 3134 3014 •• • • 301 i
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 .... .......... 120
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 4332 44 ••• • .. 41
Ditto, New . 1 .... 914 • • ........
gib
Newcastle and Berwick .• 15 •• • • 24.14% 25% •• 25
Norfolk 20 ...... 251,

Ditto, Half Shares • • • . •• 5 • • • • • .... •• .. 73,4
Ditto, Tenths .. • • .. .. 2 .• .. .. „ . „, , 2"
Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 2 .... „„ „ „
.. 114
North British .. .. • . .. .. 22 y .... 30.2931 •• • • 29.1

North Staffordshire .. .. • • 425... • • 3% % p.....• p
Oxfd.,Worcester,& Wolverlimptu. 12% .... 8%
ss:Dorttitthitso:,
Portsmouth ;Urea • • • • 3% •• • • •• ••• • " "
su. tic Direct Dover Extension •• ••
2114% 21311 :••
: : •.
: : 2
▪ 161/4
C
Ditto New • .. • . • • • • 2% •••• 7% • . • 7
tnraltiir al . . . . .. 10 . 15% g
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 2% 3 ...•
Shropshire Union .. • • .. 423. ... • 114 dis • • .... I dis.
South Midland .. • • .. 425. dis . %d is
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% . • 39% •• • • 32%
Do., New (do. 15/.) .• No. 4. 2%,... • • 234
S!aincs and Richmond
• 34
Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke.. s!i .. 214
.•
.. 114 v 1%
West Riding Union • • • • .. 425. .... 2%14 % p.... 2% P
York arid North Midland .. .. 50 .... •• • • ••• • •
Ditto, Ralf Shares
.. .. 25 48 ••
• • • 48
Ditto, Extension . .• .. 15 .... 32% 33 ....., 33
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten. 1 .. • . 1034 1134 •• • • 11%
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens l2 .... 11% .. •••• • • • 11%
Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2..• • 1 34 ..... ••• • • Iq4
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .. • • 114% •• ..
Central of Spain . • 1,
• • 2 •• • • ••••• • • • • •
Dutch Rhenish .• 6 •• • • —1
• • • • • • • • • • iii
East Indiaa . • • ..• • ss* •• • • ••••• • • • • • 1
•17'
Lyons and Avignon • •
Namur and Liege • • "
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 10% •••• •• .• •• 10%
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5..• • 6, 3,4 •••• • • • • 63,4
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 5%
.. 5
Rouen and Havre . 20 .... 2914 .• 29
34
Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5
West Flanders .. •• 2%
MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered .. , , 3% •• „• , , ,„ • 4

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LoNnorr, MAY 25.—Wind at noon, N.W., light airs and fine.

—..„.
DEAL, MAY 23 AND 24.—Wind Easterly.—Sid. Christina Agatha,
Lop, Batavia; Agnes, Warnken, New Orleans; Bangor, Leighton,
Galveston ; Stad Antwerpen, Groovers, New York ; Rhein, Vera
Cruz. Arrd. 24th, Ferax, Putnam, New York and St. Thomas.
Arrd. from the River, 23d, Crest, Ayres, Ceylon; Benjamin Greene,
Laws, St. Kitt's ; Prince Albert, Sebor, New York; Graham, Que.
bec. Arrd. from the River and dd. 23d, Archer, Larkins, Barbadoes ;
24th, Cygnet, M`Leed, Van Dieman's Land Edward Robinson, Ley-
land, Ascension and Mauritius; Duke of Wellington, Williams, St.
John's, New Brunswick; Archer, M•Lachlin, Barbadoes. •
COWES, MAY 24.—Wind light and variable.—Sld. Shepherdess,
Simpson, Mauritius.
OFF TORBAY, MAY 24.—Wind S.S.W. —Madre, Manila.
PLYMOUTII, MAY 24.—Wind N.—Arrd. Her Majesty's steamer
Terrible, from a cruise, with foremast sprung, ruddtr broken, &c.
BRISTOL, MAY 23.—And. Hornby, Allen, Barbadoes.
SWANSEA, MAY 22.—Arrd. Sarepta, Stephens, Cuba.
CLYDE, MAY 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. 22, Arnisdale, Johnston,
Trinidad; Lyra, Swan, ditto ; Medora, M'Pherson, ditto ; 23, Bril-
liant, Brown, Mobile ; Clutha, Fowler, ditto. Sld. 21, Columbia,
Reid, Miramiehl ; 22, Morning Star, Alderson, Bathurst; 23, Semi-
ramis, Lockheed, Calcutta; Randolph, Campbell, Barbadoes; Lady
Harvey, Miller, Antigua, and Vera Cruz.
OFF SALCOMBE, MAY 24:—Rawlins, Jamaica.

FALMOUTH. AIAY 24.—Wind N. —...trrd. 23d, Zodiac, Heres, Nickerie,
with loss of ilulwarks, boats, sails, &c. ; Ocean Queen, Shaddock,
Swansea, for Malaga, leaky, and with part of cargo thrown over-
board,

PENZANCE, MAY 23.—Wind N.—Sld. 22d, Sylvanus, Roger, New-
foundland.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—Wind N.W., moderate. —Arrd. 23d, Lydia,
Jones, Antigua ; Agnes Jane, Richardson, Galveston ; Ward Chip-
man, Amer, New Orleans; Ann Jeffrey, Carter, ditto; Invincible,
Newman, Cephalonia, and not the Matthew Pierce, as reported yes'
terday. 24th, Carleton, Bance, Miramichl. Sid. 23d, Marquis of
Bute, Bannatyne, Hong-Kong; Vorwarts, Czar, Rio Janeiro; Mar-
mion, Champion, St. Thomas ; Emily, I'endlebury, Africa; A shbur-
ton, Howland, St. John's, N.B. ; Gollah, Slate, Quebec. 24th, Ellen
14ightleld, Fulton, Rio Grande ; Havannah Packet, Roberts, Demo
rata ; St. Vincent, Shepherd, St. Vincent; Miracle, Elliot, New
York ; Kate, Brannagan, Montreal ; Wakona, Pain, Baltimore.
OFF LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—Asia ; Pomades, --.
PORTSMOUTII, MAY 24.—Wind S.S.W. to W.N W.—Sid. 23, Fun-
chal, Freeman, Sierra Leone ; her Majesty's ship Nautilus,
on a cruise.
OFF SwANAGE.—Regina, Forman, Dominica.
NEWPORT MAY 23.—S1d. Ocean Queen, llestop, Grenada.
MILFORD,' MAY 23. Arrd. Sally, Bruce, Sierra Leone.
DUBLIN, MAY 23.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Cingalese, Trinidad.
WATERFORD, MAY 21.—Ski. Ilippocampl, Fortune, St. John's, N.B.
James, Riley, Miramichi.
CoRK, MAY 22.—Wind S., light.—Arrd. Superior, Bell, Valparaiso.
Sld. Horatio, Sampson, Quebec; Arabian, Robertsoinio lnldaurlit
for the
BANTRY, MAY 20.—Arrd William Hutt, Craig,
Clyde, rather leaky, with loss of some sails.
GALWAY, MAY 20. —Sid. Recovery, Moore, Quebec.
BELFAST, MAY 23.—Sid. Sir Colin Campbell, Stewart, New York.
LONGIIOPE, MAY 13. —Arrd. Rolla, Knightly, St. John's, New
Brunswick. Sld. Hero, Quebec ; Jane and Ann, ditto.
SinELDs,w
Brunswick MAY 22.—S1d. Minerva, Quebec ; 23, Pathfinder,Jobn's,Ne St.
fts,New , the Gipsy, of
all
fromcastle
BaMusroioN, MAY 24.—The Hope,
Wilts,
Whitby, and the Eliza and Mary, of lv
laden, got on the rocks off Flantorou 11 the north, coal-
clime off and proctiviti. g geAd *is wornivg, but