The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

.1 aMAY 23, 1848.

coffee. Witness told him that it would not be fit for the
purpose fur three or liar days, but he said he would
have a batch of coffee that night. Mr. Dakin then
went away, and returned shortly afterwards, and in-
quired whether it was ready for , the coffee. Ile
told him it was not, when the deceased again
requested him to get up the heat. Witness accordingly
opened the dampers, which had been previously shut,
and got up the heat to 500 degrees, and afterwards
called the attention of the deceased to the water running
out of the brickwork in consequence of its damp state.
Mr. Dakin said, " Oh! never mind that, it won't hurt."
Re told him at least half a dozen times that it was not
fit to use in the state it was. When the explosion took
place Ur. Dakin was standing by the middle of the
machine, and witness, who was at his side, was knocked
down and rendered insensible. On coming to his
senses he crawled down stairs, and was taken to the
hospital.
The jury adjourned at half-past two to take refresh
merits.

BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD
JUNCTION RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of the shareholders of this company was
called for to-day at, half-past eleven o'clock, at the
King's Arms Inn ,Palace-yard.
At the appointed tine Mr. MATTHEWS took the chair,
and stated that it was necessary to adjourn the meeting
until Friday.
ac cor
Thdinglyis courseadj our wasned. acceded to, and the meeting
was

NEWS DAY.)
HAT ZWAIMETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 15s ; Clover
ditto, 41 to 41 15s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 103 per load.
A moderate supply, and a steady demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 17s; Clover
ditto, 4/ to 41125; and Straw, 1/ 6s to II Ils per load.
Supply rather limited, and trade dull.
W HITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, Si to 3/ 15s ; Clover
ditto,4dlutli, o
at 4 the
ilssa;baonvde
ciSutortaawtioln/5.63 to 1/ lOs per load.
Trade

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO TIIREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was heavy.
Sales 4,500 bales, including 3,500 bales American, at
about previous rates. The imports since last Friday
have been 10,000 bales. In Railway Shares there was
a very limited business, and the market was dull. There
was no alteration in the market, but prices had a ten-
dency to improve.
We have endeavoured carefully to elicit, if possible,
any favourable information that may have come to hand,
either in the papers or in private letters upon the subject
of %Vest India affairs. We regret to state, however,
that there is no improvement in the position of
the colonies further than that the prospects of i
the crops are good, and we fear that there wil
be very little disposition to invest money in the
cultivation of ' estates until mortgagees, non-resident
proprietors, and all have entirely abandoned them.
Men of small capital and industrious habits, determined
like the Cuba planters, to settle for life upon the pro-
perty they buy, may yet have a chance ; and perhaps,
as duties cannot be raised, there may be some concession
' made by lowering them. One thing, it is but fair to
mention by the Sway, viz., that Cuba and the French
colonies are not so prosperous as they were, and that
the slaves are becoming daily more discontented. Thiti is
at least a sign of the 'times, though •it may lead to no
immediate consequences.
a b
IThee
rbeuAn
temhßergroiotclhadenr accounts.
Jonathan.
determined upon
apparentlyfav o ti
to
o-
press forward his staples upon the European markets.
Cotton, corn, and even State Securities we are likely 'to
receivemexfirceaenly,d,
obluiatrtshis doe..s. not avail entirely to
the shipment of specie, for the packet Splendid, for
Haviireet,ifc..adrorli
lead out 465,257 dollars in specie.
Shipments of specie, per Splendid, for Havre:— :
dollars.
. •
German coins 1,050
Doubloons 6,095
English gdld •• ' ::: ....: ...... 18,062 '
120 454
Five Franc-pieces • •
American, gold ••
• •••
•••
31,520
Half-dollars •••
::: ' •••••• ::: 172,085

rssehilvl ove :wen
The
perTiehnecevcal
theN e New
iYffiocruku ; i teyx.
Very little of this ostpael?ie coin—
es oui.Cif 4tl76es72bsa9nkdsoloisf
export. By the steady infl:
and west, the banks of this C%
8 u " 1
3,
r;
been
abpru ed coinsl
enabledthe
declining
shippedea collid no
ng pd.
gettingf proper kinds for
o specie from the south
riry
any depreciation of their
of the country at large is •
southern banks have recently been v y
by the drain of specie for the north,eraynntr weakened
t e reports of
the suspension of some of the banks of that section, and
the run upon others, were the result, of the reduced
amount of bullion in their vaults.
In British North America the navigation was
re-
opening, and there were a great many new vessels
on
the stocks.
The continental advices have been of no particular
interest, commercially speaking, but much attention is
directed to the plan of the Belgian Government for
giving bounties of 10 per cent. upon cotton goods ex-
ported to foreign parts. Our manufacturers may suffer,
but they are not easily daunted.
The Funds have been vacillating to-day. They
opened firmly, and appeared to be going higher, but
advantage having been taken to press sales of money
stock, a reaction of nearly i per cent. immediately
declined. Consols for transfer were advanced to 841 to
851, and are now 84 to 841. Exchequer-bills 455. prem.
Bank Stock is 1901.
Spanish Five per Cents. are 12 to 121, and the Three
per Cents. 211 to 23. Mexican Bonds are 15k. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 411 to 42.
Railway Shares are firm, but not much is doing.
ONE CLOSING
r R 1(7E8 OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock MN 1901,E
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns ..... 82%5414 82%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 841 AX% 84 8414 84
New 314 per Cent. Anna-- . 83% %X 14 83
Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o B% 9-16 8 9-1
India Stock 234 234
India Bonds, 1,0001. ...... ..
Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... ....... 22 p I'o p
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills 2id. & 3d.
1,000/.
5001.
Small
44p
••
Ditto Advertised • 31 30 33 29 p 291)
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
6814
2
11t
2%

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds —
Equador Bonds
Grenada Boads, 1 per Cent. l2
Ditto, Deferred 2%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
" ... ][?2,,...,..u.,pt _ 1574,.. _
__ j:,.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. —
Ditto. Account ... . . .......-
Venezuela Bonds, 2!41 per Cent... 18 18
Dividends on the above payble in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent ...... —f. —c. 68f. —c.
Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 70c.
Dutch 21A per Cent., 12 Guild 42 41% 4114
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 5O ...... 26
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 314......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2%
Belfast & County Down 14% .-- -
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... ... ........
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 121. 4s ... --
Birkenhead, Lancash

~ Lam. .ire,
and Cheshire June.... 73/4 ... . .........
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter B5
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire... 141. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 614......
Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 421,4
Ditto, Preference l5
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports.
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June 253........
Dundalk & Enniskillen IVA
...-.
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D 25 ......
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 ...... ..
Do., 3/. 105......... 314 -....—
........ - ...
-....•
Eastern Couhties... .
..... 20 ..... . 15 151 A
Do. New Guaranteed

32%

....
4%

1514
314

6 per Cent. _2% 3 3%
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1......61.135. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ••• •
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do. Quarters .. ..... 12% —
Do. New 23
..•
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
Ditto, Class B (I. &
and B.) 17% —
Ditto Class C, ditto... 17%. .„ _..
1)o. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 „... 814.
..
"•"Ditto, ditto
...... Ditto (C. & E.) guar .....•
5 per cent.......,,, 2% . .....
East Lancashire ......... 25
..
Ditto, New ......... .. 17
Ditto, New Quarters 614 — .... ........ —.
East Lincolnshire ....•• 20% —
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares
... 15 .. .. "' • •••
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, New....,,
. .... 61-4 — ......... "”" Ditto, Newp0rt......~. 13
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 254
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ..ar.... ... .81.65. 8d....
Glasgow,Kilm., & Ayr '5O ......
Ditto, New ... ..... ..... 40
Do. Preference Consol. 16 -•••—• , ..•
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2%......
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England.loo ......229
Ditto, New, 401
Ditto, New, 301 3O
27 Ditto, New, 15/ WA...—. 27 .........• .....
Great Western 9O ••• •• ..............

.1...1,
8 lAt

3%

Ditto, 4 Shares
17
Ditto, 14 Shares; 173¢.....
Ditto, Fifths "20
Ditto, New 171....... 93y —
Huddersfield and blanch. 26
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ..- — •..

Ditto, Half Shares ~. 25
Ditto, 14 Shares

-
a Lancaster nd Carlisle 50 ' - ...... 52 ..... ......... 52
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 .....
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, .11A Shares ...... 43 ... .. 38142
—... 38%
Do. Quarter Shares... 14% — .......... ..... 11
Do. Fifths.... ..... ...... 9
Do. Sixteenths 614 — ............
Do. Thirds(Reg.)..... 13 ..... _
......
..
. ••
..... ••
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43
Ditto 1,1; (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 38
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte- ..... ... .....
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ~.
....
214
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 ...... 341
Do.V. Shares (A)... 9
...... ,i2Atit 12%
_ ,
Leeds and Bradford 5O 93
Leeds, Dewsbury, ke 471/2 ..... =
.....,
Do., Half Shares 2O ...... _
.. _
.........
Do., (blue) Scrip 2%... _ .-
Leeds and Thirsk
...,.,,,...•N --,
Ditto, New ...... ....... 26
•.. .. —, i
Do., prefer., 6 per CL 31/i '
....... .....•... ---