The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-20 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF PRINCE METTER,

NICH IN ENGLAND.

His Serene Highness Prince Metternich, accom-
panied by his Princess, Prince Richard, the Baron
Charles Bagel, and a numerous suite, arrived at the
Blackwall Pier early this morning, by the General
Steam Navigation Company's mail steam-ship Rain-
bow, from Rotterdam.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF TOM

STEELE.

Last evening, at seven o'clock, the numerous persons
passing over Waterloo-bridge were thrown into a state of
considerable excitement in consequence of the following
desperate attempt at suicide having been made by Mr.
Steele, better known as Tons Steele, the late Daniel
O'Connell's head pacificator. It appears that the
unfortunate gentleman mounted one of the seats on
the upper side of the bridge, and instantly plunged
head foremost from the third' arch into the river.
A Waterman, named Richard Larkin, of Stamford-
place, Lambeth, was crossing the river in a boat
with five persons in it, and by desperate exertions he
succeeded in rescuing the poor fellow. The moment
Larkins laid hold of him he tried all he could to get away
and to accomplish his object, but fortunately he was
prevented. He was immediately taken to Bow-street
police-station, and from thence to King's College Hos-
pital, where he at present remains. Whilst in the re-
ceiving-room of the hospital, ho said that he was stop-
ping at the Bull and Mouth, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and
expressed a wish to be removed to Peel's Coffee-house.
He also said that ho had acted very foolishly in not
waiting till it was dark, as then he could have done the
business effectually. He, however, did not state what
had induced him to make such a desperate attempt upon
his life.

We regret to announce the death of Major Henry
Bertles, which took place at his residence, 66, Pembroke-
place, Liverpool, on the 13th inst. This gallant officer
entered the army as ensign, in the 36th Regiment, in
1799. In 1800 he accompanied the expedition to Belle
Isle, and obtained his lieutenancy in the 82d Regiment.
In 1803 he obtained his company, and in 1807 served
under Lord Cathcart, at Copenhagen; was selected by
Sir George Smith, gave up the keys of the arsenal, and
covered the retreat o: the regiment. In the same year
he joined the expedition under Sir Brent Spencer. In
1808 he was appointed major of brigade to General
Bowes, and atter the battles of Roleia and Vimiera,
joined Sir Henry Fane's brigade, and remained till after
the battle of Corunna. In 1809, he served with Sir
William Erskine in the expedition to the Scheldt, and
until within a few years was on the staff at Liverpool.
GRAY'S INN, APRIL 19.—Arthur Rice Jenner,
Esq., was tLis day called to the degree of barrister-at-
law, by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn.

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS'
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were ser ,000
bales. In prices there was no alteration. Amica*
brought 48 I. to 5,71 d. per lb. Railway Shares were im-
proving. The market was firm, and prices were tending
up wards.
The continental advises are not of particular interest
at present, a lull being apparent in many his
Money appears to be scarce in some parts, and tbis leads
to the impression that there may. be pa
drain from Ecgri.
land, nod some attempt to arrest it by raising the rate
discount.
The greater quantity of the bullion withdrawnfrom
the Bank must, however, not be supposed to have gone
abroad, as there has been an internal drain of late, and
a good deal has gone to Ireland.
The house of Williams and Delvanx, of Mons, has been
allowed a judicial protection against proceedings on the.
part of i•s creditors. Messrs. Hammer and Schmidt, ot
Leipzic, have resumed, and it is expected that the Fret;
sian Government will give some assistance to the fire
of Schaafhausen.
The Funds come lower from Amsterdam, under date
of the 18th instant. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent
139
38 to and the Four per Cents. 568. Portuguese
en.-I Russian Five per Cents. of 1798 were 79.
The following received by the American mail seems
interesting:—
"It appears by accounts received from the principal
points in the Western States, that the amount to ell
forward upon the opening of navigation is much sma e
than last season. According to the returns re..
d
ceived, it arrears thatthere is at the gan
River Railroad depOLs 60,000 bushels of wheettk%
the Sandu•ky and Mansfield Railroad 20,000 btlsPe;
wheat, and very little flour ; at Mill 25,000 bushel
wheat ; Maumee 8,000 barrels flour ;l 0:0
ne
South Canal 2,000 bushels wheat, and 6) d
barrels flour ; Detroit 45,000 barrels flour.
eih."
very little along the line of the Central R
at St. Joseph there is not more than half what there_
was last year. The stock of wheat on the ITPPer,
Lakes is estimated at 800,000 bushels.- and that oil
Flour at 20,000 barrels. It it reported that in a'
the grain-growing sections of the western countri
the supply (.f grain is limited compared with /ans.
year. The wheat crop in Illinois looks very Pr".
raising, but wo have no accounts from any otheiv`
state. There is very little danger of the "PP(o
of breadstuffs being sufficiently reduced this yearfte r
keep up prices, and it is our impression that soon
the resumption of navigation there will be a greatde-
cline from the prices now current."
The Funds have improved again to-day, and that°,
have been further money purchases. French !'"
Spanish capitalists are said to have been bull
and there is some demand for home ell,.
Consols have been , 82i to 83 for trap to
and 82i to 828. Exch(quer.bills have been 40e•:..
435. premium. Bank Stock is 187 to 189, and lett-
Stock 227. The New Three-and-tiQuatl‘er per Ceti"-
have been 82 to I.
The Foreign Securities had been rather better alsGt,
Spanish Five per Cents. 11* tol and the Three Ili.
Cents. 201 ; Portuguese Four per'Cents. .have bees ' ;
to ; Mexican Stock is 15 to I ; Brazil Bonds he%
been at 66; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents are 39 to 4v
Railway Shares are looking rather better.
CLOSII
ONE PHIC°-
I'iCICEs OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 159 ,
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 81141h% 81 81
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.— 8238 83 82%
New 31A perCent.Anns........... 82%14 82 8 5-i4
Long Arms. to expire Jan.lB6o 814 5-16 8 9..46
Ditto :30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8 9-16 227
India Stock 227
India Bonds, 10304
Consols for Account .....
Exchequer Bills. 3d. 44P
1,0001.
500/. .................
Small
OTTE
HICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 66
Brazilian Bonds

--....... ___
Mexican' 5 per Cent. 1846. — 16
Ditto. Account ......... ..... 151,E IA 15 .--.,
Portuguese 5 per Cents. — 151,4
Ditto, 4 per Cent l5l/214 58
Russian Bonds -
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
14
Ditto, Account ll% 20
Ditto 3 Der Cent 2Ol/R ....-
Venezuela Bonds, 21,i, per Cent — 534
Ditto, Deferred 5%
Dividends on the above payble in London. 9
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 4O 39 5534
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 59 58 581 A
rr.051116
..10
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE PAID. -,,,--,.
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. L''''34ljot
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston, ..--
and Eastern Junction 314 — ........ .. ..... _
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21,i — ............ .. 7
Belfast & County Down. 13 ... . -• ........ - .....
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 101. 145... .... ...... ......
Birkenhead, Lancashire, ...-•
and Cheshire June.— 7% — ... . .......•••• ~ i gig
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
11
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds 2O —

Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 614 - ..

Ditto,Clydesdale June 50— — ••••• •
Chester and Holyhead... 371......

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 25 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 174

-
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......
Do., 18/., E. Sc H.... 18
Do., 3/. 10s.
Eastern Coulties... ..... 20
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. L..... 6/.135. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... .••••••••••••••
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
Do., New
Eastern Union 5O ...... ......... ...
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —
Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d..
Do. (guar. 6 percent.) 10
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ......... ... 15
Ditto, New Quarters 614 ......
East Lincolnshire ...... 16%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ... .
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Eilinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, .New.. 3.i —
Ditto, Newport l2
Ditto, ditto, New 21A......
Exeter,Yeovil, & Doral. 2%
% 3il ..... •••••••••
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
.0.n..50. .811.1655. 8d....
..."
.........
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 60 ..... —. _ . ...•
Ditto,
New - 40
Do.Pleference C
- •••••• • •••

Great Northern
Do., London and York 2% —
Great South. and West.
( Ireland)
Great North of England 100 ...... ..............
Ditto, New, 401 5 - .:......•••••••
Ditto, New, 301
Ditto, New, 15/ ll% ... .. ••• ... '" '''
Great Western " -• ** 69 ... ...........
Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... 50 ...............
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O - ........
Ditto, New 17/... ..... 9%
Huddersfield and Manch. 26... — ........ .. .....
Ditto, Thirds
........
Hull and Selby .. - .............
Ditto, Half Shares • .. .....
..• 25 • --- .........
.....
14 Shares - ..• -** ..
IpDittoswich & Bury St. Edm l7l ...... --- ••.......... ..............
Do., do., and Norwich 171/Q...••• 0-- "'''
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
•• • • •
(late Camb. & Ely) 21% ...... -- ...••""
....
Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... --- .........
......
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... ...............
Ditto, ditto - ............. •
.. -••
DDoit.to(iOl/2artSehraSrehsar.e.s....... 419
.....
43% .. ..
....-361/2•••••••• .... ..................
..
..
Do. Fifths.. ...
Do. Sixteenths 614 — ............
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... . • ....... ...••....
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43
Ditto % (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33

Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50 — ......••••..
Do. ( W. Riding Union)4/.28... •••••
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. ',4 Shares (A)... 9

Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 471/2....•• ...............
Do., Half Shares .........
Do., (blue) Scrip.-- 2%... ...............

Leeds and Thirsk ..... . 40'
Ditto, New
Do., Prefer. ,6 per CL 3% — .........•••••
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport ...... ........ 2 ...............
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction... ............
London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d — ...............
Do. New, No. 2 . 5/.135.4d — ..............
Do. Extension ...... 20
London, Brighton, and
South Coast
Do. Consol. Eighths. 40
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 81A.......••••••••
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ..
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d — --•••-••-**
Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17s 2d — ..... •••• •.
Loudon and N. Western 100 127% 126% 128%

,-
Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 ...... •••»......••••
Ditto, New
Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2
Do. 40/.Shares(L. M.) 20
Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% — ...............
Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 7% — ...... ........
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1
Lone. &S. Western
Do. New 501. ..... 37%..
Do. New 40/.
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto ........,.... 40 - • .......... •••
Ditto, Thirds lO ...... ..............
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry &Colerains 27 %...... .....» ........
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 25 ...... . VP, 11./•• .....

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27%

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