The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-06 00:00:00

made by Lord ABERDEEN and Sir R. PEEL in Parliament,
shows at least that the entente cordiale does not prevail in
the entire policy of the two Governments. The Journal des
Debats announces that the Commission on the navy esti-
mates had made their report, according to which it is recom-
mended to reduce the effective strength of the navy, as pro-
posed by the Government. The Government plan was to
fix the effective strength at 40 ships of the line, 20 afloat
and 20 on the stocks ; 66 frigates, 40 afloat and
26 on the stocks; 160 schooners and brigs all afloat, making
with transports a total of 286 vessels. The Commission pro-
poses that the fleet should consist of 36 ships of the line, of
which 20 are to be afloat and 16 upon the stocks ; :55
frigates, 40 afloat and 15 upon the stocks; 130 schooners and
brigs, all afloat; and 16 transport ships; total 231 vessels.
Besides 100 steamers, it recommends a steam force of 3,800-
horse power, to be applied upon four ships of the line, four
frigates, and four schooners ; a steam force of 800-horse
power for two floating batteries, destined to defend the en-
trance of the rivers ; and reduces the supplementary credit of
93,000,000 f. demanded by the Government to 73,000,000 f.

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The Gazette de France announces, from certain information,
that " the general election will take place before the 15th of
July. The Chamber of Deputies will have finished its opera-
tions by the 28th May, and the Peers by the 10th June.
The session will be closed on the following day, and the
Chambers dissolved immediately after. Acsording to all
appearances, the elections will commence on Saturday, the
11th July."
The following are miscellaneous extracts from the other
papers : _ .

" It is stated as certain," says t►he Constitutionnel," that in
consequence of a convention between the Holy See and the
Austrian Government, troops belonging to the latter are to
be directed towards the legations."
According to a letter from Rome in the Observer of the
Rhine, the Grand Duke Constantine has received instructions
from St. Petersburgh to proceed direct to Palermo, instead of
embarking, as he had intended, at Genoa and Toulon The
writer adds, that in all probability the Grand Duke will not
visit Toulon at all, as the Emperor of Russia is said to have
taken new offence, under the supposition that the accusation
against Russia by the Abbess of Minsk was sent to Paris by
M. Rossi, the representative of France at the Court of
Rome. _

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Amongst the persons arrested in Poland, in connexion
with the late outbreak, is M. Wiznieski, who is stated, in a
letter from Vienna to have been an active agent of the
Polish Committee in Paris.
A letter from Cracow of the 23d sates that the number
of persons now imprisoned there on charges connected with
the late revolt is 570, and that a reward of 1,000 florins has
been offered for the apprehension of Dembroski, who was
secretary to the Dictator, but who, according to some ac-
counts, was killed at Podgorze.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Friday at
83f. 70c, ; the Five per Cents., 119 f. 85c. ; the Orleans ltailr.)ad
shares, 1,282 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,045 f. ; Havre, 747 f. 50c. ; Great
Northern, 772 f. 59c; Avignon, 947 f. 50c;. Viezron, 690 f. ; Bordeaux,
645 f. ; Boulogne, 515 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 430 f. ; Basle, 23Gf.
25c. ; Dieppe, 460 f. ; Paris and Strasbur, 531 f. 25c. ; Tours and
Nantes, 552 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 590 f. Spanish Passives, 5%.
The following were the quotations on Saturday :-
Five per Cents., 119 f. 95c ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 113 f. ;
Four per Cents., 106 f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 83f. 60c. ; Bank
Actions, 3,405 f. ; Belgian Five per Cents., 1842, 102% ; Belgian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 98% ; Bente de Naples (Rothschild, 101 f.
52c. ; Belgian Bank, 1835, 900 f.: t;panish Passives, 53C ; Spanish
Three per Cents., 1845, 36% ; Romans, 10114. Exchange on Len-
don, one month, money, 25f. 65c. ; three months, money, 25f. 47%c.

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BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK ESCIIANGE, Aram 4.
Boulogne and Amiens, 12—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Espeleta), 2—Dutch Rhenish, i%—East Indian, 1/2—Great North-
ern of France Constituted, 14y2—Louvain and Jemappe, 11/4 —Lux-
embourg, 112—Namur and Liege, 1% —Orleans and Bordeaux, 114
—Paris and Rouen, 40% —Paris and Strasbourg (Constituted), b%
—Sambre and Meuse, 31i —West Flanders, 3.

The Queen held a Privy Council a half-past two
o'clock this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, which was
attended by most of the Cabinet Ministers.
The Court will, it is expected, leave town on Wed-
nesday or Thursday next for Windsor Castle, to spend
the Easter holidays.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday, were about
3,000 bags, including 500 American for export. The market
was quiet, at previous rates.
The Share market continued very dull, and in consequence of
the scarcity of money, most descriptions of shares were lower.
In the opinion of the mercantile classes of the City, the
" Protectionists" in the House of Commons have taken the
best means in their power to retard the passing of the plans
of Sir Robert Peel. But scarcely one of our merchants were
prepared to see such a falling off in the receipts of the Cus-
toms and Excise, as is apparent in the official returns
made public in The Sun of this afternoon. The diminution
in the receipts of the two all-important branches of the reve-
nue is solely and entirely to be attributed to the anxiety of
the trading interests to see the measures of Government
passed into law before new operations, on their part, are en
tered into—till, in fact, they are enabled "to see their way
clear," as the almost every-day phrase is when wholesale
and retail dealers throughout the country are solicited
for orders. It is, therefore, held to be of the
most pressing importance that the final decision of the Le-
gislature upon the corn and other measures of the Ministry
should be announced at the earliest possible period. In the
event of the Corn Bill being rejected by the House of Lords,
and an appeal to the country being made by Sir Robert Peel,
the delay that will inevitably occur must prove as prejudicial
to the revenue returns in the present as it has been in the
last three months.
Accounts of February 7th, from the Cape of Good Hope,
state that there had been some extra detachments of troops
sent to the frontier, in consequence of an apparent disposition
on the part of the Kafiri to prevent our building a fort on the
neutral territory. All, however, seems to have passed off
well. There is nothing interesting from Natal.
There has been an increased amount of business done in
Public Securities this morning, as the several stocks, the
transfer-books of which have been for some time closed, are
now open for "private withdrawals," by paying the cus-
tomary fee. In a few days the banks will open in the regular
course of business. The Three per Cents. Reduced opened at. 95%
lA, with the dividend taken off. Relatively this is a higher value
by one-half per cent. than the stock bore before the closing
of the books at the Bank. The Three per Cent. Consols too
are now quoted at 961/s 14. The value of Long Annuities
have been purchased at 10% 3.16 with the dividends al,o
deducted. Consols for Account are very steady at 9614.
The premium upon Exchequer-bills has just been quoted at 255.
Business has been rather brisk in the Foreign Stock
Market to-day, but the variations have been slight. The
Brazilian Five per Cents. have been taken at 804, ex-divi-
dend
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jah
and the
at 251,‘
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, at 591 h for the ' Account.
The Share Market is in a dull state this morning at the
quotations annexed.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20534 2061 ex div
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 951 i ii ox div
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities ~ .. 96 14 li
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97 96!ii ex div
Long Annuities, Expire JAIL 5, 1860 .. 1011 3-16 cx div
Batik Stock for Account • • .. ..
.. 20914
Consols for Account • . • .
d. .. ..
.. 9614
Exchequer Bills. 1% I%d.
1,0001. • • •• " •• • • 25 —— pm.
5001. • • • . • • •• • • 25 27 pin.
Ditto, Small .. •• • • 28 28 Pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. ~ 113
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 80% ex div
Clalian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. „ 96
Granada, 1 per Cent. ~ . 224,
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 32
Portuguese Three per Cents. , , 57,z
Ditto, for the Account ..
.. 58'&
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ~ .. 2,1
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 99
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
Ditto, for the Account
.. 5,%.,4
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9214 h
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT N3/4E..Ot•oCL_OCK
RAILWATS• PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen • • • • • • • •'1 2% .... to 1
Birmingham and Gloucester • • ..100 •• • • 124 .... to
Birmingham and Oxford Junction .• 2 .. • • 1s .... to
Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • •• 75 •• • • 8444 .. ••to
Buckinghamshire . • .. • • • • ••4 2 s . .... 1 dis .. to 7
.... to 6%
Caledonian ............10 ....
Ditto Half Shares • • • • • • " 2 •• • • 1 %•• to
DirectDireet Mmanancchheesstteerr TReasintrinicgkto,Bn;s.). :..
521
........
3%
..
to _
Direct Northern . • • • • • • • • • 236 •• • • 1%% • • to
Eastern Counties • • • • • • 141. 16s. ed..... 20% j. .. to
Dpoit.t,ol:elrp_oerit tualEx,stepnesriCon ,
t. No:1,
..61
.1.381.04:1..........
11,4.... h, p.. toto —1
Ditto, ditto • • .. '1•.;o. 2, Si. 13s. 4e1.• •• • M p x.d. to
East Lincolnshire • • • • • • • • • • 114• • • • 76 •. • • to—
Edinburgh and Glasgow • • • • •• 50 ••• • 71 ••.. to
Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, &c... 425. .... % dis..• to
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 .. • • 20% .... to 21
Great North of England • • •• • • 100 .. .. 210 .. •• to 211
Great Western • • • • .• • • .. 85 •• • • 144% •••• to
Ditto Half Shares • • •. • • • 50 .... 83 .... to 84%
....

Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. • • 5 .... 1534 • ... to -
Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. • • 2N, -• • 214 .. • • to -
London and Birmingham •• .. .. 100 ....219 218. • to 220
Ditto, Thirds
2 .. 271,4 .... to -
Ditto, Quarter Shares - • • • • • • .
50 .... 52 .... to 61%
Loudon and I.lrighton • • • • • • • •
27 .... to -
London2o •• • •
.. .. • • .. .. 16 .• • 524 .... to -
Ditto ditto Fifths •• • • • • • •
Ditto, Guaranteed Five per Cent.. • 9
...
761.,.: .. . to -
London and South:We:item - 411. to 10d. •
taii,i s
to
London and York • • • • • . 2,,,, „.. IN% .. to -
London,-
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • ' • ', 11, .. to -
and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 90. ....... 22243.6::
t 0
00
_-
to --
Ditto, and Leeds • • • • •
~ ~ 54 .... to -
Ditto,Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • •
380
.. 10}i .... to -
Warwick, and Kidderminster 234. '' • Pa ; ;
Fifths .. • • • • •• • • - "
.• • to
•.. 11 a. • • tO -
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. • • 4 • •
Manchester and Birmingham ..
-
2 „.• 841 f. • 1. -
Ditto, Quarter Shares (11) .. • •
1 ~ ~ 6y, ~ • • to
Ditto,.-
Quarter Shares (C) .. -
.. 40 •• • • -
1 L •* th ....
Manchester, Buren, and MatiOck .. 425. .... % P.' to 1)".
Manch,ster and SOutlia.,-iOn 2 •• " •fa '• i•
--- •- . •• •144 :... lo 143
Midland
Ditto,itio B:Nri6nnwingha.lll ai.l.a Derby" :: P 1•
1104 :: ....1215124 - ••••
to -
~castle I-
N -- th -
Ditto, New ~
215
e ~,castle and Darlington Junction • • 25 •• • • 0141 •• ••
Newark, heflleld, and BoSton .: 71, %.. to :::: 4:*a ••• • 0 -
-
Ditto, New, Brandlini .. • • • ' Newcastle and Berwick .. .. .. 10 •• • • 174.... to
-
North British .. ~ .., , .. 20 •• • • 241 A .... to -
Rugby, 'lt'arwick
Ditto, Celli-Kt P*ttllelon • "IIA.. ~ 1% .... to -
North !CO,. tha Direct Dover • . N•• • • I % ',4i .•to -
North Staffordshire . •• : 425• •• • • 1%90, p to. -
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton•• 12% •• • • 61,4 `sw) . ''•:.
Perth and Invernees . .
2,‘,
..., I to i
.. 0,4:-.1. 1,i... to -
Scottish central .. . . ster
~•
io-
..
......
dis. to -
to - Ditto New - •• .. .: ••
• • 2% "•-
514
- - to
-
• and l'orCe• • • ... 4ts• •• I. IN
Shrewsbury and Birrinn2h4nr, • • •.. *i •• • • iii ••• • to Shropshire tans Birmingham - - „ 425....• 1,4 dis to -
-
Shrewsbury
and Heref.or - -•
23i . 1 .... to -
Son') Ilidland • ,. 425....• % cue to -
South, ..
to -
Eastern and Dover ••• I, • • 33% •• " 3!,, •• • •
outh Wales .. . . . •
~ 5 •• • • .-4••• ' t° - Vale of heath .. .: •.• • • .. 2 •• • • i!,, .... to -
West Riding Union •,
••
. 42e.• •• . 11' p,„ to -
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth • .• 2% •• " a., :'4 %..
t°
-to -
York and North Midland .. 50 •• •• •'• •' ' • Ditto, Scarborough Branch :: .. 25 •• •• 46 •• • • to -
Ditto East and West Riding Extension I .. • • 7:4 '' " t° -
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Dutch Rhenish ..,
•' •'
.. , ''%.; .. to -
East Indian .. , „
.:
.. 55, •„
„ 4%34" to -
Great Northern of France •
Constitute:! 5 •• • • 1." • • t--
NamurLuxembourg .. .. „ • 13' %• • to -
.„ 4 ...• A and Liege • • ,
~
~ IN .... to -
' .. .. . •
. Orleans and Bordean,.
.. 6
.... iiji .. • . to-