The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-24 00:00:00

S N, MARCH 14, 1848.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
Most of the quotations given underneath are made up
from very small investments; the betting, in fact, was
extremely dull, and the only features were an obvious
disposition to lay agst Bailin:tied, and to back the follow.
ing animals for the various events in which their names
are mentioned t—Joc o'Sot, Ludy Wildair, Rat-trap,
Glen Saildel, Marquis of Conyngham, Hetman Platoff
colt, Enchanter, Springy Jack, and Wkitstone.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Blake ns Ballinafad, 4 yrs, 7st
10 to 1 sgst Mr. F. Clarke's Joe o'Sot, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
13 to 1 agst Mr. Verity's Walmgate•bar Without,
4 yrs, 7st—take 15 to 1
15 to 1 sgst Mr. Fellowes's Thistle Down, 3 yrs,
4st 71b—taken
15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 6 yrs,
Sat 51b—taken freely
15 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jue Lovell, aged, 7st 71b
20 to 1 agat Mr. Mostyn's Sagacity, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—t
25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance, 5 yrs,
7st 71b—taken
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
8 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Rat-trap, 5 yrs, Sst 21b—t
9 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho, 6 yrs, 9st—tkn
12 to 1 agat Mr. Payne's Marquis of Conyngham,
5 yrs, 6st 71b—taken
12 to 1 agat Lord Eglinton's Glen Saddel, 3 yrs,
sst 31b —taken
No others mentioned.
CHESTER CUP.
30 to 1 agst Mr. Edalison's Hetman Platoff colt, 3
yrs, 4st 71b—taken to 200/.
30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's The Swallow, 4 yrs, 7st
30 to 1 agat Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle, 4 yrs, Bst 61b
35 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Enchanter, 4 yrs, sst
101 b—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Blake na Ballinafad, 4 yrs, Est 61b
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. J. B. Day's The Tartar, 4 yrs, 6st
121 b—taken
1,000 to 15 agat Mr. Marson's Rufus, 5 yrs, Est 121 b—t
DERBY.
9 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice taken and
afterwards offered
10 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—take 11 to 1
12 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—take 13 to 1
20 to 1 agst Major Pitt's Fern
20 to 1 agst "Mr Mostyn's Loadstone—take 25 to 1
25 to 1 agst Mr. J. B. Day's Nil Desperaudum—
.
taken and afterwards offered
35 to 1 agat Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger—taken and
afterwards offered
40 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Whitstone— taken to 1001.
50 to 1 agat Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff—taken
1,000 to 15 sgst Sir J. B. Mill's Deerstalker—taken
SHOREHAM STEEPLECHASES.—WEDNESDAT.
Sweepstakes of 7 soya. each, 4 ft, with 25 added. Four
miles. H.W. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Camerall's Columbine, list 41b ... (Owner) 1
Mr. Lewis's Victoria, lOst 121 b ... 2
Mr. Wilson's Cora. list 71b 3
Mr. West's The Queen, lOst 101 b 4
Won easily by two lengths; the rest well up.
Sweepstakes of 5 sot's. each, p.p. Three miles. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Cornwall's Legacy, 10st 121 b ... (Owner) 1
Mr. West's The Era, 9st 71b ss. ..• 2
Mr. Hall's Cerito, 105 t... 3
Won easily.
EPSOM RACES.
The new Derby course will be used this year for the
first time, and from an elaborate plan, with sections of
the old and new courses, just published by Mr. Henry
Dorling, the clerk of the course at Epsom, it appears that
there is but little difference between the two, the now
ground being only half a mile in length, and joining the
old course at the mile-post. The gradients or rate of in.
clination are marked on the plan, showing that the new
half-mile is not quite so severe as the old one, the average
rate of inclination being 1 in 54, while in the old course
it was 1 in 47. The new ground is forty yards in width,
but at the start it is much wider, giving room to parade
the horses. The most important advantage of the new
course over the old will be, bringing the start and every
part of the race in full view of the stand—an event which
every one can appreciate, and which is all that was re-
quired to complete the improvements that have been
4oing on under Mr. Dorling's most efficient management.

[PRICE SD.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS'
CITY. QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton market at Liverpool was very dull yester-
day. Sales 2,500 to 3,000 bales. Railway Shares were
better, and there were more orders to buy.
A short paragraph was inserted under this hoad yes-
terday, relative to the state and condition of the Canada
Company, as announced at the half•yearly General Court
held. The meeting went off most satisfactorily. It cannot
now be denied that this company has done infinite
benefit to the colony. A vast undertaking it was in the
first instance, with prospect► uncertain, and it was with
the knowledge of the fret beforehand that a capital to a
very large amount would have to be subscribed to carry
on affairs ere the tide of emigration flowed in the desired
direction, that such an institution was brought into
existence, and now stands settled upon the firmest of all

bases.
The letters received from America indicate steady
prosperity as existing there, and a writer in one of the
papers thus indulges his pleasurable t motions:—
" We are full of all the elements of wealth, and we
have an abundance of everything necessary to secure it.
Our produce will be wanted in Europe, as soon as they
are able on the other side to pay for it ; the raw mate-
rial for the cotton manufactures of Great Britain
will be wanted in great quantities before they
can commence full work ; our state stocks have
been returned to us, and we have bought and paid for
them in gold and silver; they are now in demand
again in Europe, and large orders have already been
fulfilled on German account. The Dutch are the
shrewdest financiers in the old world, and they
have shown their wisdom in investing in our State
securities. The principal purchases thus far on foreign
account have been confined to Pennsylvania Fives, and
the prices paid have been a handsome advance on those
realised upon the sales here during the panic, when
holders on the other side were forced to sell at the rates
then current. The recent sales of State stocks to Euro-
pean capitalists are but a beginning of the movement,
and the amount already sold is but a trifle of that which
will be taken in the course of the next two or three
years. The views of foreign capitalists have become com-
pletely revolutionized in regard to our State stocks,
and we have no doubt they will be more
sought after for investment than any Government
Securities in the world. They pay better
dividends, and are, in fact, safer investments, than those
of any European Government ; and what is more, and
perhaps better, they will be paid in full at maturity ;
which cannot be said with any degree of truth of the
loan of any other nation in creation. We allude, of
course, to the regular dividend-paying stocks of the
States and of the General Government. The change
which has taken place in the opinions of foreign capi-
talists, relative to the value and safety of investments in
American securities, is the result of a variety of causes."
There may be. and doubtless is, much truth in these
reflections, but we should say to our countrymen gene-
rally, keep your cash at home, even if the interest
received be low. We have had far too much of foreign
stocks, and the tremendous sacrifices made by the
holders of American securities, who resold when " re-
pudiation" doctrines came into fashion, prove how little
choice there is wherever money is placed beyond control
and in distant countries.
The Continental accounts have somewhat depressed
the market for the Public Securities this morning.
Consols for the account have wavered from' 821 to $21,-,
while for immediate transfer the value is fully $2l to 83.
The Juno Exchequer-bills are at 32s premium, and
Indian Bonds at 12s. Bank Stock for the account is
quoted at 193.
In the Foreign Stock Market the transactions have
been rather more extensive to-day. but prices are still
heavy. The Small Brazilian Bonds, Five per Cent.
have sold at 71; the Mexican at 144; the Portuguese
Three per Cents. for the Account, at 154; the Vene-
zuela at 19 for the Two-and-a-Half per Cents.; the
Dutch Two and-a half per Cents. at 404; and the Four
per Cent. Certificates, at 614.
In the Railway Shares there have been some changes
to-day, for the benefit of those who are compelled to sell,
in whole or in part, their investments.
ONE
ItICES OF HILITII4II FUNI). O'CLOCK.
1 per Cent. Consols Annuities ...... tl2j)i 83
&Jong Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o ...
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860....
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001... l6 p
Rank Stock for Account ... —l93
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills.
1,000/.
500/.
Small 27 32 p

CLOSING
PRICES

- 83%
8 7-16
12p
16p
193
83%
32 p
32p

(ME
O'CLOCK.

32 p
CLOSIN 0
nucEs.

tucEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small . . 71
Do., New, 1543 .......... ...... G 3 63
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Ditto, Deferred 21.4 214
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 1414 141/,'2
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto 3 per Cent 1514
Spani. h 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account
Venezuela Bonds, 214 per Cent l9
Ditto, Deferred 5l/8
Dividends on the above payble in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent.
Exchange —f. —c. 2Sf. —c.
Dutch 2'.-,4 per Cent., 12 Guild 401./4 4014
Ditto. Account..... ... ... ..... 41 41
Ditto. 4 per Cont. Certificates 614 619/
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONS CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID.
AT ONE O'CLOCK. pnic•Es,
Aberdeen —
Amber.. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 314.._..
Ayrohire and Galloway.. 214 —
- '`.- Do y'
111/

Belfast & County . awn
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, WolYer-
hainpton, and Dudley 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 101. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Juni:— 734•••••• ••• • .....•.•
Boston, Stamfd & Birm.
Bristol and Exeter B5
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Halt Shares .. ......
Ditto,ClydesdaleJune 50
'lead 37

,ii • • • •

Chester and Holyh, . %......
Ditto, Preference l2 ...... .
'4 Clarence
Do. lst 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 Junc 25
Dundalk & Enniskillen 17%
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D.....• 25
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18
Do., 3/. 105. .- ...... 3% .... 3tAli
Eastern Counties........ 20

Ditto, Extension,s per _
Cent., No. 1......61. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... dii.
Do., North. & Easter's 50

Do., Quarters ..».... 1214 1214
Do., New ... 23
Esatern Uhion bo
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12i,
Ditto, Thirds .......133.4d......

Do. (guar.6 percent.) 10 ...... ....... .....
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 33,4 .....
East Lincol.nshire ...... 16q
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 3514.
Ditto, Half Shires ... 15 .. ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121
Edinburgh and Northern 25 —
Ditto, New.. 33/4 ••• ...... ••••••
Ditto, Newport l2
Ditto, ditto, New 21,;(..... .
Eseter,Yeovil, k Dorcb. 2 '
, Ditto New
_

Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ........•• -8/. 6s. 8d....
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 60
Ditto, New ... ..... -•• 41
Do. Preference Consul. 16 - -•••-• • •••
Great Northern
Do., London and York 21/2...... ..•
• treat South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England 100 ...... ..............
Ditto, New, 401 6 -, ...............
Ditto, New, 301
Ditto, New, 15/
Great Western 90...
....90 92 91
Ditto, 1/2 Shares 5O ...... .....
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... 20
Ditto, New 171........ 91/..... 8 8%
Huddersfield and Mends. 24
Ditto, Thirds ......... 8 .....
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... _
Ditto, 14 Shares
.... •• •• •.
Ipswich &13urySt. Edell. 171,4 _
Do., do., and Norwick 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip •
(late Camb. & Ely) 2% —
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Tkirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1/2 Shares - 311..
Do. Quarter Shares l4l/2
Do. Fifths... ... 9
Do. Sixteenths 8 tia —
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... ... ...... .. •
Do. Livsrp. and Bury 38 ......
Ditto 1/2 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33

15 %
_ ...
1274

Do.(Waliefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do.( W. Ridingtinion)4l.2s 3 31A die....
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
D 0.% Shares ( A)... 9
Leeds and Bradford SO
Leeds, Dewsbury, &ie.... 421/2. .....
Do., Half Shares 17%...... ............
Do., (blue) Scrip.--
Leeds and Thirsk ..... . 40
Ditto, New ..... 221,4 — ..
Do., Prefer. ,6 per Ct.

21%

4 dis
2S

lzi dis

124
21

151,4
39

153/i
20

81'

31A dis.

""--
. .-
,---
Liverrool, Crosby and
Southport .4'.. /. 2 — *** ...-w
Liverp., Manchester;and
Newcastle Junction... 21,! —
London & Black wa11...13/. (is. 8d.... 471, % 6
Do. New, No. 2 . ..... 5/.133.4d.... 13. ii di, l7 dia.
Do. Extension ...... 171/,i
London, Brighton, and
South C0a5t......... 50 ~01,41.4
Do. Consol. Eighths. 40
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 •••••• 8
Do. Pref. Con.s per ct. 50 .. ... ••• - •
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d...
Ditto, Preference... 18/ 173 2d...
1., ndon and N. Western 100 128 126% 128 127
Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 ...... •
Ditto, New
Ditto, Fifths ..... ..
1)o 40i.Shares(L. IL) 20
..„ .

l '~

31
194
8

19
128
4%.
71;41
8%
3►l

Do. 101. (M. &'B.) A. 714 9 9!4 83/4
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7tAi B%
Do. 10,. tM. & B.) C. 1 ..... 3i,
Lon,. :-. S. W. sterr. 50
Du. New 50/. ... ..... 371,4.. •„ 25 26 25!s'I
Do. New 401. 3O
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto .., .... .... 40
Ditto, Thirds Si. 6s. Bd. .. 37,- .'4 dis 3N dis.
Lon,ton, Salisbury, and
Yeovil _.. .... .• 11,4..... .---
Lon.londerry&G,leraine 271 A. — ....... ........
Londoriderry and Ennis-

k 11,n --..
---
------
25 ...... •••
Lowestoft (4 per et) ... 20
Ditto (6 per ct )
Mari;the,iter,liuxton,and

Matlock
.. 3 1,•3 ........ ......
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100
Do. Quarters (No. I) 13
_ _

Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3)
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 71h —
Ditto and Grimsby.— 25
Ditto ditto . ........
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield kmi
Lincolnshire — .

251,4

-
7N

Do., Grimsby Dock... 121,E —
Do. Man. & Lin. Union 4L 2s —
Manch,,,t.&Southanipt. 214 —
11idlan:
Do. Consolidated Pref 100
Do., do., 501. Shares... 15 ... ..
Do. liirm.' and Derbyloo
Do.Consol. Bristol and
Binning., 6 per ct. —lOO --..— .........
Midlnd, Brist. & Glocstr. 36 ...... -
Ditto, ditto ..... .. 11/.35. 6d... ..... —
Midlud, Leieest. & Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo .....
Midland Great Western
Irish
Middlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar.
Newcastieluid Carlisle...100
Do. Quarturs 25
NUN% mrket&Chesterford 18% —
Do. Extension
Newport, Abergaveuny,
and Ilereford 6 ...... --
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpornt,
and Rostreyor .. 15
Norfolk .......... ........100.
Do. New 20/.
Do. Extension
Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 —
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Nortolk.... '2
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
North British ... .... ... 25
Do. Half Shares 12%...... 9
Do. Quarters 5% 3% ,?ii «,.... 8.2
Do. Extension
Ditt, Thirds

North & South-Western 2 ...... ......
North Staffordshire lO ...... 8%14
North Wales
North Western 6
Oxford, Worcester. and
Wolverhampton ...... 40 ...
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Roystcn and Ilitchin ig

......
99 IA

-

-

k

27

Scottish Central -
Scottish Midland 2214 —
Ditto,New ......... ••••• 10
Sheffield, Rotherham,
end Goole .... ... 5
Shrewsbury and Bins... 7 3 •••
Ditto ditto. Class B. 4
Shrew:bury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 —....-••..••••
Ditto Oswestry 14
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 6
Shrew.bury and lierefd. 2
Shropshire Union
South Devon
Du. Preference
South Staffordshire 4
South Eastern & Dover. 3318 . ......
Do., No. 1 24
Do., Nc.2.
Do., No. 3 ••••••• 20 ........
Do., No. 4
South Wa1e5.•."....•..••• 18 •••••• •• *4l ..... e• ••
south Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 3
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Situ. Coal. ... 6 ••• ...... •••
raw Vale Extension ... 4 ••• ••• ..... •••
Ikaines haven Dock
and Railway ........... 1714 —
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limenck 40
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall
‘‘ hitehaven & Furness 10

234
7
94
4%

Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 7
W' ilts, Somerset, Si W ey-
mouth ........ ......... 30
York, X ewca.tle, and
Berwick. .... ... 25 ..... 30 29% ...
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. ... 25
Do. Extension No. 1. 15
Du. do. No. 2......... 10 -
Do. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 8
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and W est Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 16
Central of Spain 2
Ceylon
Demerara ... 7% — ... ......... •••
Dendre Va11ey...... ...... 4
Direct Bombay and
l'iladras
Dutch Rhenish .....«.. 7 ..... 34. •••• •••• ..
East Indian .....
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Italian and Austrian.... 4
Jamaica S. Mid. J unction 1
Louvain ila Sambre ... 6
Luxembourg 7

21%
211 i
111
11%
63

1214
28%

%

Lyons and Avignon 5
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ......
Namur and Liege lO ... 2%... ........
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssel 418 s 4d...... 3 die
Paris and Lyons lO ..... 2 1434
Paris and Orleans ...... 20
Paris and Rouen ........ 20
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 1
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse 2O 5!'Y
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 ......
Tours and Nantes ...... 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den' and Ilasselt ..-.. 16
West Flanders " ***
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
London Joint Stock.... 10
Provincial of Ireland ... 25
British North American 50

25,4
314
3d.

17111
.....
15%
ILA
11%
6

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARGX 24.—Wind W., fresh breeze and
fine weather.
DEAL, Mancis 23.—Wind W. to W.S.W., strong and
squally.—Arrd. Sines, Tjoneberg. Bahia, and sailed for
Gothenburg ; Zodiacus, Hahn, St. Jago de Cuba, and
sailed for Bremen ; Kirkman Finlay, Potter, Ceylon.
Put back, Sunflower, for Honduras.
ToRQUAT.—SId. Harriet, St. John's, Newfoundland.
lITERPOOL, MARCH 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd.
Oxford, Goodmanson, New York. Sid. Fairfield,
Jamaica ; Mary Young, Trinidad. The Omega, hence
to New York, was fallen in with 10th inst., abandoned,
with five feet water in her hold, rudder broken, &0., by
the Oxford, arrived here.
RAMSGATE, 11.ancu 23.—The Ann Elizabeth, Swan-
sea to Dordt, put in here leaky, having struck upon a
wreck in Dungeness Bay.
NEWPORT, MARCH 21.—A large number of empty
palm•oil casks, some fragments of wreak, a puncheon of
rum, apparently not long in the water, here been washed
on shore on the coast:.
Wicx, MARCH 21.—:-The Victoria, of Aberdeen, from
London, missed stays and went en the rocks north side
of the bay last night.
LOWESTOFT, MARCH 23.—The Garland, Huntley, ran
upon the Newcome Sand this morning, but was after-
wards got off, making water.
YARMOUTH, MARCH 23.--The Union, Wilkinson, of
Hartlepool, was run into whilst riding at anchor in this
roads last evening, by the Martha, Middleton, of Seaton
Sluice, when the former lost bowsprit, foretoprasst, bul-
warks, &c., and has come into the harbour; the latter
received some trifling damage, and will proceed.
DUNFANNHY. MARCH 21.—The Royal Victoria, Bra-
bazon, for Limerick, which went on shore, Mb nit., in
Downing Bay, but got off and proceeded, has since re-
turned to Mulroy, said to be unseaworthy, and is die.
charging.

FATAL ACCIDENTS IN SIIOOTING.—Tbe annals of
the neighbouring county of Shropshire present two very
melancholy instances of fatal occurrences of this kind,
the one in the death of the only son and heir of the late
Andrew Knight, E+q., of Downton Castle, which hap.
pened somewhere about twenty years ago, and the other
in the very recent death of that excellent nobleman,Earl
Powis. But the remarkableness of these two events oc-
curring in the same county and amongst those of its
higher-born classes, would not be matter for observation
were it not for a most singular, not to say extraordinary
coincidence, which is equally connected with both of
these sad catastrophes, viz., that at the time of Mr.
Knight's accident his life was in a lease of property
belonging to the Bishop of Worcester ; and that the lite
inserted in that lease to supply the place of Mr. Knight
was that of the late Earl Powis!— Worcester Herald.