The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-28 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
In the Liverpool Cotton market yesterday there was much
steadiness. Sales about 6,000 bales, including 1,000 on
speculation, and 500 for export. American was sold at 3VI
to 514. d. per lb. Shares were supported.
In the letters received from Canada, to-day, we find but few
items of interest. At the same time, it may be stated
that political affairs in the colony do not look the most
promising. Extensive preparations were making for the
shipment at Montreal and Quebec of flour and grain.
There were some late accounts received yesterday from
Hobart Town. And referring to the relative inducements
fur settlers to make Van Diemen's Land their home, or New
Zealand, we have received the following from a party who
has visited both places :
In point of climate and soil, however, it is (Van Diemen's
Land) far inferior to New Zealand, the winter is as cold and
much wetter, and though the season is now advancing, the
red and calcined appearance of the earth, where trodden or
turned up, is painfully suggestive of the summer droughts.
Agricultural operations are conducted in the most slovenly
manner, the earth is merely scratched and har-
land without har-
rowed over ; five or six successive crops are pro-
ducedfallowing ; as a consequence the
near the tow
nis completely exhausted, and
the people are obliged to move further back. Fifteen to
twenty bushels are considered a fair crop. From the ruinous
system pursued, wheat will, in a year or two, be a very
scarce commodity; and it cannot,
.under any circumstances,
compete with New Zealand as a grain country. Your people
should, therefore, steadily lend their attention to agriculture.
Timber, staves, and sacking, which, I believe, you manu-
facture, would sell well here. The native woods are hard,
and extremely bad to work ; the builders are, consequently,
obliged to use Sydney cedar and deal from England, for
which they pay enormous prices. A tract of mineral land
has been purchased of the Government for 20,000/. I doubt,
however, but the purchasers will burn their fingers; they
have no funds to work the mines, which must eventually fall
into the hands of the English capitalists, work them who
will; however, it cannot but be beneficial to the place: this
will farther tend to distract their attention from agriculture,
and should be an additional inducement to the settlers of New
Zealarid to prosecute their wheat and flax growing.
The Consol Market has been scarcely as firm this morning
as it was yeSterday. For Money, the price has receded to
95, and for the Account, to 96 B. The premium
upon Exchequer Bills has been reduced to 235.
In fact most of the funds are heavy, and the reason is, that the
accounts of the revolutionary movements in Portugal and
the unfortunate condition of Spain, may render some
indirect—or it may be direct, as has been the case be-
fore—interference, to preserve the power and increase the
influence of the Governments of the two kingdoms just re-
ferred to. Bank Stock has fallen to 20414, and India Stock
from 261 to 259.

There were but few buyers to be found for Portuguese
Bonds this morning, in consequence of the bad news re-
ceived this day. A bargain was made in the Five per
Cents. at 79. Spanish Active Bonds have rallied just now
from 24% to 25,4. The Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents.
have been called 58%, and the Four per Cents. 91% to 921 A.
The Railway Shares are in heavy request this morning,
with but little business doing.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. .. .• .. .. .. 20514 204% 204%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95% 94% 94%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 9618 96 95% 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Arms. 963 97% 96% 96'%
New Five per Cent. Annuities .. .. .. 121 121
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 6, 1860 .. 10% 3-16 10 3-16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • . 10% 10 7-16
India Stock .. .. . , , ~, .. .. 261 259 259
South Sea Stock .. .. „ .. .. .. 106 106
Ditto Old Annuities .. • • • • 93% 93%
Consols for Account .. .. .• • • • • 96% 96%
Exchequer Bills. lild. I%d.
1,0001... .. .... 25 26 23 pm. 23
5001. -.— .... 24 23 26 pm. 26
Ditto, Small 28 24 23 pm. 22

BRITISH FUNDS.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • •
Ditto, Small .. •• • • • •
Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 81
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent • •
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • •
Ditto, for the Account .• • • • •
Ditto, Deferred .. • • • • ' • 7,,
Peruvian Bond,+, 6 per Cent. • • • • 3uisi
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 79
Ditto, 4 per Cent ..
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Deferred • •• •• ••
Ditto, Three per Cent ••
••• • •
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent • • • •
Dividends on the above payalde in Landon.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent • • 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91 9214
BUSINESS
CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
253

ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

.. .. 241 A 25% 25%
16%
36%

Birmingham and Gloucester.. • • 1°? •• ' • ••" • • •
Bristol and Exeter .. • • • • "—n
••• • • "
Ditto, New .. .. • • ••5 •• • -itA•••• • • • • • • 914
Buckinghamshire.. 425. .. • . dis. •• • • % dis
Caledonian .. 10 .• • • 654 ••• • • . 64
Ditto, Half Shares .. •234 .... 15i • • ll
Chester and Holyhead .. .. 22%.... 213• • 22
Cornwall and Central Devon . • 2% ••• • ••••• • • • • •
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .• • • % 1 •••• • • • •
Direct Manchester (Itastrick's) • • 51,E •• • • 334 •• •• •"•
Direct Northern .. .. 2% •• • • .. ... •• • •
Eastern Comities ' 141. 165..... 24. 23.% 24

•
Ditto New .. • 81. 165.... • B', P • •
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. P
Ditto, ditto, .. . No. 2. 6/. 135. 4d. 14 p•• • •
Ditto, York Extension .. • • 10g• •• • • 2 "• • •• • •
East Lincolnshire .. .1 114 ••••• • • • • •
Great Eastern and 'Western • • 2.% •• • • I '•••' • " • •
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 ••••• • • • • •
Great North of England . ..100 .... 212
Great Western 85 ....149
Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 33 341,4
HullaudSelby .. 30 .• ••••• • • • • •

24
7% p
% P
P
2S

215
149
34'

Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 1231 19%
Ditto, Half Shares .• •• 7 •• •••• • • • • 26
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 40 .. 55 •. •..• • •• 55
Leicester, Tamworth, Er.c. ...... 425. • ... dis... •• . • •?4 dis
London an i Birmingham . • .100 .. • . 224% • • • .... 22531
Ditto Thirds „ 24 62 62%
Ditto Quarters 2 28% 29% 293
Ditto Fifths .. 2 254.. 23IA
London and Blackwall. 16!. 13s. 4d. 8 .......... 8
London aad Brighton ~''.. 50 .• .. 641 A 64 65.... 65
Ditto ditto Fifths .. 20 .... 29 3031
London and Croydon .. 13/. 15e. 9d. 2214% •• .• •• •
London and South-Westent.. 411. Os. 10d. 80 7831
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 34 .... 5131
Ditto, New . 1231 .... 23% .. • • •
Ditto, New .. • .. 10 .... 18 ....
London and York . 1 %

. .
Londonderry and (..oleralue .. 7 .... 314 ex int 3%xiiit
Manchester and Leeds ... .• 82 —..........—
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • .. 38 .... 57 •• ••• • • • 56. a
Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • • 3 .... 1234 12 .....• 12
Ditto Extension • • • • 428. .. •••• • • • 214 P
Manchester and BirMingham .. 40 . 80 • • 78%
Ditto, Quarter Shares (II) • • 4 13
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • . 1 9 Ba,
Do. Cont. and Welsh Junction %::
...
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... % p.... p
Manchester and Southami,ton .. 3 1%.
Midland •• •• —lOB 151...... 151
Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 18 .. •• 33 .. ••.. • 33
Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 46 ...... •• .. 473¢
Ditto, New • • • • • • • I ..........
Ditto, New, Brandling 2,5
▪ 45 46 ..
Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 10 .. • • 20% 21 •• .• 21
North British.. • • • • • • • • 20 ..,, 2634 2634
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • 6 bs4 8%
Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • 1 .. 1 1
Northern and Eastern • • •• 50 •
72 72
North Kent and Direct Dover • • 234••
North Staffordshire • • • • • • 425. 2%.. p p
Norwich and Brandon .• . • • • 18 26 26
Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptn. 12% 81A .....• • . 81A
Portsmouth Direct* • • • • • •
25 .. 3.. • .
Preston and Wyre • • " • • .. •• 333; 33
Richmond .. . • • • • •• 10 14
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% ▪ 21e %
.. • ......
234
Shropshire Union .. • • • • • • 425. .... 1 dis .. • •
South Midland • .• • • • • 428. p par s 4 p• • % p
South Eastern and Dover .. • . 33% 38% 38%
Ditto. New (isti. at 321.) No. 1. 16 19 19
Do., New (do. 3al. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 1214 12 . .... 12
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% 2
South IVales .. • • • • • • • • 5 .. . 1% ...... •• ••
West Riding Union • • • • • • 425. • ...
.... 234 ly
%Tilts, Somerset,- and Weymouth 5 3.... 3
Yarmouth and Norwich .. •. 20 2734
York and North Midland .. • • 50 ..........
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten,.. to 10 f

• FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
ford., Toni., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 2.....
Dutch Rhenish .. • • • • • • 5 6IA
East Indian .. • • • • • • 48. •• • • ••••• • • • • •
Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 15%
Great Western Canada .. 31A 4 .
Luxembourg .• • • • • • • 4 .... 2 g
Namur and Liege • • • • • • 4
Orleans and Bordeaux- • . • • 6 .... 111
Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 8
JOINT••STOCK BANKS.

Australasia •• ••

MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered .7:7 .... 35i ...... ...

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 2i.—Wind S.W., pleasant breeze, and fine mild
, weather.
DELL, APRIL 27.—Wind N., light.—Arrd. Cape Packet, Lamb,
Mauritius ; Thomas Metcalf, Gorton, Colombo. Sid. Mervrede,
Dorestan, New York ; Esperance, Duff, Valparaiso ; Palestine,
Collier, Cape of Good Hope. Arrived from the River, and sailed for,
27th, Duchess of Northumberland, Withers, Calcutta; Naiad, Rose,
Demerara ; Ocean Queen, Bluett, Jamaica.
I'ORTSMOUTII, APRIL 27.—Wind E.N.E. to W.—Sid. Mary, Kemp,
Bombay.
, SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27.—Acrd. Madrid steamer, Bingham,
Gibra' tar, left 18th, Cadiz 19th, Lisbon 21st, Oporto, Vigo, and Cor-
runna 23d.
LivEaroor„ APRIL 27.—Wind light.—Arrd. Viscount Sandon,
Lancaster, Calcutta. Sld. 26. Margaret Pollock, ?ye, Quebec. 27.
John Horton, Cunningham, Shanghae ; Wild Irish Girl, Graham,
Bombay; Erin, M. Vicar, Barbadoes ; Envoy, M. Kittrick, Staten
/
IsMnd ; Liberty, Gamble, New Carlisle ; Calliope, Scott, Quebec.
Off, Ann, Royal William, —.
WATERFORD, APRIL U.—Wind E. to S.S.E. and N.—Sld. 25.
Ratchford, Flavin, St. John's, Newfoundland.
Coax, APRIL 25.—S1d. Garland, Baltimore.
SUNDERLAND, APRIL
h
BRIDLINGTON, APRIL 27.—T e Helen, Leighton, from Sunderland
27.—Wind N.E. 26. Sld. Ann Mills, Young,
Quebec.
to Stettin, sunk in the bay this morning in five fathoms of water.
MARTPORT, APRIL 27. The Royalist, which was on shore at
Leatham, has been got off, and is now off the port.
vST. HAWES, APRIL 24. Arrd. Commerce, Smith, Liverpool to
Spalding, with loss of bulwarks,
stanchions, &c., having shipped
a heavy sea 15 miles W. of Small.
OFF PENZANCE, APRIL 25. Hoolchly, Williams, Sydney, New
South Wales; Renan Hasselaar, Schuel, Batavia for Rotterdam.
HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 37.—A topmast 35 feet long and eight inches
thick, mast head painted white, was picked up near this port 25th
instant.
Aship's boat 16% feet long and
five feet broad, bottom painted
white, inside lead colour
shore aait'd
BlactbsdLs, 26th inst.
M topsides black and without mark or
name, was washed on

cUXBERLAND zzair maititsTs.
ARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
_ sMITIIPIELD.—Meadow liar, 3/ 5s to 41 Scrawlover ditto, 4/ Ss to
,a 1 15s; Oat Straw, 11 128 to It 149 Wheat ll I4s to 11 lis per
load. Supply moderately good, and' trade very dull.
to a/ 14s ; Oat Straw, 11 13s to 1/ 15s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to 11 17s
per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand.
--MeadoNvHay 31 5s to 4/ lOs ; Clover ditto, 4/ $s
Winnenam.—Meadowdla 31 3s to 41 Ss ; Clover Mt*, 41 Ss
to 61; Oat straw, 11 12s to 11 1,48 ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1116 s
per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations.

t , De held in this city in j
-
THE ARCEIXOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.—The approaching
meeting of the Arehological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland,
Teeting, which will take
IN e are authorised to state that the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl De
Grey, the Bishop of Ripon, el Prudhoe, Lord Alorpeth, the Dean
of York, the 31arquis Northampton,lmr his Excellency the Chevalier
Bunsen (Prussia
this club have appointed of
uly next, promises to be most interesting.
Alderman Hudson, and the
Lord May .-T1 Ambassador), Mr.
or of I ork, have consented to act as vice-presidents of the
Archbishop, and the presidencye of the Earl Fltzwilliam. The most
cordial support has been
promised
to
the institute by influential
i,n`elleas in money to the
gentlemen of all parts of the country. The meeting will commence
be
on Tuesday, July 21, Woe under the patronage' of bis Grace the
Yorkshire Gazette.
ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB.—The members of
handicap
not exceeding 160 tons.
regatta. Her Majesty and Prince Albert have signified their intention
honouring the regatta with their presence. The following is the
p,rogramme :—The Royal
ted the 1 lth, 12th, and 13th of August for the
Victoria Yacht Club Annual Prize of 100
contested for by cutters above 31 tons and under 51 tons ; a piece
plateur,i value 50/. for cutters above 50 tons, and not exceeding 75
uncle; 3% Piece of plate value 501. for yachts of not less than lb and
first vessel, and 20 guineas to the second, to
tons 1 toes ; a Piece of plate worth 001. for schooners not under 120 d
_ race by Yachts belonging to any royal yacht club.
PEDESTRIANISM. R brt Fuller, who was matched
against Butler towan. .1.. ° e t dotted the deposit of 501.,
444 At **II IA a ---• •••••ty utiles, has o
. Apiece of plate value 50/.—a gran

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

GROUP VI

This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock. Sir J. C. Hob•
house, chairman.
Mr. ANDREWS, for the promoters, applied to the Committee for
tlemen sent down by the Board of Icade tO
their authority to bring forward Gezntain Codrington, one of the gen-
of making the " Inch" a termini, and whose report Was r.:79urable•
as to the eligibility

The Committee objected to this course.
Mr. ANDREWS then opened the case for the promoters of the
Dundee and Perth line. This was an Act to alter and amend an Act
which received the sanction of both Houses of Parliament, and en-
titled the "Dundee and Perth Railway Act," whereby a
company was incorporated by that name, for the pur-
pose of making a railway from Dundee to Perth. The
Act of last year gave the promoters power to make
the Inch a common termini for that and other lines, subject to the
decision of the Board of Trade. That Board sent down engineers,
and they reported favourably for making this place a station. Would
It not be too bad if, after being bound by the Committees of
last session to act according to the Board of Trade,
they should now be refused the benefit of such conditions. The
line was almost constructed, and it was stopped last year at one side
of the river till the reportof the Board of Trade was made known. The
report came, and it was highly favourable, it gave the promoters
power to go on to the "Inch." The promoters, therefore, had at
present the power to go on to the " Inch"—true, not with
so much benefit as the powers of the present Bill, but
still they had the power to go to that place. Without going to it,
the Bill of last year wonld be wholly useless, and the w-dy object of
coming before the Committee this year for that object was, to get to
the " Inch" In a more convenient manner, both to the Company and
the public. That they should be allowed to go there was wholly
independent of any evidence, to be offered by the op-
ponents. The decision of the Edinburgh and Northern
Committee and the Committee on the Scottish Central Railway was
that the " Inch" should be occupied, and that being the case, he
hoped the Committee before whom he then appeared would also give
their sanction.

Mr. Miller, civil engineer—Is engineer to the Dundee and Perth
line of railway. Under the power of .the Act of last session they
were allowed to go up to the river T ty, which was to be crossed by a
bridge, to be approved of by the Admiralty. He had prepared plans
to meet the wish of the Board of Trade. The alteration proposed by
the Bill of this year would bring the goods' station nearer to the town
of Perth than if they were to go by the Craigie-park side of the Inch.