The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-20 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP MARILET..

Exceedingly little business is doing in this market,
and several rather largo parcels have been withdraw n
for the present. Even the finest qualities are a very slow
sale, and last week's prices are with difficulty supported.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were
3,000 bales, at stt ady prices. Railway Shares were ex-
ceedingly dull.
Some time may elapse ere the fiscal position of this
country will attract such attention as it did last year,
but should the revenue exhibit a falling off, owing to the
prevailing political excitement, and especially the stag-
nation of business abroad, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer will have the subject of retrenchment in the
expenditure pressed more forcibly than ever upon his
attention. As far as we can judge by the non-official
returns of stocks, imports, exports, and deliveries up to
the present time, we should say that the consumption of
most articles has declined, the want of employ-
ment for the labouring classes being the imme-
diate cause. It is, however, to be hoped, that
next quarter will show better results, for by
that period, the effect of the recent political changes,
it favourable, will be more appreciated, and there will
at least be less uncertainty and apprehension than now
exists in some quarters.
The position of the shipping interest being under in-
vestigation in Parliament, and the extent of the mer-
cantile marine a matter of importance to us in the event
of a Continental war, even though we may happily
remain uninvolved, it will be useful to glance at some
returns concerning the tonnage of vessels belonging to
Great Britain and her colonies.
In the year 1821 the tonnage of the United Kingdom
was 2,355,853 tons•, colonies, 204,350 tons. In 1841
the former was only 2,224,356 tons, and the latter
357,608 tons. From that time it has steadily increased,
the total tonnage of 1846 being 3,817,112 tons.
Ship-building seems to have been at 41 lowest point in
1822, and at its highest in 1840; and in 1846 a fair
average amount of tonnage was built and registered.
The tonnage which entered into and cleared from
British ports was in 1814, 3,764,428 tons, of which
2,562,200 tons were British, and 1,202,228 tons foreign.
In 1846, the total was 12,415,586 t0n5,8,688,148 tons,
being British, and 3,727,438 tons foreign. The increase,
therefore, from 1814 to 1846 was 239-08 per cent. on
British, and 210.04 per cent. on foreign shipping.
To deny the progress of the shipping interest, there-
fore, is futile, in opposition to such facts and figures as
these.
The packet ship Victoria, Captain Harvey, from Now
York, does not bring any later intelligence, but she has
some specie on board, and a good general cargo.
The letters from the Continent add nothing of im-
portance to the accounts in another column, but describe
trude generally as being exceedingly dull.
We understand that a very influential meeting of
merchants has been held at Bristol in support of the
Provident Clerks' Association, for which a liberal sub-
scription was made.
The English Stock Market has been exceedingly
quiet this morning, and indeed there is scarcely a fea-
ture to be noted, except a de2line in Exchequer-bills,
which appears to bear out the statements made as to
money being rather dearer. The premium on Exche-
quer-bills has receded to 28s. and 255. East India Bonds
are 11 s. premium. Bank Stock for account has been
190 to 191. Consols are heavy at 801 to 81.
In the Foreign Securities there has been a fair business
doing, but prices, generally, are not higher. Venezuela
Bonds are nominally better, viz., 18 to 22. Mexican
have been 141 to I. Grenada are 131; and Brazilian
Small 69. Spanish Five per Cents. have been marked
111 4; the Three per Cents., 214 j; and Portuguese
Four per Cents. 141 to 4. Russian Stock has been 85
to 88; and Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents. 41 to 42.
The Railway Share Market is very dull, and prices
are in soma cases lower.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anna BO% i 1
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 —
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, MO 8 5-16
India Bonds under ....... II p
Bank Stock for Account 191 190
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. Bd.

June.
1,000/.
5001 25 p
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small

March.
22 26 p

Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839
Ditto Small
Grenada, 1 per Cent. • ..... ......
Ditto Deferred
Mexican Bongs, 1840, 5 per Cent 14%1A
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent B7 85 88
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840
Ditto for the Account ll%
Ditto Passive Bonds 3
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ..
Ditto for the A6count .... 22
Venezuela Bonds ...
Do. Deferred
Dividends or. the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 4l 42
BUSINESS' DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES; AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pin Slum.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 31,3/4 —....— to ---
Ayrshire and Galloway 2% to
Belfast and County Down .. 11% .. ..
Birmingham & Oxford June... 20
Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 ... . 13
Birming., \Vol., & Stour Val. 101.148....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 73/4
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter . BS
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire l2!.
4s — to —3/
Caledonian
50 283/I to 273/4
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and. Holyhead 37%.....
Ditto, Preference l2
Clarence..
Do., let Class, 8 per Cent... 10
Do., 2LI Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per CAA. 10 — to
Direct London & Portsmouth 33/4 to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% — to
East Anglia, 26/. L. & E.,
and L. & D. ...
Ditto, 181., E. & H
Ditto, 31. 108., E. & H... 3% — to
Eastern Counties
Do.Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., do. N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter .... .. ..... ...... 12%... ..
Do., New
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to
_ _

JILL°,
Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d — to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 ......
Ditto, ditto ...... ......
Last Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., New Quarters -
East Lincolnshire IGLAI IS:M to
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Halt Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ......
Ditto, New ..... ... ..... ...... 3%
Ditto, New port l2
Ditto, ditto, New 214 — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% —
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 65.8 d... .. to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consolidated 15
Great Northern
Do. London & York Eaten. 2%._ - to

o. Lonuuu ..- - ---- _ , , ••• •.. __.
Gt. South. & \Vest. (Ireland) 37% lB ...... to 171,i%
Great North of England 101 —
Ditto, New 40!
Ditto, New 30/ ... 30 ..
Ditto, New 15/...... ... ...... 0%...... .
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 17/
... 6
Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. ...
Ditte, Thirds 8
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12% — to
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% — ...... to
Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) 2% —
Lancaster and Carlisle—. ....50
Do., Thirds lO .....
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares - 38
Ditto Quarters ...... 141%••••• ... .. to
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... VA-- .. ... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.45 —
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38
Do. (Mulder:. and Sheff.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract.
and Goole 5O
t,
Do., West Riding Union ...41. 2a..... 31-A3 dis. to
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ~.... 32
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9
_._.

Leeds and Bradford
50 . ... 861,E to
Leeds,Dewsbury,&Manches. 42,,,(2
Do., llalf Shares
Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 21,4 — ... .. to
Leeds andThirsk ....-... ...... 40

__ Ditto, New - 221,x. .... ..... to
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 31/2...„ ..,.. to _
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Juncti0n.......... 21,
London & Blackwell ...13/. 6s. 8d 4%...... to
Ditto New, No. 2 5l. 18s. 4d....
Do. Extension ...... 171/2 ...... to
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths.- 40 ...... 19
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . .....
Do. i'ref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... •• ••• to
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to
London & North Western.....100
Do. Quarters ( L. and B.) 22 -
Do. New
Do. Fifths
Do. 40/. Shares.....L. & M. 20 ......
Do. 101. ... M. and B. (A.) 71/2. ....
Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 71/2
Do. 101... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western.-- 50
Ditto, New 50/. ....... - ..... 371/2.- .. 25
Ditto, New 40/..... ..... .. .. 30
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 -
Ditto, Thirds 81. 6s. 8d ... 31/2 dis. to
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11/2 — ...... to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 271/2 — ;
Londonderry ,e---1 F.7'n''''ll'r `'' ...... -- .
LOWtSttill, (guar. q 1..,:i• etut.) ll)
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3
blanch, Dwiton, & Matlock 8

lYlanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto LA Shares (No. 1) ... 13
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
Ditto, Vs Shares (No. 3)... 7%. .....
Do., New 101. Preference.. 7% — .....• to
Ditto Grimsby 25 — to
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto ...
Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7%......
Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 12% — to
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4i. 2e....
Manchoterand Southampton 214 — —.— to
Midiand 100
Ditto, Consol. Preference...100
Ditto, 501. Shares..... ...... 15
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ...
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 116% to
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 ... ..

, ..,....-. __
Ditto ditto 11/. 30.6 d. .. ...... to
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... .
LI idld. Great Western (Irish) 35
Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6
per cent. guar. ......... ..... 50 -
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ......
Ditto Quarter Shares
Newmarket and Chestertora 18./2 —
Ditto Extension
Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6
Norfolk
Ditto New 20/.
Ditto Extension
Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 5 •• •••
Do. Seri p, ;847, N. of Nora 2 — to
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warren point, and

Rostrevor 124 ..... .._
Sorthern Counties Union ....14
North British
Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 121,4 844 ... ... to 9
Do. Quarters 514• 3%ii3/4 10
Ditto. Extension
Ditto Thirds .... ........
North and South-Western... 2 .....
North Staffordshire... ••...... 10
North Wales 34 ..... ..... to
North Western
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Reading, Guildfd. , & Reigate 7% — te
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 224 — to
Ditto, New lO
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole 5 ...... ......to—
Shrewsburyto and Birmingham 7
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 ......
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. alin.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. .
Ditto, Oswestry
Ditto (New) 1
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref 6 -
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 . —
Shropshire Union . 4 ......
South Devon ....... ......... 40 -
Ditto, Preference 224...•••
South Staffordshire 4 ......
South Eastern and Dover 334 ..... 234xd... to
Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, N ew, No. 2 l7 ......
Ditto, New, No. 3 ... 20 , ..... 91,4...... t.
Ditto New, No. 4. ...... .. 74 ...... 4IA % ... t 0
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Goole
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's 5tm.C0a1.....—. .. 4
(lames Haven Dock and
Railway..., 17% __
raw Vale EXtension
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 134......
Waterford and Limerick ... .. 40 ... ..
Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall
Whitehaven and Furness l2 ... .. ..... to ...
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western ... .. 925.
Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 30 ...... 14 ... - to
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 ..
Do. Exton. No. I (T. & N.) 16
Do. do. No. 2, New & B. li
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. it
York and North Midland .. 50 ......
Ditto, rrefereace lO
Ditto East and West Riding
Extension ... .- ..... 25
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ......
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon) ... l6
Central of Spain
Ceylon
Demerara. .........- ........ ... 5 . .... --
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras 58. .... •
Dutch Rhenish 7.. ... % to
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular ss. ..... . ...... to
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1
Louvain Ala Sambre ..... -.. 6
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted)
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege l6 . ..... 234.- . to 3
Northern of France. ll ...... 2% to
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Yssel 4138 4d . ...... to
Paris and Lyons
Pans and Orleans 2O 244- to 2514
Pans and Ronen ..
Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 ......
Rouen and Havre ........ ...... 20
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale l4
Tours & Nantes ... . .. 8
rournay, Jurbise, Landon,
and Hasselt
West Flanders
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

to

- -
Australasia
British North American .... 51 -
Colonial .... - - .. 25
Commercial of Loadon -
London Joint Stock ~...
Loadon and Westminster... 21 -
National Provincial of Eagld. 35 -
Ditto, New -
National of Ireland ... 2214
Provincial of Ireland -
Ditto, New
Union of Australia .-. ..... ... 25 -
Ditto, New... 2% -
Union of London ........ ..... 10 -
Union of Madrid 4O ...... -
MINES.
•

Anglo biexican lOO —
Asturian Mining Company... 12 ......
Australian ...
Blaenaryon Iron and Coal ... MI
Bolatos Scrip
British Iron

Irazilian Imperial •••• •••r• • 24 ...... • .•••• to
Galvanized Iron . .

Ditto, Ne*
Real del Motto, Unregistorei . 1%..
Do. Black Debentures —

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY
LONDON, Mencti 20.—Wind S.W., light breezes.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19.—Wind W .S.W.—Arrd. Co
lumbus, Green, Pernambucco. Sid. Feb. 17, Defence,
Benster, Charleston; France, Senegal; Conroe], Boston;
Emma, Newfoundland; Brooke, Africa; Belle, Africa ;
Mediterranean, Africa ; Eleanor Chapman, Africa ;
Bathurst, Honduras; Concord, Barbadoes ; Rival, Bar-
badoes ; Carolus, New Orleans ; Wilkinson, Boston ;
St. George, New York. A quantity of railway sleepers
were seen floating to the westward, off the Bell Buoy,
yesterday.
DEAL, MARCH 18.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E. ; 19th,
S. to S.W.—Arrd. Sarah Trotman, Brown, China; Blue
Bell, Johnson, Rio Grande. Arrd. from the River,
Mahomed Shah, Port Philip ; Allendale, Cape of Good
hope ; Diadem, St. Helena ; Duke of Wellington, St.
John's, New Brunswick. Arrd. front the River and
sailed, Gazelle, Sydney, New South Wales ; Marion,
Trinidad.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind S.E. ; 19th; S. to
W.S.W.—SId. Northumberland, New York ; Feroze-
pore, China; Neijcosaki, Batavia; Dibden. Barbadoes.
SHEERNESS, MARCH 17.—The Starling brig, of Dover,
has received considerable damage by being in contact
with the Liberty brig, of Sunderland, in Folkestone
harbour.
DUNDEE, MARCH 17.—The brigantine Zephyr, Welsh,
from Newport to Perth (with railway iron), while taking
the river last night, went on shot.* on the south side of
the Abertaf sand and filled ; crow saved. The vessel
is likely to be a total wreck, but if the weather mode-
rate, the cargo may be saved.
D'UNBAR, MARCH 18.—The William, Thomson, of
and from Goole to Port Dundas, struck on a reef of
rocks, two miles west of North Berwick, 14th inst., but
was warped off, and taken into North Berwick Harbour.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind N.; 19th, W.—Sld.
18th, Chapman, Atkins, Rio Janeiro; Abbot Lord,
Nason, Boston; 19th, Cawton, Dann, Sierra Leone;
Jabez, Booth, Boston.
NEWPORT, MARCH 18.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Casscopea,
Cape of Good Hope; Plymouth, Bermuda; Quebec,
Boston.
PETERHEAD, MARCH 15.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Victor,
Greenland.
PWLHELLI, MARCH 17.—1 t blew a violent gale all
last night and this morning, from N.E., and the wind still
continues strong and squally.
FISIIGUARD, MARCH 18.—A large number of water
casks, full of water, with no mark on them ; several
empty palm oil casks, made of very slight material, the
head of one wa' marked—" STRIPS—L'POOL-18—a
coronet-46; SOLDAN," in marking ink; a largo quan-
tity of tobacco, and some salt beef and pork, have been
washed ashore here during the last few days.
WHITBY, MARCH 17. —The Conopia, or Conova, of
Sunderland, was on shore on a rock off Flamborough,
on the 14th instant, but was towed off and proceeded.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN.—Her
Majesty's box was occupied on Saturday evening by
Lord and Lady John Russell, and Mr. William Ruseb.
We also noticed his Royal Highness the Cosde de
Nlontemolin and party, his Excellency the Greek Mi-
nister and Madame Ralli, the Duchess Dowager of
Bedford, the Duchess of Montrose, Lord and Lady
Ernest Bruce, Viscount Cantilupe, Lord Ossulton, the
Marquis of Tichfield, the Marquis of Lusada, Viscount
Neville, Lady Doraville, the Right Hr".. Edward Strutt,
M.P., lion. F. Scarlet, Hon. John i Jrtescue, Hon. A.
Willoughby D'Eresby, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Upton, lion.
Colonel and Mrs. Fizgibbon, lion. Captain Coke, Sir
Henry Paulet, Sir William P. De Bathe, Sir Archibald
MaOonsld, &c.
Grassalkovitcli d Gyrach
(née Princess Esterhazy) arrived at Mivart'a on Satur-
day, from her estates in Hungary.