The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-05 00:00:00

DENMARK.

The King of DENMARK was, on the 28th ult., on
the eve of his departure from Copenhagen for Fre-
dericia, to place himself at the head of his army.
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed at Copenhagen,
and the KING is cheered everywhere for having so
openly embraced the popular cause. The soldiers of
the guard (natives of Holstein) have been offered to
return free to their own country if they wished it,
but they have repeated their oath of allegiance to
the KING.

There is no doubt of a favourable issue if the Danish
cause should provoke active measures and a conflict
take place, but it i 3 to be hoped that the prudence of
the Danish emissaries, the Count KNUTH and OLA
LEISMANN, will succeed in turning the spirit of the
Court at Berlin.

The Duchy of Lauenburg has declared itself
neutral in the strife between the other two Duchies
and Denmark.

The Provisional Government at Rendsburg is in a
miserable plight, they have no ammunition.

SWITZERLAND.

A letter from Berne, of the 31st ult., says—
" The Government of Bale has just sent informa-
tion to the Vorort that a body of Germans, which had
come from France with the view of co-operating
in the establishment of a Republic in Germany, pro-
posed to pass through the Swiss territory. The
Vorort was about to meet and consult on the subject.
" The Germans resident in the canton of Berne
have formed themselves into an armed auxiliary
corps to assist in the same object. They have
named a council of war, at the head of which are
three of the corps francs—BECKEß, DAITNER, and
ScuULER.

" This evening there was a meeting of the Germans
established here, to consult on the best means of free
ing Germany from the domination of kings.
" It is scarcely necessary for me to say that our
Government does not meddle with these meetings ;
the constitution will not even allow it to prevent
them."

ITALY.

LOMBARDY.

The Palria of Florence announces that a political
alliance, offensive and defensive, against Austria, has
been concluded by the King of SARDINIA with the
PorE, the King of NAPLES,. and the Grand Duke of
TUSCANY.

The same journal says—" The inhabitants of Fer-
rara have given the Austrians forty-eight hours to
evacuate the fortress, at the expiration of which time
they will be attacked. The inhabitants of Bologna,
and all the volunteers of the neighbouring country,
are marching towards it. A corps of Pontifical troops
of the line, with artillery, has left Bologna for Ferrara.
The Provisional Government of Modena has placed
itself under the protection and guarantee of the Con-
federated Italian Princes. It has been decided that
that decision shall be immediately communicated to
all the States of Italy."

A letter from Milan, dated the 29th ult., says—
" The position of Radetsky, who is within a mile of
Brescia, with only 15,000 men, is very critical, for all
the roads and bridges are broken up, to prevent his re-
treat. Much of the country has been inundated ; the
Bresciabs are armed, and the Sardinian troops stop his
road. Radetsky yesterday sent a dispatch to the Pro-
visional Government, in reply to an application which
had been made to him for an exchange of prisoners.
His reply was that he would release about 100 prisoners
whom he had with him, in return for those in the power
of the Milanese, amounting to about 6,000, with all
their arms and baggage. In his dispatch he adds that
it was probable that the chances of war might bring him
again before the gates of Milan.
"The deputation from the municipality of Turin, who
had been charged to present an address to the Pro-
visional Government of Milan, met with a most welcome
reception. The reply made to them was so gratifying,
that they decided on immediately proceeding to Alex-
andria to communicate it to Icing Charles Albert.
" All the Piedmontese and Genoese who have arrived
here meet with the warmest reception. The grand idea
of an Italian fusion generally prevails. Padua has pro-
tested against the proclamation of a Republic by Venice
and the Provisional Government of the latter city has
declared that it is in favour of an Italian Government,
and more especially of unity.
" A body of Sardinian troops entered Pavia on the
26th, when they were received with great enthusiasm.
A general illumination took place on their arrival. They
are immediately to march on Lodi.
" The Tyrol has risen, and has given in its adhesion to
the Provisional Government of Milan. Two thousand
Tyrolians have quitted the Austrian ranks, and have
placed themselves at the disposal of their fellow-citizens."

The Provisional Government of Milan has issued a
decree for opening a voluntary loan of 24,000,000 of
livres without interest.

NA PL ES-SICILY.

Letters from Palermo of the 28th ult. announce
that the Sicilian Parliament was constituted ; that
Admiral Runnnno, chief of the insurrection, had
been appointed Regent, and that the political separa-
tion of Naples and Sicily was an accomplished fact.

MARKET NEW S.—(THIS DAY.)
CORNEXCHANGE
_WEDNESDAY.
t The fresh arrivals of English Wheat for our market
since Monday have been on a moderate scale; yet the
show of samples to-day exceeded the wants of the mil-
lers. All kinds of Wheat of home produce experienced
a very dull inquiry, at barely the late rt duction in the
quotations. The best parcels of foreign Wheat were
held at full prices, but the middling and inferior kinds
ruled extremely dull, and were somewhat easier to pur.
chase. In Barley next to nothing was doing; yet the
factors were not disposed to give way in price.
The Malt trade was heavy, and the quota-
tions must be considered somewhat easier. For
all kinds of Oats we have to report a very dull in-
quiry, at barely stationary prices. Beans, Peas, and
Indian Corn were almost nominal in value. Inferior
foreign Flour was excessively dull; but the best parcels
of English supported late rates.

Meat Barley.
English —•• • • 1,080 a; 2,250 qrS.
1 240 qrs. 730 sks.
ARRIVALS.
Oats. I Flour.
[sigh... ...... —_ '5.
-- 15,220 i •--
9,420 I --
Our
Foreign .. •• • • 5,680 2,050
Malt, 2,330 qrs.
NVIIITECIZAPEL.
to 4s 10d; and supplied with each
kind of Meat, the demand for which was heavy, on Some•
what easier terms. Beef, from 3s to 35 8d; Mutton,
3s 4d to 43 8d :
' Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 10d; Veal, 33 10d
5s per Sibs by the
carcase. Pork, 3s 8d to

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Tim GEN
anniversary lo'fittEhAir
exlccAelLlenFtuisn
17th instant, Sir E. DstiptuitNioNnEwßill take
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place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on the
be supported by Charles Dickens, Esq., Mr. Macready,
Bulwer Lytton in the chair, who will
and a host of dramatic and literary talent, m ho take a
warm interest in this institution.
UNIVERSITY REronm.—lt is understood that a
in both
memorial, already extensively signed by names of weight
universities, and still in course of signature, will
shortly be pres(tited to Lord John IZuss.,ll praying the
,
crown to issue a commission for inquiry into the state
and management of the Universities of Oxford and
Cambridge,
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VONEY and COMMERCIAL 'NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet.
Sales 2,000 bales. Railway Shares were on the de-
cline still.

The accounts by the Medway steamer from the West
Indies appear to be of a character very different to those
already to hand. There is a good amount of bullion on
board.

The intelligence from Paris does net improve as far
as public confidence is concerned, though very laudable
efforts were making to meet commercial engagements.
The continued rapid decline in the French Funds ap-
pears to be a sad illustration of the apprehensions enter-
tained.

It is important in these times of despondency to
note the least circumstance upon which the hope of an
improvement may be founded. The following from
M'Nair and Co., of Manchester, is in some respects con-
solatory :

" How long the present state of things will remain it
is beyond the power of man to say. Were peace re-
established in Europe, a return to prosperity would not,
in our opinion, be distant. A knowledge of the state of
our foreign markets, and the improving aspect of the
country trade, where stocks in the hands of dealers are
represented to he very light, induces the expression of this
belief. Within the last week a slightly improved feeling
here has been manifested, attended with a partial resump-
tion of purcha,es by the Greeks, the absence of whose ope-
rations, from their ordinary magnitude, as intimated in
our last circular, had the effect of increasing the depres-
sion. We may notice, too, that the purchases for the
North American markets have been of comparatively
trifling character; a fact which with others has caused
March to be the reverse of what it generally is in its
ordinary years, viz , a month of considerable activity."
In the present aspect of political affairs in Europe, a
glance at a Parliamentary return now before us may not
be uninteresting, as showing the extent of our mercan-
tile marine. It appears that on, the 31st December,
1814, the number of sailing vessels registered belonging
to the United Kingdom, was 21,067, of 2,391,482 tons,
and 1 steamer of 69 tons. Since then the increase has
been steady and gradual, and on 31st December, 1847,
the number of sailing vessels was 23,381, of 3,114,221
tons, and of steamers 1,025, of 140,132 tons,

The vessels employed in the coasting trade have also
increased ; but no doubt railways have interfered with
them, for in 1845 the tonnage was 10,803,440 tons for
sailing vessels, and 3,728,616 tons for steamers. In
1847 the sailing vessels amounted to 10,316,888 tons,
and the steamers to 3,902,916 tons.

No alteration is to be noted to-day in the price of
wheat.

The Funds are to-day extremely quiet, scarcely any
business being done either for account or money. In
our remarks yesterday as to the state of feeling here,
we intended to say that most parties connected with the
Stock Exchange would rather sell than buy, and that this
rendered the forthcoming settlement the more critical
should a rise occur. The quotations of Consuls have
been 81 to Exchequer-bills are up to 355. and 41s.
premium, being in fact the only outlet for money.
Bank Stock has been 189 to 191. East India Bonds
have been I3s. premium.

The Foreign Securities are very depressed. Spanish
Five per Cents. have been 10 to 10f, and Portuguese
Four per Cents 131 to 14. Dutch Two-and•a•Half per
Cents. have been 33 to 34k.
Railway Shares continue flat.

ONE CLOSING
t'BICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.— 81A % 81
India Stock

Endia Bonds, 1,0001.
Bank Stock for Account ... —l9l 189

Consols for Account ...... 8111A3

Exchequer Bills. - .3d.
1,000/.
500/. 42 p
Small

07:411:
O'CLOCK.

CLOSINti
PRICES.

RICE s OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, 'Small ... 64
Mexican' 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto, Account —
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account l4
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, Account 17%3A 18
Dividends on the above payble in London.
French Itentes, 5 per Cent.
Exchange —f. —c. 27f. —c.
Frenoh, 3 per Cent —f. —c. SOL —c.
Lxchange —f. —c. 27f. —c.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 34% 33 34 34
PRICES OF PAID.
BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.

Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 214.
Belfast & County Down 13 ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10
Birming.,\Volverlepton,
and Stour Valley 101. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junr; ...•..••••
Boston, Stamfd.& Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter BS
Ditto, Thirds
Buckingh =shire... 12/. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares ..33/q......

61
14%
15

3%

251/2

Ditto,Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 371/2 l2
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 17% —
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D. .. ••• 25
Do., 181., E. & H.... 18
Do., 31. 103.
Eastern Countie5........ 20
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. L..— 6/. 13s. 4d
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
Do., New 23
Eastern Union 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4 —
Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d..
Do. (guar.6 percent.) 10
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 33% —
East Lincolnshire ...... 16%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ........ ~ ...
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, New.. ni —
Ditto, Newport l2 - .••
Ditto, ditto, New 2l/.....
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ....... .•• —SI. Cs. 8d....
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr o 0
Ditto, New ........... 40
Do. Preference Consol. 15
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2% —
(;reat South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England 100 ... ..
Ditto, New, 40/ 5
Ditto, New, 30/ 3O
Ditto, New, 151

3
1314

.....
3[14

Great Western 9O ... .. 88 87 881/2...... 88.1,4
Ditto, 14, Shares
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171........ 91/4..... 71/214 714
Huddersfield and Manch. 26
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ......
Ditto, 114 Shares -
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 171/2
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 21A — ......... .... . --
.. . __.

Lancaster and Carlisle;•• 50 - ......
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1,6 Shares
Do. Quarter Shares... 141, .. ...
Do. Fifths... .. . 9
Do. Sixteenths 614 —
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... ......«......
Do. Liverp. and Bury 38
Ditto 1,4 (late Hud-
dersfield and Shelf.) 33
D
o.(Waketield,Ponte-
fract and Goole) ... 50 , —

71,4

Do. (W. Riding Union)4/. 2s 33i3 dis... ...... 31/2 die.
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. 1/2 Shares (A)... 9
Leeds and Bradford
Leads, Dewsbury, &c.... 421/2
Do., Half Shares 171,4......
Do., (blue) Scrip...... 21,4.....
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40
Ditto, New ...... ....... 26
Do., Prefer. ,6 per Ct. 31...... -
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport .
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction... 21,4 „ ~...
London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d.... 4%
Do. New, No. 2,5/. 135.4 d..., ..............
Do. Extension ...... 20
London, Brighton. and ....
South Coast 5O ...... 28 %1,,13/4
Do. Congo]. Eighths. 40 ......
...., '
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 ......
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ..

4%

28

Ditto, ditto P 1852 50 --
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d —.....- —•—
Ditto, Preference... 17.
London and N. Western 118/ s 2doo 125 124 124% 124
Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22
Ditto, New ............ 2
Ditto, Fifths ...
Do 40/.Shares(L. M .....•
.) 20 ...
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 7% ......
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7%••••••
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 —•• 31A
Low!. & S. Western SO
Do. New 50/. ... ..... 37%.• ••
Do. New 40/ 3O
Do. Tenths (Consul.) 50
Ditto ditto .... .... 40
Ditto, Thirds lO
Loudon, Salisbury, and
Yoovil ..... ".. •••••?•• I%oftiese 11.1

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