The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-30 00:00:00

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

The most painful excitement has prevailed at Norwich
since Tuesday, when it was discovered that the Recorder
of Norwich, his son and daughter, had been most brutally
murdered at the county seat of the learned gentleman.
No reason has as yet been assigned for the perpetration
of the triple assassination.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert drove out yesterday
afternoon in an open carriage.
This morning her Majesty.walked in the pleasure-
grounds of Osborne.
Prince Albert went out shooting this forenoon. His
Royal Highness was attended by Colonel Berkeley
Drummond and Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon.
The Royal Children took their usual pony and
walking exercise to-day.

The Earl of Clarendon visited Lord John Russell
yesterday. Lord John Russell left his residence in
Chesham- place in the afternoon, for Pembroke Lodge,
Richmond Park.

YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BER-
WICK RAILWAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Snt,--I do not expect that even your powerful pen,
much less that of your correspondent " Verax," how-
ever true may be his statements, will restore sanity to
the minds of railway speculators, in respect of the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick. The madness against this
line is as decided as the , madness was in favour of the
South Sea bubble. When a certain and very handsome
dividend will not convince the man who has his hun-
dreds or thousands to invest, we may be sure his mind is
no longer within the regions of " common sense."
" Verax" shows the steady increase of the traffic returns
on the York, Newcastle, and Berwick—the last week is
similarly favourable. Let us take the traffic returns of
the three last weeks, the distances being 321 miles longer
in 1847 than in 1848 :-
1847. 1848. Increase.
X 11,418 ... £13,682 ... £2,216
11,056 13,709 ... 2,653
11,036 ... 13,472 ... 2,436

Such are the traffic returns in these bad times ; and if
in such times the directors can pay seven per cent. with
an annual surplus of 76,0001., the shareholders who have
bought for investment may sleep comfortably. I confess
myself to be of this class. The ridiculous depression of
this stock has induced me to turn every farthing I could
spare into York, Newcastle, and Berwick shares, and
those proprietors Who, like myself, turn a deaf ear to the
alarmists, all being, as far as I can learn, either selfish or
silly, will, before two years roll over our heads, have
abundant cause to rejoice that they held fast, unmindfu
of the growls of the packs of hungry " Bears" that fre
quent the Stock Exchange.
Manchester, Nov. 30, 1848. SANUS.

ABINET COTJNClL.—Summonses were issued to all
le members of the Cabinet to postpone the Council ap-
pointed to be holden this afternoon at the Foreign-office.
The Council is to take place on Tueiday nest, December
5, when all the Ministers will be in town.

LORD Joniv RUSSELL.—We are hippy to learn
that the Premier is quite recovered from the severe cold
he caught a fortnight ago. The Noble Lord, with Lady
J. Russell and family, purpose to reside at Pembroke
Lodge, Richmond, until a fortnight after Christmas, and
then come to town for a permanency.
Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer is, we learn, shortly to
lead to the hymeneal altar the Hoe. Georgiana Wellesley,
youngest daughter of the late, and sister to the present,
Lord Cowley. The ceremony, it is said, will be per-
formed at Hatfield House, the seat of the Marquis of
Salisbury, uncle of the fair fiancée. The Duke of
Wellington, and a large family party will assemble there
on the occasion.

ROYAL VISIT TO BRIGHTON.--Their Royal High-
nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the
Princess Mary, have been staying with the Duchess of
Gloucester at the Bedford Hotel since Saturday last,
where they arrived in the afternoon from honouring the
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, by a
visit of three days.
OSBORNE, ISLE OF WIGHT, Nov. 29.--. ROYAL
SHOOTING PARTY.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert
crossed the Ferry this morning on a shooting excursion
to Parkhurst, his Royal Highness was attended by
Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Captain the
Hon. Alexander Gordon, and Colonel Berkeley Drum-
mond. The day was a November one, a Scotch mist,
and a hard south-wester. •

THE LATE VISCOUNT MIIILBOURRE.—It is arranged
that the funeral of the late Viscount Melbourne is to
take place to-morrow, when the mortal remains of his
Lordship are to be consigned to the family vault in Hat-
field Church, about three miles from Brocket Hall.
The Rev. J. S. Broad, M.A., Incumbent of St.
George's, Newcastle-under-Lyne, has been appointed to
the Read Mastership of the Grammar School of that town

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday Was
steady, but not quite so active. The sales were esti-
mated at 5,000 ldes, including 1,000 American for ex-
port :- viz., 4,000 American at 3-4 d. to 6d.; 450 Pernaw,
&c., at 40. to 5d.; 200 Babia at 48d. to 5d.; 100 Egyr
din at 51d. to 6d. ; and 200 Surats at 28d. to 3d.. In
Railway Shares business was limited, and prices were
a shade lower.
The letters received by her Majesty's packet Express,
from Rio de Janeiro, are to the 15th October, and supply
various interesting items of commercial interest not green
in the papers received by the Sampson. The packet
adds another 100,0001. to the recent large arrivals of
specie, and what to our mind is of greater import,
it confirms the impression we had entertained
of a disposition lately again to over-supply
the South American Markets. The import duties de-
cree of October 1, 1847, is not to come into force until
January, 1850, therefore the Rio market may be sue'
posed to offer some encouragement to shippers of
manufactures, but we should inquire what can be the
utility of forcing off goods, even if entered duty
free, beyond the wants of consumption. A.
mercantile report, now before us, states that
the imports of almost every article had been
enormous, and that business in piece-goods was worse
than in the previous month, and, further, " it is truly
alarming to think what may be the result of a eon'
tinuance of imports, not only in the face of a very
limited inquiry, but at a period of the year when
trade is almost always at a stand." It ma
be alarming to think, but one must think for a'
that, and doing so we cannot but arrive at the conclusion
that severe loss, if not ruin, awaits many partiell
in the trade. It has been our province to
hear much lately in the way of complaint,
but the statements made personally to us by one or two
merchants in the Brazilian trade, " beat" all we bays
heard for some time as to trading tactics. Long oreditS,
heavy losses, and returns upon capital where the opera"
tion is successful, far below what an investment in the
Funds would yield, are but rough outlines which shading
in would render more extraordinary. Such a syetern
never can be long pursued.
The Continental advices are of a more tranquil OW
raster to-day, and the position of the Pope is not so des'
perate as was alleged. The difficulty of arriving at gl
conclusion as to the issue of the Presidential election
does not materially diminish, though the chances of Ca'
vaignac are believed to be improving.
The London Money Market is extremely easy, sf,
much so, that some parties have an idea that the BIOS
of England will reduce its rate of discount. As we 607
money already superabundant, and conceive that 111
adopting such a measure the directors would be me yet
looking to the proprietary profits, not to the interest of
the public, we may be permitted to hope that no such
intention at present exists.
The English Stock Market closed very heavily yester,
day, Consuls being 87* I, but this morning the marks'
is looking up a little, the rates being 87i to 8. TO
foreign news has made them better. New Three'
and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 861 i, and the Three el
Cents. 86 to /. Exchequer •bills have been at 395. to. 4.2°'
premium.
The Foreign Securities have been rather dull. Spanish
Five per Cents., 11i to 12, and the Three per Cu 0"
248 to 25*. Portuguese Four per Cents., 244 to 21
Mexican, 214 to Ir. Brazil Stock has been at 75. D ate
Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. have been 478.
The Railway Share Market is not active, but, fair
quotations are obtained. Caledonian, Great Western;
North British, and South-Eastern, and some few o tbe•
lines, are better.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC IC
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.-- 86% 86 86 5,‘
3 per Cent. Consols Anna 871204%
New 3% per Cent. Ames. B6lhVii
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-16 %
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 13-16
South Sea Stock -
Ditto Old Annuities 83% 84%
Consuls for Account
Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d.
March. Jurva.
1,000/. - 39 42; p
5001 - 39 p
Small 45 p 42 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOO5'
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 21%%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent -
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 25% 25
Ditto for the Account .......
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 47%
Ditto for the Account 47%%
.:TISLNESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CL OC%
RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SHARE.
eberdeen - to -
-1, mbar., Notting., Boston, &c 4% -
yrshire and Galloway - to -
gelfast and County Down .. 19 .. .. - -
Birmingham & OxfordJunct.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - to -
Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... - .. to --
Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . 13% to 14
Do., without a guarantee... 10 - to -
Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.145.... - to -
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.., lO
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 - to -.
Bristol and Exeter -
Do., Thirds
to -
Buckinghamshire... l4/. 4s 314 dis. to --
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares -
Dittp, New 10/. Preference 5 - -
Ditlis. Clydesdale Junction 50 -
6hester and Holyhead... ..... 50 ..... 19 -
Ditto, Preference -
Clarence. - ...... to. -.
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - to -.
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 -
..... to -
Direct London & Portsmouth 5% - -
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 - ...... to -
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 - -
East Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
and L. & D - to -
Ditto, 181., E. & H 18 -
..... to -
Ditto, 31. lOs., E. & IL.. 3% -
...... to --.
Eastern Counties ....
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 -
Do. Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d - -
Do., d 0....... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... - -
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to -
Do., 5 per cont. - to -
Do., Quarter .... ....... ...... 12%... .. -
Do., New - to -
Eastern Union, Clans A. (late
E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 - •••••• to -
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 , .....
Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 -
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 - -
Ditto, ditto ...... .......... 20 ...... - ... -
Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% - to -
East Lancashire - to -
Ditto, New .. ........... •••• • 21
Do., New Quarters - to -
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares 614...,..... ...... to -
East Lincolnshire , 25 ...... 24%...... to -
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O - to -
Ditto, Half Shares''' l5 ..... 9% to -
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 - -
Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. 15
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% 114%4 to -
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 68.8 d - ....„ to -
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - ...... to -
Do. Preference Consolidated - .- - ...., to -
Great Northern l9 -
Do. % A Deferred ..... ...-12% - to -,
Do. 1/ B 6 per Cent. Guar._ 6% 2% to -
Do. Extension ... - - ..... to -
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% -
Great North of England 100 -
Ditto, New 40/. 4O - ...... to - .
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New 30/. - -
Ditto, New,ls/...... .... ..... 14 ._.. - , ~, to .....
Great Western 9oto --
Ditto, Half Shares 5O -
Ditto, Quarter Shares -
Ditto, Fifths 2O - ...... to --
Do. New 17/. -
Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. ... - -•
Ditto, Thirds... lO - to -
Gull and Selby 5O - ,
Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% - to ---
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds... lO -
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 - ...... to -
Ditto, ditto -
Ditto Half Shares ,... 43 ...... - ..... . to -
Ditto Quarters 17% - to -
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ....... ... 614 - .... to -
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) -
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 - to ---
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 - • ... to -
Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 43
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole 5O -
Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . -
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... -
Do., do.' --Half Shares (A) 9%
Leeds and Bradford -
Leeds,Devisbury, & Mulches. 50 -
Do., Half Shares - to --
Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% - ...... to -..,
Leeds and Thirsk ........ ...... 50 - .... .to --
Ditto, New - ....,. to -
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. ... - ..... to --
Liverpool, Crosby, and Sout h-
Dort. 3% - .. .. to •-
.vernool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction. 2% - ...... to --
London & Blackwall ......131.65. 8d - -
Do. Extension ........ ....... 22% ..... - -
Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 23 -
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . - .. -
De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... - .. -,
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .. ... -
Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 ....., - -
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... - ... -
Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... - ...... to -
London:& North Western...JO° 117% to 116 7
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 -
DI. New -
Do. Fifths
Do. 40i. Shares.....L. & M 25 ....- - -
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . 101,i to ---
Do. 101. .. M. and B. (13.) 9
..... -' -•
D0..10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 -
London and S. Western....... 50 .. -
Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 425 k .... - -
Ditto, New 404... ..... .. .. 34 - to --
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 •••••• - -
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 -
Ditto, Thirds .... .. 131. 6s. 8d ... - ..... to --""
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. .
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
5 per Ct. on Calls 1/. 13s. 4d.... - ..... to, "'"'
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil I% - to . '"'"
Londonderry and Coleraine... 28% -
Londonderryand Enniskillen 27% -. ..... to I 'an! '