The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-08 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCUL, NEWS.

CITY TWO-O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were
taken for export. The sales comprised 4,000 American,
200 Pernam and Maranham at 60. to 71d., 200 Egyp-
tian 6d. to 70., 500 Surat at 2id. to 30., and 50 Sea
Islands at 101 to ls. 4d. per lb. The market closed
firmly with American at 4id. to 5d., being id. per lb.
higher.—Railway Shares were rather firmer.
Upon the state of the London Metal Market Messrs.
William Short and Co. report as follows:—" Welch iron
has been neglected, and consequently drooping, t hrough-
out the past month. Bars in Wales are to be had at 41.
10s., and some makes even lower; and business in rails
may be easily done at prices refused early in the month.
The shipments of bar, sheet, &c., to Madras, Calcutta,
and Bombay, are nearly 9,000 tons less than in the first
six months of 1850, but there is an increase a 5,000
tons rails. Staffordshire iron is also easier, and in
Scotland the price of pigs has receded to 395. 6d. for
ordinary brands, and 40s. 6d. to 41s. for No. 1. Gart-
tannic. The excess of the make over the wants of
the world is beginning to be felt, and
is no longer denied. Copper is without
change in price, but business is not active,
and the shipments to India have d ecreased
about 600 tons ; English tin remains the same, but
East India tin has advanced about 4s. per cw t. since
our last circular, and seems still likely to rise, m less the
price of English is lowered, which is not e xpected.
Spelter is a shade firmer, notwithstanding oar large
stock of 13,000 tons, but there are no extensiv a trans-
actions going on. Lead is somewhat lower, and not
very much doing. On the whole, the metal market is
torpid, and producers are inclined to meet buyors, who
act slowly, and buy only to meet actual present 'wants."
The letters from New York, &c., by the steamer
America were delivered this morning. In less t Ilan six
months about seventeen millions of dollars were shipped
from New York, and they were expected to. continue
large. The fire at San Francisco was likely to prove,
as we anticipated, a very serious affair for some of the
merchants of the United States. Still we hope that the
view taken by some of the journalists is exaggerated,
and that the few failures which had occurred owing
to the reaction in the Cotton Market, will not go
much further. Credits are said to he in-
flated, and if so, the banks will naturally
become cautious, bat this may be no ground
for a panic. If California pays 103. in the, pound
promptly; it may be as good as 20s. deferred; and the
reason why she may do so is, that a great qu entity of
the goods destroyed by fire were of a very inf 'crier de-
scription, and would long have remained uninaleable,
while the supply remaining will go off briskly at reduced
prices. In this sense there are compensatory' circum-

stances.
The Canada accounts infotm- us that the n,:.mber of
steerage emigrants arrived at Quebec from the 7th to
the 14th ult. was 1,072, and those previously :reported
'to 11,960, making the total increase, as compared with
last year, 1,755. The tonnage arrived at Quebec this
year exceeds that of last year by 8,229 tone. Whe tem-
perature continued extremely low, even in tta e upper
province, and the crops, it was feared, would :suffer by
the rains and frost.
The Funds have been rather quiet again as regards
speculation transactions. Consols have been 6i, the
New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. 984 ;and the
Three per Cents. 974. Exchequer-bills have been at
51s. to 545. premium, being again higher get otations.
Bank Stock is worth 214 to 215.
The Foreign Stock Market is inactive, and Ibe deal-
ings in the Sardinian L')an have been as low as to 1
discount, which is : against the presumption th at much
has been taken. Spanish Five per Cents have been
marked 201, and the Passive Bonds si. Mesics ►n Stock
is at 34 to I, being heavy. Dutch Two=and•a-.llalf per
Cents are at 59.
Railway Shares, though but little dealt in, are in some
cases rather higher. Boulogne and. Amiens b..ave been
in request.

QUARTER TO THREE.

Coll Bola
Ditto Account ... 96i !.3)7
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock
214 215.
a per Cent. Reduced Annuities—
-97 %
New 31A per Cent. Atlas.. 9B%3fi
Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7% 7 7-16
• Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 7%
Consols for Account 963
E schooner Bills. t d.
1,0001.... — 51 p
lout.
Small - 51 51 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Idexican 80ne15,1846, ex Jan. Coupons 34
Ditto Account
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4% per Cent lOO%
Sarrdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent Cent
Do., Scrip .....
e3panish Bonds, 5 per Cent 2034 _
Ditto Passive Bonds
Dividends on the above payable Ls London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent.
Exchange. 2sf.
Dutch 23( per Cent., 12 Guild

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JULY 6.—Wind at noon, N.W., fresh breeze
and cloudy.
CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, MAY 31.—The
Nepali), Calcutta to London, put into Lemons Bay, 19th
inst., with loss of bowsprit, foremast, maintopnaast, &c.
The Tudor, for Calcutta, arrived here, '24th inst.; eXpe-
Thothood very Leta•y vvo.ther off tho °oast, mud uu tna 'Law
passed the lower mast and .yard of a ship of about 900
tons, with sails, &c., attached. The China, Calcutta to
London, put into Algoa Bay, 18th inst., leaky, with
rudder and foremast badly sprung, and part of cargo
thrown overboard.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 7.-}Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd.
Margaretha, Aquadilla, Port Royal.
Cow's, JULY 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. Sociedade, Fell,
Rio Janeiro.
OFF POTTLAND.--GOideLl Rule, Bermuda.
OFF TORDAY.—Teazer, Havaunah, and sailed for
Hamburgh.
OFF THE START.—Countess of Durham, St. Lucia.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 7.—Arrd. Bosphorus steamer, Cape
of Good Hope.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 7.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. John Mel-
burst, Calcutta; Hero, Bombay; Pegasus, Reo Pongo;
Ulysses, Rio Grande; Roscoe, Mobile; Vandalia, New
York. Sid. Philina, Charleston. Off port, Lady Frank-
lin-and Prince Arthur.
SANDLEMA.R, NEAR BRIDLINGTON, JULY 7.—lt is
supposed that some vessel has foundered off the coast,
clothes, coals, and wood, and several flags having been
picked up. .
LIMERICK, JULY 6.—The Fortune Teller has been
run into by the Laura Campbell, for Quebec, and has re-
ceived damage.
DEAL, JULY 7.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd.
Meta, New York, for Rotterdam; Venus, west coast of
Africa; Jersey Lass, Africa; Jessica, Trinidad; Ham-
ley, St. Vincent's. Arrd. from the River and aid.
Skellefled, Rio Janeiro; Shaaghae, Singapore; Chart-
ley Castle, Cape of Good Hope.
GLOUCESTER.—Arrd. Nautilus, Quebec.
CARDIFF, JULY 7.—Wind W.N. W.—Arrd. Richard
Cobden, New York.
YARMOUTH, JULY 7.—The Sisters, of and for Har-
wich from Hartlepool, has been assisted in very leaky.
OFF FALMQUTFL—Sarah, Rio Grande, and sailed for
Hamburgh.
SHIELDS, JULY 7.—Wind N.W.—Sailed Mary Louisa,
-Demerara; Peruvian, Philadelphia.
CAPE TOWN,.: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, MAY 31.—The
Gratitude, Sharks-Bay to London, put into Algoa Bay
224 inst. leaky, and Mary, ditto, on the. 24th lust, with
loss of boats, bulwarks, &c., and 'short of water. The
Penninghanirived in Table Bay from Liverpool onithe
10th inst. with loss
tof mainmast, fore and mitentop-
mast, &c.

ROUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS DAY.)
Their Lordships sat this morning to hear appeals.
The Peers present were—the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Brougham, and Lord Cranworth. The judges also at-
tended.

HUTTON V. THORN.
This was an appeal from the Court of Chancery. The
question at issue was who is a contributor under the
Act. Mr. Bethell, Mr. P. Cooper, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Rox-
burghe, Mr. Glossett, and Mr. Morris, appeared for the
different parties.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Vice-Chancellor K. BRUCE.)
No business of importance came before bis Honour
this morning.
(Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.)
His Honour was this morning occupied with the case
of " Beadon v. Kerr."

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY

OLD COURT.
jßefore the RECORDER.)

PERJURY.—Je'remiah William Callon, a young man,
was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury. The pri-
soner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Ballantine, with whom was Mr. Charnock, ap-
peared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ripton defended
the prisoner.
Mr. BALLANTINE, in opening the case to the jury, de-
clared that this inquiry was one of considerable import-
ance not only to the proprietor but, to the public at
large. The prosecutor was the head-waiter at the
London Coffee-house, and his avocations being of a very
confining character, he was in the habit of occasionally
strolling about Ludgate-hill after the fatigues of the day
.were over. Now, the prosecutor was taking his cus-
tomary airing some few weeks ago, about dusk in the
evening, when the prisoner came up and asked the pro•
secutor to treat him. The prosecutor declined to do
anything of the sort, and turned upon his heel
to walk away, when the prisoner seized him
by the collar and protested that he could not
leave like that, as he had been guilty of an indecent as-
sault. The prosecutor became alarmed at this serious im-
putation, and in the confusion of the moment he ran away,
but the prisoner pursued him, and as his returning reason,
told him that he was doing wrong in trying to escape
from the consequence of a false charge, the prosecutor
turned back and allowed himself to be given into cus-
tody. The next day the prisoner, with the assistance of
an accomplice, preferred a charge of indecency against
the prosecutor, but the case was so transparent that the
magistrate dismissed it without hesitation, and requested
that the prisoner and his companion might be indicted
for a conspiracy to extort money. There was a legal
difficulty in the way of connecting
the two, or of show-
ing that they acted in concel't, and it was, therefore, de-
termined to aliow the other fellow to go ct large, and
to put the present prisoner on his trial for perjury.
(The case was proceeding when our report left.)

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NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.)
The Court was engaged the whole of the morning
trying Mint cases, none of which presented any feature
of public interest.

MARLBRO'-STREE I`--(T HIS DAY.)

A NOVEL TRlCK.—Richard Roberts, a man well
known to the gentlemen of the Pytchley Hunt, and
Charles Miles, were brought before Mr. Hardwick,
charged with the following novel and fraudulent mode
of raising the wind.
Constable 140 C stated that on Monday evening, about
six o'clock, he was on duty near the Stanhope-gate,
Hyde-park, when a gentleman on horseback came up,
and pointing out the prisoners, told him they had been
annoying him and several other gentlemen by stopping
them and demanding money of them. Witness followed
them and watched them for some minutes, when
he saw the prisoners come up to a gentleman
and stop him. He then heard Miles say, " Sir,
your horse has got a stone in his foot." The
prisoner Roberts then stooped down and pretended to
remove a stone from the horse's forefoot, the said stone
having been supplied to him by Miles, who took it from
his pocket. For this pretended service the prisoner re-
ceived a shilling. Having watched them do a similar
trick successfully with two more gentlemen, he went up
to them and took them in charge. In the pocket of
Miles he found several stones and 3s. in silver, and on
Robertson seven duplicates and 3id. in copper.
The prisoners, who strongly denied the charge, were
committed to prison for fourteen days.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The STEALER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were

considered and agreed to:—

Dee Standard Restoration.

Midland Railway (Purchase of Leeds and Bradford Rail.
way and Increase of Capital).
The Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coat.
bridge, Polloc and Govan, &c., Railways)—(Amend.
ment and Continuation, &c.).

The following Bills were considered and agreed to:—
King's College Hospital.
ilynvi Valley, and Duffryn Llynvi, and Porthcaw
- Railways.
NATIONAL LAND SOCIETY.

Mr. BROTHERTON moved that thO order made OH
the 6th day of June last, for the third reading of the
National Land Company Dissolvicg Bill, be discharged;
that the Bill be re•committed to the former Committee,
and that they have leave to sit and proceed, with three
members, on Friday next, at twelve o'clock.—Agreed to.
PETITIONS.

Mr. BROADLEY presented a petition from a place
in Yorkshire against the attorneys' certificate duty.
Sir GEORGE CLERK presented a petition to the
same effect from Dover.

Similar petitions were presented by other Hon.
Members.

Mr. MULLINGS presented a petition from the In.
corporated Law Society of Englaud and Wales against
the County Courts Extension Bill.
COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL.

Hr. FITZROY complained that the Attorney-Genera]
was not in his place to fix a day fcr taking this Bill
which was fixed for this morning, but which he under•
stood was to be postponed.

Mr. C. LEWIS said the Chancellor of the Exchequer
distinctly elated last night that, in consequence of the
indisposition of Sir George Grey, the Bill would not be
proceeded with this morning. He believed, however, that
it would be put on the orders of the day for Thurs-
day next.
After a short discussion the subject dropped,
it having been. agreed that the Bill should be fixed as an
order for five o'clock this evening, in order to enable
the Government to fix a definite day for going into
Committee upon it.
CIVIL BILLS, &c. (IRELAND) BILL.
The House then went into Committee upon this Bill;
Mr. BERNAL in the chair.
On section 73 being proposed,
Mr. M'CULLAGH moved the omission in line 15,
page 37, of the words " or under a tenantcy from year
to year." He complained that the whole policy of the
Government in Ireland had been an anti-tenant policy,
and the evil results of the course they had pursued WAR
exhibited in the census returns which had lately been
laid before the public. The House had now before it
the damaging and horrible fact that two millions of their
fellow-creatures had either been starved to death or
transported for life to distnnt lands. If the
amendment were not agreed to a greater stimulus would
be given to ejectments in Ireland, and consequently ad-
ditional burdens would be thrown on this country, as well
RS a greater number of the Irish peasantry be compelled
to emigrate to America and the colonies. There had
been no less than a decrease of 406,000 persons in the
population of Ulster as compared with the returns of the
former census, yet this province wee comparatively free
from famine and fever, and what could they attribute
this unfortunate circumstance to, b at our vicious system
of legislation? He implored the Rouse, in the name of
the Almighty, not to give a farther stimulus to that
species of cruel extermination whose fearful effects were
now visible throughout Ireland.
Mr. HATCHELL said the Hon. Member had totally
mistaken the import and meaning of the ,lauae, in
stating that it would enable the landlord to clear estates,
eject tenants, and drive them to leave the country. The
clause would only give power to the landlord in the
case of tenants from year to year, who neglected or re-
fused to abide by their contract and pay the rent, to
have recourse to law proceedings for the purpose of get-
ting possession of his land. He vvas disposed to think
that this clause was more in favceur of the tenant than
the landlord.
Mr. WHITESIDE thought that; the Bill was open to
the objection of the Hon. Member for Dundalk; it was
a piece of patchwork legislation. IChere never had been
a more opportune moment for legi slating satisfactorily
on this subject than at the pr esent, yet her Ma-
jesty's Government had allowetl it to slip away,
The evidence taken before the Devon Commission never
yet had been acted upon, at least , as far as legislation
went. In the reign of George IV. no less than 60 Acts
of Parliament had been passed relating to this said
question in Ireland, of which .30 related to the
subject of distress alone. T hrough these the
lawyer had to grope his way II lost unsatisfactorily.
The landlord and tenant in Ireland s vere oppressed by the
complexity of the law on the subj!iect of the tenure of
land, and the greatest boon that cc ,uld be conferred on
Ireland would be to simplify the col, !ection of laws. He
should not oppose the introduction c f the clauses into the
Bill, although he very much regret ted that the Govern-
ment had not introduced an entire measure on the subject.
Mr. REYNOLDS said that in the Committee which
had revisied the Bill the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
who had just sat down had spoke and voted
against this clause, and he must say that
this was one of the most extras irdinary conversions
which he had beard of. :He also expressed
his astonishment at the speech 'e hich they had just
heard from the Attorney-General :for Ireland. In the
year 1847 the population of Ireland amounted to
8,700,000 before the famine brokc out, and now, four
years after, it had been decreased by 1,500,000, which
was to be attributed mainly to MI e legislation of this
House on this subject. And now t hey had the Queen's
Attorney-General getting up in the House asking them
whether they would defraud the landlords of their
due, a speech which was cheered to the echo by the Irish
landlords in the House. The Bill was an at-
tempt to patch up a subject which must be dis-
cussed early in the next session, and unless
the clause were expunged he slumld go all lengths
to oppose the Bill.
Mr. WHITESIDE explained that he had voted
for the clause in the Select COMM ittee, because it was
misplaced in the Bill, but at the same time' he professed
his readiness to consider the principle of it in Com-
mittee.
Mr. MOORE opposed the elaus e because it a
part of the bit by bit legislation which lay so deeply at
the root of all the evils of Ireland.
(LEFT t4TTING.

THE LATE FIRE AT MAT. ALDERMAN
BUIIPLIREY'S WARiEBOUSE.
The inquiry before the Coroner into the origin of the
fire terminated this day. The following was the verdict:
" That, in the judgment of this jury, the evidence
brought before it is insufficient to warrant any decided
opinion as to the origin of the fire in warehouse A, but
that there appears to be the gre: test probability that
the fire in warehouse D, commend/ tg as it did at the ex-
treme corner, and directly against I he wind, was not the
result of accident."

.
NEW BEETHOVEN ROOMS.
attended by a crowded and fashionable audience, who
Madlle. Elise Krinitz's matinee musicale yesterday was
warmly testified their admiration o f that brilliant per-
former on the pianoforte. Madame Perish Alvers ex-
ecuted a solo on the harp in a manna r sufficient to excite
the envy of Boohsa himself, and Mr •
Leon
the violin, elicited marked commenciation. Miss Bi er, on
nckes
Regni
with appropriate
Zerr,
created a sensation in two arias, one from Lucrezia
Borgia, and Miss Octavia Fraser was very cordially
applauded in a spirited romances. Herr Reichert
also sang some Germ®n
Aerinna
energy and taste. whose
name was in the programme was unfortunately absent,
and we almost feared the deprivation of Miss Catherine
Hayes, who was unable to attend until almost the last
moment, when she gave an Italian song with singular
Madllei.jed
sweetness and execution; indeed Vie never heard her
extraordinary 0003 pass and exquisite tone developed to
greater advantage. The transcendent excellence of Miss
Hayes is purity, a total freedom from trick, mannerism,_
or exaggeration. Without any desire to extol the Irish
incantatrice at the expense of other great siegers, we are
free to confess that it is she who fillfils our conception
of the perfection of vocalisation.

DE. JOHN MURRAY.—We announce with sincere
regret the death of this gentleman, so well known as a lec-
turer in this and the neighbouring counties. Dr. Murray was
an enthusiastic disciple of science, which he pursued in almost
all its branches with unwearied assiduity ; and it was a most
commendable feature of his character as a savant that he
incessantly laboured to make his knowledge subser-
vient to the god of his fellow-men and the interests of reli-
gion. This was manifested in his eloquent work "On the
Truth of Revelation," as well as in his contrivances for the
saving of life in shipwrecks, fur the preN,.:;ntion of explosions
in mines, for the detection of poisons, and the healing of dis-
ease. As an experimentor he was very able, and his appara-
tus was extensive and beautiful.—Leeds Alercury.