The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-05 00:00:00

raxED NC IV

Leasing Business
Railways. Companies. Paid. Closing Prices. I done.
Berks:and Hants
Ex. 5 pfr Cent. Gt. Western 6 34 —1 p. 614
Bir. and Oxford
Junc.,callsduly
paid, or with a
guarantee •• Do .• .. 20 2834 2934
Do., without a
guarantee .. De .. 20 27 —2B
firm., Wol., &
Dud.,calls uly
paid, or with a
guarantee •• Do .. .. 15 834 934 pxd
Do., without a
guarantee •• Do • • .. 15 7 8p x d
Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. 1734 17% 17%
E. Lin., Guar. 6
per Cent. .. G. Northern 25 31% 32% 32% %
Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. 50 101 1031 xd
Do. 14 Shares Do .. 25 50 —5l ad x.d
Do. 14 Shares Do .. 123¢ 2234 23% xd 23
Leeds and Brad. Midland .. 50 96% 9736 97
Lon. and Green. S. Eastern 12 15 4 11% —1 %
Do., Pref. .. Do 20 24 —25
Lowestoft, Gd. 4
per Cent. Norfolk .. 20 14 —l5 Id 15
N. & East, 5
per Cent. .. E. Counties . 50 54 —56 xd 5535 x.d
Do. New .. Do • • • . 43 4 6 pad
Preston and 1 L. & N.W.
Wyre $ &La.& Y. 5 25 4234 4354
D 0.34 Shares ADo .. • • 1034 8 9 p.
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. 20 21% —22 22 34
Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 6% 81,4 x.l
Do. Shep. Ex.. Do .. 2% 1% I%p. xi
South Staffords. Mr. li`Clean 934 33( dia.
Wear Val. 6 per
Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. 25 24 —25 Id
Wilts, Som., &
Weymouth .. Gt. Western 50 44 —45

'IZZIMIt:

INC

SHAREI.

5, 1851.

=INES.

Paid. Nominal Prices. Business de
to-day.
Anglo-Mesican(is. 5/. p.) 100 ..
Asturian ............ • l5 ..
Australian .. . • 4 34 —2%
Barossa Range I 13 0
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 • •
Bolanos Scrip ....... •• • • • " • •
British Iron.. • ...... 13 5 • • —• •
Brazilian Imp. (is. Si. p.) 24% —• •
Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 32% —32
Do. St. John del Rey 15 14% 13%
Cobre Copper 40 32% 34%
Copia po ........... • • . 14 6
General.... 20 13% 14
Real Del Monte, Uureg. 4
Do. Black Debentures. • • —-• •
Do. Red Debentures —•— • •
Santiago de Cuba
Tin Croft ... 7 10% —ll
United Mexican-- ...•••128 28% 6M —5l
JOINT STOCJ BAN3LS
Australasia
British North America 5O 424 —43
Colonial • •
Commercial of London •2O 25 25%
London Joint Stock
London and Westminster 20 27% 27%
National Provincial Eng. 35
Do. New
National of Ireland 22% 17% —lB
Provincial of Ireland.... 25 42 —43
Do. New ........ 10 15% —l5
Union of Australia ...• 25 34% —34
Do. New ............ 2% 3
Union of London •• 10 12% —l3 14
Union of &twirl( 40 .. -
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada •••••••••• •• •• 32% 12% —46
Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 27%
Perin. & Oriental Steam. 50 68% 72%
Royal NI ail Steam .. • 60 73 —69

Gen. Steam Navigation
& Oriental Steam
Royal NI ail Steam .....
r We cannot be answer:
will not be influenced by

able for tli
interestec

,ANEOUS.
46
26% 27%
64A —7t%
73 —69
to errors of the Official Lists, ano
correspondents.]

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TIVO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, comprising 4,000 American, 300
Surat, at 4d. to 51d.; 500 Egyptian at lid. to fid.-' and
30 Sea Mend at Is. 6d. per lb. Tho market was firm,
and prices of all kinds were fully maintained.—Railway
Shares were in good demand, with very little change in
prices.

The Corn trade is dull, as there are large arrivals off
Falmouth, not leas than 300,000 quarters, it is said.

As it is now presumed that Sir Charles Wood's
Budget will be thrown overboard, a strenuous attempt
is to be made to press on the Government the neces-
sity of preventing the adulteration of Coffee, in the
same way as that of Spices and Tobacco is checked ;
viz., by suing for penalties. A meeting is to be held
upon the subject, and Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., has
consented to preside.

The zealous agent at Madrid of the Spanish Bond-
holders, M. Weisweiller, has not suffered the extraor-
dinary refusal of M. Bravo Murillo to amend his plan
for the settlement of the foreign debt, to pass without
immediate remonstrance, and deserves credit so far for
having anticipated what we doubt not are the views of
the chairman of the committee in London, Mr. James
Cape!. No one can fail to observe the shallowness of M.
Marillu's pretext that the country has not the means of
offering better terms, because the small addition asked
by the bondholders involves rather a principle than an
amount. Another satisfactory circumstance is the inten-
tion of the French and Prussian ambassadors at Madrid,
acting under the orders of their respective Governments, to
co-operate strenuously with Lord How den in pressing for a
speedy compromise. Spain will see that the time has ar-
rived when she is believed by competent judges to possess
the means, if she has but the will, to meet the claims upon
her, and what private appeals have failed to accomplish,
diplomatic representations may possibly bring about.
The following are the interesting letters forwarded to
Mr. Capel:—

" Madrid, Feb. 24, 1851.
" Monsieur le President,—Referring to my letter of
yesterday, I have now the pleasure of for warding you a
copy of the translation of my answer to the letter of his
Excellency Senor Bravo Murillo.
" Believe me, Monsieur le President, &c.,

" DANIEL WIESWEILLER.
" To the President of the Committee of
Spanish Bondholders London."
(Translation.)

" THE DELEGATION OF THE ENGLISH COMMITTEE OF
SPANISH BONDHOLDERS.

" Excellent Sir,—l have had the honour of receiving
the esteemed letters of your Excellency of the 21st, in
which, in answer to mine of the 19th, and to that of
the President of the English Committee of Spanish
Bondholders of the 11th of this mon►h, your Excel-
lency informs me that you cannot present the amend-
meet solicited in favour of the coupons overdue
and not paid, the project of law for the settlement
of the debt having bE en already submitted to the exa-
mination and for the deliberation of the Chambers, who
would resolve upon what they should judge to be most
suitable according to the result of the discussion. The
Constitution itself stipulating that the public debt is
under the special protection of the nation, to no lutt,-r
body than the national representatives, to its great wis-
dom and enlightened judgment, could the creditors trust
the sanctity of its cause, as it cannot fail to find a host of
defenders when it is the question of a credit so sacred as
the interests of the public debt, owing and nut paid,
during eleven consecutive years.
"Your Excellency deigns to tell me that the question
ought not to rest upon the application of the principles
of equity and justice, but on the fact of the possibility
of payment, concerning which your Excellency app-ale
to the experience that I have been able to acquire of
the resources of the country during my long residence
in Spain. I thank your Excellency for the honour
you do me; yet I cannot but avow that after the con-
siderable concessions consented to by the creditors, and
all the difference between the possibility and the impos-
sibility being reduced to the sum of 100,0001. during the
first five years, since .no payment is offered for the
current year, which sum progressively increases 25,0001.
every two years, arriving after nineteen years at the
maximum of 300,0001., I cannot persuade myself that,
though the actual state of the 'treasury is not as dis-
engaged as might be desired, the abovementioned
sum could form seriously the object of an insurmountaLle
difficulty that a nation great and honest like Spain should
terminate with one accord a definite settlement with its
creditors of a question so highly important as that which
I have the honour to recommend to the superior con-
sideration of the Government.
" God preserve your Excellency, ac.
" The Delegate of the English Committee of
Spanish Bondholders,
"DANIEL WEISWEILLER."
Madrid, Feb. 26, 1851.
"My dear Sir,—Referring to my letters of yesterday,
communicating to you the dispatches to and from the
Spanish Government, I beg to inform you that I
have just been apprized by Lord Howden of his having
received a dispatch from Lord Palmerston, informing
him that the French and Prussian Governments have
sent instructions to their representatives here to give
his Lordship every assistance in his negotiations % ith
the Spanish Government for the settlement of the foreign
debt.

" I remain, my dear air, yours most faithfully,
" D. WEISWEILLEIL
" James Capel, Esq,, Chairman of the Committee
of Splnish Bondholders, London."
The quotations for Bills of Exchange yesterday
afternoon were well supported upon all the principal
Continental cities, and there appears to be a strong
opinion that this will continue. The dividends upon
various Foreign Securities fall due this month. In this
list we may include Russian, French, and Danish Stocks,
and Cuba and Chilian Bonds.

No; the slightezt alteration has occurred in the quota.

tions for the English Funds, and business is slack.
Consols have been quoted 96f for Transfer and Ac-
count. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents, have
been Hi to 99, and the Three per Cents. 97i to Bank
Stock has been steady at 2151. Exchequer-bills have
been at 515., and India Bonds at 575. premium. Long
Annuities have been quuted 7i to 11-16.

Foreign Stocks are as dull as the English Funds.
Spanish Five per Cents. have been l9i f, and the Three
per Cents 38. Buenos Ayres Bonds a,•e 54 to Mexi-
can Stock is worth 34f to 34f Peruvian Four-and-a
Half per Cents. have been at 82i, and the Deferred at
37. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, are 97k.
Belgium Four-and-a. Half per Cents. are 911.
Railway Shares are rather flatter, but no serious
change has occurred. Aberdeen, Great Northern, South-
Western, Oxford and Wolverhatnton, and Suuth-Eastern
are merely the turn lower ; Midland, however, have
receded to some extent, and also South Wales, being
most susceptible, owing to the previsus considerable rise.
Brighton are cheaper. Boulogne and Amiens have advanced
QUAIITEII TO THIN
...
96 k
96f

Console
Ditto Account

' ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
BAnk btoct,
3 c., Cent. Reduced Anne.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities-. -
New 3/A per Cent. Anne- .... 983 99 991,js
Long Anne. to expirc J an. 1860 ..... -7% 7 11-16 7%
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 7 71/2
India Bonds, 1,0004 .. . .. 57 p 57 p
Ditto under 1,000/.-
Consols for Account 96%.1/2 96E/2
w.xchequer Bills. i litu. & 2d
1.0001. June
Smell. June ~

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.

61 p

brazilitu;
Ditto, Small
Buemi Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. ..
Do., 5 per cent
Equader Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent
Ditto, Account
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds

Ditto, 414 per Cent,
97%.%
S2anieh 5 per Cont. 1840 .........
Di*, &Milt ••.16.1111 ... 19Y2%

45p

CLOiING
PRICES.

93
51

101 ex d
3%4

34%

-
97%

19%

Do., Coupons... .. ...... 9
,itt o. ~.1,,,1 v , .
atto. 3 [-:,:r Cent
Ditto Account .....
7.;4,;0::n--,,;
1 on the above' ...... y..A.n Lo. n.
Belgian, 41;4 per Cent.
to gian 5 per Cent ...... 103
i3(,Bin do D
::.:., :,:...,, pt., :A•1:1,., 12 Guild. ... --
:.titto, 4 per. Cent. Clertitt,;ates.., --

COURSE Of
Am3terdam .......... 11 16%

three mouths 11 17%
'.otterdam 11 17%
1ntwerp.............. 25 30
Brussels— .• •• 25 30
liambargh .... • • M.B. 13 ti
Paris, 3 days'sight . 25 71-6
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 32%
Marseilles ........,... 25 32%
80urdean5......... •
Frankforton 119
Vienna, effec. 13 2
Trieste, ditt0......... 13 3
Petersburgh, $ll. Rble „ 37
115 dad............ • 493;
Cadiz .. „ 50 py
BAr,plmta •• •• •. . • .• .

•• ••

914
los
bs3/4
91%

EXCHANGE.
Gibraltar ...• •• •• •• 30 66
f.eehorn •• •• ••••••••*" 25 e2A
ieaoa .. • • • • • • •• • •
:clan.. • • • • •• • • • • • • --
Venice.. •••••• • • • • • • 41%
N.apies .• •• •• •• " ,26
Nalernio, peroz • • • • •• ••
Mcesina .. ••....• • • • •• 034
•• •• •• • • " • 53%
Oporto ••.•••...• •• •• •• 20
Kb) Janeiro •••••• •• ••
liaenos Ayres •••• •• .•
New York.6o dayesight
Philadelphia •• •• •• •• Os.
rairiss nur,LioN• To, 9.
F Geld, in bars •• 00
Portugal Gold Coin •• 0
Spanish Doubloons•
0 0
0 0 0
••ieNs• Dollars •• •• • n 0 0
Silver bars ••

- -
LL( YD'S 1-11PPING.---( THIS DAJYjgb4g
1 LONDO
+2 MARCH s.—`Vied at noon b-
breez •, with dr zz'iri,g rain.
b YARMOUTH, MARCH 4.—WindTbe Mahon
rig, of Bideford, Newport to Southampton, went nlie
yesterdayi at Chilton. but came off with assistance.
bore
argaret, Newport to Southampton, which W"t 58"00
dap
ult. on the sand bank, came off at high water "The
and proceeded, without apparent danisge• i.e•
Dantzic, of Shields, and Lydia, ot. Sunderland, booill
ceivt d some damage, having been in contacts bu/ w
proceed. o•
CARDIFF, MARCH 4.—The Blair, from Whiteb lb
has rseeivfd some slight damage from collision
other vessels, and makes water. 1 r
Dutch b°°l‘,,e:
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 4.—The Tang.
Vlttarneugen to Lisoon, was in contact 23d ult e tier•
vessel supposed to be an English brig, isud s°°l' $
wards sank; crew saved.
DUBLIN, MARCH 3.—Wind W.N.W,--ArruA • - e
rara, Demerara. - Art(l.
DEAL, MARCH 4.—Wind N.W. to WS.
Bonaparte, Mogadore. Arrd. from the River', 00
Shqrp, St. Kitt's. The Madge schooner was
-°°s
ad.,r
- g e Bay on the sth ult. d
LiNuftrooL. MARC, 4.—Wind variable an-,11, 0.,•
Arrd. Gertrudio Magna, Manilia; Saxon,'New uri‘stils
Sunbeam, ditto; Sarah and Lou. M b.l Vangu•
etc
New York; Harmony, St. John's, Nel° Brutijesse•
Slel. Brothers, Calcutta) Pasha, Rio Janeiro ui
OW
Thomas, Pernambuco; Renshaw, ditto; Mal,
000rei
Orleans;
Chaos, Philadelphia. Off Port:.
Demerara; Uni',n, Bulkan, John Harrocith
Philadelphia, and Sarah. gma
WHITBY, MARCH 4.—The Saxon Maid,
from Bordeaux, struck on the rocks this foOrol.s' pro'
on the mane, fills with the tide, and 0 0,4
biabnlowbecome a wreck; crew and rt of I"res.rsid el
TheYSamuel and Sarah, of thisport, and tbe°l had
Kent, were in contact at nine P.N., when the A auss
her starboard bow stove, and received other ‘•6
and the latt.r lost foremast and bowsprit. 4. ....SO'
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Wind S. to —VI'
Vesurgers, Valparaiso. ilen rieSt*
NEWPORT, MARCH 4.—Wind N.E.---Sid''
Rio Jaweiro.
BELFAST, MARCH 3.—Wind sla* citro
Charleston.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS Pi° .1
n A Y.
CORN EXC HAN GE—WEDNE°m-orY
Notwithstanding that our market to-daI...WS% 00
scantily supplied with all kinds of English vv b.et,ricet
bdemandl for that article ruled very inactive, ; artotll
equal to • those obtained on Monday, alt.-cis
are
clearance
was not effected. The arrival of tlP",hr bsa
200 000 quarters of foreign Wheat off Falrecics
rendered millers cautious in their operations• fors'
portsie of Wheat from abroad here are 3,430 cicliency;
dry qualities were held at full rates of 611130.111,
buteluw parcels 11,,d a downward tendency. rfirl,teing aeu
doisldtilisitnegadsiolyrt,satlast
commanded
currency; bot_gr.,lll.l-2.101V.
very little attentio.f,
the supply of which was moderate—sold 81°1' rie4s
rwaet.ees. In Oats very few sales took Place' .g
lei'
supported. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn. 50d •
were very dull.
__ —"Tr- et—•

PALS THI

Wheat. Barley. Malt.
QrS•
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 680
English 560 1,130 9,740 '
Irish ........
Foreign •• •• •• 2,430
WE:
Our market, to day,
Beef, from 23 4d to 3s I
to 4s 2d; Pork, 2s 8d

1.300
3,00

I 1,720
:ITECILI
has rulec
Id; Mutt
to 4s per

-5010'
ittb°

1,09

PSIL„
'steady, at full pricoe
,on, 2s 8 to 43; vet
8110 by the CIITCOO.

SECONDARIES'. 'THIS DA"
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTSIt.)
GOODALL V. THOMPSON. A.,. cSSe 41
FALSE T
IMPRISONMENT.—The plaintiff in ',ill 000-
i%oaapch manufacturer,
. in liishopsgate-street, 00"„„'brotight"
to
recover
damages for assault and false inirl'suffertne
damages were laid at 3001, and defers t's° - i
judgment to go by default. . a srtig:
L nppeAred by the evidence that the plain— ; oe -
on business in partnership with a Mr. Wight° 01
tploiertticohnaunft..xltonns
jivaenoparreythilsaesst
defendantof
an order to remelt some soap, and during the 1,0
into the a'..l,tit
of the latt,r and his partner, went
and stan)ped the soap in ca..te and
.tf",.eipg
don his own portion of the premises, and plain" 11-ofig.
itpatisfied at this, as ho had not
which defends
g avi.e pnoitgiiestlico!
went and took it back. The defendant 'nil ;
policeman, -
arse said he should give the Pialos 0
chargea for Stealing the soap, and although he i tie°
oruhally taken in charge, the plaintiff, at the sitiggi 0600
officer, went to the station, where deletion° 0 folr
thet char o, and wished to have Mr. Wighttnah Se ~i II
tfecthtedn HiehlelSwfif°f illo
refusedinspector'to
serious charge to make with.,ut good gionodll' gill!.
e
dantsig n the cautioning
h
oi:dvd.o7
c arge-sheet, an
go ch
Tharge. A thee
e jury retired for about half as hour, sod
a verdict for 201,
_ 4,.
ire)

CRIMINAL COURT—(THIS ~ ~.
OLD COURT. gay Piaci
(Before the Right Hon. the Lon]) MAYOR, Mr'
, imig.
ERLE. and Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALIPZ,iIcv,,,/,
SINGULAR CASE OF ARSON.—A strange, wool ~e'd,
ing man, with stern and haggard features r:00 00,
ward Smith, was charged with arson; but vi - hr.
to plead he remained quite mute. „,0 aretbe
The Clerk of the Arraigns said to bito4 I; 100 t., ii'of
ysSnahoer
answer.wood, are you guilty
for setting fire to a rick of oats, value y or -
insane,
nTlpropertyala:inhreee.i,
tpohreiosmf
guilty?
es ifr
I eigning insanity. sor lit
n fOt IP'
pr,Aslc'ere.deildontourc'tiaOliNe,vwidleionwidheitthwerouthlde
pberisnoeuceesfsffo res,4,
The jury having been accordingly tivi°r-
purpose 104
issue. sto
Mr. G. risbOf i
M'Murdo, the f the P-- • o.
surgeon 0 joss pa
servingrecently
the conduct of the prisoner and fro° I,3„litig ite
was decidedly of opinion that be was 00,.3?,-$O4-hs
pity. When
Justiceo
jury
neuFrereErr3:ymßut
LocaEi
made
er
he asked • him several questions but the.nall:llSineathe
the prisoner was first brougb' w fislear be
yardcould
Pamongstgetrese from
re d
otherandi l:
aog
*geads
prisoners,st ihli:n'c‘e‘h:Dea n°dn Don't
lik
playede _ll:°,,vit 1,11::16e ni
his9,Ett ie.: I
attics, and persisted in- carrying a pea ue",:a thst when
Mr. Cope, the. Governor of Newgate, stalo tionf,e-fr
the prisoner was first brought into the ga` dto 6P- bill
rationally enough, but subsequently he refuse it visa se
any questions, and had not spoken ever siata7oosne.,%bat'
decided opinion that the prisoner was n°" -doubt .
had watched himself closely, and he had n.
of of the
ever that his manner was "put On." s
Pert
This was all the evidence adduced in -11 ;t O.
issue touching the prisoner's insanity. „ tii.th; pri'
Mr. Justice ERLE, therefore, told the jailer t." that
for them to decide upon this evidence illropittia,ll,loder
soner was insane or not. It they were 0. be piy, -rdet
he was not of sound mind, then he wool" nor °Lill
medical care, but if not, the Court had P-f not D-
him to be placed on his trial, and a Plea 0 Pa°•
ent..real on the ressird. I,atioes.
The jury, alter a few minutes' conan." , O-
f I tillegli 01
that the prisoner Was not insane."
cirent° so . f
Mr. Jusiice ERLE said, under these an ve • o
the exercise of the discretion which the
him, he should direct the trial to go Ou' s
not guilty to be indorsed on the iudictmen"' tre
This having been done, lt° P &be
secutor was a farmer, residing
Mr. RonlNeoN stated the case to the jury where
at Bed,fitithie 9' nav
Staines road intersects his property. 011" „•-otion• riri
distance from the road was the rick in %job tha,aoro
prisoner was seen to leave the field in 1. 60003,1; .
was some sew minutes before, and from tha'.ek ce P• ieo
it was inferred that it was he who set the ri.sted bei 0t
Mr. Francis Sherwood, the prosecutor. !Des roar
a field on the right-hand side of the Stal] NIA 01
BedfOnt
some few yards from this gate were four
striovo • 000170; . A gate led from this field into t_biesks. tfil)-e-
-oats, and two of beans. On Friday, the 31 „,clock ilid on
ve ar 'cluck in
some boys came and told him, about fi
__ fire, 0, 001
evening, that one of the oat ricks was 0_"..00d be iloh
going in the direction of the field Dear thv road
boy
that this information was correct. It 113
near the
..,e,
and it was evident it had been set fire t 71:avail ',,,
torn. Th-inu a wirdy night, the rick wabs,..,, ',ea '
strop d ; and they had to save the other' "7
__,,b go 01‘
moving thorn to a distance.
.b 0
00d the
this witness any questions? 4. uestioo4
The Jun43E—Prisoner at the bar, do you V"
The prisoner pal no attention to the q
evidence was therefore proceeded with.
John Appleton, a labourer, residing a be saw.,l 0
uary
that on the evening of the 31st of Jan_ . and ago
prisoner going in the direction of the gals ~11 fire. , ot,
. residingwas v ...._to
quarter of an hour afterwards the r
ut •
William Thrown, another labourer,
bean ab holt°
also identified the prisoner as having
the five : .
6,0
quarter of a mile off the field after
~ , tle he
out. He asked the prisoner what was Mot 'it viten '
ho did not know. He asked him if be sow
salf
t he
passed, and he replied that he oid• tad ths befOre
A boy, named Thomas Hibbert, eta
_i.,uses
the prisoner come out of the gate a few Pui*
t lied foot, Bt_ititilecio