The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-08 00:00:00

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TAMS.

' Business
Railways. comp."... Paid. Nominal Prices done to-day.
Berko and Banta,
Ex. 5 per Cent 'Gt. Westerni % 1 p.
Bir. and Oxford
Junc.,callsduly
paid, or with a
guarantee .. DO .• .• 112 28% 29%
Do., withou a
guarantee .. De •• all 27 —2B 27%
Wol.,
Dud.,calls duly
paid, or with a,
guarantee .. Do .. 15 834 934 p
Do., without a
guarantee .. Do • • • 1S 7 8 p
Buckinghamsh. Lon. & N.W., all 17% —IS
Clydesdale June Caledunlan 1 all 41 —43
E. Lin., Guar. 61
per Cent. ..IG. Northern all 32% —B3
Gloucester andl
Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 par 1 p
Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 101% 102%
Do. % Shares Do .. •• All 50% 51%
Do. % Shares Do • • .. all 22% 23%
Leeds and Brad. Midland all 98% 99%
Lon. and Green. S. Eastern all 11% 1
Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 2334 2434
Lowestoft, Gd. 4
per Cent. Norfolk • • all 15 —l6
Do., 6 per cent Do .. •• all
Middle:43r°' and
Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all ..
N. & East, 5
per Cent. .. E. Counties . all 54 —56
Do. New .. Do • • • • 43 4 6 p
Preston and L. &N. W.}
all 42 —44
Wyre • • •• S &La.E4 Y.
Do. % Shares ADo .. • • 1034 734 834 p.
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 21 2134
Roy. & Ilitchin G. Northern 6% 714
o. Steep. Ex.. Do •• 3 % I%p.
Shef., Roth. and
Gcole, 5 per et. Lane. &York 1811 6
South Staffords. Mr. WC:lean 934 3 die.
Wear Val. 6 per
Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all 24 2434
Do. do. .. Do .. all
Wilts, Som., &
Weymouth .. ;Gt. Western all 45 453{

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BU EB.

Asturian
Australian ......
Barossa Range ........
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal
Bolanos Scrip ..........
British 1r0n............
Brazilian Imp. (is. 51:

15
4
1 13 0

Do. Coenes and Cuiabal

Do. St. John del Rey..
Cobre Copper •• .... .• .
Coplap° ..... • • .... • • •
M exican & S. American
Real Del Monte, (Jure&
Do. Black Debentures.

Do. Red Debentures ..
Santiago de Cuba ......
Tin Croft
United Mexican- ......
JOINT

Australasia ............
British North America..
Colonial ..............
Commercial of London..
London Joint Stock ....
Lon,lon and Westminster'
National Provincial Eng.
National of Ireland ....
Provincial of Ireland....

Do. sew .. ........
Union of Australia ....

Union of London ......
union of Madrid

MX:

Canada .... •
Gen. Steam Navigation .
Penin. & Oriental Steam.
Ditto ditto
Royal Mail Steam ......
(we cannot be answers
will not be influenced by

3% -8%

13 5
2434

32% 32
16X lox,
38X, 39
laN, 14
3;Zi —4%
% —Ni

-6%
45( - 5
4%-
:Ir. BANES
33 -32 4
42% - 43,4,
9h - 12
25 - 25%
18% - 17%
27% - 28

28 2 8%
' STOI

18% - 20%
42 - 43%
15% - 15

35 -33 N
3 -
12% -

,CE7GLANEOITS.
82% 423{ —46
14 26% 28
all 65A 68
5 11 1134
60 75 —7B

thle for the errors of the Official Lists, an
Interested correspondents.]

MONEY and UOIIIIIIERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were e-ti-
mated at 4,000 bales, all to the trade. The market
closed with downward tendency, and prices of all kinds
were about I. per lb. lower.—RAlway Snares were dull,
at lower prices.
The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 38s. 9d.
per quarter, and the week's sales of home-grown are
66,686 quarters.
In completion of the Trade and Navigation Returns,
which we analysed on Tuesday, we may give the state-
ment of tonnage inwards, during the month to the sth
of April, engaged in the foreign trade, distinguishing
the several countries to which the ships belonged:—
_

1850.

United Kingdom and its de-
pendencies ... ... tons 231,755
Russia 897
Sweden ... ... 2,265
Norway ... ••• ... „ 14 815
Denmark ... .. ... „ 12,802
Prussia 4,006
Other German States... „ 18,190
Holland ... ..• ... „ 13,434
Belgium ... ... ... „ 3,678
France ..• ... ... ~ 13 413
Spain 2,006 ~
Portugul ••• ••• ••• ~ 1,105
Italian States ... ... „ 3,687
Other European States „ 160
United States of America „ 30,519

Total ... ... tons 352.792
The West India letters and papers do not add much
to what appears in another column of The Sun.
The Jamaica advices state :—" It is a great mis-
fortune to the colony that it has been visited by
cholera, and hae lost so large a number of its in-
habitants. This visitation has produced a two-fold
effect. It has led to a very heavy outlay of money,
and increased the public debt. it is expected, to the
extent of 50.0001., and taken off a large number of the
inhabitants. It has also alarmed or paralysed the la-
bouring population, and driven them away from the es-
tates in certain districts. Some time must necessarily
elapse before the alarm which the disease created will
entirely subside and the people return to their usual
occupations. Of course till this is done, delay.
inconvenience, and loss must be experienced
and sustained by the sugar-growers, and all who
depend upon the labour of these persons to take in their
crops. And we have no doubt that in some districts,
and for some time to come, the planters will be forced
to limit or to restrict their cultivation. In this way,
and not by any attempt at immigration, will
the demand for labour be diminished. Of
course, if any additio❑ can be made to the
labouring strength of the colony, irrespective of the
immigration now carried on by the Home Government,
without incurring expense, or if any means can be de-
vised for inducing the people in the island to labour on
the estates for money wages, they ought to be made aed
devised. There is not much to hope fur, however, in
these respects, or by thi-se means, and every reason to
expect that the want of labour now complained of will
be experienced for some time to come, though perhaps
not to the same extent."

A marked improvement is observable in the general
tone of the English Funds, and although business has
not much increased, the quotations have risen .4 per
cent. This is partly due to the circumstance that no
advance has been made in the rate of discount at
the Bank of England, and the fine weather
also operates beneficially. Consols have been
quoted 96i and 97, and have suddenly jumped up to
97k from the cause just stated. The New Three and-a.
Quarter per Cents. from 97i have risen to 97i and
98 Bank Stock is about 210 to 211. Exchequer-bills
have realiz .d only 494 to 50i., and East Indts Raids
503. to 535.. but both will doubtless rally with the funds.
In the Foreign Market more attention is paid to
Mexican Bonds, which have touched 35i to 36. Buenos
Ayres Stock is at 56. Spanish Five per Cents. have
been and the Three per Cents. 39k. Vent zue!it
Bonds are 33i to Portugturse Four per Cents, are
32 to 34.

ftuilway Shares have been very quiet, but since the
rally i❑ the Funds they are looking up.

„ .
The last week's Rsilway Receipts ascertained up to
this day, in round figures are as wirier:—

_
1851. 1850.
Great Western £lB 595 ... £16,025
North-Western 49,214 ... 44,895
South-Western 10,514 ... 9.677
Brighten
Midland
South-Eastern
North Stafford 5,246 .. 4,399
Caledonian
HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK.

The committee of Mexican Bondholders have just re-
ceived inform:Aion from Mr. Falconnet that he „as iu
possession of an original bill assigning the 2.500,000
dolls. to the bondholders, and that he had given notice to
Messrs. Barings' agents in Mexico accoidir•gly. Mr.
Falconnet had concluded an arrangement, al4o. with
Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh to pay the balance
due by them in three instalments, viz, in January
and July, 1852, and January, 1853, with
6 per cent. interest from January, 1851. Bills
to be accepted and security given for the payment. Mr.
Falconnet was exerting himself to obtain payment of
the tobacco duties due.

Mr. Payno, the new Mexican Minister, bag written
to the Committee advising his arrival at Southampton.
The Great Western brings 42,282 dollars for the di-
vidends.

The National Provincial Bank of England has veld
its meeting, and declared a dividend at the rate of six
per cent. per annum.

QUAZCTER TO THRE
Consols „.., .. ... 97 *
Ditto Aprount, May 13 ... 97* i
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 01,140C/i.
(From the Official List.l
sank Stock 210
I per Cent.Redueed Annuities 96 3w'
$ per Cent. Consols Anna
New 314 per Cent. Anus.
india Stock
Do. Bonds. 10001 53 50
South Sea Stock —
Ditto Old Annuities 95%
°saws for Ancona 97 9714
E <,.h.0.0er iiille. I Iv d
1,0001...... — 49:0 p
„4 — 49 50 p
Small — 49 50 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 per Cent. ... 56
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.—
Ditto, 5 per Cent .................. 1023/4
M 4xioan ktonea,l‘46,ls per Cent., Coupon*
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto for the Account ••••• •••••• 834 %.34
Russian Bonds, 1922, 5 per Cent— 1 2
t,paaish Bonds, 5 per Cent l%
Ditto Account
Ditto, Coupons
Spanish Sonde. 3 per Cent,.. . 1840
... Venezuela Bonds ...- ... le
33 ia
Dividends on the above papilla in LondOti

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GALLERY or ILLUSTRATION, 14, REGENT. STREET.
—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Prussia, and the Princess Louise, attended by the Countess
Oriolla, Countess A. De Harke, Count Goltz, Count Pukler,
Count Hientz, and his Excellency the Prussian Minister,
honoured the above Gallery with their presence this morning.
ROYAL MARINES —Tbe following promotions and
appointments have taken place in the Corps of Royal
Marines : First Lieutenant Henry Atkins M'Callum, of the
Portsmouth division, to be Captain, and appointed to the
Ply mouth division, vice Captain C. Clarke, retired on full
pay; Second Lieutenant William John Spencer Richards to
be First Lieutenant, and appointed to the NVoolwich division,
vice 11‘Callutn.

BARItABOUS
SUPERSTITION.—On Saturday last,
wretch, named Masterson, from Molranney, was committed
to Mayo prison for the barbarous act of cutting off the head
of a corpse, but a few days previously interred. The objec-
of the fellow in severing the head was for the purpose of
" clearing" himself of some imputed crime by s.• earing on a
skull—a superstition very common in that part of the ccun-
try.—llluyo Constitution.
NEWS FOR " POLITE " CIRCLES.—It may, per-
chance be a matter of more than ephemeral interest to many
ehevaliers d'industrie, who have visited our shorts to practi-
cally demonstrate, in their own persons, the "industry of all
nations," on the hearth of John Bull, to notify the fact,
that Herr Felzenthal, the Daniel Forrester of the Viennese
capital, and the vigilant M. Steiber, the police agent of
Berlin, have been among the most recent and not least im-
portant arrivals in Loudon.

LLOYD'S SHIPPTh.G.-( THIS VA Y•)

lONDoN, MAY B.—Wind at Loch S.W.; light breeze
and cloudy.
FALMOUTH, MAY 7.—Wind N N.W.—Arrd. Intre-
pido, Bahia; Neuld, Port.) Rico. Off port, Chenerell,
Mauritius for the Clyde; Ditnondsbury, ditto.
MILFORD.—Arrd. Mary, Falmouth fur Liverpool,
leaky.
i,UTHAMPT,N, MAY 7.—Arrd. Great Western
steamer, Wt--t Indies.
JERSEY, MAY 6.—Wind Sr. Peter,
Ham, I; Mary Ann Labrador; Post Bag, Gaspe.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 7 —Wind W. to N. W. —Acrd` Ca'
Mertorlial, Calcutta; Brandywine, New Orleans; Caro-
line Nesmith, New Orleans; Delta, Mobile;
Recipe ocity
Mobile; Ashburton, New York; America, New York ;
I
Queen of the Isle, Valparaiso; Brothers, Buenos Ayres;
William Skee, Barbadoes; Clara Symee, New Orleans ;
Thomas Ftslden, New Orleans; Sir Charles Napier'
Mobile; Commerce, Charleston. Off port, Maria, Mau-
ritius; Runnymede, 11.-merata; Sophia M.Kerzie, New
Orleans; William Rathboue, Savannah; John, Chsrlts•
ton; Blarney steams r, Earl ( f Lonsdale, Washington.
Charlotte Harrison, Flora Muir, Rapid, Argo, AgaWe
non, Messenger, Grusaehar, Huron, Bride barque, D'er.
pool, Java, anti Valparaiso. The Jona brigantine uf Bs_
timore, waterlogged and abandoned, was passed Ist V,
long. 65. Sld. Sea, Port Philip ; Anna fienderso‘no
Calcutta; Reindeer, Rio Janeiro Jane Prowse,,
t.
Thomas; ,Lc A. Westeraldt New York; Sardinia, rie
York; TlmPest, New York; George Baynes, 134wn ;
Messeng).r, Qut bec. The Brdlidywine, from New
Orleans, which was on shore on the south. pert Pe"9..ed
the Mississippi lath March, got off, and has arri`
here. The Conqueror, from London, which arrived a.
New Yo. k 19th April, has been in contact with a lark
steamer 9th March, and received damage.
BRISTOL, MAY 7.—The Pitton brig, from Swansaseil;
ran in o the Eibe packet, for London, when 00 la
had both masts carried away. pof
ST. THOMAS, APRIL 19.—The Caroline barq--,
and from Bristol for Tobago, has been destroyed 11
fire, near the Island of Saba. Crew saved, and°.
rived here.
Cowas, MAY 7.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Franklin steamer'
New York. d.
QUEENSTOWN. MAY 6. --Wind N. N. Vi."--11
Einelyn, Matiri.ius. tiff port Wave, Jamaica.
DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind W.N.W. to
Atka, Rio Janeiro for St. Petersbu' rgh ; Vivid, Dea3".
rara; Kensgunde, St. Jrtgo de Cuba for 13teuieD.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.Af 1851' Admiralty, 6th a nidni•
Sir,—Admiral Sir William Parker having (.0) the
cated to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
result of an examination which he has caused to beialok
of Graham's Shoal, by Commander Lord Froer„lo.
Kerr, of her Majesty's steam vessel Scourge, I litre:c"„ of
inand,d to communicate to'you, for the informst'°;st
the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd'B,
the shoal bus not sunk, as more than once has been
00
ported, but that it still exists, and carries but 16 fee
its shallowest part.
rhe f lluw,i g is the position assigned to this shoel:.:
Lat. 37 deg. 11 min. 5 sec. North, ion. 12 deg. 44. t.
55 sec. East, and the bearings by compass of the
cent land, according to the original survey, are--
Pantelicina Peak, S., 72 deg. W. • A
Campobeth, N., 12k deg. E.
Peak over Cape S. MatCO3 N., 521 deg. E.
Sciacca Tosser, N., 571 deg. E.
Monte Allegro, N., 86i deg. E.
, •
P. Rusetto, S., 2.3 deg. E.
(Signed) W. B. HANILTO26
Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd'O.

MARKET NLWS.—(THIS DAY.)
zrEurGaTE AND X. EADENHALZ“ #
These marko s were tolerably steady to•uay, co
prices —l3,ef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4J; Mutton, 25 4-
3i 8d ; Limb, 4s 8d to 5, 8 I; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; 6-
Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per gibs, by the carcase.
HAY MARKETS. oft
-)OIITIIFIELI,.—AItuAIow , 31 Os to 41 10i; ClO A
Si Os to 41 10s; and Straw, I/ Is tolt 96 per 0"
A full average supply, and a steady trade.
ON
COMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 31 Os to s' lA,
Clover, 3t Os to 4110 s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 115 per to
Supply moderate, and trade firm.
100
WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 31 Os to 41 d,
Clovt-r, 31 Os to 4/ 12$; and Straw, 1125 to 11105 WWI
Trade steady, at our quotations.

- MEAT MARXISTS.
SOUTHALL, MAY 7.—Our market hay been -,10
supplied to day. Generally speaking, the demand 1'56
ruled heavy, as follows :—Beet; from 2s id 1,
10d; Mutton, 2.8 d to 3s 10d; Lamb, 53 to 5s 10d; vet-
-3s to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per Blbs, to .1
the (dial.
RUMFORD, MAY 7.—Prime Beasts sold slowly, fi1"5,10
week's quo,ations. In o her kinds of stock very linn
Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8a
4s ; Lamb, 4s 101 to 5. 10d ; Veal, 38 2d to 3310" I
Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calfs, 189
23s ; and Milch Cows with their small Calf; 161. to 18
ach.

HAILSRAM, MAY 7.—Very little business was trial;
acted to-day, ai barely stationary prices. Beef, fr°,
3, w Mutton 3, 41 to 4s Od; Lamb, 53 to 5s 1000
Veal, 3,2 d to 3s 8d per Sibs.
ARUNDEL, MAY 6 —Our market has rule friend,*
follow,:—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d g°
4,2 d; Lamb, 5s t, 5,, 6d; Veal, 3s 2d to 32, 6d per 81bs.
CHICHESTER, MAY 7.—Y.r most kinds of Mock vrtl
have had a very nototive inquiry, at drooping prices,
it et, from 3s 2d to 3s 10/1; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s; 14803 b;
5s to 5i 8d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; Pink, 3s 4d to 3e 60
per Sibs.

CORN AVERAGES
t4ENERAI, AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended May I. 1851, made up from the Returns of ttg:
inspectors in the dinerent Cities aud IOWLI3 in England and Vial"
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. 1 pgAl• A
PRICE .• 128 s Sd 1246 ) I 18s 3d 236 10d 27s 91 125 e 4"

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
, HEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I FEAS:
IS Od Od Is Od Is Od Is Od is Oi

• -- - •
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK.
Wheat, 66,656; Barley, 19,513 ; Oats, 10,139 ; Rye, 102; BOA
4,170; Peas, 434 quarters.

HOUSE OF LoRDS—(THIS DAY.)
Their Lordships sat this morning to bear appeals,l
the cases argued before them c‘ere entirely destitute 0
interest.

ROLLS' COLT T.-(THIS DAY.)

TRISTER V. HARDEY.
This case was again rtsumed this morning.

VICE-CHANCEItY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.)
His Honour was occupied the whole day in hearing
short causes.

(Before Lord CRANWORTH.)
His Lordship this morning took the motion paper, WI
no case of importance ceeurred before him.

QUEEN'S BE;NCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Snteees B4ace.)
QUEEN V. BILL.
In this case the de readmit was indicted fear a nuissne•
arising out of an arEenic manwtectory near Kingston,
in Surrey, of which he was the proprietor. He now
came up for judgment, but
The LORD CHIPS JUSTICE, who tried the case, said
the jury expressed a wish that the factory should EA
allowed to remain whore it is it it could be carried on
without injury to the public. Now the Court were
anxious to know if something could not be done to se•
complish that object. Would it not be well to refer the
matter to some SC ntific gentleman to see if the working
of the factory could be so changed as to destroy the
nuisanc'.

Mr. CHAMBERS, who appeared for the defendant, was
quite wilting to accede :o these suggestions, RS was also
Mr. Sergeant Shee, who represented the prosecution
and it was ultimately arranged that the question
should he referred to Professor Brandt, upon the under.
standing that the defendant immediately paid the taxed
costs of the other side.
The judgment of the Court was therefore postponed
until next term.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sat in Banco this morning.
and disposed of several actions, but they merely related
to points of practice, and presented no feature of public
interest.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sit,ing in Banco.)
WALSTAB v THE PATENT FUEL COMPANY.
This case crime before the Court on a aemurrer. It
appeared that the plaintiff was the company's agent for
the sale of their " Patent Fuel," an article manufactured
from coal dust and tar. By the agency contract, the
plaintiff was to be paid 7s. per ton on all patent fuel
sold and delivered by him from hie wharf, 4s. per tun on
tail sold Irvin thence and taken away by the purchaser,
ss. 3d per ton on all patent fuel sold by the company
from their works at Deptford and delivered
uerefdbly
atthiled mpflaroin-
tiff, and 6d. per ton on all patent
thence and taken away by the purchasers (except
what should be sold for shipment or exportation,
or to ceitain paper-makers); and it was stipu-
lated that it should not be lawful for the com-
pany to cart, or otherwise deliver to the purchaser
all
fibilittyet., it being the intention of the
fuel sold ftrhoemirthesnacide wirlhiacuhafgstheoWurlYd
l
the purchasers should be de-
ana trot yt
Dbefepi tetfrkdew.nhballatpr
away
ahgvreereemd ebnyt tthhaet tbe plaintiff should, in every such instance
"as last aforesaid," have the right and benefit of the
delivery.
Mr. PEAC, C. on behalf of the company, contended
that the words "as last aforesaid" referred to the patent
fuel sold for "shipment or exportation," and that the
plaintiff was not entitled to have the delivery of what wag
sold for shipment or exportation."
Mr. WILLES, for the plaintiff, contended that the
words referred ro the last antecedent only, which Wag,
all fuel which should not be taken away by the pur-
chaser."

The COURT were unanimously of that opinion, and
judgment wa4 given for the plaintiff for 1,2001.. the
ninuunt wse4sen by the jury on the trial that had pre-
viously taken place. There was also another demurrer,
relating to a sum of 3981, which wus also decidad in the
plaintiff's favour.

SHERIFFS' COURT —(THIS DAY.)
(Beiure Mr. Under Sht•rilf 13URCIIELL•)
STUART 11. BROOK.
This was an action brought to recover the Juin of
4271., partly on a bill of exchange and for goods sold.
The plea originally put in was withdrawn, and tvverctid
• 3
'was entered for the Oniount claimed.