The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-29 00:00:00

PRICES OF SHARES THli.air AT aim
RAILWAYS. PAID. PR& Biala
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... - ...... ••t to
••••
Ditto New
Bristol and Exeter 7O .... ..... 72 ..... .to ...
Chester and Holyhead
Dublin and Ca5he1..„....,.,.,., .... 2% Slifi ...
Eastern Counties
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O II) .....
Great Western
Ditto 3 Shares. ................ 50 ...
...--
Harrowgate and Knaresboro'.
... 3
Landon and Birmingham."... Stock .236 .....•••• to
London and South Western 41% ...... 82 •••••••• to ..-
Ditto Eighths % ..... .... 3% ...... 0
Norwich and Brandon ..„ .....
North Midland
to
% Shares 4O .. 45 ........• ..: sa
Ditto Thirds 2l/. 13s. 44. 293 .....• ro" ....
Paris and Orleans ............ ...... .. 20 ... .... 25%%••• to
.. 95/4
Paris and Rouen 2O
South Eastern and Dever 5O ....... 37 ....... to ,
Ditto Scrip .... ...... ..... .....
Strasburg and Basle ... .... ....... 14
York and North Midland ......... 50_ .. . .......... .... ...........
Ditto Scarboro' Branch ..... .... 2%
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCIIANGE, MARCH 28....:10' 01l
beers considerable business done to-day, and the ape.
of the market is of an improving character. There as vii i
transactions in the following stocks :—Bolton andPrestoritTo
Bristol and Exeter, 72 ; Eastern Counties, 111 ; Dittosifa.
Registered, 13-i ; anchester and Birmingham, 47 471; Ni;„
chester and Leeds, 114; Newcastle and Darlington, 3?;46 ;
and Orleans, 354 ; South Eastern Scrip, 374 31 Les&
1/01t Ditto, New Creation, 44 premium ; Chester and
..4.
71i ; Bury and Rossendale, 54 6 ; Harrogate and star
borough, 4i ; Scarborough Extension, 201; Man,
and Salford Water Works, 56 ; Huddersfield Canal, 17g•

CLOSING PRICES. •
BRITISH FUNDS. 211 I.l‘
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red — Ditto Bonds ..... ........ ....
3 per Cent. Cons
3% per Cent. Rea — Ditto New Annuities...
..... pi*
New 334 per Cent .....
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001.. .... .... ..... ,
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11.......••••••• wit
OctlB6o Bank Stock for Acct.... se
Oct. 1859 12% Consols for Acct. ..... ... „og
Jan. 1800 •••• India:Stock for Acct. ••• '-
FOREIGN FUNDS. ....
Austrian, 5 per Cent Cent. .••••' ,
—. !Portuguese, 5 per C . .
Belgian, 5 per Cent..... ...... . 104% Ditto, New Ditto.... .........
Brazilian Bonds 82% Prussian, 5 per Cent . ..... ••••
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — IRussian, 5 per Cent.....""": ••!
M '
(an, 6 per Cent — :Ditto, Metallic.... ....... .. • 95
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824
Ditto, 3 per Cent ..........' 3..4
Cuba
Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred......•••"*".l sh, 3 per Cent .... ......
„c •—__i.
.....
Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — Exchange
~...."•• _J. "
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 23 per cent......
..01
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent 30% Ditto, 5 per Cent ...••••
SHA
Birmingham and Gloucesterß (IES. 00 paid)......... .. Ea
... 22%
Ditto New (17% daid)
....
Eastern Counties (23 paid) .... .....
Ditto Registered (8/6s 8dpaid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 64
Hull and Selby (50 paid) 9O Ditto Quarter Shares ( 6 paid)................-•••" 44
London and Brighton (50 paid)
,
London and Birmingham (Stock)
2356404 London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid)
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
461
Ditto Half Shares (r 0 paid)
Manchester and Birmingham
38 Newcastle and Darlington Junction (15 paid) ••• 59
Northern and Eastern (4$ paid)
Paris and Orleans (20 paid)
37
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)
Ditto Scrip (25 paid)
Yarmouth and Norwich (16 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid).......—..........•
Ditto New Shares (20 paid) .......... . ... ...........• ..,

PSOM SPRING MEETV
(THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.)

THE TRIAL STAKES.
Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar, 3 yrs (Cllll4Plei g
Lord G. Bentinck's Emma, 3 yrs ........ • ... .
Won by a length.
Gaiety, Hopeful, Curate, Mespelus,
and Midas ran

hour Tun SEASON.--Yesterday from an earls gee it;d
vent-garden market presented a scene of great' ,„bue-suPPII
interest, from the very large and excellent pas"
which it contained. Amongst the novelties were 'P'"olapes,
French beans, cucumbers, strawberries, hot-howbrr
asparagus, rhubarb, and sea-kale ; good cauliflower aids of
Coli were abundant and cheap, as was also evelV". pear-
the spring supply. The flower market had more the log'
ance- of May, from the quantity of roses, geraninr' it en'
Has, lilacs, heaths, epacrises, and other flowers wiu
tained, all in rich and luxuriant bloom.
ARRIVAL OF PRINCE ALBERT AT -1) his
°,OOC
DOVER, MARCH 28,—At a few minutes past one 0,,", to or:
Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived here in the on 1319
riage of the South Eastern Railway, by special train' oigh-
way to Gotha. On alighting from the train, his Eq`...de, he
netts was informed that, owing to the state of the try be
could not sail from the harbour for two hours•ess prl/.;
seemed rather disappointed. His Royal Iligu" ded
ceeded to view the station, after which, attensircoo
Colonel Jones, he ascended by the private pie(
to the Archcliff Fort, from which a InagnifiCenhollf
of the Channel is obtained, and spent half-1111-geori•
inspecting the fort and surveying the surrounding_bour 011
His Royal Highness then proceeded towards the hake ship
foot, attended by Colonel Jones, &c., and entered ".,ooceel
Hotel, where he stayed a few minutes, and thell,ll-40f
along the quay to the steamer the Princess Alieei-wriee ing
at the Crosswall ready to receive him. On the nor
on board the steamer, his own flag, the Gotha arms' OP
tered with those of England, was hoisted at the n1,111,,,ii frOID
flag, which is a very magnificent one, was sent u`: /11.
Woolwich to be hoisted on the Prince's embarkatioe
ua
Royal Highness wore a plain black suit, with a crape
his hat, and looked remarkably well. At a(1 tr;tined
three o'clock the Princess Alice got underweigh,es, iron!
out of the harbour. The time occupied by th ; orta
London to Dover was only two hours and ten mein ,ed7o.hoess
Lo;on 1°-
but for the delay here by the neap-tide, his Royal
might have accomplished the whole journey from
Ostend in about seven hours.
; 1101.11ted
CIIRISTCHURCHELECTION.—The poll.ng co. Captain
on Thursday at the usual hour. By ten o'elee,Vept the
Harris was 71 above his opponent, Mr. Sice, anuatioo
lead to the close of the poll. The official deelal,„, be sa-
to be made at five o'clock, when the Captain w 0111"
nouneed the successful candidate.
/165
nAMBURGH, MARCH 23.—T0-day there _ itttor.
a riot at Aliona, which was speedily quelled by til!uobss
ference of the military. The tumult was caused by *:.`
of workmen on the railway, who wanted to obtain by
an increase of their wages.
th apt
AWFUL DEATH.—Mr T. Hutchinson, e fora
railway contractor, met his death last week, on his way l-
' the Sedgefield station of the Stockton and Darlinc,,--A,
way to the village of Morden, where he lived. ,s
few glasses of whisky at the Sedgefield station, which A jeit
public-house, and in less than half an hour after he keu the
to walk home, he was found with his head just with'n hod
rails, and an engine with a train of thirty-five wegtd9
gone over his neck, right shoulder, and arms, which Kw'
in a moment. lie has left a widow and ela Children*

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL N-Oli
at
CITY, QUARTER TO TII
In the cotton market at Liverpool yesterday the salesex.,
4,000 bales, of whisk *peculators took GaJ American, aid od
porters 400. The market had a heavy appearance:Theo
prices were again lower, say id. per lb. since FridaP-',iere
was no change in shares. Birmingham and Gloucester,„ 19;
86 ; Chester and Holyhead, 7 ; Great Western, Filtn'4l;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 7i ; Dublin and Cashel, If
Brighton, 434 ; South-Eastern, 37i. The desire so stlifcli
exhibited a few weeks back to speculate in shares, and W
was progressing rather too far, is evidently now checkedees
The French advices note that a sort of combination has
got up to raise the value of Spanish Stock in Paris, ar:L 0
ore
here, so as to render the contract for a new loan -oet
facile. But it is very much doubted if the scheme can.f-the
with success, as there is still a total want of credit wow
declarations of the Finance Minister of Spain. Foreign
ever, as the report of the -proceedings in the ciles
Stock Market shows, there are not wanting those ins
who are ready to undertake the herculean task dlts the
Spanish credit, not at the expense of themselves, but with A
certainty that those who take the bait will be sacrfieethe
proverb tells us that " a fool and leis money are soon 1)1" for
The history of Spanish loan and jobbing has recentlPenr,
thousands of credulous people, been most severely 94
piffled. Who, then, would add his name to the bas
list of the foreign creditors of Spain ? M. Solarium° noii
arrived from Madrid to feel the pulse of the capitalists:ll;o
this subject. Let those who have a surplusage of est. to
they please; but we would warn those who cannot au° _Atli
be disported of their money to have nothing to do w•
Spanish, so called, Securities. Vint
No late colonial advices have come to hand this rna d
7.ealan
Much interest exists as to the fate of the New -
Company, an adjourned meeting of the Proprietors of Which
is now in progress.
The report read at the meeting of the shareholders ;mot
New Zealand Company gave these important facts. it:10.
on an interview and previous correspondence with the,46o/.
nial Secretary, Government are willing to advance 4iltv of
to pay immediate claims for labour, &c., upon the see
.....„11r1
the land purchased by the Company ; that the Governer
was anxious to support colonization in New ZealaluSLadi
that instructions of a favourable nature had been A"-the
sent out to Sir J. Fitzroy, the Governor, en,
subject. The Report stated, that there were other anu"; of
important topics under discussion than the advelnot
40,0001. and as the negotiations upon these points We...";thor
yet arranged, the Court of Directors recommended a be
adjournment to the 19th April—which no doubt wl.
acceded to. Mr. Soames, the Governor, was in the Chall'or
The Funds have moved but a shade this
,_lll°9gi
ing—Consols for money have been done
_flat we
and 98k. At the latter price, the Government Pr° re-
took 30,0001. Consols. The price for the Account 117100
mained at 984. The Three-and. a-Half per Cents. bav`k for
rather havy at a fall from 102 a to 1021 Bank St°ll-„tr
Account is at 200 ; Exchequer Bills have receded to 68s' r
mium. ign
A good deal of business has been transacted in the Fereho.
Funds. The settlement was a heavy one, but cash Iwo*
dant. Spanish Three per Cents. have touched 371, ull"tbot
now 36k, and the Actives 251 to 26. In the °
Foreign Stocks the alterations have been slight, 41,,
our list will show. Portuguese Converted were worth 741,
Belgians, 1044 ; Danish, 884 ; Mexican, 361 Peru
30i ; and Brazilian Five per Cents. 821.
So much attention having been devoted to the set.....itlenl:;
of the Foreign Stock Account, the operations in .°sPr efea
Shares to-day were not extensive, nor have prices IA
metlch.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 01%,"1119
(From the Official List.)
3 Cent. Consols. Annuities.. ......
New 3% per Cent. Annuities lO2
India Stock
India 80nd5,1,000.... .......
Ditto under 1,990............ ..... ... : . roc,
Bank Stock for Account . ......
Consols for Account .....„.....
.......«.«.«....» 96%
Exchequer Bills,
L00m....... ."... ..... - 63 pat.
5001.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..... 101!
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .........
Columbian Bonds. ll
Danish Bonds, 1826, 3 per Cent. ........ 66
Dutch Exchange 2% per Cent
Mexican Bonds, 1937, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred 5t0ck.................„ .......... '-
Ditto Debentures
- Peruvian Nulds, 6 per 3631'.° •
Portugneselnds, 5 per Cent ........ •••
: Ditto (at e Account. **
•
- Spanish Bon , Five per Cent 1840........« 1612-0
• , -Ditto for the Account ... .......
Ditto, Five-per Cent. 1843 I.
Ditto. Passive Bonds.
Ditto Deferted.
_ Ditto Three eer Cent.
Ditto for the Acc0unt......... "."
ntitsti24 per' ....... ..
...
. 10,7.
Dutch, &per Cents ..... 7:710110