The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-06 00:00:00

LONDON,

GERMANY.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

The Weser Zeitung publishes a letter from Berlin
of the Ist June, which says M. VON MANTEUFFEL,
Aide-de-Camp of his MAJESTY, and cousin of the
Minister who accompanied the Prince of PRUSSIA,
delivered to the CZAR at Warsaw an autograph letter
of the King of PRUSSIA, declaring that Prussia will
never consent to the re-establishment of the ancient
Germanic diet, and that the policy of the Prince
of SCHWARTZENBURG is the cause of the obstacles to
an agreement between the Governments. The CZAR
is invited by this letter to use his influence to effect a
change in the policy of Austria.
In Prussia the preparations for war still continue.
The greatest activity reigns throughout all the war
departments, and horses are bought wherever they
can be procured. The expense of these preparations
is so great that it is thought there must be some
serious thoughts of war, while, on the other hand, it is
stated that the Government is assuming a strong at-
titude in order to command respect and thereby main-
tain peace.
The Leipsic Gazette, in speaking of the sudden dis-
solution of the Chambers of Saxony, says, that the
address which the Committee on German affairs
proposed to present to the KING contributed to the
dissolution. This address stated that it was impos-
sible to establish the German Diet, seeing that it was
dissolved on the 12th of July, 1848, and prayed that
his MAJESTY would give his Plenipotentiary at
Frankfort instructions to withhold the assent of the
Saxon Government to any acts tending to re-invest
the Diet with its former powers, and that if, not-
withstanding, the majority of the Plenipotentiaries
should vote for its reestablishment, Saxony should
protest, and withdraw from its deliberations ; and
further, that no constitution establishing a Central
Power for all Germany should be voted, but under
the reserve of being ratified by the Saxon Chambers.

CITY, TIVO O'CLOCK.—
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 500 American were
taken on speculation. Prices v.efe slightly in favour of
buyers.—lu Railway Shares a moderate business was
done at about previous quotations.
Upon the state of the metal trade we have the follow-
ing information from a respectable broker, Mr. William
Short :—" In Welsh bar iron a considerable business
was done in the early part of the month, but without
any advance in the price, which I quote unaltered.
Staffordshire hoops, sheets, and nail rods have
been in moderate request at quoted prices. A strike
has occurred among the colliers in the neighbourhood of
Glasgow, and a large number of iron furnaces have been
put oat of blast : consequent on this Scotch pigs have
commanded better prices, and a considerable business
has been recently done at prices tap to 465. cash for
mixed numbers, but I today quote it 455. 6d. Swedish
iron on the spot is scarce, and has been sold at equal
to 121. 2s. Gd. per ton. To arrive business has been
done at 121. per ton. Higher prices are demanded, and
no iron is being shipped from Sweden for this country
unless previously sold. Swedish steel is without
variation. English sheathing copper was on the 3d ult.
reduced id. per lb., and cake and tile 41, 10s.
per ton. At previous rates the demand was limited.
A large quantity of speltor was thrown on the market,
and taken at 141. 15s. to 15/. The'stock now in London
is 3,845 tons, against 2,300 tons at this period last year."
We have Lelore us the official trade and navigation
returns for the month, and four months ending the sth
ultimo. The chief articles of import show as follows:
Month. 4 Months.
Coffee
1849
Silk, raw
1849
Brandy 1850

1849 - 1,492,206
Sugar, raw 185 U

1849
Tea ...........1850 11,728,502 lbs 27,904,234
1849 8,012,959 25,752,310
Tobacco ma- t 1850
nufaclured 1849
Wine
1849
The exports are as follows:

1850 1849
Month £5,412.846 £4,014,614

Four months .

... 20,067,999 16,836,647

The list of exports shows an increase for the month
in linen fabrics, metals, glass, leather, cotton manufac-
tures, silks and woollens.

Ditto, 41,4 por Cent
Ditto Scrip • —
Spaniel 5 per (knt. 1840 —
Ditto, Account
Ditto, 3 per Cent

Dividends on the above payable iiiiondon.

THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 6,

The tonnage returns exhibit an increase both inwards
and outwards in the foreign trade.
Frankfort accounts of the 3d instant give the price of
Austrian Meta Hies as high as 83. At Amsterdam on
the 4th instant Dutch Two-and•a-half per Cents. were
firmer at 56i.
There is much less business doing in Public Securi-
ties, either real or speculative. Consuls bring 96i-
for Transfer, and 96- to 97 for Account. This
is kto per cent. under yesterday's values. The
New Three-and.a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97i -a,
and the Three per Cents. 954. Bank Stock is worth
2051; Exchequer-bills are 71s. ; and India Bonds 803.
to 85s. premium. The former are renewed to-day. The
French Funds were rather lower ; but this is a mere
ordinary reaction after a rise.
The Foreign Securities are likewise duller. Spanish
Three per Cents. have been 37k; and Portuguese Four
per Cents. 334 to 34i. Mexican Bonds are 31{ -I-. Dutch
Two-and•a-i-ialf per Cents have been quoted SGI, to 57k.
Railway Shares are rather weaker.
QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols 96i
Ditto Account ... 96i I

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bann d toot
3 cc Cent. Reduced Anne ... 95%% 953/4
3 par Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96%3/4 96%
N ,w 3% per Cent. Anne........ 97%% 97%
In :ia Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001..
Consols for Account 96%3/4 96%
exchequer Bills. litd. Ifs 2d
1,000/. June 7l p 71 p
Small. June — 66 p
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ....
Equador Bonds ..
Grenada Bonds, 11/2 per Cent lB 18
1 ile.kican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ....
Ditto, Account 31704 313/4
Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent —
Ditto, Account
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, Converted, 1841 34 34
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds ... ••• ----

_ .
Beligan, 41,4 per Cent. ...... ..
'O,lu:A 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 563 5718 671,8
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certifigate2 86% 86
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSINt,
RAILWAY SII.A.RES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE-
A Uerdeau
Caledonian
Do. New 101. Pref
Eastern Coumties... ..... 20 ...... 7A v. 7%
Do., New Pref.rence,
6 per Cent . ..
Ditto,Extension, 5 per
Cent., No.l 6/.138.4d.... 1 p 1 p
Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s. 4d... -- p. A P
Co. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent. ..... 50
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Do. New
East. Lincolnshire, guar.
6 per Cent.
Great Northern
Do., 1/2 A Deferred
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref 12%. 10%% lO%
Great South. and West.

(Ireland) - ••••••••• •••.. —,ai
Ditto, Eighths ll4 ll/2 11,4
Great Western ...10U 5B 57% 58;4x..n 581axn.
Ditto, New 171... ..... 15 ... . 7% x.n .. 7% xn.
Lancashire 6c Yorkshire 100 ...... 40'4 4PA
Do. Fifths.... ..... ... ... 10
Do. Now, Gua.6 para. 10
London & Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d... ... 4lg
London, Brighton, and
South COML.. ..... 100
Do., New, guaranteed
6 per Cent . ...100
Do. Cretin.. 5 per Gent. 50
London and N Western 100 107% 10E_ lOB%
Ditto, Sew Quarters 12
Ditto,Fift,,,
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C 1 ...... 1% l%
Manohoster,Buxton.and

_
,-i attock _
614 1
Midland
Do., 501. Sharon
Do. Consolid. Bristol &

Binning., 6 per ct.... 100
North British ... .... ... 25
Ditto Preference .
North Staffordshire ... 1711 7% 7%
Oxfwrd, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ...... 50
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Shropshire Union
S,nitil 44;utctrn ...... ...... 33% l4 ?a 15 .. l5
Do., Registered No. 4 10
V ork, N ewcasile, and
Barwick. .... 25 ... _ 11%3/4 1434
i),, Newcastle Eaten. 20 ...... 9L,
Do. G.N.E. Preference 8 ... 11 1 !,‘
Yoric and North Midland 50 ...... 17% % 17...
Date Preference
FOREIGN RAIL w A Yb.
Baulog-ne and Amiens... 20
East Indian ......•7
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 2 LAg % .. 2%
Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 22 22 . 22
Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. 2y, 24
JOINT STOCK BANKS
Colonial 25
L'Al(1011 & Westminster. 20
Provincial of Ireland ... 25
Ditto, New ... .. ..... 10

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JUNE 6.—Wind at noon S. to S.W., fresh
breeze and cloudy.
DEAL, JUNE s,—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Maria de la Paz,
Zuaco, for Hamburgh ; Ealing Grove, Falconer, Domi-
nica ; Helen Mary, Legg, Mauritius ; Wenham, Balti-
more. Arrived from the River, Robert, San Francisco;
Caesarea, Buenos .lyres; her Majesty's ship Resistance,
West Indies.
COWES, JUNE s.—Wind S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Queen
of the Usk, Davies, Havannah.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE s.—Wind S.W.—Sld. her Majesty's
steamer Prometheus, Coast of Africa; Princess Helena,
Adelaide, South Australia.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE s.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Zetland,
Brown, New Orleans; Pollock, M'lntyre, ditto; Boadi-
cea, Leavett, ditto; Sultan, Brown, Mobile; Columbine,
Potts, ditto ; Montezuma, Kendall, Charleston ; Ame-
rica, Lawrence, New York ; Garrick, Adams, ditto.
Sid. Margaret Hillock, Lima; Gulnare, San Francisco;
Florist, Rio Janeiro ; Bonita, Pernambuco ; Orion,
Charleston. Off port, Isabella, Buenos Ayres ; Sea,
Callao; Ellen, New Orleans ; Essex, ditto ; Express,
Savannah; Eagle.
OFF BEACHYDEAD.—Enterprise, Bahia, for Stock-
holm; Emanuel Om z, New York, for Antwerp.
DUBLIN, JUNE 4.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Arcturus,
Wilson, Barbadoes. Sld. Lord Sandon, New York.
QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 4.—Wind S.—Arrd. Zephyr,
Havelock, Barbadoes; Sceptre, M'Queen, Fredericks-
burg, United States, for Liverpool.
OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Wanderer, Cunningham, St. Do-
mingo, fur Liverpool.
BELFAST, JUNE 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Mary, Brown,
Trinidad.
GIBRALTAR, MAY 31.—The Novo Sacramento, of St.
Übes, figuoira to St. Michael, was abandoned in a sink-
ing state, in let. 36 N., long. 17 W.; crew picked up on
the 23d inst , by the Alerte, River Gambia to Mar-
end landed here. Two ships' boats, painted
stone colour, with black gunwa'e, were seen in the S.E.
Cove Island of Albaran, and r, tent pitched on shore,
made of sails and casks, on the 21st inst., by the Petrel,
Corfu, to Liverpool, arrived here. A vessel, supposed
to be French, is reported to be on shore between Point
Carnero and Tarifa.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 20.—The Pirate steamer, from
Liverpool, got ashore near Gallipoli, but came off with-
out apparent damage after partly discharging, and ar-
I rived here ou the 18th inat,

1850.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

NE WGILTEI AND rstitintllTH-Ua...
These markets were tolerably inactive to- day, on the
following terms:—Beef, from is 8d to 3s; Mutton,
2s 4d to 35 8d; Limb, 33 10,1 to 4i 10d; Veal, 2s 8d to
3s 4d; Pork, 3s to 4s per Sibs. by the carcase.
/3 AL V' Aria /4 IL .
SMITELFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 103; Clover
iitto, 31 Os to 4/ 6s ; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ 8s per
load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull.
CIIMBIatLAND.—Meadow flay, 2/ 8,, to 31 10i; Clover
ditto, 31 03 to 4/ 4s; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per
load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECHAYEL. Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 lOs;
Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 11 is to I/ Ss per
load. Trade dull, at barely late rates.
MEAT
SOUTHALL, JUNE s.—Our marktt to-day was ex-
tremely inactive, and the general quotations, although
the supplies were but moderate, had a downward ten-
dency. Beef, from 2s 10:1 to 3s id ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s ;
Lamb, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 3s to Ss 4d; and Pork, 3s
to 3s 8d per 8165, to sink the offal.
ROM's:nil), JUNE s.—Although the general demand
ruled heavy, no material change took place in the quo-
tations. Beef; from 3s to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s to 4s;
Lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 3s 4d; and Pork,
3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 225;
Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mulch Cows
with their small Calf; 161 to 181 each.
Ilausuem, JUNE s.—Prime Beasts and Sheep com-
manded a steady sale, at full prices. In other kinds of
stock very little was doing. Beef from 3s 2d to 3s 10d;
Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 4s Od to 45,10 d; Veal, 3s
to 3s 6d per Sibs.
ARUNDEL, JUNE 4.—Our market ruled heavy to-day,
and prices were not supported. Beef, from 3s Od to
3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s Od;
Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 63 per Blbs.
CIIICHEBTER, JUNE s.—We had a slow sale for each
kind of stock at barely stationary prices Beef, from 3s
to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s 2d to
4s 10d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6.1 per 81bs. Suckling Calves,
1115 to 225; and Milch Cows with their small Calf, 161
to 18/each.

CORN AV ERA GES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended May 30, 1850, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
I WIISAT. !EARLEY.' I
I OATS. aTZ. I WEANS. mi.
PRICE • . 1 40s 2d 1 231 Od 1 15610 d 1 22s Od 1 26s 10d 126 s 2d

DUTIES ON FOREIGN COIN.
WHEAT. I BAILEY. I OAT & I II
ATE. szAble. PEAS.
is Od is Od is Od is Od is Od is Od

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Lord CAMPBELL, and Jus-
tices PATTEBON, COLERIDGE, and ERLE.)

THE QUEEN V. THE BIRMINGHAN RAILWAY CODIPANY.

Lord CAMPBELL delivered the judgment of the Court
at the sitting of the Court this morning. His Lordship
said, the Court were of opinion that the prosecutor was
entitled to their judgment, but they were desirous to
have it understood that they gave no opinion upon the
points argued at the bar beyond what was necessary for
the decision of this case. On the 3d Aug., 1846, a
special Act was passed, empowering the detendants to
construct their railway, and on the 21st of January,
1847, the company gave the prosecutor notice that they
required to purchase a part of his house and premises,
and no further steps were taken by either party until the
3d May, 1849, when the prosecutor gave notice to the
company of the amount of his claim for the purchase of
the house and premises which the company required, and
for the damage which the severance would cause, and
demanded that the amount of compensation to which ho
was entitled should be determined by a jury. The
com-
pany had neglected and refused to issue their war-
rant to summon a jury, and in August, 1849,
after the expiration of three years, the pro►e•
tutor applied to this Court, and the present mandamus
was granted for summoning a jury. The defendants
relied on the 123 d section' of the Bth Victoria, c. 18, and
a similar cause in their special Act, whereby it was
enacted that the compulsory powers of the Act should
not be exercised after the expiration of three years from
the passing of the special Act. The Court thought that
limitation did not apply against the landowner, who
having within three years received notice that his laud
was required, and having within three years regularly
served them with notice that he required the compen-
sation to which he was entitled, to be determined by a
jury, and wishing to complete the sale of his land, ap-
plied for a mandamus to compel the company to sum-
mon a jury. They did not think that the powers which
he wished to be exercised were the powers of the pro-
moters of the undertaking for the compulsory purchase
or taking of land. The case of Brocklebank v. the
Whitehaven Railway Company, as decided by the Vice-
Chancellor of England, was strongly impressed on the
Court; but that decision seemed to have been much
doubted by Lord Chancellor Cottenham when the case
was brought before him; and so far as it applied to a
case like the present, where the proceedings for com-
pelling the purchase originated with the landowner, the
Court thought it was not an authority that could be
acted on. The Court therefore gave judgment against
the defendants, and awarded a peremptory mandamus.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and

Justices MAULE, CRESEWELL, and TALFOURD.)
The Court was occupied on the demurrers this morn-
ing, which involved merely technicalities of pleading,
and afforded no materials for a report.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WICHTMAN.)
MANDAMUS.—THE QUEEN v. THE MANCHESTER AND

SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.
Mr. Cowusra moved for a rule nisi to show cause
why a writ of mandamus should not issue to compel the
above railway company to proceed with and finish their
works, according to their Act of Parliament. He moved
on an affidavit by Mr. Carswick, a gentleman of large
property in Lancaster, and through hose property the
intended line of railway was to have passed for several
miles, and would have greatly benefited it. Southport,
the intended terminus of the railway, was a bathing place
of recent origin. The company had cut down some trees
and broken down some fe❑ces on bis property, and had
also formed about three miles of railway, near
Wigan, and that was all that had been done by them
towards making the line, and that was not for the pur-
poses of this railway, but merely to form a junction with
another railway. The affidavit, also, stated that Mr.
Carswick had not opposed the Bill for the formation of
the railway in Parliament, being under the impression that
the works would be proceeded with, and the line of rail.
way formed. There was also an affidavit from Mr. Park,
the attorney of Mr. Carswick, corrobrating the above
fact 4, and stating that various applications had been
made to the railway company to proceed with their
works, but no satisfactory answer bad been obtained.
Notice had also been served on them that Mr. Carswick
intended to proceed by mandamus to compel them to
proceed with their works.
The Court granted a rule.
Rule nisi accordingly.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON, and Barons ALDERSON,

Rnua, and PLITT.)
GORHAM v. THE BISHOP OF EXETER.

It being understood that Sir Fitzroy Kelly, who had
been unsuccessful in his application to the other two
superior courts of law for a prohibition in the case of
Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter, would make a similar
application to the Barons of the Exchequer to-day, the
court was crowded with spectators, among whom there
were a considerable number of clergymen.
The Bishop of Exeter occupied a seat in the jury-box.
Sir FITZRoY KELLY said he was instructed to move
their Lordships for a rule to show cause why a writ to
prohibit the Dean of the Court of Arches from issuing an
order to the Bishop of Exeter to induct the Rev. George
Cornelius Gorham into the living of Barnpford Spoke,
in the county of Devi n, should not issue. In doing so, he
said it would be almost superfluous to mention that
he had made a similar application to the Courts of Ex-
chequer and Queen's Bench, and that both of those
courts refused to grant a rule to show cause—the one on
a simple declaration of its opinion as to the construction
of certain Acts of Parliament, purporting to be sup-
ported by a reference to ho-tile considerations, and also
to what was supposed to have been the practice under
those Act. of Parliament ; and the other court on a
lengthy, detailed and much laboured, if not a well-con-
sidered judgment. He was bound to state, that if those
high courts of justice, or either of them, had in this case
pursued the uniform and settled course of practice which
had prevailed from the earliest times in Westminster-
hall, of allowing a point of law, novel in its nature, and
important in its principl, s, and at least open to much
question, and calling for much anxious and serious de-
liberation, to be argued at the bar, he, perhaps, might
have mistrusted his own judgment, and the better judg-
ment of his Learned Friends, as well as the uniform prac-
tice in Westminster-hall,:and have felt bound to acquiesce
in the decision of those courts. But though it would
ill become him to allude in any other terms than those
of the highest and sincerest respect to either of those
courts, yet he felt that in the mode in which this case
had been met and disposed of they had departed from
the uniform and settled usage and practice which had
prevailed, without one single exception, for many centu-
ries in every court in Westminster Hall. The applica-
tion which he had made to those courts was of the
deepest interest to thousands and tens of thousands of
her Majesty's subjects, and it had been heard sub
sileetio, and disposed of after a long deliberation of ten
days and many postponements in the Queen's Bench,
and many adjournments and an interval of three weeks
in the Common Pleas—in the one court ssithout any
reason at all, and in the other with many detailed
reasons which he had no opportunity of meeting, and
which he would submit to their Lordships were entirely
fallacious and groundless, and in opposition to the
decision of some of the highest and ablest judges who
had (ler sat on the bench. Under these circumstances,
he should not be doing justice to himselt or to
the bar if he did not state teat his Right Reverend
Friend, and the tens of thousands who were deeply
interested in the question, had not received that justice
to which they were entitled, and it was with the view of
obtaining that justice that he now applied to their Lord-
ships. The question laid within a very narrow compass,
and turned upon the construction of two Acts of Parlia-
ment, the 24th of Henry VIII., c. 12, and the 25th of
Henry VIII., c. 19. In 1847 her Majesty appointed
the Rev. Mr. Gorham to the living of Bampford Speke,
of which she was the patroness, and it became the duty
of the Bishop of Exeter, in whose diocese it was situate d,
to inquire into the opinions of Mr. Gorham on certain
points of doctrine and the result of
whichliisexahmeination
was that be considered the doctrines
enter-
tained to be unsound, and, after allowing Mr. Gorham
due time for deliberation, he refused to induct him into