The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-27 00:00:00

CANADA.

REJECTION OF THE INDEMNITY BILL.
Tor.oNTo, JUNE 12.—Las, night the Provincial
P_rli iment refu9ed, without discussion, Sir Align
111.‘_Nab's motion to introduce the Indemnity Bill oF
last session. Tne vote stood 36 to 16.

RAILWAY TRA7ELLING IN FINE WEATHER.—The
fine summer weather seems to have inspired the directors of
the several railways with a very laudable spirit of emulation
to meet the wishes of the public, and their extreme liberality
in providing cheap trains greatly conduces to the comfort of
those who are anxious to get fresh air and a good view of
the country at a reasonable rate. Just think of a Sun-
day excursion to Gravesend and back by the North
Kent Railway for three shillings ! two shillings !! and
one shilling and six pence !!! something between a
farthing and a halfpenny a mile ! The adage of
" Nothing like leather" falls to the ground here, for
travelling by railway is much cheaper, and far more
pleasant, than travelling on leather ! We understand that
the line of carriages on the North Kent, last Sunday, looked
very picturesque, forming for a considerable distance a long
beautiful line of sinuosity, in accordance with the curves on
the railway; and no accident whatever. Every summer
Sunday the same.
IlozaslNGs AT MATLOCK, BY R. SHELTON MAC-
KENZIE, author of •" Titian," &c., 3 vols. The
above work is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may
be had at all the libraries. The following popular novels
are also just published :—l. Anne Dysart ; or, the Scotch
Minister's Daughter-2. La Vendee, an Historical Romance,
by A. Trullope, Esq.-3. The Story if a Man of Fashion ;
or, Sin and Sorrow 4. Freston Tower; or, The Early Days
of Cardial lYolsey, by the Rev. R. Cobbold-5. Reginald
Hastings, an Historical Ronnoce, by Eliot Warburton, Esq.,
second edition—G. A Seco:A Series of the Discipline of Lite,
comprising the Stories of Ada Mowbray and Susan Greville.
Also just ready, Adelaide Lindsay, a novel, edited by the
author if "Ecnilia Wyndham ;" and The Country Year
Book; or, The Field, the Forest, and the Fire-side, by \Va..
Liam Howitt, author of " The Book of the Seasons," &c.,
1 vol., with iliasLrations, 103. GI bound.

NOTICE.—" THE MISRR's SECRET ; oE, THE DAYS
or JAIIIE ," a new Historical Romance, published this day,
by Mr. Shoberl, 20, Great Marlborough-street, and copies
have been forwarded to his agents in every part of Great
Britain. Also now ready-2. Ryan's " Two Years' Personal
Adventures in California, with the Author's Experience at
the Mines," with -23 plates "One of the moat attractive
books of the season."—Herald. 3. Napier's "Southern
Africa," 2 vols,, plates. • 4. Captain Pieid's " Rifle Rangers,"
2 vols., plates. 5. Mr. Sires " Ceylon and the Cingalese." 2
vols , plates ; and, in a few days. Captain Hervey's "Ten
Years' in India ; or, the Life of a Young Officer," 3 vols.
Her Maksty and his Royal Highness the Prince
Albert. attended by Colonel Grey and Miss Anson, and ac-
companied by the Prince of Prussia, honoured the New
Society of Painters in 11'ater Colours by visiting their Ex-
hibition this morning. Her Majesty was graciously pleased
to mark her approbation of the exhibition by purchasing
Mr. Warren's classically-treated Egyptian picture, "The
Wise Men on their Way," and Mr. Corbould's beautiful
Floretta, &c.

INTEREST PAID TO SAVINGS BANES,—,The total
amount of loss of interest sustained by the public on account
of excess of interest psid to trustees of savings banks by the
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt above
that received by them from the 20th of November, 1814, to
the 20th November, lc 49, was 222,9051. ; and on account of
friendly societies, 105,1931. The calculation includes Ireland
and Scotland.
TIII3 LONDON NEWS AGENTS AND THE NEW
POSTAL REGULATIONS.—It is intended to call a meeting of the
London uewsvenders, for the purpose of forming a deputation
to wait on the proprietors of the metropolitan weekly news-
papers with the following propositions, viz. :—That an early
edition of all the weekly newspapers ba published on
Friday afternoon, in time for post to the most distant places,
so that the papers may be supplied to the subscribers in those
localities on Saturday evening. Another edition to be pub-
lished on Saturday morning, to be forwarded to the less dis-
tant parts by the morning mails; anoi a town edition, for
distribution throughout the metropolis and its suburbs on
Saturday afternoon. Should the foregoing proposals be
adopted, it would considerably lessen the labours of the
working newsmen, who are now equally as hard worked on
Sabbath as on the week days.

ASSAULT OF ARMS.—A grand assault of arms, in-
cluding the foil, sabre, sticks, and bayonet against sabre,
was last night given at the Whittington Club by Mr. Alfred
Shury. M. "Prevoe.t. and Professor Gil!emend, both from
Paris, took part in the assault, and so did Corporals Vent),
Reid, and Waite. There was nimble fencing with the foils
and some dexterous work with the sticks, but the most
marked feature of the exhibition was the feats with the
sword by Mr. A. Shury. A bar of lead, one and three-quar-
ters of an inch in thickness, and the carcass of a sheep were
cut in twain neatly and cleverly at one fell swoop. The au-
dience were pretty numerous, and were enlivened in the
course of the evenieg by the band of the Royal Horse Guards
Blue, who played at intervals several popular airs.
FOREIGN FRUITS AICD VEGETABLES.—The follow-
ing numerous and large arrivals of fruits and vegetables have
taken place in one day from the continent for the metropo-
litan markets: - The steamer Rainbow, from Rotterdam,
brought 1,101 bags of new potatoes; the Sir Robert Peel,
from Dunkirk, 80e baskets and 49 cases of new potatoes, 253
dozens of cauliflowers, and 1,124 baskets of cherries; the
Apollo, from Rotterdam, 3,783 baskets of new potatoes, 4
baskets of melons, and 19 sieves and 12 baskets of cucumbers;
the Stadt Dordrecht, from Dordt, 28 hampers and 20 baskets
of new potatoes, 20 hampers of cherries, 8 hampers of cab-
bages, and 29 hampers of carrots; the Fyenvord, from Rot-
terdam, £O3 baskets and 200 bags of new potatoes, and 197
baskets of cherries; the Venezuela, from Havre, 1,576
baskets of various kinds of fruits; and the e4oho, from Ant-
werp, 2d baskets of green peas, and 1,38/ baskets of various
sorts of fruits—the produce of France, Holland, and Belgium.
VauxnALL GARDENS.—Yesterday this place was
opened at the early hour of 4 o'clock in the afternoon for
the exhibition of a pageant, in which the whole of the
horses and performers of Astley's Amphitheatre, under the
direction of Mr. Batty, were employed. The scenes which
consisted of tableaux and spectacles from the romance of
Windsor Castle, were well arranged, and the costumes,
&c., were gorgeous and appropriate. There were deer, dogs,
horses, knights, squires, ladies, &c., almost without number
—Herne the hunter, Henry VIII., Cardinal Wolsey, Anne
Boleyn, &C.—in a word, al persons recognized by the his-
tory of the times, and many more whom no history has re-
corded. The scenery was well painted and the whole well
got up. A monster band of music, in mere senses than
one " played up " during the representation, an added to
the appropriate dissonance of the scene. The whole went off
well, and is likely to attract multitudes of spectators. At
the conclusion of the performance the promenade commenced
and at dusk the usual entertainments of the gardens were
begun.

ICE Cob FISIIERY.—A correspondent from Chris-
tiania writes, on the 7th June, " The return of the steamer
from Hemmerfest brings us information up to the 21st ult.
They write that the ccd fishery on the east coast of Fin-
marken promised to be more than usually productive, and
that in consequence no less than 2,50 U boats, manned by
10,0u0 men, had already passed that port on their way to the
fishing grounds."

Happiness is • like wealth ; ai soon as we begin to
nurse and care for it, it is a sure sign of its being in a preca-
rious state.— Eliza Cook's Journal.

eIIEgTER Ainin ITOLYIIPAD RAILWAY.--Trafk for
tIA Week ended Junc 1850: C. and H. Maui Line,
2,9531. ss. Od.; Alold, 86/. lls. Od.; Steam-boats, 2931.
Os. 10d. ; Total, 3,3321. Os. 10d.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
,The Cotton market at Liverpool, yesterday, was very
animated, and with a good demand for export and specu-
lative business. The sales were estimated at 12,000
bake, of which one-half wean taken for export and on
speculation. Brazil advanced 0., and ord. and mid.
American were to id. per lb. higher, at which the
market closed firmly.—Railway Shares were flat, with
very little business doing.
The six weeks' average price of wheat is 40s. per
quarter, the highest point fJr some time past.
It will obviously not be for want of industry if the
Cotton Market be not buoyed up to the highest possible
mark by the parties interested on the other side of the
Atlantic, and it is curious to watch their progress. A
leading broker at New York writes by the Atlantic
steamer:—

My last report of this market was under date of the
4th inst., per Europa. The business transacted since has
indicated daily that confidence in the stability of present
prices is wide spreading, and the class of buyers operat-
ing now are those who have all the season stood clear
of the article, believing at first in the existence of a
crop three hundred thousand bales more than cal be
realised by draining the interior towns; and
when that obstacle was removed; they felt
it was unsafe, hesrause bills bad been made early against
an unusual proportion of the receipts, and in the ability
of European spinners to abate the manufacture, or, as
they term it, the consumption of the article, they had no
question, and predicted we should certainly reel the pres-
sure as soon as they had definitely assured themselves that
the crops was determined, and is the ports, as without the
aid cf the foreign market cur commission houses would
not dare to try the experiment of holding supplies until the
people called for goods so ravenously as to force dealers
to purchase small quantities of first heads, on what,
was to be, a falling market. From all that we can
learn on this side, spinners are more astounded at the
continued extent of the demand for their goods from all
quarters of the globe, than they are at the actual short-
ness of the present crop, as it evidences that the real
consumption of cotton fabrics has overtaken
the production. They do not allow enough
for the vast yearly improvements in ma-
chinery, the great amount of the circulating medium,
and for the proportion that are gained by the low rate
of agricultural productions. Dealers are believed to
hold light stocks abroad, as for six months past they
were told weekly, by the highest authorities at Man-
chester, that cotton prices were unsafe, and must soon
fall on their own merits. In this country I sun assured
that stocks in the bands of tbo:e who supply
the people are also light, as the impression here
was that it was a cotton fight, and, as usual,
the superior capital of our trans- Atlantic . brethren
would carry the day, and, consequently, the same stroke
of policy was acted on—purchase lightly. Now, the
people call for goods, and the cotton fight being at an
end, the old-stagers appear at our cotton-offices, and
confess their errors, believing that cotton has not yet
commenced to rise. The sales up to Tuesday, 11th inst.,
averaged 2,500 hales daily.

"Iu regard to the prospcet of the next crop, I have
nothing to add to my respects of that date. 1 reiterate
these remarks, and solicit you to note them particularly.
I could eke a volume of reasons for my conviction of
their accuracy. But as my deductions have always been
well within the subsequent facts, I consider it unneces-.
sary."
Accounts from Antwerp state that some disorder had
occurred there upon a shipment of potatoes by an Eng-
lish dealer, who ►tas done a large business in the article,
a.;cl that part uf the cargo was stopped on the quay, so
:s not to be in time for the Hull boat. The growers
:hereupon sold the potatoes at two frs. per quarter hec-
tolitre, for which the English shipper han agreed to
give tour fis.
The first arrival of herrings in Holland took place on
the 23d inst., and as usual a certain portion was imme-
diately sent to the King and the Ministers. Dutch
Stock was rather flitter at Amsterdam on the 25th inst.,
the Two. and-a-Hall per Cents. being 57j.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to
this day, are in round figures as under:—

1850. 1849.
Great Western £l9 005 £19,171
North Western
Sou:h Western.... 14,032 11,383
drighton
Midland 22,647 22 456
South Esstern
Galedlmian

The English Funds have been very dull, and there
is as little fluctuation as yestesday, although the feeling
is somewhat better as to the probable majority for
Ministers. Consols have been 95• to 96, and New
Three-and-a• Quar: er per Cents. 97,i- to 97i. Exchequer-
bills are 693. premium.
In the Foreign Market there is no activity. Spanish
Three pc•r Cents. have been 384, and Portuguese Four
pin. Cents. about 35. Mexican► Bonds are 30, and
Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 78.
Dutch Two-and-a• Half per Cents. arc 58i.
Shares are steady.
QUARTER TO THREE.

Consols ... .. ...
Ditto Account ... ...

•••
... 95i 96

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
pe t 4but.. Renuuen Aunts ... 96N31/2 9614
New 314 per Cent. Anus. ... • ...... 97.5i3% 97%
~.ong Awls. to er.pireJan.lB6o 8 3-16 814 6174
india Bombs. 1,000/- .. .
::onsols for Account 95.34 96 96
,xchequer Bina. 1-V2d. It 2d
1,0001. June 69 p 69 p
5001. June - 67 p
Small, Juue — 70 p
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
%raZilllttl 13011:18 - 90

lirenada Bonds, 114 per Cent lBl4 18%
li .o,:lican, 5 ptir Cent, 1841 i, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, 41/2 par Cent.-- 78 77%
Ditto, Account 78.4
Ditto, Deferred •• 34
l':ussian Bonds
Ditto, 41,4 per Cent
Ditto Scrip —4% p
SpaLich 5 per Coat. 1840 — 17 :!,6
Ditto, Account
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
__ _

Dutch 21h par Cent., 12 Guild. .. :81,,i)
58%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates... 83;42 . 88A
PRICES OF PAID. ,BUSINESS DONE CLOt.:IN
RAICWAY. SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
It):)rdeen
Ogladonian .....
t)o. New 101. Pref
Che der and Holyhead... 50
oahlin and Belfast June. 421;4..—.. ...
Ea tem Cenaties... ..... 20 ...... 71i . . 7 I.h,
Do., New Pref:renee,
6 f.,er Cent.-- ..... 10
Co. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent. .... 50 ...... 64
Eastern Onion, Class A
(late E. U. Sharee) 25
Po. :Scrip (6 per cont.) 20
Esst Lancashire
Eact Lincolnshire, guar.
6 per Cent.
<naz, Northern
rat South.. and West. _ _

( Ireland)
LAW), Eighths ll4 l%
;real A' '.stem 100
Ditto- Sew 171........ 15 ...
, 7% 7%
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... . 97%
_ _

Laacashire& Yorkshire 100. ...... 33
Do. Fifths— ..... 11!x.

Do. Now, Gua. 6 pnr ct. 10
Do. (W. Riding Union) 11 'A 2%. 2%
Louth and Bradford
London, Brighton, and

,
---Sniith GOett... .....100
Do.Guitrant. A per et.. 9
London and N. Western 100 10914 3% 1-4 LA ... . . . 1091,1
Ditto. New Quarters 12

bitto,Fiftl-,1/4:
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ... -.—
.. . .. 134
London is 1.1. W eatean —lOO .... 591 j 59 5914, 58% 59%
Midland ,
Do., 50/. Shares ..... 30
Do. Consolid. Bristol &
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... 123 12214
Vorth Britt Ab... -- ... 25
North Staffordshire ... 17
ticading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 4%..... 51y %... 5)4
Shrewsbury and Birm... 131...... dis. — dis
Ditto ditto. Class B. 9
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Shropshire Union
South Devon
S nth F.;ftstAr• .... 33 % --,
Do., Registered No. 4 10
York. IN ewcast.le, and

Berwick. .... ........... 25
to. Newcastle Eaten, 20
Do. G.N.E.Preterance 8 ... - 2,'
York and North Midland 50
thto, I' e-trenos ...... 10
FOREIGN RAILWAYb.

Boulogne and Amiens... 20 6'4
Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... 87 8
San:ll,re and Meuse 2O ..... 23%

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JUNE 27.—Wind at noon N.E., moderate
breeze and cloudy.
DLAL, JUNE 26.—Wind N.E. Arrd. Elizabeth
Jones, Callao; Highbury, Walker, Jamaica. Arre. from
the River, Wellington, Hobart Town. Arrd. from
the River and aid. Bucephalus,, Madras; Maria Burns,
Mauritius.

DuVER ROADS, JUNE 26.—Arrd. Calcutta, Callao.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 26.—Wind E.N.E. to S.S.E.—
Arrd. Bromitle, Ward, Sierra Leone, for London;
Solthampton, Morgan, New York, and eld. for London.
COWES, JUNE 26.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Nell, Livesay,
Hobart, 'I own.

PIA MOUTH, JUDIE 26.—Wind variable.—Sld. Loyalist,
St. John's, Ne%foundland.
LIVEEPOOL, JUNE 26.—Wind N.—Arrd. Pobland,
Reminteria, Porto Rico. Sld. Berhumpore, Calcutta;
John Bull, Bombay; Brandon, Fernando Po; Dabnada,
Callao; Lucy Sharp, Rio Janeiro; Ringdove, Jamaica;
Orbit, Quebec. Off port, Ivanhoe.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Notice of tw•o buoys moored on the English B:,nk to
Vie E. of the Bar of Pernambuco.

The following has been received at Lloyd's from
Whitehall, by command of the Lords of the Committee
of Privy Council for Trade:—
" There are now moored to the East of the Light-
house of the Bar of Pernambuco, two buoys, one black
2nd one red, which show the psition of the English
Bank. Each of these buoys has a bell to warn incaut.iou
navigators of. its- proximity; but in- consequence- of the
defection of the wind and the roaring of the waves, it
cannot sometimes be heard except at .a short distance.

The red buoy marks the Southern end of the Bank,
and the black one the Northern extremity thereof.
"To the East of the said buoys you can always safely
steer; but only at high water in middle tides can vessels
drawing ten feet water pass between them.
" To the South of the red buoy the navigation is always
free and open to any vessel; but to the North of the
black buoy there is barely a channel by which vessels
can pass, having. Bar pilots on holrd, as close to are
the Olinda Reef), or Banks.
"Post-Captaincy, Pernambuco, April 9, 1850."