The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-06 00:00:00

GERMANY.

and
n ar
The Anzeiger Zeitung contains an extraordinary
account of toe confession of JOIIANNAS STAUFF, the
murderer of the Countess GOERLITZ. It cannot be
forgotten that this unhappy man, who was con-
st Gthoe esienz
sentence in
June
ttese t
ed Countersaga against
dernutd to imprisonment for life for the murder of
h
lealdty,thboisavtiertrlinemoomeeeepnrbcoye-.
The affected strain which he assumed when first in
confinement, gradually, however, gave way ; he be-
came spiiitless and dejected,
the harassing accusations of a last,efil
his conscience, he was con-
strained to discharge his burdened mind, and declare
his guilt. He has made a full and detailed confession
of barbarities attendant on the murder of his noble
mistress. The act was not pretneditreed : he entered
her apartment—saw her writing-table standing open
—knew that it contained her jewellery—forced the
drawers—seized the bracelets, brooches, and pearls,
and was putting them into his pocket when the
Countess suddenly entered. She hurried up to him,
and, fearing lest she should call for help, he rushed
upon her and seized her by the throat. She struggled
violently, and he was once even obliged to let go his
hold ; but he again forcibly pressed his hands upon
her throat, and in less than ten minutes she closed
her eyes, her hands fell powerless, and her coml.
tenance assumed a livid hue. He saw that she was
dead. He let the body fall—rushed out of the room
—locked the door both of that room and the outer
apartment, and hurried to a public-hotve, where he
drank off a quantity of wine. lie then returned to
the castle. The Count came home to dinner at half-
Not receiving an answer, he concluded that she was
past six, and, after dressing, went to call the Countess.
not at home. While waiting at table, STAUFF resolved
that every trace of his crime should be obliterated.
As soon as the Count was gone out, at about eight,
o'clock, STAUFF returned to the Countess's apartments.
He found the body still warm, and the limbs pliant.
lie placed her in her chair at the writing-table,
her elbow resting upon the open desk, and supporting
her head, her whole body being bent over the
desk, as it she were asleep ; he then placed shavings,
paper, &c., upon the desk and table, and set fire to
them close before her face ; next he set fire to a divan
at the other end of the room, locked the doors of both
the inner and outer apartments, and threw away the
keys. He then went to his own room, when he lighted
a tire, in the middle of which he placed the casket
containing the jewels—but he could not get the fire
to burn. STAUFF deeply lamented all the unjust lied
injurious hints which he had thrown cut relative to
the Count, and which at one time made him
to be suspected of being the murderer of his
own wife. STAUFF said he denied his guilt
in the first instance, in the hope that then sen-
tence of not guilty would be passed ; but that the
anguish of his soul was intolerable; 10,000 lives
would he give, if he bad them, that that deed of horror
alight be undone.
It appears that a devotional book, given him by the
judge who condemned him, which contained the
.scripture promise that there is forgiveness with GoD,
even for the chief of sinners, if he will turn to Him
with true contrition of heart, acknowledging and
confessing his sins, impelled STAUFF to make the
confession.

A new constitution for the kingdom of Wurtem-
berg has been prepared, comprising 160 articles, and
is said to be very liberal in character.

SCHLEsWIG-HOLSTEIN.

A letter from Frankfort of the 3d, in the Cologne
Gazette, states that Denmark has already called upou
the restricted German Assembly to ratify the treaty
of peace.

RUSSIA.
The Cologne Gazette reports, on the authority of
a letter from Vienne, the statement that the Emperor
o f RusslA
similar haislarprtoo that of 1815.
proposed the meeting of a diplomatic
congress

ITALY.
Intelligence from Rome to the 26th ult. announce:,
that on the preceding day (the feast of Saint Louis,
King of France), a mass was celebrated in the French
church of Saint Louis by M
—01)8 gnor CASTELLINI, a
bishop. It was attended by the cardinals, by M. DE
RAYNEVAL, and the attaches of the Legation. In the
afternocn the PorE went to the church, and was re-
ceived and addressed by Monsignor JULES LEVEL,
superior of the community. A great many Frenct,
.oldiers of different arms afid grades hastened to sec
the POPE. General GEMaAV presents dto his Hot..i.
NESS a deputation of French officers, and they, in ad-
dition to a number of other persons, were admitted
to lips his feet. The PorE and his suite afterwards
returned to the Vatican, amidst the acclamations of
the population. Some French troops stationed in the
church square paid military hot:ours to the PorE on
leaving, and their hands playd martial tunes.

Au/dr.—lt is now understood that Lieut.-Gf neral
Sir W. M. Gomm, K.C.8., kill Eucceed Sir C. J. N.ll,:er 118
Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies.
Lord John Russell has arrived at Taymouth Castle,
Perthshire, on a visit to the Marquis of Breadalbane.
A special train on the Great Northern Reuiwsy
from Barret fair, last evening, consisted of ,k 3 carriages, old
convene;; nearly 800 passengers to tho metropolis.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was heavy.
Americans 71d. and under were rather easier, but in
other descriptions there was no alteration. Sates ab ,ut
6,000 hales.—ln Railway Shares a good business was
done, with prices generally advancing.
The aggregate business transacted this week in the
markets for produce has been very coniderable, and
several articles have been in increased favour, and have
commanded higher prices. Sugar attracts most atten-
tion, but Coffee likewise is held for fuller rates. Tallow
has risen a little. The home make is good, but will not
sxceed that of the autumn of 1849. The Rusiaos
reported to be settling last year's contracts at a consi-
derable loss. Wool goes off briskly s:ill at the auctions.
Indigo is steady in the absence of any very definite ac-
counts from India, of the growing crops. The following
report upon the Coffee trade at Rio de 'Janeiro, for-
warded thence, is to the latest date in July:—
The export of the crop of 1849 has been as follows,
as compared with the crop of 1848:
Ent ope. U. States. Total.
Crop 1848 848,108 772,119 1,620,27
Crop 1849 538,181 573,161 1.111 342

Decrease
Or 36i- per c. 254 per c. 314perc.
thus proving that our estimates from the commencement,
that the deficit ncy would be upwards of 500,000 tags,
(.1. 80,000,000 pounds, have been correct, ❑otwithstand-
ing othtr opinions to the contrary. We also feel an
(goal confidence in the estimates we have given of the
probable n suit of the crop cf 1850.
The following is an abstract of a return showing the
declared value of the exports of British produce and ma
nufacturts collectively to the colonies and dependencies
of the British Crown, according to their geographical
distribution, in the year 1849:
To the Channel Islands and Heligoland ... £634,482
Gibraltar and Malta .. 921,225
lonian ••• ... 165,805
Possessions on the west coast of Africa ... 233,848
Islands in the Central Atlantic (St. Helena
and Ascensi. n)
Cape of Good Hope
Mauritius

23,312
520,696
234,022
14,564

Atkin
Territories in India (comprehending Conti-
nental India, Singapore, and Ceylon) ... 6,803,215
Hoeg-Kong
Auraslisn colonies (including New Zealand) 2,080 364
North American colonies ... ... 2,279,193
West India colonies, insular and continen-
tal, including Honduras
Falkland Islands

... 2,025,019
••• 6,173

Aggregate declared value of British produce
and manufactures exported to British colo-
nies and dependencies in 1849 . . £16,594,087
The Trade and Navigation returns of the United King-
dom have been completed for the month and five months
ending the sth of August. The summary of exports
stands thus:—

1849. 1850.
Month .... , 6.264,426 £6,029 568
Seven months
The vessels entered inwards were to the following
amount in tons:—

1849. 1850.
Month
Seven months 3.282,911 3,232,097
Outwardathe clearances were:—

1849. 1850.
Month
Seven months 3,098,622 3,397,509
The shipping returns, therefore, are improving.
The Ilarnburgh mail, with accounts of Friday last,
gives the quotation for bills on London the same as pre-
viously, viz., 13 7k, and not much was doing. Corn
DpeuTrtch Cle tenln'tosau, ilway
was in request, and Coffee rather dearer. From Dantzie
it is advised that the new Wheat and Rye were of good
quality and heavy.
From the Frankfort autumn fair the accounts are very
ratisfvctory.
At Amsterdam, on the 4th instant, Dutch Stock was
less firm, the Twc-and-a-Half per Cents. being 57.
Spanish Bends were still in demand. In the Frankfort
Bourse ou the 3d instant., Austrian Metallies were
quoted 81i 8, and Spanish Threes 32,1- to 33k. The
statutes of the National Bank of Belgium have been
approved, and the establishment will speedily commence
operations.
The English Funds have been very dull, and there is
not the least inclination to speculate. Consols have rea-
lised 96k ill the New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents.
98?,- to 99k; and the Three per Cent. Annuities 96-i- to
97k. Bank Stock has been marked 214 to 215. Ex-
chequer-bills have realised 645. to 675. premium.
Foreign Stocks are also very quiet. Mexican firm at
291; Spanish Five per Cents steady at 198 -I, and the
Three per Cents at 37i -1; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half
Four
pereegl ceeteedntsahtaBvetib,cean sfii
ndChtoili9soni.firm at 103.
Share Market is buoyant, and the trans-
actions have been numerous, fuller prices being obtained
for a few lines, though generally the previous rates are
current. There are great hopes of steady improvement,
and a well-known broker remarks that—
" Altogether, considering the increased safety attach-
ing to rattan), investments, the economy which may be
expected to result from the growing experience of rail-
way working, and the saving likely to be effected by
the gradual reduction of the rate of interest on de-
bentures, taking into consideration, likewise, the
ordinary increase of traffic which must natu-
rally follow from the e xtension of population
and commerce, and the extra traffic exposition of 1851,
we are inclined to believe that, as regards the majority
of rail% a) s, the worst is known, if not passed; and from
the verj low prices at which shares are now ruling, that
purchases judiciou,ly made at the present time are
likely to be productive of ben( fit. To ensure this re-
sult, however, it is essential that such lines only are re•
lected in which, from the actual or approaching close of
capital account, confiltnce is not likely to be again dis-
turbed, and in which some favourable feature either of
revenue or capital is descerLible."
QUARTER TO THREE.
... 961
... 96i

Console ...
Ditto Account

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISLI I, U.NI)i O'CLOCK. PRICES.
aux Muck
3 pe Cent. Reduced Arne. . . ...
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96%14 96,4
Sew 314 per Cent. Anna- ...
~oruz Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o —
Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16 8 1-16
Ditto 30 years. Jan. 5, 1860. 8 8
naii. klondn.l,ooo/. ...
Consols for Account... 96A% 96
-_xchequer Bills. 1%,,. de 2d
1,0001. June 67 64 p
5001. June
Small. June 67 64 p

64 p
64 p
64 p
CLOSING
PRICES.

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent
Chilien Bonds 6 per Cent
tilexican, 5 per Cent. 1836, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto, Account ........
Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent
Ditto. Account
Ditto, Deferred
Russian Bonds
Ditto, 414 per Cent
kanirh 5 per Ccnt. 1840 • ........ I 19 A,
Ditto, Account
Ditto, Passive
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2.4 per Cent.. 12 Guild.
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates VOLA 59% 89%
PRICES OF
PAID. BUSINESS DoNr. CLOsIN.,
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE,
Aberdeen 50
......... 9 Li,
Do. Preference ...... 114 dis. ..... 14 die.
Amber. Nott., Bosten,
and Eastern Junction 8
Ayrshire and Galloway 7% —
Belfast & County Down 32 ......
Berks & llants Extent.
(Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, withoutguarantee 20
eirming, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 15
Do. without guarantee 15
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 14s
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 26
Bristol and Exeter 100 x.d.
Buckinghamshire 171,4 —
Caledonian
Do. New IN. Pref.....Pref.....10

29%
291,6

Ditto,Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference
Clarence
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June 45 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 80
East Anglian, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D... 25 -
Do. 18/., E. & H....... 18
Po., 31. 108., Pref..— 3%
Do., f 5/0 7 per Ct.
Preference —
Ditto, (;/. 175.) 7 per
Cent, Preference
ZetrArr: (:owities...
D.tto,Extension, 5 per
Cent., ts• o. 1 6/. 13s. 44.... p.. ... ...... ...
Ditto ditto. No. 2...61. 13e. 4d... p
Do., New Prtf.recce,
6 eer Cent.. . lO .....•
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent. ... 50 ......
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Do. New 43
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 26
Ditto, Class A, ditt0... 6
Do., Class B& C 25
Do. Scrip (6 per cont.) 20
East Lancashire
Ditto, New Quarters 64
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 64
East Lincolnshire, guar.
6 per Cent.
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 - x.d
Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25
Ditto, New-port. ............ ....
Exeter•Yeovil, & Dorch. 29. — ..... .
........
Exeter and Exmouth... 218.
Glasgow, Dumfries, and . ..............
Carlisle B/.65. 5d....
Glasgow,Silmar.,& Ayr 50 ......
..... -..-
Do. Preference Consol. ...... _.
.. ...... ots
Gloucester &Dean Forest 14 .... . ""• ..... -•--
... ..
24 ...... 10%% 11 10% 10%
Great Northern
Do., /). A Deferred
Do., Us B 6 per Cent... 1L%...... i-F
.. ... 3t4
4 7%
Dolt, per Sent. Pref. 121,4....., 11% . ....
,11711

- P
- r

-
18%

.tsar Soo th . end won. v_
(Ireland) ..-... 5O ...... 3r)% ...... ......... &3A
bitto, Eighths 2%..- .......
Great North of England 100 ...... - x.d - x.d.
Ditto, New, 40/ 4O -
Ditto, Yew, 30/ 3O - ..
Ditto. New,ls/ l5 -
Great Western 100
Ditto. New 171........ 15 ... .. - ... .. • •
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... -
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 - x.d - x.d.
Do. Quarter Shares... 121,4 - -
Lancaster and Carlisle.- 50
-
L-ancashire& Yorkshire 100
Do. Quarters ......... 2314, 9t,.......... ..... . 9%
Do. Fifths ll %
Do. Thirds ..__ ........18 - ••• -
Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 - .... ... -
Ditto t 11,iodersfie1d
and Sheff.).. 5O - •• -
Do. (W. Riding Union) 114 - • .. -
Leeds and Bradford
Leads and Think ...... 50
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 6 - die. . -d is
Do., do. No. 2 17 - •....• .........
Do., do. No. 3 5 . .... - ... ........ ..
Do., Pref. Guar , 1818 9
-
Liverpool, Crosby and •••..
Southport. l5 -
London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d... s;g A •
London, Brighton, and
South Coact-. ....100
Do.(lu2razit. 5 per et.. 9 ...... -
Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 - •• -
Ditto ditt0...... 18:%2 50 .. ... - .. -
Do., New, guaranteed
6 per Cent . ...100
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d -
Ditto, Preference...... 20 - . -
Lond,in and lc. W.,,Tern 101, .110.1 IA x.d. ....110%x.d
Ditto, Naw Quarters 17
Ditto. Fiftl- ...... - x.d... ..... .... - x.d
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C 1 ...... 2 s 4, ...... .... ... 2%
Londor & - Aiv stkrn ICO ..... 664 66 ......... 66
Do, New 50/. . ..... - ... .... ....
Do. New 401. -
Do., New Preference.. 5
Londonderry &Culsraine 25 ..... -
Do. 1/ Shares .. .. 5 - ...•
Londonderry and Ei

_Anis-
killen
Do. ~', Shares ..... .... 7%...... - -
Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... - -
Ditto (6 per ct.) -
&lanohester,Brixton,and
Matlock 514 - -
Manchwtter, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ..100 - --
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... .. - -
Ditto, New IC/. Pref... 10 - -
Do., Manchester and
Lincoln Union... -4/. 2s. - dis - dis.
Midlan i ..
Do. Cor solidated Pret 100 - •..
Do., 501. Shares . ... 35
Do., Hirm. and Derby ICO - x.d...
D.. Consolid. Bristo. &
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 -
Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 46 ...... - ...... .....
Ditto ditto . .... 29 . 16s. 0d... -
Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 -
•
Ditto, Leieee.is Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo - -
Midland Great Western
Irish 47% - . ..... .......... -
Sliddlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar. - -
Newcastle and Carliale.loo ....... - -
Do. Quarters - -
Newmarket -
Do. Extension - -
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6 ...... -
Newry and Enniskillen 7 - -
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor . . 20 - ..
Norfolk ......... . 100 -
1)0. New 201. - -
Do. Extension ........ 20 - -
Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 ...... - .. -
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... - -
Northern Counties Union 4 -...-
North Briti:.l; ........... 25
Ditto Preference 5 -
North Staffordshire ... 17% 6% 6%
North-Western ..... l7 - ..
Oxf6,rd, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Preston & W yre ...... ... 26 ... - -
Do. % Shares (A) lO% -
it eadnig, Guildford, end
Reigate :18 -
Coyston and Hitchin ... 6 ti..... 7%
Do. Shepreth Eaten . % - • ......
icottiti Central
Scottish Midland - .. ..... ......
Ditto, New - . ..., ... -
Shrewsbury and Birm... 1314...... 834 di5.......... 874 dis
Ditto ditto. Class B. 9% - di5.........,.. - dis
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - ... Shrewsbury and Herald. b ...... - .. -
--
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) 2O . ..... - ... -
Ditto Halves
Ditto Oswestry ...... f•O -
-
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 10 -
Shropshire Union -
South Doxon -
Do. Preference - .... •••• ..••
South Statfordshire Bl4 - ...... -- • •...
,•‘utl-, Fa..t,,t• .... 0
Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 •
0‘... Registered No. 4 10 - - ••••• •..•••
Swath t ales
,Outb Yorkshire, Don-

10%
x.d

Irmo •

7 %
1123/4

174

c rater, and Goole
S'. etfield, Rotherham, &
Goole (N. Div.) Gua-
ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18% — ••• •••• •• •• ."
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ..• 6 .•• q— •••••••• eeeeeee ...
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Stir. C0a1.... 8
Taw Vale Extension ... 9%
T iames Liaven Dock
:rid Railway ........ 171,,
Vale of Neath ... .. . l3
Waterford 0n d Kilkenny 20 ..•••• •• —
WAterforu and Limerick 471/4 .
iv atertd,li'xfrd,Wickiw.
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... .• ..... 50
Do. do. de. ... 25

Do. do. do. ... 15....
West Cornwall ..... 7% .... .•
eihitehavet. & Furness 20 -
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western .• ... 14 - ........
;.osiers.:t, &W ay-
mouth
mouth 42
Pork. N ewcus•le, and
Berwick. •••••• 1534% ...
Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 ... 10%
Do. G.N.E.Preference, 9 ..... 4
Do. Hartlepool Dock
and Railway lOO ......
York anti .Norti, Midland 50 ...... 17 17% x.d... 17% x.d
c .1") eiariaLe.AA
FOREIGN RAILWAY a.
Ang'o Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian). ...
Boulugne and Amiens... 20 71%
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon)... 20
Demerara 17% — ...............
Dutcu Rtd.nish ..•...... 8 ...
East Indian .... ...... ..... 9
Ditto ... ........ ..... 20
Great Indian Peninsular ö
Do. Do. ... 13/4
Louvain il is ambre ... 7% —
Luxembourg ...
Ditto lO — •••••
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ......
Namur and Liege ...... 20 ...
Northern of France ...... 16
Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ..
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Pari, and .-trasbourg
Rouen and Havre ...... 20
Sambre and Meuse ...... 20 ....„
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 ...
Tours and Nante5........ 14 ......
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt ...... 20
West Flanders