The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-18 00:00:00

EXETER ELECTION.

EXETER, Ariw 17.—The writ for- the election of a
Member for this city, in room of Sir W. Follett, arrived here
yesterday, and was proclaimed at the Guildhall at ten o'clock,
bY the Under-Sheriff. The nomination is fixed for Saturday.
Sir W. Follett not being well enough to be present, is repre-
sented by his brother, Mr. R. B. Follett, who arrived
here to-day.

THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES).
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Rea. lB% 'Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. Cons.
3% per Cent. Re 1 . ......
New 3% per Cent. .... , 103% Ex. Sills, 1003/. 1101... 74 pin
New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 74 pm.
Jan. 1860 l2 7-16 . Bank Stock for Acct.... 118
Oct. 1859 l2 5.16 IConsols for Acct. 99%
Jan. 1860....
k'OREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per Cent
Portuguese, 5 per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per Cent 1 4% Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Ce.t... Russian, 5 per Ccnt —
ChMan, C per Cent — Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per Cent, 14% Spanish, 5 per Cent 24%
Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Cent 36
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferre I —
Danish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent — 'Exchange
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1811 Dutch, 25 per Cent 60%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent„, 3056 Ditto, a per Cent look
SH A RLS.
Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 62
Ditto Thirds (25 paid)
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid(
Dublin and Cashel (2), paid)
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
Ditto Registere.l (816 s tad, paid)
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Fifths (12 paid) ••• 19%
London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4t1!) 6
London and Brighton (50 paid)
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid.
Ditto Quarter Shares (2 paid) 9
Manchester and Birmingham 5l
Newcastle and Darlington Junction (13 paid)
Northern and Eastern (45 paid) -
South Eastern and Dover (3312 s 48 paid) ...:
Ditto New Shares ( 4 patl)
York and North Midland (50 paid) 11?!
Ditto Half Shares (25 paid)
York and Scarborough Branch (2% paid)
Rouen and Havre ( 3 paid)
Strasbourg and Bale (14 paid) ll%

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN,
For the Week ended April 13, If4l, made up from the Returns of
the inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englan4l and
Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat......... 55.. Id. 1 Oats 203. Id. 31s. 2d
8ar1ey......... 335. id. 1 Rye

AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIR WEEKS.
Weeks ending WHEAT. IiARLEY.I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS.

?EASE

- ,-,--
March 9 56 0' 31 6 19 1 03 9, 31 0' 31 6
16 56 3 33 3 20 11 33 8 31 3 31 4
23 56 5 33 I 20 0 34 1 31 2 31 0
50 56 5 32 7 19 8 31 3 31 2 31 0
April 6....: 55 5 32 10 ill 1 33 9 30 11 31 8
13 ......
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES 01/' TUE SIX WEEKS
Wheat 55: I Id. Oats
Barley ...... ... 333. ld I Rye
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
Wheat l7s Odd Oats
Barley

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
HAT IVIZULICETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 31 5s ; use-
ful ditto, 3l 6s to 31 lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to
31 16s ; Clover Hay 3l
3/ 5s to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 1/6s to 1/ 8s ;
8 Wheat Straw, 1/ to 1/ lOs per'%,load. Supply but mo-
derate, and trade
dull.

CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 6s ; useful
ditto, 3l 8s to 3/ 14s ; fine liplang ditto, 31 15s to 4/ ;
Clover Hay, 3l 5s to 4/17s ; Oat Strat 117 s to 1193; Wheat
Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. A limited supply, and a
sluggish demand, at the above quotatioUS.
iIITECIIAPEL.—Come Meadow Hay, 21 16s to 31 5s ;
useful ditto, Si 6s to 3/ 12s; fine 'Upland ditto, 3/ 13s to
3l 18s ; Clover Hay, Si 5s to Si 5s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/
8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 Ss to 1/ 106 per load. Both Hay and
Straw met a dull sale, at late rates.

MEAT MALLETS.
SOUTHALL, APRIL 17.--In to-day's market the supply of
fat stock was only moderate. Prime Beasts and Sheep sold
somewhat freely,lat an improvement of 2d per 81bs. Other-
wise the demand was inactive. Beef, from 3s to 43; Mutton,
3s 4d to 45 6d ; Lamb, 5s to Gs 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and
Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per 81bs. Supply—Beasts, 41; Sheep
and Lambs, 2,329 ; Calves, 50 ; Pigs, 41. Nearly the whole
of the stock found buyers.
ROXFORD, Amu, i7.—Although the general demand was
by no means brisk, prices had in some instances sin upward
21
tendency.. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Mutton, Ed to 4s
44; Candy, 4410 d to 6e 4d; Voids 4d to 44 2d; suicl

2s 6d to 4s per 81bs. Sucking Calves 18s to 28s; Quart,er.
old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mulch Cows, with toil
small Calf, 161 to 181 lOs each.
HAILSIIAM, APRIL 17.—Although we had a fair genera
time-of-year supply of fat stock on offer to-day, the
demand was steady, at full prices. Beef, from 25 10d
si
4s 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s Gd; Lamb, 5s to 6s; an
Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs. seld
ARUNDEL, APRIL 16.—Prime Beasts and Sheep r
steadily, at an advance of 2d per Sibs. In the value of othee
kinds of stock no variation was noticed. Beef, from, 2,5234d.t0
4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, "
4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s Gd to 3s 10d per Blbs. EWA,
CHICHESTER., APRIL 17.—We had a steady sale ." 4s•
the prices of which were supported. Beef, from 2s 6d toga
Mutton. 2s 10d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s IN;
~1
3s 6d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per Blbs. Suck':
Calves, 18s to 265; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s;
Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 181 each.

NEWS
NONE AND COMMERCIAL NI:,
CITT, QUARTER TO n-
eat
The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yesis;
were 3,500 bags, of which 400 were on speculation. Pralefor
were unchanged.—There continued to be a brisk demon. id,
French shares and Eastern Counties, Dover and Sheti'ethe
Birmingham were not so good, and other shares Iver&ie.
same as before. Birmingham and Gloucester, 03i „ties,
donian, 5A ; Chester and Hotvhead, ; Eastern Cell" ter
13k ; Birmingham, 225 ; South Western, 84.; Manchesao
and Birmingham, ; ditto and Leeds, 110 ii reris 361.
Lyons. 2/. 19s. ; itto and Orleans, 37k ; South-Eastern, ,
There are accounts from Van Diemen's Lund this naorn!:l4:
to the 20th December last. A most important public ince(' 1:
had been held to corsider the state of the colony, more et'
cially as related to the mode of settling and aPPr°Pri3,„ssg
the Crown lands, the course hitherto adopted h 4 „„d
been for years past considered most objectionable all
injurious to the colony. Resolutions, expressive,.ec
the feelings of the colonists: upon the are:its
touched upon were passed, and they are to be forwar?,,hos
the Governor for transmission to the Home Secretary. " the
are still complaints of attacks by the bushrangers, b
dait is
authorities were more active in pursuing them, an
uted
therefore, probable that these marauders will soon be re op
out of the island. It is said that jealousies had sPran„gtho
between the colonists of Tasmania and of Australia, of
subject of the appropriation of convict labour, the P9l„,'-'Oll
the Governor being now to extend the system to Van
Land. 006
Much discussion has recently taken place in mere,i.
circles upon the question whether ehicory could be no
the grocers for mixing with ground coffee, and various
been the complaints of buyers of being taken in by tu; the
mixture; but they were without a remedy, as in 187Thst
Lords of the Treasury issued an order to this effect--
_las
no objection be made on the part of this revenue to drifoce,
in and sellers of coffee mixing chicory with. theiror to their having the same so mixed in oca
possession." Very many doubts have been entertsio
upon the point, and to set the question at rest ss
Franks and Millard addressed the Lords of the Treasnke
to the matter referred to, and the day before yesterdigi
following reply was received, viz.:— "April 10, l of
"Gentlemen—The Lords of the Treasury havingbY elittef
their Secretaries transmitted to this Board a copy
addressed by you to their Lordships, requesting to lice,
formed whether the notice recently issued from this..24bls,
cautioning traders against the adulteration of ex.cTit
commodities will set aside the general order of the 3'
August,lB4o, on the subject of chicory, the
"I haveit in command to acquaint you, that in issuinfor
said notice it is not intenced to interfere in any 111
with the order relating to chict ry.
" I am, Gentlemen, yours, Stc• vp
" Messrs. Franks and Millard. " GEO. BA.LLA-01;id
The only plan by which the public can guard agains,t_
taken in by having chicory mixed with coffee is to 110
latter in the berry, and grind it themselves. If they I/ajf,
have chicory with their coffee, it can be bought sePa'lits
and added, according to the taste of the consumer...4oS
the proportions of chicory used by the grocers, nimes.,
opinions exist. But it is not below one-fifth,,,,,‘ ,0`
30,000,0001b5. of coffee are used annually, 6,000,uvu,;000m
the substitute are vended. The public lose by this 3u" -
and the revenue 100,000/. a year. aria,
A good deal of business has been transacted in the „ijos
this morning, and the prices have been heavy at are t'
to 99i fir immediate transfer, and the same for the ke,cote°
The Commissioners purchased about 30,000/. Reduce(' iflid
per Cents at 99k, but the present value now is but 99. co'
.Three and a-Half per Cents. have all receded to sefessiti
tent. Exchequer Bills, India Bonds, and Bank Stock
steady.
In Spanish Bonds there has been no re-action, the F,15.51',
Cents. having fallen to 24k, and the Three per Cenrs"o" r
The French Rentes have dropped to 122, and the Thr fed
Cents. 83. The report still is, that Louis Philippe beel;
ill. In the other Foreign Bonds the variations liv-tetlo:
but trifling, Belgian Five per Cents. have been 40011'
103 i, the Five per Cents. Dutch at 1004, and most -
°
other prices are on the decline. 111
The Railway Shares have receded also very generaili'd
London and Birmingham have been quoted at 128 lai.,„000;
premium. London and Westminster Bank Shares e.(,)iT
--
c0:07
5 premium, and the Provincial Bank of England
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOL,
(From the Official List) 191
Bank Stock I9S 0
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities *******
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 9 i
p)4 per Centtßeduced Annuities fLi
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 163
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. ***** 12
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 -
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860.
India Stock
•
India Bonds,l,ooo ....................»....»....».«.....
Ditto under 1,000 93
Bank Stock for Account ......• 199
Consols for Account 990
Exchequer Bills, 1 %d. I )id •
1,0001.
5901 ...... 74 Pin.

Ditto Small 74 pm. ilg,."
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI,Ov
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ' 103% '
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
76 11
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839
Columbian Bonds. l5
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent . ...........
Ditto Deferred Stock ' l6 g 4 f,
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 25 0, ,
Ditto for the Account • 251/ .tio
1'
Ditto Passive Bonds.
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account •- .36%ig °-
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent ...€•
o
French Renter, 5 per Cent _ l22f f• 80,
61
Exchange
Dutch 2% per Cents.
100'"
Dutch 5 per Cents.
99,'• '
- New Loan 1837, 5 per-Cents.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 0N•,,,0
,
• RAILWAYS. PAID. PER Silita'' Fa
.
Birmingham and Derby........... 100 61% ....• to''
Birmingham and Gloucester
Ditto New 17% 23% •••,': to
Bristol and Gloucester
Chatham and Portsmouth I
Dublin and Cashel . . 2%..... .... 15....
to
IP
Eastern Counties
Ditto New Registered - 81. Os. Rd
Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent l3s. 4d.... 1 .... ,„ r
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 684 .....•. I; ...
Great North of England
Great Western
Ditto Shares
_..••••••" go
%
Ditto Fifths 12
London and Birmingham. lOO 228 .........
to !,1
Ditto 1,,i Shares
London and Brighton
~,
London and South Western ...... 41%
Ditto Eighths N.
Manchester and Leeds '7o llO% ...... go ~)
Ditto %' Shares
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ... ...... 506 •••••••-go ;:
Newcastle and Darlington Junct 18 43 ......... to.,
Norwich and Brandon ............ 2
South Eastern and Dover 32 36% ...,,,. go
_ Ditto New
9h ..... . go
York and NorthiMidland ......... 50
Ditto % Shares
Paris and Orleans ............. ....... . 20
Paris and Rouen 2O ......... 37'4 •••''' to,
Rouen and Havre. . . 8
Strabburg and Basle
JOINT STOCK BANKS. ' tO •
London Joint Stock
National Provincial of England... 35
"•". go
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, APRIL 1604
3 per Cent. Consols lOO
Three and a Half Stock ......
Ditto Reduced. jo24
Ditto New, 1830 0
3% per Cent. Debentures lis
Bank. Stock
Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent.
• 4 per Ccnt. Ballast (Mite Debentures.. ........•• 0,
LAST PRICES OF SHARES.
RAILWAYS. PAID. rt'l9o
Dublin and K. Road
:Drogheda 55 ......... 4
Dublin and Cashel ditto
Hibernian Bank 25 ......... ts
National Bank
Royal Bank
National Ins !ranee
Patriotic ditto
591%
..................
960
‘,la4'
Wicklow Copper Mines
City of Dublin Steam Company
British and Irish Steam Company
Steam Ship Building Company
sioe
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 17. r lA, iie
had a very strong market, and a large amount (.4-00,ter
has been done, and some of the lighter stocks arei‘lrtioct,;V4
Eastern Counties, 13k ; Barnsley Junction, 3 ; ,101;, Ito,
and Birmingham, 50i ; Manchester and Leeds, ' fficlo t,lv
sbe 1,
wich and Brandon, 7-1 ; North Union, 109 ; ~..,0,6 9
Manchester, 73i ; South Eastern, 36 ; Ditto, -`‘
to 10 1 .16.

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BIRTHS. lif d,P
On the 12th inst., at Messford Lodge, Great ...frt., io(lf
the wife of the Rev. M. A. Gathercole, of a daugh'i,e, the Cr
On the 14th inst., in Sussex-gardens, Hyde-Od oft
of
of Robert Buchanan Dunlop, Esq., of Drunillea ' fi"
: 11
dross, Dumbartonshire, of a daughter.
On the 15th inst., at Rugby, the lady of Wil"
°/)''di 00'
Esq., of a daughter. of°
Robe On the 16th inst., in Watling-street, Mrs. tli°
HARRIED. 11,: to
, 11,
On the Bth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-M.ll°f ejbl;rectf
Rev. W. H. Dickinson, Mr. Charls Hesaltine,°,o-f1
Eliza, second daughter of Mr. J. Hodson, of 'sl-
111 ..°
,
Covent-garden. i' cf. p.-
On tha 11th inst., at Yeoyil, Somerset, ele
Nicholson, 111. A., Rector of Corscombe, Dorsetsba ' I
only daughter of Henry Penny, Esq., of Yeovil.,o fere, to
On the 13th inst., at Great Badminton, t',..te,roZtioir
Eyerard, 8.A., Rector of Didmarton, Glette; to P.- A
Marie Madeleine Cecile, eldest daughter of the 1,3 . Adrc
L. de Rusillion, of Yverdun, in the Pays de Voitrarferti-ete'
On the 16th inst., at St. Martin's.Chnrcb, ei 0'
son of John DrummOnd, Esq., to Susan Carolin°a,
of Andrew Mortimer and Lad, Emily Drumm

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DIED.
On the 6th inst., at Pertlemon, Virestineatb' . 046
Blaquiere, aged 68. tieutO 1
On the 2d inst., at Rome, Anne, the wife of -
11,. 01/44"
General Sir Jasper Nicolls, K.C.B. , SoPhl •
On the 15th inst., in Manchester-street, E1!.z,t,.,-. ric, Y'
of Colonel Robert Taylor, of the Madras Artil,a!'""d,, e-r- .4.
On the 15th inst., at Cambridge-terrace, ."--7 ur'
art`
Blake, Esq., aged 78. Z
• lcd of
On the 14th inst., Frances Sarah, the wife of
11 $141.,
Esq., of Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
On the 14th inst., Charles Dimsdale Collanlbe "
to
Dover-place, New Kent .road. nf Pang- ,of
On the 15th inst., Timothy Smith, Esq' sa3
Re
Oget's-park. -WOO° eski
nn the I Ith inst., at EdinLurgb, Colonel, - F 0,4
the 2d Dragoon Guards. isrs,
On the 13th inst., in Chatham-place, Blaekfr
Bode, Esq
On the 13th inst., in Queen Anne-street' AO, ,
Hunter, Esq ,of Beach-hill, near Reading. •b, oVelisli
On the 13th inst., Reeve Bunn, Fsq., of IpellfifflO
A_ A 3 f
At Mornington-crescent, Hampstead-roaw 00. f
try, Esq., eagd 59. ins/
ThO'-
_dgeo/
On the 14th inst., Martha, the wife of Mr.
of High-street, Kensington.
On the 14th inst., at Upper Tooting, Fallll Ar'ee' l°llj.‘"
(i
daughter of John Simpson, Esq. No itef Pckl
On the 15th inst., Ann, the wife of Charles
the Paragon, New Kent-road.

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