The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-20 00:00:00

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Highest LOWE t

Price. Pik.. Price. Price.
FrenehFlveperCents•••••• 118 20 118 20 118 10 .. 118 15
Three per Cents..... 85 25 .. 85 3') .. 85 25 .. 85 33
New Loan •• •••••• 86 10 .. F 6 10 .. 86 10 .. 86 10
Bank of Franco . ..3162 50 .•3162 50 .•8162 50 ..3162 50
Goain Bank, I,ooof. Shares • • 1090 • • 1090 • • 1090 ..1030
Belgian Fives, 1840 .... •• • • 105% 1053 .. 10514 1054
1942 ••••••.• 107 .. 107 .. 167 .. If 7

_ ..
Four-and-a-Half. 103% .. 1C.3% .. 103% .. 103%
Two-and-a-Half— •• 62 35 .. 62 35 .. 62 25 62 25
Spanish Active .......• •••• 39% .. 39% .. 39N .. 39%
Threes..

Passive 6 . . G 7,4 .. 6 ,', .. 6 ;;;.4
Portuguese Five per Cents • • 67., • • 67!,', • • 67!,j • • 67;_,
Neae01itan.........• •• • •• 101 75 .. 101 75 .• 101 75 .. 101 -7
Roman .. • •••••••• •• •• 6 106 .. 106 .. 196
RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Gernsair • • .1185 —1165 —1145 ..1185
Versailles, 1t.13..• .... • ....• 655 .. 665 50 .. 655 .. 6G3 50
L. 8.•• •• •• •• 3.5 •• 398 75 .. 395 .. 397 50
Ronen . ..... .......• • • •• •.1190 ..1190 —llB5 ..1190
Rouen to Havre 990 .. 990 .. 9'A .. 9:0
Orleans
Strasburg to 8a1e•...
Avignon to Alarseilles•• • . • ll4O .. 1180 —1165 ..1175
Bordeaux to Test° .... • •
Paris to Sceaux 702 50 .. 725 .. 702 50 .. 725

RAILWAYS FOR TUE ACCOUNT, Aram 3.
St. Germain lO9O ..1195 —ll9O ..1190
Versailles, R. 8....... •• 647 50 .. 670 .. 647 50 .. 667 50
L. 8.......•••• 4OO .. 403 .. 392 75 392 75
Rouen ...• .....••• •• •• •• ••1195 ..1195 ..1182 80 ..1192 50
Rouen to Havro.• •• •• •• 990 .. 995 .. 987 00 .. 992 90
Orleans .
Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 346 25 .. 350 .. 345 . 347 5Ct
Avignon to Marseilles ..1182 50 —llB2 50 —1165 ..1172 50

Our columns to-day show that there are strong
symptoms of tho approaching season commencing with
great spirit. Our friend George Robins, comme a fordi-
naire, takes the lead, and it is amongst the on dits of the
last fcw days, that he has declared his intention to
transfer this season, by public competitior, as much land
as will require one million of money to pay for it.

THIS DAY'S NEWS

S.HERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Ur. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.)
COOK V. HOOPER.
This was an action brought by a person rained Cook, a
messenger in the Post-office, to recover from Mr. James
Hooper, a medical gentleman, 41. 13s. 6d., for rent, with
attendance, due by him to the plaintiff for the use and oc-
cupancy of apartments. The apartments were charged at
the rate of 6s. 6d. a week, with an additional 2s. 6d. for at-
tendance.

Mr. PEARSON, who appeared for the defence, put in, as a
set off, a doctor's bill for medicines furnished by the defendant
to the plaintiff's family, at various times. lie further al-
leged that, of the amount sought to be recovered by the
plaintiff, only 1/. 6s. was due for rant, as the remain-
ing 31. 78. 6d. was charged for attendance, which
had never been given. The latter item had not
been mentioned to the defendant until a quarrel had
arisen between the parties, and- Mr. Hooper had sent
in his bill for medicines, &c. The set-off now advanced
on behalf of Mr. Hooper amounted to 151. It was an
amended bill, to which, in addition to medicines supplied to
and attendanco on the plaintiff's family, medicines supplied
to a female servant of the plaintiff, and a quantity of butter
and several fowls, which it was alleged that the defendant
had supplied, were added. The first bill sent in by Mr.
Hooper was for medicines alone, amounting to 41. 13s. 6(1.,
being exactly the same amount as that sought to be reco-
vered by the plaintiff.
The UNDER-SHERIFF, in summing up, commented rather
severely on the doctor's bill, which he believed had been
stretched out to meet the case, and was to be looked upon
with considerable suspicion.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for
the plaintiff for the full amount of 41. 13s. 6d.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Jeremiah Lucy was charged with being found concealed in
the National Guardian Institution, in Bedford-row.
Mr. Burt, the Secretary, found him concealed in the office
yesterday, and arrested him. He has been heretofore in
custody.
Mr. COMBE remanded him.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET
(THIS DAY.)
Benjamin Langstaff a young man of fashionable appear-
ance, was charged with wantonly knocking at doors in Tot-
tenham-court. road, at four o'clock this morning. He was
taken in the act by a police constable of the E division.
The defendant said he was merely trying to get a cigar;
he knew a tobacconist lived somewhere thereabouts.
Mr. HARDWICK—And so the inhabitants are to be dis-
turbed in their beds because you wish to have a cigar at that
unseasonable hour. Pray, what are you? Defendant—l
am an engraver.
Mr. HAnnwicx—l shall fine you 40s.
Defendant—But I am only a journeyman, and I am very
sorry for what I have done.
Mr. HAnnwicK mitigated the fine to 205., or ten days to
hard labour.—The fine was paid directly.

WORCESTER STEEPLE-CHASES

WEDNESDAY.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
The Royal Birth-day Handicap of 25 aovs. each, with 100
added, 15 ft, and 5 only, if declared, &c. (51 Subs.)
Mr. W. Holman's The Page, Ilst 101 b ....... ....(Owner) 1
Mr. T. Collins' named Albert, 11st 71b. 2

Baron Rothschild's Consul, lOst 121 b..

Mr. A. M'Donough's Ploughboy, 10st 101 b
Mr. T. Morris's Tainworth, lOst 101 b 5

Mr. IL H. Bunney's The Cardinal
The following also stated, but were not placed :—Mr.
Raworth's Robin Adair, 12st 71b—Mr. W. Scott's nd the Re-
turned, list 101b—Mr. J. Elmore's Gaylad, llst 101b—Capt.
Barnett's Boxkeeper, list 21b--Mr. J. Bosley's Quarter-
master, llst—Mr. Draper's Sam Swipes, lOst 101b—Mr. J.
Anderson's Pickwick, lOst 71b—Mr. Melville's Tantalus, lOst

—Mr. H. N. Powell nd Preissnitz, lOst—Mr. Hussey's
Lazarus, 9st 101 b.

Betting-6 to 1 agst Robin Adair (t)-7 to 1 agst Quar-
termaster (t)-8 to 1 agst Albert (t)-8 to 1 agst Lazarus
:t)-9 to 1 agst The Page-9 to 1 agst the Cardinal (0—
[0 to 1 agst Duenna (t)-10 to 1 agst The Returned (t)-
10 to 1 agst Sam Swipes (t)-12 to 1 agst Preissnitz (t)—
[2 to 1 agst Ploughboy (t).
_ _

The Witley Stakes of 5 Boys. each, with 25 added, 4 yrs old,
lOst 121 b; 5 yrs, list 71b; 6 yrs and aged, 12st. Heats,
2 miles.

Mr. Price's nd Laurel, aged (Groom)

Mr. Spooner's nd in by Ebury, 4 yrs

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARCH 20.—Wind N.N.W., fresh breeze, and
fine clear weather.
DEAL, MAncie 19.—Wind N.W. by N., light.—Arrd.
Wolscove, Ilickner, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Per-
sian, and Robert Matthews, Sydney; Galatea, Algoa Bay;
Mediator, New York ; Brushopeside, Montreal.
WAINFLEET, MARII 19.—The Three Brothers, Lilford, of
Goole, from Lynn to Wakefield, drove ashore on Wainfleet
Sands this morning, but is expected off. The Ann, Rhodes,
of Hull, on the Wainfleet Sands, has been brought in here
after discharging her cargo.
WEXFORD, MARCH 17.—A ship's boat, marked " Sir Colin
Campbell," was picked up on Arklow Bank 14th instant.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind N.N.IV. to W.—Sld.
her Majesty's ship Vindictive, Rio Janeiro ; Sir John Falstaff,
Quebec.
!FALMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind 9 A.M. a calin.—Off, An-
nandale, Chalk, Ichaboe.
LYMINGTON, MARCH 18.—The Falmouth, Wills, is aground
in the river, and not expected off until the springs, without
lightening.
LivEnroor., MARC!! 19.—Wind N.N.E., fresh .—Sld. Mary
Winch, Columbia Ricver ; Laura, Bahia ; Zante, Tobasco ;
Tyrian, New Orleans; Sardinia, Mobile; Cambridge, Devon-
shire, and George Gardner, New York; Union and Ninian
Lindsay, Halifax; Flora M'Donald, St. Andrews ; British
Queen, St. John's, New Brunswick; Amore, Cape Breton ;
Britannia, Sir R. Jackson, Magnet, and Souter Johnny,
Montreal.
CLYDE, MARCH IB.—Arrd. Brothers, Ward, Ichaboe.
CASTLETOWN, MARCII 14.—Arrd. Honora, Tralee for
London, making sixteen inches of water per hour.
YARMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind N.—The Mellona, of
Guernsey, has repaired, and is ready to proceed.
SCILLY, MARCH 14.—Arrd. Cornet, Sanderson, Africa.
NAVIGATORS ISLAND, JAN. 17.—Arrd. Rose, Swan, Hali-
fax, with 1,100 barrels of oil.
SAN DIEGO (CALIFORNIA), PRIOR TO DEC. 2.—Arrd.
Krons Prins, Higham, with 1,600 barrels • Clementine,
Norton, with 1,500 barrels; and Bremen, Gerken, with 700
barrels, all belonging to Bremen.

A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon, the sum-
monses for which were issued from the Foreign-office on
Tuesday evening.

PROTECTION OF PROPERTY IN PUBLIC MUSEUMS.--
The Bill for this purpose now before the House of Commons,
which was brought in on Monday by the Solicitor-General,
enaets--That if any person shall maliciously destroy or
damage anything contained or kept in any public museum,
gallery, cabinet, library, or other public repository, whether
such thing be or be not of any intrinsic value, every such
person so offending shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and being
duly convicted thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned, with
or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding two
years; and, if a male, during the period of such imprison-
ment be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped,
in such marther and form as the Court, before which such
person shall be tried, shall direct.
HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER SCOURGE.—This vessel
made an experimental trip down the River on Tuesday, as
far as sea reach, for the purpose of testing her machinery.
She was designed by the Surveyor of the Navy, and built at
Portsmouth. The Scourge is 190 feet long, 36 feet beam, and
21 feet deep ; tonnage 1,120. She is fitted with a pair of
Maudsley and Field's double cylinder engines, of the collective
power of 420 horses ; there are four cylinders, each 54 inches
diameter, and 6 feet length of stroke ; the proper number of
revolutions, when she is at her load draft (13 feet 6 inches)
is 17 per minute; but having none of her guns or stores on
board, the drart was only 11 feet 3 inches mean (10 feet 2
inches forward and 12 feet 4 inches aft), and the wheels
having too little immersion, the revolutions were 23, and
occasionally 24, per minute. At this speed, the pistons were
travelling at the rate of 288 feet per minute, and the boilers,
which are of the tubular description, supplied more steam
than was required, the throttle-valves being full open during
the whole run. Her speed was tried in Long-reach, at the
measured distance, and found to be 11 knots or 123/4 miles
per hour.
ETON COLLEGE.—An extra week's holiday has
been given to the school this Easter, which will have the
effect cf prolonging the vacation until the 12th of next
month. It will be recollected that upon the visit of the
King of the French to the College last year, his Majesty re-
quested and obtained an additional week's holiday at Christ-
mas ; the extra holiday, was not then given, but postponed
till Eater.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,000
bales only, the market being very ,quiet ; 400 bales were
American, on speculation. Prices compared with Friday last
were %d. to 14d. lower per lb.-Shares were steady, and a
large business was done. Aberdeen, 2% ; Famsley Junc-
tion, 7 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 31% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire, 10 934 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Ac-
crington, 6%; 'Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 1014 11 ;
Caledonian, 9% 10 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6%;
Chester and Birkenhead, 46 ; Ditto, New Shares, 38 38%;
Ditto, Half Shares, 22% 23%; Chester and Holyhead, 8%;
Churnet Valley, 7 714 ; 'Dundee and Perth, 3 ; Dundalk and
Enniskillen, 2,%; Eastern Counties, 213/4 %; Ditto, Per-
petual, 265.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 61%; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 15% 1 ; Edinburgh and Northern, 1%; Ely and
Bedford, 2%; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 1714 18;
Ditto, Half Shares, 8%; Grand Junction, 226 ; Ditto, Half
Shares, 113; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3%; Great
Western, Half Shares, 1013/4 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 403/4 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 35% ; Limerick and Waterford,
4% % ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% 1,6 • London
and Birmingham, 232 ; Ditto,. 321. Shares, 44 ; Londonderry
and Enniskillen, 2; London and South-Western, New 501.
Shares, 12 ; London and York, ; Direct Northern,
4% 41/2 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 4%; Leeds and West Riding,
; Lynn and Dereham, 1%; Lynn and Ely, 5%; Man-
chester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 11% ; Ditto, New
Shares, 5 6s. 3d. ; Manchester, Bury, and ROsendale, 14%;
Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 1714 ; Midland Rail-
way, 140 140%; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 13% 16s. 3d. ; Ditto,
Fifth Shares, 334 • Newaik and Sheffield, 2% 214 ;
North British, half Shares, 4/. 95., 4%; North
Union, 142; Preston and WTyre, 3134 ; Sheffield and
Manchester, 111 112; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 13% 131,4 ;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 414 ;
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 3/. 12s. 6d. 3/. Ils. 6d. % ;
South-Eastern and Dover, 43 43%; Ditto, New Shares,
No. 1, 18; Ditto. New Shares, No. 2, 123/4 ; Ditto, New
Shares, No. 3, 834 • Scottish Central, 5%; South Wales,
6%; Tring and Worcester, 3/. 18s. 9d. ; Bordeaux and
Toulouse (Mackenzie Company), 2/. 12s. 6d. 21. 16a. 3d.;
Bordeaux and Cette, 234 ; Central of France, 173/ ; Lyons
and Avignon (English); 21. 12s. 6d. 2/. 14s. ; Northern of
France (English), 6%; Ditto (French), 51. 14s. ; Paris and
Lyons (Laffitte's English), 4/. 4s. 4/. 10s. ; Ditto (Ganne-
ron's), 21.105. 6d. 2/. 1 ls. 6il. ; Paris and Rouen,44% ; Paris
and Sr. Quintin, 465. ; Sambre and Meuse, 6 ; Verona and
Ancona, 20.

Accounts from the Continent describe the mortality among
the cattle as continuing very serious. In Belgium another
contagious malady, called the black typhus, is said to have
broken out,, and our farmers, from all we hear, have very
little reason to be alarmed at the prospect of extensive im-
portations. Fur the sake of the consumer it might be wished
that it were otherwise. Owing to the influx of German
labourers into Holland, the Dutch Minister of the Interior
has decided upon employing natives only upon the
public works, unless in cases of special recommendation
by the engineers, on account of talent or other qualifications.
It would appear by this that employment is scarce in Ger-
many, and indeed, from circumstances mentioned under this
head a few days since, we believe such to be the case.
The English Funds have been very dull. Consols have not
been higher than 993/4 % for Money, and par for Account.
Exchequer-bills have been 625. to 60s. premium.
The Foreign Investments have been also very quiet. Spanish
Five per Cents. have realised 3014, and the Passive, 714 ;
Portuguese Converted are 68 to 1/8 ; Mexican have touched
3634 to 37; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been
63 14.
'the Railway Shares are generally steady, but with
scarcely so much doing. The French Shares are very
buoyant.

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PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols -
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account...
Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, 1%d.... 62 60 62 pm. 59
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small - 6O 62 pm. 62
Ditto Advertised pm.
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