The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-28 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS. DAY.

CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY.
We had a very moderate supply of English Wheat. The
finest parcels moved off steadily, at full prices; but, in other
qualities, exceedingly little was doing. Foreign Wheat was
unaltered in value, with a slow inquiry. Barley supported
its previous, value ; but Malt had a downward tendency.
Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour, were about stationary.
ARRIVALS,
Wheat. I Barley, 1 O
gc (Tate. Plour
g9glish 1,150 qrs. 1,570 qrs. e,730 I 1,290 sacks.
Irish - 1,270
'7^^

_ 830 •
Malt, 1,880 qrs.
WHITECILAZEL.
Our market was but moderately supplied with meat, the
demand for which was tolerably steady, at full prices.—Beef,
from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 4d; Veal, 3s 8d to
4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase.

PONTOP AND SOUTH SHIELDS RAlLWAY.—Yester-
day the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors of
this undertaking was held at the offices of the Company in
Guildhall-buildings, Mr. Rennie, the principal Dfrector, in
the chair. It appeared, from the report read by the Secretary,
that the tonnage over the line during the past year had con-
siderably exceeded the amount of the four preceding years,
showing a steady and gradual increase every six months;
whilst the expense of working the line, and keeping the ma-
machinery and engines in order, had not materially in-
creased. The receipts of the past six months were 30,699/.
18s. 5d., and the expenditurefor the same period 20,658/.
14s. 2d., leaving a net profit to the Company of 10,041/.
14s. 2d. The Directors were, therefore, induced to recom-
mend that a dividend of 30s. upon each share, being
equal to 5 per cent., should be declared, and paid out
of the capital of the company. Since the last meeting the
Directors of the Durham Junction Railway Company had
contracted to sell their line to the Darlington and Newcastle
Junction for 88,5001., to which the Directors of the South
Shields Company, being the representatives of more than half
the undertaking, had assented. The necessary steps had been
taken for obtaining power by Act of Parliament, to lay down
a third line over four miles of the Pontop and Shields Rail-
way, to be exclusively devoted to the traffic of the New-
castle and Darlington line. This would render an outlay
of 15,000/. necessary, but the Directors have no doubt the
increasing state of the revenue would compensate the Com-
pany. The report having been adopted, the dividend ad-
vised by the Directors was ordered to be immediately paid.
The officers for the ensuing year having been appointed,
thanks were voted to the Directors and Chairman, and the
meeting separated.
THE EARL OF CARLISLE.—WE are gratified to be
enabled to announce the gradual, although slow, recovery of
the Noble Earl from his recent very serious attack. Yester-
day the accounts from Castle Howard pronounce his Lord-
ship to be much better, and his improvement was evident to
the family circle. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland,
Lady Dover, Viscount Morpeth, and the Hon. C. Howard,
M.P., and rs. Howard, intend to remain with the Countess of
Carlisle and Lady Mary Howard until such timeas the Noble
Earl is considered completely out of danger.
EXTENSIVE FAILURE.—AImost the only subject
of conversation on 'Change yesterday, was the suspension
of payments by a gentleman well known in Liverpool,l
connected with some of the first families inthisp ia nar place, who,
after losing a most handsome fortune by speculation
is still deficient, it is said, to the extent of nearly
rplyLliovoe,ooooo/1.
This failure has produced a great sensation in
share market.—Liverpool Times.

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NION_E ir AND COMMERCIAL Isigiy.,p
The Cotton Market at LiQveUrpAOßolTyEesitterTdfy TI
ti77l)soer.
Speculators took 2,500 bales, and the total sales were 0,„,r.
bales.—There was net so good a market for Shares.
Holyhead,
51 mingham and Gloucester were 73 Chester and 1101P.1.114
51; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 59 ; '
Grand Junction, 225,ti0
verpool and Manchester, 221; Birmingham, 238 ; r.udiod
Quarter, 281 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 40-1 ; 31,.; „Da
Counties, 88 ; North Midland, Half, 441 ; Paris and -`4),,„d,
2/. 16s. ; South Eastern, New, 36 ; York and North Min,'"
Half, 17k.
It will be observed from an advertisement which 0P1142
~
in another column of The Sun, that the Spanish Treas 4
Bondholders have agreed to another compromise witla r
Spanish Government, as to their long-neglected clairns,
the meeting held yesterday, more unanimity Was display 19
than was anticipated, there having been but two dissent!ew
to the reception of the terms offered, which are as follow ;,---,,
1. " That every 100/. of the Treasury Bonds, bearing °rl;-0
cent. interest, will be exchanged for 2117. 13s. 4d. (38Y o),
hundred and eleven pounds, thirteen shillings, and four pene
of 3 per cent. Bonds.
et
2. " That the former holders of Treasury Bonds Nhe k
changed them for only an equal amount of 3 per cent. St 140'
when the capitalisation of the Coupons due from 1837 to 'red
took place, will also be entitled to all the privileges effeoo
to the actual holders, and therefore to the difference bear' ,
the 1001. of Three per Cent. Stock they then received, I,n,
~u
the 211/. 13s. 4d., after deducting from that difference the
value of the dividends paid to them at different periods."
..,,,
The agent, M. de Casto, states :—" As I had the pleasfis
to hear from you and Mr. Bramley, that you considered !_i_i,,,,
as an equitable arrangement of these claims, it would, I ttT;
be needless to call your attention to the advantages it glos.
to actual bondholders, or to the sp hs°uol
ontaneous and even uohe
licited act of justice of the Minister in compensating '
holders who exchanged their Treasury, Bonds for an 0(1
amount of Three per Cent. in 1842.
4, I only beg further to assure you, that the resentp Miu.ili
try being fully resolved to pay, as heretofore, the interes_ti;
the Three per Cent. Stock most regularly and punetna,;"
you will, I trust, find this a valuable and safe conversion; *ko
There is one other satisfactory feature in the report 01
,L 0
meeting of yesterday. The assurance, almost officially gri,;
that the interest upon the Three per Cents. will br
future regularly paid ; mid if the following staffk
ment of the anticipated resources of the Span ,!,t
Treasury be correct, there can be no doubt but tni:a
the promise will be fulfilled. The Chairman infrnr,,'• ::
the Bondholders that the payments in the ab;o°l
certificates and the Aberdeen Bonds would "at
in March next, and upon these two items of nationalae4-10
there would be a saving of something like from 150,u nu, dot
180,000/. It had been stated, and he thought correctly,
it was the intention of that Government to apply the te"%ic
duties, amounting to 800,000/. or 900,000/. to the sPe-nf
payment of the Three per Cents. The surplus revenues 'r
Cuba, which produced a large amount—some 800,0° rd
annum, although at present mortgaged, would be emancipsw
in about a year and
toga half. National property, too, lie ~,.
lieved, yet existed
sources offered, Ultimately, better prospects to all classeshe
Spanish Bondholders. The property yet unsold Ivne'
thought, estimated at upwards of sixty millions. the
The Funds are firm to-day, and the payment 0f
_ a
differences is proceeding well. Consols for ininl7a
transfer are 974 to 8, and for the Account the ;bait
Exchequer Bills realise 68s. to 70s. premium, and soli
India Bonds, 86s. to 88s. premium. The, 4.h i'
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 102A„rto• '
the Reduced at 1031 to i ; and the Three per Cents. 81.*2..171;
Bank • Stock has been at 195 to i, and East India Stunk,
nominally 278. The abandonment of Tahiti make! 97/.
market good. The Commissioners have taken Consols thiit o
The Foreign Market has been quieter. Spanish Bow? fir.o
been higher, but now sales are making, and still
per Cents. have receded from 244 i to 1 2; its
the. Three per Cents. from 35i / to 34j i• but
statement in M. de Castro's letter buoyed them 1•11)cioar
the rise tempts sales. Mexican Bonds are 341 to 1; - SO,
bian are 13i ; Peruvian 30i ; and Brazilian, 792„,:f act
Belgian obtain 106 to 1061 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-0
Cents. 541 to i.
are
Railway Shares are dull again, and the quotations
scarcely so good.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0•42L000'
(From the Official List)
Bank Stock 195
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities
r17311$
3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities 1
New 3% per Cent. Annuities lO2 lets
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 gII 12%
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
India Bonds,l,ooo
Ditto under 1,000 8.73 0°
Consols for Account glo%
Exchequer Bills, I%cl. I%cl
1,0001.70 pin.
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised — 65 pm.
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOB3,
Columbian Bonds.. .............. ... . ........
Mexican 80nd5,1837, 5 per Ceni..
• Ditto Deferred Stock l2
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 8024 I •
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent
Ditto for the Account ft
Ditto Passive Bonds. , 5
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Three per Cent Iss 4
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 2% per Cents 3l lit,
Dutch S per Cents lO2 ln.
New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. .......... ........... .., 1•01 ,
PRICES-OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONA
wA x . Pam. PER SOAREte
.... ;
64)12.* 59 ~ .....
Chatham 2„, 2%14,431}6 t°,.....•
EdinburghGravesend,
Glasgow
Great Western -
Ditto % Shares
Ditto Fifths
London and Birmingham. Stock 234 .... ..... W
London and South Western 41% 7/ •••••• t° ..---- • •
Ditto Eighths
London and Croydon (Trunk)... AM
ta --
Manchester and Leeds 7O - — ..»..
to Ditto New Shares 3O 47%
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
Midland Counties . so .•••
100 .
Ditto % Shares ....... ..... ** * to .••••
lb
Norwich and Brandon
. •-• Northern and Eastern •
2. • ... ••• 514
Morth Midland
Ditto Thirds 2l . 13s. 441 29 • .
...... 4.. to --*
Paris and Rouen l4ll ..„. .. .. _57 . to
....... ... to
... . ..
......
20
Rouen and Havre.
South Eastern and Dever SO
..„
to
~-;',,,
Ditto Scrip 25 56 -.... o ?ft,.
York and North Midland
Ditto New 20 54 ......... to o'''''.
Ditto Scarboro' Braneh
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB 27.--lire bliv.,,a :
material change in our market to-day. The quotaticals;te,
—Dublin and Drogheda, 55i ; Sheffield and Mater tads,
71 ; South Western One-Eigths, 3i ; Manchester and P
108 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 40j.

LAW INTELLI GE-SC

QUEEN'S BENCH,—(THIS D-1'•
(Before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. BOOTH AND OTHERS. Opt
This was an indictment against three persons of tritoo:
of Booth (father and two sons) auctioneers, and a sc_'l4oo,‘'
the name of Jervis, for an alleged conspiracy in mai"
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uttering a certain deed said to be a forgery.
Mr. Humfrey appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Flat ‘IP
Mr. James tor the defendants.
As soon as the jury had been sworn, ; eatil
Mr. HUMFREY informed the Court it was not his -ritterclk
to proceed with the case. An action had been tried Ye.s
„tier
which had fully established the validity of the deed 111,1,1ich
tion, and he, therefore, had but one course to pursue,
was to consent to a verdict of acquittal. Jao3ti
After a few words from Mr. Platt, and from Mr. ue 0
verdict of acquittal was recorded ; and this being tu
case on the list the Court immediately adjourned.
POLICE INTELLIGENC,

tr
BOW-STREET.—(THIS DA "'doll°
A respectable-looking young woman, named Chaso46
Collins' who appeared at the bar with a child in be.,r„
was charged before Mr. Jardine, with stealing a g°""'
property of her own servant, Mary Ann Davies. the pa'
it appeared that the prosecutrix was engaged bYA. vid:lY°'
soner as nurse girl. After she had been with her a 0,.„
she told the girl to fetch her best frock from home witui.:l4
when she went out with the child. She brought thetboge
and the prisoner said she would put it amongst herd
seeir
until the prosecutrix should want to wear it. The P
trix never saw it afterwards, until it was 'found at aPa
broker's, where it had been pledged by the prisoner.
vioufff
She was committed for trial. She had' also been Pre
committed on a charge of shoplifting.

CLERKENWELL—(THIS DAYagel
A -cab driver and proprietor named Bishop, Wase spa
with having been drunk on the previous night, and ni"—
,
the cell at the station-house. buy Police constable Webb of the G division, met 01_1' 01
driving a cab in Clerkenwell on the previous nigiu"
beastly drunk was he, that when the vehicle stopped hey, 08
from the box under the horse's feet. He was remove -to°
station-house, and was no soonerlocked up in the cell tbl.
he commenced demolishing the interior of it. He br: °f
benches, uprooted the water-closet, and smashed the °sac°
the door. He had no license, and accounted for the °L;2/. iu
of it, by stating that he had been robbed of it and `iit to
money, on the previous week, which statement turns"
5 be
Thprisoner said he was mad drunk on the previou
and expressed his regret for his violence. e to
Sergeant Scotchmer said that damage had been .°l3 the
anlount of 2L
The prisoner was sentenced to pay the amount of Al. dir•
mage. -

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QUEEN-SQUARE.—(THIS
JamesU E
GEe aN: Nos brllog
teyQnolildsA, andeEcen."—tly(drTeslisedimSan!)A li(V?11$
before Mr. Bond, charged with felony, under the 011°
circumstances : t"
Some time ago the prisoner engaged a furnished room it'
house of a Mr. Aspleigh, residing in St. John-street, , eight
minster. After having occupied the room for abena'never
months, he went out on the 22d of January last liur•sitilig
returned. The next morning, on Mrs. Aspleigh u"tenelrison,r"
the room, a quantity of bedding and culinary'
were missed, which were valued at 255. The rof the
owed her 19s. 6d. for rent. The police were informozoing
occurrence, and the prisoner was arrested yesterday Iniebot
by one of the detective force, in Princess-street, Mail jet!, at
The prisoner took the officer to a room which lie ocen.P
No. 35, in that street, where the whole of the Inissinb r
perty was found.
The prisoner admitted that he took the goods, sta,....tinedg ttlit
he was induced to do so through distress. He exPrnient
regret, and trusted the Magistrate would be as `e col re"
possible ; he could receive a good character from sev
spectable people. doeDt'
Mr. BOND said that his good character would, no
avail him elsewh.
The prosecutor was bound over to prosecute at theell..3lli4
sessions, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial

MAR YLEBONE.-(THIS DAY') ng
Joseph Labrun was placed at the bar on a charge of rale
so violently assaulted Mrs. Mary Villiers, wife of Dr.
Villiers of the medical staff, that her life was in danger.._ 54.
It appeared that the plaintiff rented apartments,jl:or
London-street, Tottenham-court-road, the ground we*
which was occupied by a coffee-house. The defendal!tvieg
the landlord, and resided two doors off. Complaint L'sril-
been made to him by the coffee-house-keeper that grti
Hers' children made a great noise in the passage With the
noyed his customers, the defendant came to No. 54, 'via the
intention of putting a stop to the evil, and caught onehottse-
boys on whom he was ping to inflict surnmiul c te bet
ment when the mother interfered, and was, accordinge hod,
own and her witnesses' statements, struck on th
defendant's
thrown upon the ground, and greatly injured by defen"
squeezing her between the door and the wainscot. 400
. Mr. Clarkson, whoa ppeared for defendant, cross (111%thiaX
the complainant at considerable length, but elicited I,
to
M shake her evidnce.
r. Labrun was held to bail to appear at the 0-e
3 if
Mrs. Villiers wished to prosecute.