The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-08 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who rims map read."

FOREIGN.

The Journal der Debats announces that royal ordinances raising
the following gentlemen to the dignity of Peers of France, are
speedily to appear in the Moniteur:—M. Deffaudis, Minister Pleni.
potentiary at Buenos Ayrei ; M. Guestier, Member of the Council-
General of the Gironde; Baron de Crouseihes, Councillor at the
Court of Cassation ; Count de Chastellux, Knight of Honour to
Madame Adelaide; M. Girard, Mayor of Nismes ; L Lacoste,
Prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhone, and Viscount Napoleon Du-
chAtel, Prefect of the Haute Garonne.

A letter from Constantine, 28th ult., says—" The day before yes-
terday the troops that are to take part in the expedition of the
Aures set out. They consist of 11 battalions, amounting to 4,000
men and 300 horsemen. The artillery takes with it five mountain
howitzers, with 48 rounds of ammunition, and a reserve of 200
shells. General Levasseur, in command of the subdivision of Con-
stantino, has placed himself at the head of this column, to conduct
it to Mina.°

The Courrier de Lyon of Monday states the exact number of
persons killed by the late accident in that city to be ten, and
adds, that those who were wounded are in a fair way of recovery.
The report that some persons had fallen into the river appears to
have been unfounded.
The Courrier Francais announces the death of a former mem-
ber of the Council of Five Hundred, M. Chabert, Lieutenant-
General on the retired list at Grenoble, in the 67th year of

his age.
The Journal de Rouen states that M. Charles Laffitte (the
Paris banker 'and Deputy for Louviers) was so severely indisposed
that his physicians entertained little hope of his recovery.
The same journal says, a regular battle took place on Sunday in
the commune of Mirville, between the inhabitants of Bolbec and the
English workmen employed on the railroad. Several of the latter
were dangerously wounded.
The National announces the death of M. Godefroy Cavaignac,
one of the principal writers in the Reforme, and a most staunch and
intrepid leader of the Republican party. He expired on Sunday
night, after a long and painful illness.
The Polish Literary Association held its annual public sitting
on the 3d inst., Prince Czartoryzki in the chair. The Chairman
delivered an address, in which, after referring to the memorable
periods of 1791 and 1830, when Poland made her efforts to
assert her independence, and obtain institutions more In harmony
with the spirit of the age, he sketched the present situation of
Poland, and the agitation which prevails now in several of her
provinces.

LAW' 11.5r2) PDXION.
The Court of Queen's Bench, on the applicatien of Mr. Kelly,
granted a rule nisi for a mandamus, calling on the authorities of
the University of. Oxford to restore the Rev. George William
Ward to the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts, of which he
had been deprived.

Mr. Commissioner Goulburn suspended the granting of the cer-
tificate to a bankrupt builder, named Yallop, for two years, and
refused to grant him his protection, saying that misconduct in
traders should 'be punished and not protected, and that such was
the rule the Court of Bankruptcy would act on for the future.
John Wakeman Edwards, a lad, was brought up at the Guild-
hall for re-examination, charged with stealing a watch and other
articles from the house of Mr. Half hide, a smith, in Upper Thames-
street, on the 22d ult., and fully committed for trial.
Mr. Dunn, the Irish barrister, complained to Mr. Bond, the
magistrate at Queen-square, that a policeman in plain clothes con-
stantly followed him wherever he went. The magistrate declined
to interfere, and referred Mr. Dunn to the Police Commissioners.
At Lambeth Mr. Lewis Ash, an engineer, residing at 39, Oak.
ley. street, Lambeth, appeared to answer to a charge of assaulting
Charles Robbins, his apprentice. It appeared that the defendant
had more apprentices than lie could accommodate, and that he
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to fight it out, but finding his son had the worst of it, he kicked
him violently. The Magistrate animadverted in severe terms upon
the conduct of the defendant, and convicted him in the highest
penalty the law permitted—namely, 51., or two mouths' imprison.
ment for the assault; and also recommended him at once to pro-
vide separate beds for his apprentices, the practice of compelling
two young men to sleep in the same bed, and in a small room, being
in his (Mr. Norton's) opinion highly reprehensible. The defend-
ant instantly paid the penalty and expenses.
COURT—FASHIONABLE.
Lady Brougham had an evening party at the family mansion, in
Grafton-street. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Heriditary Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Mccklenburgh Strelits, and Prince
George of Cambridge, honoured Lord and Lady Brougham by
their company. There was also a numerous assembly of persons
of rank, which would have been much greater, but for the confu-
sion which prevailed from shortly before eleven until after mid-
night, amongst the carriages ; for, by some mismanagement and
want of proper regulation, both lines became blocked up; so that
it was a matter of impossibility, for more than an hour, either to
set down or take up company. At least 200 carriages had to
drive away without reaching the Noble and Learned Lord's re,.

sidence.
The Grand Duke of Baden is expected to arrive in this country
on or about the loth inst. The Lords Commissioners of her Ma.
jesty's Treasury have caused instructions to be issued as to the
passing his Royal Highness's baggage, carriages, and effects, with
all due dispatch.
The Earl and Countess of Beverley received the French Ambits.
sador, the Duke de Broglie, the Earl aud Countess of Jersey and
Lady Clementine Villiers, Lord and Lady Stanley, the Lord Chan-
cellor and Lady Lyndhurst, and a distinguished circle, at dinner
last evening, at their mansion in Portman-square.
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh have arrived in town, from
Flours Castle, for the season.
The Archbishop of Armagh, who is improving in health, is ex.
pected to leave the archiepiscopal palace, accompanied by the Hon.
Miss Beresford, at the close of the ensuing week, for Charles-street,
St. James's-square, for the season.

The Earl and Countess of Wilton entertained at dinner, at the
family mansion in Grosvenor.square, the Duke and Duchess of

Montrose, the Duchess of Beaufort, Lord Alvanley, Lord Gardner,
Lord Robert Grosvenor, Baron Talleyrand, the lion. W. Bagot

Captain Bentinck, Mrs. John Stanley, &c.

The Earl of Ellenborough received the Marquis of Sligo,
Viscount and Viscountess Combermere, Lord and Lady Colchester,
Lord Brougham, Sir John and Lady Thackwell, General Napier
and Miss Napier, Mr. A. Stewart, Mr. Robertson and Miss Wood,
at his Lordship's mansion, in Charles-street, Berkeley.square.
The Hon. C. A. Gore and the Countess of Kerry are sojourning
at their villa at Wimbledon.
MISCELLANEOUS.

The fifty-sixth anniversary of the Covcnt.garden Theatrical
Fund was held on Wednesday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern,
the Duke of Cambridge filling the chair, supported by the Duke
of Beaufort, the Hon. Edward Byng, and other prominent person
ages. Mr. Meadows, In the absence of Mr. Bartley, addressed the
company. The list of subscriptions for the evening presented a
total of 5781., independent of a legacy of 500/. bequeathed by
Mr. Walpole, the same gentleman who munificently left a similar
sum to the Drury-lane Theatrical Fund. The only other donors'
names mentioned were the Queen, as a donor of 1001., her annual
contribution, and the illustrious President 201.
Pursuant to appointment, a deputation from the Vestry of St.
Marylebone, consisting of the Rector of the parish, the Rev. Dr.
Spry; the Churchwarden, Mr. Geo. Daniell, Sir Peter Laurie, and
Messrs. Nicholay, Potter, and Angarde, accompanied by the Vestry-
clerk, Mr. Flood, had an interview yesterday with Sir J. Graham at
the Heme-office, relative to the alleged unjustifiable conduct of Mr.
Twyford, the magistrate, in refusing to take bail in the recent
assault case charged against one of the members of the vestry, Mr.
G. J. Mayer, of 58, Oxford-street, on the prosecution of Mr.
M'Lean, picture.dealer, of 169, Strand, the maternal uncle and
seducer of Mr. Mayer's only child. The Rev. Dr. Spry stated the case.
and Sir James Graham said, although he could not interfere in
the present position of the case, Mr. Mayer standing committed
for trial for the assault, he would steadily keep his attention to the
subject, and should be quite ready to exercise his authority with
regard to the committing magistrate so soon as the case was dis-
posed of by a jury. He thought Mr. Mayer had a remedy against
the sitting magistrate.
Mr. John Farmer, chemist, of High-street, Putney, was yester-
day fined, at Wandsworth Police-court, 121. 10s., for selling
spirits of wine for medicinal purposes.
The General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Colum.
bine, reported on Monday from Rotterdam, had on board fourteen
oxen, sixteen cows, twenty.nine packages of different descriptions
of fish, about 350 packages of butter, a large quantity of
and other articles of Dutch produce and manufacture, for consump-
tion in this country.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. i
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 12,000
bales, including 6,000 bales on speculation. There was,
however, no advance in prices. Shares were dull
again,
and prices continued to decline.—Barnsley
Junction, 37 4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and,
4
Cheshire Junction, 9M % ; Birmingham and Gloucester
134 1/ Ditto, New Shares, 4% ; Blackburno-Darwen, and
Bolton, 51/4 ; ;
Belfast and Ballymena, 77/s 3/4 ; Bolton, Wigan,
and Liverpool, 10%; Caledonian, 11 % ; Ditto Extension,
31/„; ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7% ; Chester and Holyhead,
16% 7(3 ; Churnet Valley, 61/ 1,4 ' • Clitheroe Junction, 3I ;
Clydesdale Junction, 8 1/4 • Cork and Bandon, 73/4 ; Cork
and Waterford, 2%; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 107 s/ 34 ;
Dublin and Galway, 5% 4% ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,- 16 ;
Edinburgh and Dumbarton, ::9s. • Edinburgh and Perth, 9s. ;
Glasgow and Dumfries, 295. ; Grand Junction, 23216 232 ;
Ditto, llalf Shares, 116 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 90%; Great
Grimsby and Sheffield, 6%; Goole and Doncaster, 905. 915.;
Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 73/4 ; Huddersfield and
Sheffield, 73 i ; Inverness and Elgin, 11,4 ; Inverness and
Perth, 21/2 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 43 ; Lancaster and
Preston, 51%; Limerick and Waterford, 7% N ; Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 23/4 ; London and Birmingham,
321. Shares, 44%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 3214 ; London and
Windsor, 11/4 prem. ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 4% ;
London and York, 4% % ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% ;
Leeds and Thirak, 6% ; Leeds and West Riding Junction,
63(4 -78 ; Manchester and !Birmingham, New Quarter Shares,
7% • Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 6; Man-
chester and Leeds, 142 ; Midland Railway, 1561/k ; Ditto,
40/. Shares, 181 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 15 ; Is every and
Enniskillen, 454 ; North British, Half Shares, 935. 9d. ;
North Union (A), 145 ; North Wales Mineral, 161, ; Ditto,
New Shares, 6 ; North Western, 925. 4% ; North Wales, 3%;
Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 41,6_ ; Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton, 2% i Runcorn Gap, WA ; On

and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 14% ; Shrewsbray, Oh
vestry and Cheshire, 5 4X ; South-Eastern and Dover, New
Shares, No. 2, 1334 1 Ditto, No. 3,6 X ; Scottish Central.
7 4 ; Trent alley, 18 ; Ditto Continuation, 1% 1 .
Waterford and Kilkenny, 4; Welsh Midland, 23/4 Bs. 6d.;
West Yorkshire, 8 7X ; Worcester and Tring, 414 ; White-
haven and Furness, 21,4 ; York and Carlisle, 31,i %;
Northern of France, (Laffitte's), 5%; Ditto (Rosamersl,
21A; Paris and Rouen, 42.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 7.—The sales
are :—Barnsley Junction, 3% 4 ; Ditto, Half Shares, I X 2 ;
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 914 ;-Black
burn, Burnley, and Accrington, 83/4 ;
Blackburn, Darwen, and
Bolton, 54 ; Bristol and Exeter, iv Shares, 734 ; Churnet
Valley, 61A 5-16 ; Clitheroe Junction, 3% d: la prem. ;
Direct Northern, 3% ; Dublin and Galway, 514 5 ; G;:sgo,/'
and Dumfries, 1%.285. ; Huddersfield and Manchester ItZn-
way and Canal, 7% 7 5.16 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Ma
chester, 10%; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6% 6%;
Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 37 ; London and
Croydon, 18 ; London and York, 4,f 3-16 ; Manchester,
Bury, and Rossendale, 16%; Manchester and Birmingham,
New Quarter Shares, 7N, ; Manchester and Buxton, 514 ;
Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 65 63 ; North Western,
4% 4% ' • Preston and Wyre Extension, 21% • Sheffield and
Lincolnshire Junction, 1 15-16 ; Sheffield and Manchester,
118 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4% ; South-Eastern.
40 : Ditto, No. 1, 15; Ditto, No. 3,6% ; Trent Valle .
181/4 ; Ditto, Continuation and Holyhead Junction, 2% 94 ;
Welsh Midland, 21 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 814 • Sam re
and Meuse, 10 ; Manchester and Salford Writer-Works,
New, 5.

It appears by the accounts received from Liverpool that
the iron-masters of Scotland have persevered in a course
of policy as to delivery of produce, except under certain re-
gulations which are considered to be opposed to the facilities
that ought to be given to trade. At a meeting of those con-
nected with the iron trade of Liverpool, a series of resolutions was
passed upon the subject, and a deputation was appointed to
confer with the Scotch iron-masters upon the subject. It is
the opinion of parties connected with the iron trade, that the
utmost facilities ought to be given to commercial transactions,
rather than that impediments should be placed in the way of
an extension of the trade. It may be true that at the present
time there is a great, nay an almost unprecedented, demand
for iron, chiefly on account of railways in course of progres-
sion, but there must be a limit drawn, and the greater the
facilities given by iron-masters to their customers, the more
surely will the trade be placed upon a secure foundation.
The reply of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to some
observations made last night by Mr. Williams as to " light
gold" has created a" leetle" surprise in the City, and most of
the London and other bankers in the City have become more
careful in taking sovereigns without at first having them
weighed at the counter. It is considered that upon
a subject so materially affecting the currency that the
Government ought to continue to afford the utmost facilities
to the public, instead of " shutting up shop" for the purpose
of exchange. It is not the fact that the currency has been'
nearly cleared of light sovereigns, as the Chancellor of the
Exchequer stated last night. If our assertion is doubted, let
him apply for information to any of the " City," or the West•
end bankers upon the subject.
The commercial advices from the United States, brought
by the Sea packet are not of much interest. The fire at
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), occasioning a loss of about ten
millions of dollars, has been a subject of conversation and re-
gret among the merchants connected with the American
trade here.
The market fur Consols is still rather weak, the price for
the Account having ruled from 981 A to 98%, and for Money
from 9814 to 9814. The premium upon Exchequer-bills
has been at 545. to 565. Bank Stock opened at the Om •
paratively low figure of 1081/2, but it is now 1 per cent
higher. The Reduced Three per Cents. have only fluctuated
from 9714 to 97%.
Only a few bargains were made in the foreign stocks to-
day. Spanish Consols have been done at 3014, and the Pas-
sive Bonds at 7% to 8. There has been a fall in Portuguese
Converted Bonds from 67% to 663/4, and in Mexican from
36% to 364.
A large amouut of business has been transacted in the
Railway Shares to-day, but without any material alteration
in prices. A good deal of anxiety is exhibited for the result
of the application for concessions of the new French lines of
railway s, and complaints are made of the delay that has al-
ready taken place, especially considering the large amounts
of money that was at present locked up in them.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock .2081 20914 %.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 971
liL
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9B /214%
New 314 per Cent. Annuties 100%%
Long Annuities ,Expire sth Jan. 1860 lll 5-16
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. I%a.
1,0001.
5001.
Ditto Small
("RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account. 36MV414
Ditto Deferred Stock.....
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840...
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds 7ii% 8

Ditto 3 per Cent „ ,-
Ditto for the Account 4114
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, Purtrush 1% 2%%3/4 to
I"Mrti;htUirglilenr.2:7.2"l ll% ...:. tg, 1.16
Birmingham Band Oxford
Junction
Brighton, Lewes, Hastings ... 10
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 11,4 7%X... to
Chester and Ilolyhead
Cuichester and Brighton lO ...... 101%1,4... to
Churnet Valley
Cork and Waterford... ...... .. 1%...... 21A to
Coventry and Leicester ...... 1% 2 to
Cornwall .
__ _ 43./.4, to --

f`irect Northern . .. lt .. 314 to --
Dublin and Galway .. ..
Dublin and Mullingar
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union
_ ..

Ditto Extension
Great Grimsby and Sheffield... 23,/i 5% to
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 ..... 18
Ditto Extension
Great North of Scotland -
Great Western

Ditto % Shares ... 50 lO 3
Hull and Gainsborough
Hull and Selby 5O lO6 ..... .to
Ditto Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle.
London and Birmingham ...100
Ditto Thirds ..
Ditto% Shares
London and Blackwall 16% 9l/2 to 9
London and 8right0n.......... 50
London and Croydon... 131. 15s. 9d lB4 ..... to 18
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 6
London and South Western.. 41% 781 t 77
Ditto New 2% lll/i 11 to 12
London and York 2% 4leOF, to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 21A 3 A ...... to
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Derehain
Manchester and Birmingham 40 —
Ditto Quarters
Ditto New Quarters...
Midland 100 154 ...... to 155
Ditto New
Newcastle & Darlington iunc. 25
Newcastle and Berwick
North British
Ditto, New
North Kent
North Wales 1 iii ..... 2N to
Perth and Inverness ......... 2/ 2% to
Rugby, Worcester. and Tring I 6
...... 411 a to 4
2% ......
Scottish Central .........
Scottish Midland ........... ... % ...... 334 to
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 44 to
South E:.stern and Dover ... 33% 39%3/4 .. to
Ditto New, N 0.2. ............ 7..
Ditto New, No. 3 ............. 2% 6%%... to
South Wales
Trent Valley and Holyhead
Junction •.. 1% 2%M... to
West London, Old Shares ... 20
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 •••••• 3% to
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland ... 50
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto, Extension
FR ENCH RA ILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux and Toulouse
Great Northern of France
(Laffitte's)
Do. Do. (Rosamel's) .. 2 .... 2% to
Jamaica Junction
Louvain and Jemeppe .....
__. .

Orleans and Vierzon ....... .. 2
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 ..•... 1014% to 10
Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d s4i to --
Paris and Lyons(Laffitte) ... 2
Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ... .. 21,4
Royal North of Spain
21/24... to
Sambre and Meuse

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAY B.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze and cloudy.
DEAL, MAY `7.—Wind W.N.W., light.— Arrd. Equator de
Groot, Nickerie, for Rotterdam Sara and Joanna, Buenos
Ayres, for Altona ; Ocean, Wicksay, St. Croix, for Copen-
hagen; Achaver, Johnson, St. Domingo. Sld. Rochester, ,
South Seas; Minerva, Madras; Grace, Cape of Good Hope;
Renown, Pernambuco ; Penelope, Demerara ; Agnes, Tnni-
dad ; ALTes and Caroline, Jamaica ; Athens, Matanzas ;
Royal Adelaide and Marion, Quebec ; Prince George, Hali-
fax; Q. E. D. (Newcastle), Montreal.
LIVERPOOI„ MAY 7.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Ann,
Ilolt, Bahia (March 23); Sea, Edwards, New York, 14th .
ultimo). Sid. Robert Finnic. Africa; Merchant, Rio Janeiro;
Kingston, Africa ; Diamond, St. Thomas's; Fergus, Vera ,
Cruz; Euphemia, La Guayra ; Ocean and Liberty, New
York; Importer, Lady Bagot, and Alexander Edinond,
Quebec. The Lady Constable, bound to Richebucto, has put
back with damage, having been aground on Burbo. The
Great Western steamer had not reached New York the 14th
ultimo, when the Sea left, and the weather experienced by
the Sea on the 14th and following day, was such as to prevent ,
her getting in while it lasted.
OFF HASTINGS, MAY 7.—Schooner, Shauater,
Buenos Ayres. •
RYE, MAY 7.—Arrd. Die Jonge, Wicher, Amsterdam for
Brest, with loss of bowsprit, and having been in contact on
the Gth instant.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 7.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Hampton, Cape
of Good Hope; Effort, Quebec.
FAL:mourn, MAY 7. —Wind N.N.E., strong breezes an
violent squalls. Off, Lanchester, Purchase, Sydney; Dia-„
mond, Calcutta; her Majesty's ship Viper, Rio Janiero.
PADSTOW, MAY 6.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Dewdrop, B.
tigouche.
CLYDE, MAY 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Sarah Botsford,;
M`Phinn, Ichaboe. 5. Ski. Ellen, Sin,g_ap2pam,
New York. 6. Formosa and Robert MqV 11.1 Quebec
Zebulon, Newfoundland. _ Eagle, ionig,,lchaboe.
COHN, MAY s.—Wind N.W.a Arr., a
Abel, St. John's, New
...EWRY, •
Sld. Freeman, Barbadoes;
wick ; Eagle.itr Quebec. d iffakilefi
Brunswick. 4. Sld. Bose, St. John's, New Dranewick.
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