The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-01 00:00:00

eu.b-lieutenant of the 12th battaliaiiof Cazadores of Cata-

" Ramon Canudas, aged 27, native of Caserras, second ser-
geant of the infantry battalion del Rey.
"Narciso Cattudus, aged 26, native of Pont de Revente,
camp follower. " DE MEER."
The address alluded to announces to the people of Cata-
lonia, that the enemies of the public repose, having left the
hospitable soil of France, to draw upon the country the hor-
rors and misfortunes of a new war, had been prevented by
Divine Providence from realising their plans, and that the
few who succeeded in crossing the frontier were taken, owing
to the good spirit of the people and army, and, having been
brought to Gerona, were shot there on the 16th instant, con-
cluding with the usual professions of horror at being obliged
to shed Spanish blood, &c.

Much excitement prevails at Paris, caused by a
general belief that the Government have come to the
determination of converting the Five per Cent. Stock.
There is, in consequence, a regular scramble to buy
into the Three per Cents., and get rid of the other at
almost any price. This has caused a great rise in the
Threes,which rose at one time on Monday to 84f. 65c.,
and closed at 84f. 25c. The Fives declined to nearly
the same amount, and closed at 121 f. 75c. The
amount of the latter does not exceed 7,000,0001. On

this subject the Courrier Francais remarks
Rumours of financial projects of an extraordinary
nature, have excited much attention at the Bourse
during the past week. The Ministry, by not giving
any denial in the official journals, has allowed a re-
port to gain groundthat the Committee on the Budget
has at last come to an arrangement with the Govern-
ment on the subject of the conversion of the Five per
Cents. The details given with confidence on this
Bill by men usually well informed, have greatly
alarmed the holders of Fives, particularly on the eve
of the KING's file, an epoch when the Government
would not have failed to remove all doubt, if possible,
from the mind of a mass of stockholders of whom
the greater number reside in Paris, and form part of
the National Guard. The conversion woken of would
simply consist of a reduction of the Five into Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. But as the Four-and-a-Hales
are negotiated at the Bourse at 112, it is evident that
not a single holder of Five per Cents. would accept
the reimbursement offered by the State at 100. The
mere report on this subject has brought down the
Fives one per cent., has induced many holders to sell
their stock and purchase Threes, which, in conse-
quence, have risen one per cent. If the Committee
on the Budget has really determined on some plan of
conversion, -the Minister of Finance ought to make it
publicly known."
Another question has also excited some interest
particularly in the Chamber of Deputies, namely,
the election of M. C. LAFITTE, the banker, a third
time for Louviers. The election had been twice
annulled by the Chamber owing to a promise he made
to his constituents to procure a railroad between
that town and the Rouen and Paris Railroad. On
Monday a motion was made to affirm the return, and
was supported by all the Government influence. M.
DE BEAUMONT opposed the return, not from party
motives, but for the purity and dignity of the Cham-
ber, as he firmly believed the charges adduced against
M. LAFITTE were clearly proved. The discussion
had not closed at the hour of post. The following
programme for the KING'S file appears in the
papers :

" Distributions of provisions will be made in the twelve
arrondissements to the indigent inhabitants, at their own
houses. From two o'clock till nightfall there will be the
following amusements for the public on the Esplanade of the
Invalides, and at the Barriere du Trtme—viz. : Two grand
theatres, on which will be represented military spectacles and
pantomimes, orchestras for dancing, and a maypole for
climbers, with five prizes at the top. In the Garden of the
Tuileries, in front of the Pavilion de l'Horloge, there will be
a grand concoct at a quarter past seven. Grand fireworks
will be let off about half-past eight, on the wharf of the Quai
d'Orsay and at the Barriere du Thine, In the evening the
Champs-Elysées, the Place de la Barriere du Trone, and the
Garden of the Tuileries, as well as all the public buildings of
Paris, will be illuminated."
THE BOURSE—MONDAY, Apuri. 29.

First Highest Lowest
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Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Fire per Cents l2l 45 .. 121 GO .• 121 40 .• 121 55
Four-and-a-Half lll • • 111 .• 111 • • 111
Four per Cents...." 106 80 .. 106 80 .. 106 80 106 80
Three per Cents...
Bank of France •• • • 3095 ••3095 • 3095 ..3095
Belgian Bank. . 695 •• 695 • • 695 .. 695
Belgian Fives, 1831.
1840 ........ 106 • • 1064 •• 106 • • 106
1842 1084 •• 1084 .. 10,44 .. 1084
Spanish Threes 371 •• 37f • • 371 .. 371
Passive .••.•• • • • • • • 65 • • 64 • • 65 • • 64
New Deferred."... 154 • • 154 • • 154 • • 154
Neapolitan ..... ........ .. 102 25 .. 102 25 .. 102 25 .. 102 25
Roman .. . .. 1064 .. 1064 1064 .• 1064

RAILWAY SHARES.
Ver-ailles,R.B... •••• •• •••• 387 50 •• 387 50 •• 382 50 •• 382 50
L. 8.••
Rouen - .. 950

Rouen to Havre.......... .. 725 .. 72.5 .. 720 .. -720
Orleans . 977 50 .. 977 50 • • 970 .. 970
Strasburg to Bale • • • • 281 2.5 . • 231 25 .. 272 50 . • 273 75
Montpellier to Cette • • • • • • • • 475 .. 475 . • 475 .. 475
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR TIIE ACCOUNT.

•-•• •• •••• 38750 .. 387 50 .. 3LO .. 380
245 .. 245 .. 245 .. 245
962 58 . 962 50 .. 962 50 .. 962 50
Rouen to Havre.
Orleans ••••• •• •• •••• 977 50 .. 977 50 .. 962 50 .. 965
itrasburg to 8a1e.......... 2141 25 .. 281 25 .. 272 50 .. 275
.Ivivion to Marseilles •• •• 765 765
765 .. 765

THE IRISH STATE TRIALS.--. 011 Monday the So-
licitor-General resumed his address in opposing the
motion of Mr. I: hiteside for a new trial, and stated
that all that had been said in support of obtaining a
new trial was mere repetition cf the arguments put
forward on the motion to quash the panel. Mr.
Whiteside contended that the omission of thoe names
was the result of fraud or design, and not accident.
Now he would say, that whatever ground there might
be to apply the fraud to the other side, there was
none that could in the slightest degree attach it to
the Crown. He did not say that the traversers, or
any one acting for them, was guilty of fraud, but when
a charge of the kind was made, and that it was sought
to apply it to those acting on the part of the Crown,
he had and say that if fraud.existed
moreat all it applicable to the other side.
There ground to show that the
av
a"rs,iagnsloi titnttuohcerhestloi
slightest
test
omission of the names was the result of fraud or con-
trivance. After tiring the bench and the audience
with a long heavy speech, he intimated that he could
not conclude his argument till next day, and the
Court adjourne lat four o'clock. It would be diffi-
cult to point out any trial during which so many
long-winded speeches have been made. The Counsel
for the Crown seem to vie with the traversers in
making these monster trials utterly ridiculous.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

IVIONE WAND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yesterday
were 3,000 bales, 400 being taken on speculation. Prices
were tolerably steady.—Shares had a good tone, and a fair
business was 'done. Birmingham and Gloucester were 95;
Dublin and Cashel, 4i ; Great Western, Half, 73i ; Birming-
ham, 230; South Western, 84; Paris and Lyons, 2g; South-
Eastern, 36* ' • Ditto, New, mi.
We are glad to observe from the monthly Manches-
ter report of Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor, that
there has been a quiet but fair business done in
most descriptions of our staple manufactures, and
that although prices have declined a little, the raw material
being also lower, the position of the spinner and manufac-
turer is not perhaps worse than last month. In the Cotton
yarn market a considerable business is stated to have been
done for India, China, the Mediterranean, and the Levant.
Large quantities of the better class have been taken, being
relatively cheaper for India and Greek account. The German
buyers, however, have been withholding their orders, in ex-
pectation of a urther decline. Some good contracts have
been entered into for Russian account. There needs but con-
fidence, the writers observe, to ensure a large export demand
for cotton yarns and manufactures.
There is much more activity in the produce markets, and
the dealers having kept themselves very bare of stock under
an apprehension of changes in' the duties, are now coming
tbrward freely to purchase most of the leading staples, and
the importers are paying duties to a greater extent than for
some weeks past.
The Stock Exchange being closed, as usual, on May-day,
we have nothing to report of the funds.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 30.—Wie have
had more business doing to-day, but prices are without much
change.— Eastern Counties, 13 ; London and Birmingham,
2291; Manchester and Birmingham, 56i 57 ; Manchester
and Leeds, Quarter, 91 •, Sheffield and Manchester, 79 ; South-
Eastern, 36i; Ditto, New, 10 ; Paris and Strasburg, 211;
Preston and Wyre, 17i ; Blackburn and Preston, si; Bury
and Ros sendale, 5a 6 ; North British, 21.195.; Leeds and Brad-
ford, 18 ; Trent Valley, loa

CHANCERY-(THIS DAY).

The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster to.

day.

THE,OREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE RIMMING-

SIAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY. —JUDGMENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in the
motion in this case, affirming the decision of the Vice-Chan-
cellor of England, granting an injunction restraining.the Bir-
mingham and Gloucester Railway Company from proceeding
with their works.