The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-05 00:00:00

FOREIG

Brazilian, 67
Buenos Ayres, 26 28
Chilian, 27 29
Colombian, 22
Danish, 74i
French, 5 per Cent. 1091
Ditto, 3 per Cent. 841 5i

The fluctuation of Consols this morning is as follows

—Opened at 95 buyers, afterwards sellers, were again
done at 951 buyers, then 94/, and are at present 941
for the Account; the extreme fluctuation this week has
been about 1 per cent. The decline of Consols to 944
was owing to a current report that the Office for receiv-
ing Life Annuities had stopped receiving until Monday ;
this caused alarm to the speculators in the Funds, but
on inquiring at the office, we find that they would not
receive for a few minutes, until they arranged a new
table of interest, from 31. ss. to 31. 45., owing to the
high price of the Funds, and they continue to receive
the Life Annuities as before. The moment the above was
known at the Stock Exchange, the Consol market im-
proved from 944 to 95 for the Account.
The private letters from Vera Cruz state, that two con-
ductors had arrived at Vera Cruz, one from Mexico with
eight hundred thousand dollars, and the other from Tam-
pico, with four hundred and sixty thousand dollars for
merchants' account.
Accounts from Ancosta, in the Halifax papers received
this morning, state, that by different affidavits, taken by
Captain Bayside, it appears that great depression and con-
siderable injury to the fisheries have been committed by
vessels from the American States.
In the Foreign Market Mexican stock has been done at
2G, since which it has declined to 244 5.1. Shares had
improved in the morning, but have also declined to the
prices of yesterday;
The report still prevails that the Emperor of Russia is
dangerously ill, or has been poisoned ; but the well •in-
formed give no credit to the above report.
THREE 0' CL 0 CK.
Consols for Account, 94i.

( )The smugglers have been very successful in
the port of Arundel during the present month, having, it
is said, evaded the vigilance of the blockade force, and safely
run nearly 1,000 packages of contraband spirits and light
goods. Three empty boats, which had been abandoned by
the smugglers after having landed their cargoes, have been
seized by the preventive officers.—Sussex Advertiser.

SUPPOSED MURDER.—On Wednesday last
an Inquest was held at Walcot Poor-house, before Mr.
UPHILL, Coroner, and a respectable Jury, touching the
death of MARY BapoN, (wife of 111Jout: ANTHONY
Bitoog, a retail brewer, living at the top of Mark's,
hill,) who was found on Sunday afternoon lying on the
floor of her bed-room, with 4 piece of tape firmly twisted
about four times round her neck, and life totally extinct.
The Jury, after a lengthened examination, which lasted
nearly eight hours, returned the following verdict
That MARY Baoom, on the twenty-ninth day of No-
vember, was found de:id, but whether by her own hands
or by the hands of another person or persons, for want of
evidence, the Jury cannot determine; but they strongly
suspect, and are unanimous in opinion, that it has been
committed by others, and not herself." We understand
Opt the Magistrates intend to institute a further inquiry
Herald, into the taws...Bath

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAT., DEC. 4.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived from Lon-
don, the Robert Edwards, Sherburn, for New York ;
Australia, Wright, for New South Wales; and his Ma-
jesty's ship Alligator, and sailed for Portsmouth.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 4. —Wind S.S.E.—Arrived his
Majesty's ship Galatea, from Havannah; and Countess of
Harcourt transport, from Quebec and Cork. Sailed the
Wanderer transport, for Woolwich.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Lady
Wellington packet, from Tampico, sailed the 19th of
September, Vera Cruz the 28th, and Havannah the 16th
of October ; also the Opossum packet, from Bermuda,
sailed the 30th of October, and from Halifax the 9th ult. ;
also arrived the Isabella, Muir, from Cephalonia.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Jane,
from Lisbon.

BRISTOL, DEC. 4.—Arrived the Lullan, Rogers, from
Smyrna ; Mary, Dawson, and Henry Carter, Moore, from
St. Petersburgh.
CLYDE, DEC. 3.—Arrived the Henry, Athol!, from
Demerara; and Edward, Libby, from Virginia.
DUBLIN, DEC. 2.—Arrived the Gilbert, Henderson,
from Quebec ; and Glory, Pope, from St. Petersburgh•

The Lady Cremona, Jameson, from Quebec, has arrived
at Cork leaky.
The Caledonia packet, Gambles, from Windau to Liver-
pool, was totally wrecked on Windau Bar the 10th ult.,
crew saved.

The Margaretta, Hessen, from Dantz:c, drove on shore
near Flamborough Head on Tuesday, without any person
on board, and went to pieces.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
BUCKBANK V. DILIVORTIf.

The LORD Crixtic Emma. observed, in giving judgment,
that the question in this case arose out of the bankruptcy
of Dilworth and Co., who bad carried on the business of
bankers, in Lancaster. They were the treasurers of the
Lancaster Canal Company. The Canal Company was in..
corporated by an Act of Parliament in 1792. The Act
gave the power of purchasing and holding lands for the
purposes of the Company. As a corporation they held
and now hold real property; and the profits arising from
the concern were profits arising out of real estate. For
the purpose of carrying on the consern, it became
necessary to raise a certain sum, which was raised by
the contributions of the shareholders: This the share-
holders were entitled to be reimbursed according to the
provisions of the Act of Parliament, out of the subse-
quent profits of the concern. '1 hese profits to this ex-
tent, and in this view, were to be considered as resulting
from real estate, and to be regarded as real property.
Another clause however in the Act, completely con-
trouled this general rule, and declared that the shares
s.nd the profits arising from them, should be con-
sidered as personal estate, and transmissible as such.
It was contended at the bar that the shares were only
to be considered as personal, for the purpose of trans-
mission to the personal representatives of shareholders.
No such limitation was expressed by the Act ; nor
could the Court assume that the Legislature had any
such limitation in contemplation by the broad and
general terms in which the provision was expressed.
The consequence of this was, that the shares or property
in such shares held by the bankrupts at the time of their
bankruptcy, passed to the assignees. The question, how-
ever, in this case was, whether the shares held by Mr.
Dilworth, at the time of his bankruptcy, were under the
order and disposition of that gentleman at the period im-
mediately preceding his bankruptcy as the reputed owner?
Upon the most minute examination the Court could give of
the evidence, his Lordship could lay his hand upon no act
or acts that deprived Mr. Dilworth of his character of
a shareholder prior to his bankruptcy ; and, under such
circumstances, he felt bound to decree that the shares of
Mr. Dilworth passed to the assignees under the bank-
ruptcy. The appeal was dismissed, and the assignees
ordered to have their costs out of the estate. A
petition, also, for a releasing, which had been presented
pending the present judgment, vas directed to be dismissed
with costs.