The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-28 00:00:00

13OURSE—PARis, TUESDAY, APRIL 26.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Pric. Price.
French 5 per Cents ll9 49 119 50 ... 1.9 40 ... 119 50
4!4 per Cents lO7 50 ... 107 50 ... 107 50 ... 107 50
4per Cents. .. 101 90 102 101 90 102

. ... ___ __ ... ...._ ... ._. ..„ ...
3 per Cents Bl :...5 - 81 40 ... 81 35 ~. Si 40
stank 01 ruiner
Latlitte Bank 1,0001. SLares 1032 SC ...10:3:2 50 ...1032 50 ...les2 50
5,0001. Stares 5050 .. 5050 ...5050 ...5050
3elainn Bank.
Belgian 5 per Cents.
S per Ccnts., 1840 1047 ... 104 i% ... 104;zi .. 1044
ipanisli Active 055 ... 2:1% ... 254 ... 25%
Passive 4 ... 5 ~. 4 ... 5
Neapolitan lO7 50 ... 117 50 ... 107 50 ... 07 50
17.,,,an..
Dutch 2% per Cents.
tiAILVV AI SHARES.
... .. .

tit. Germain
Versailles.B, b (New)
L.8.21'5 ... 210 ... 205 ... 210
Rouen 5541 ... 550 ... 546 25 ... 550
„rle•tm.
Strasburg to Bale 233 25 ...:'36 25 . 236 25 ...:36 25

LIELL3IAI4 A. UNDS—fikusaimst, APRIL 26
Actual Debt, 2Si per Cent.
itothsebild%; Lean, 5 per C:nt
.102%
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent,
- 113

.(1:40) -- .••2%
104
Loan of City, K 32,4 per Cent O5
Society at Commerce, 4 y,i per Cent • 82
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ••. NO 77%
National Society —
Exchange on London (short)
..—Brussels Papers, April 26.

'fhirty.seven.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The rise in the Funds is still going on, and sanguine ex-
; pectations are entertained by many parties well conversant
, with monetary affairs, that the price of Consols will be marked
much higher than at present. As it may new be considered
certain that the Income-tax and tariff will become laws,
• much regret is felt that any delay should take
place in bringing the latter measure into operation, as
the high prices which the funds bear, are sure indications that
• the cempLints made of the depressed state of trade are neither
, unfounded or exaggerated; and no improvement is to be ex-
pected, while so much uncertainty exists with regard to the
, effect which it will have on commercial enterprize. The de-
• mand for staple articles of consumption, the duties on
which are not to be altered, or the alteration deter-
mined upon, has improved, such as sugar, coffee, &c., but
among the twelve hundred others, trade is completely at a
, stand, and meanwhile, all classes are seriously affected thereby.
The accounts horn Manchester are again gloomy, the trifling
demand which had sprung up having again ceased; and the
intelligence from the other manufacturing districts is no better.
, Consols are 214 to 92 for Money, and 924 to 93 for the Ac-
count ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 914 to 92 ; New Three-
,
' and-a-Half per Cents. 101111 to 101% ; Reduced Three-and-
: a-Half per Cents., 1004 to 1001 ; Bank Stock, 1674 ; India
Stock, 2464 ; the Bonds, 20 to 22 ; Exchequer Bills, 38 to
41, premium.
In Foreign Securities the Dutch Bonds continue the favour-
ites, and several purchases have been made at .53 to 5:34 for the
Three, and 1014 fur the Five per Cents. Belgian, 104 to
1044 ; Danish, 804 to 814 ; and Brazilian, 67 to 68.
Railway Shares are firm—Birmingham, 1804 ; Now, 30i ;
Great Western, 934 ; Cheltenham and Great Western, 19 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 54 544 ; North Midland, 781 ;
Croydon 14 14, ; and Brighton 364. The Loan Notes, prem.
The bonds of the insolvent States are thus quoted :—Colom-
bian, 304 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 374 ; the Three per
Cents., 224; Spanish Active Five per Cents. 244 2-14 ; and
the Three per Cents., 24.
This is settling day in Shares, and to-morrow on these
Bonds, but as no time bargains are made in the former, and
no business has taken place in the latter, the arrangement of
the account is.merely nominal.
The Magnet packet has brought accounts from Rio
Janeiro to the 24th January, six days later than those previ-
ously received. Business continued in the same dull state as
far as regarded Europear goods, and in the absence of orders at
the present prices of coffee there, few purchases had been made
for shipment to this country. The interiority of the crop gene-
rally had caused the holders of the former descriptions mate-
rially to advance their rates, which had been firmly maintained
until the beginning of the month, at which period, owing to the
accumulated stock, prices declined 200 to 300 reis, but, at that
reduction, they were still above the limits from Europe. The
quantity on hand was estimated at 40,000 bags, for which
3,000 to 3,900 were asked, but it was expected that
much less would be taken in the course of a short time. The
shipments in the month of January had been 26,000 bags, of
which 3,092 were for England to wait for orders, 9,988 for the
United States, 7.210 for Stockholm, and 2,600 for Trieste.
The alteration in the duty here will make a considerable change
in this branch of trade, in consequence of the system of ship-
ping by the Cape of Good Hope being abolished. And it may
be remarked, that certain individuals connected with the coffee
trade, have not acted in the fairest manner to the community at
large, in endeavouring, as they have lately been doing, to per-
petuate this without evading the duty. The stock of foreign
coffee thus imported is at present upwards of 200,000
bags, the loss to the revenue upon which, if there
proposition had been acceded to, would not have been less than
400,0001., besides allowing the higher rate of duty to be
evaded in future.
RICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 26.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 994 Grand Canal Stock
Ditto Reduced
Ditto New 1830 991 Ditto 4 per cent
34 per Cent. Debt.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 27.--The market
was dull, aed prices generally hLd a tendency downward.
Business was exclusively confined to the trade, to which about
3,000 bales were sold.

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 27.—The market
was very dull, with very little inquiry. The sales were—
Eastern Counties. 91. 18s. 9d. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 53 i
Grand Junction Halves, 92; London and Birmingham,
321. Shares, 31 ; Brighton, 36%; Manchester and Leeds
Quarters, ii*; Atidland Counties Quarters, 19%; North Mid-
land Halves, 34; North Union, 71 ; and Paris and Rouen, 17.
MA NcnEsTE a STocx EXCHANGE, APRIL 27.—We have hat
a very quiet Market to-day; prices remain steady. The sale
are Edinburgh and Glasgow, 53%; Manchester and Birming,
ham, 28; Midland Counties, 630; Batik of Manchester, 4
Manchester and Liverpool District, B. R., 101. Bs. 9d.
CLOSINIII PRICES.
811111811 FUNDS.
Bank Stock 167% India Stock ..... ..... ... 246%
3 per Cent Red. 92 l)itto Bonds .20 pnr
3 per Cent Cons 94 Ditto Old Annuities ...
3/k per Cent Red
'New 3% per Cent ....
New b per Cent.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 4l pm
Jan. 1860 ..... ..... 120 'Bank Stock for Acct .
Oct. 1859. .. ..... 12% :India Stock for Acct —
Jan. 1860. ... .... 12% Consols for Acct 92%
FOitEIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 p;:, vent—. PortOguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 pet cent — Ditto, New Ditto 38,1
Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres 6 perces' Russian, 5 per cent ll3
Chilian 6 per cent... 'Ditto, :Meta11ic....... -
Colombian, ~
6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent..., 24!
Ditto, 18`24......... ..... 26% Ditto, Deferred.... .
Dani,h, 3 per cent —j French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825,5 per cent —l Exchange I •••e.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 34% French, 3 per cent. —'• --e-
Ditto, 6 per een::. 1637 Dutch, '2% per cent. 53
Peruvian, 1825, fi per et. 19% Ditto, 5 per cent. .. /00i
SHARES.
Bristol .nd Exeter (70 paid) .
Cheltenham and Great Western (72% paid) 18%
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ••• ..... 911
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
Ditto Debentures .• ...• • •• lll 118 8d
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ••• 54
Great Western Railway (65paid) ........... 94
London and Brighton ( 50 paid) :Ai
itto Loan Notes (7% paid) ...... 8
London and Blackwall (25 paid)............
12h
London and Birmingham (90) ..... . .
.. 180
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) .......... 37
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ••• ........ .., 30%
London and South Western ............... 63
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk).,,,, 14
(100 paid)
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ......
... 88
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid)._ . 6%
(40 paid) ..... 27%
66
Atulaiiileahneastceorua,nadie Birminghamßaiivta
Northern and Eastern (45 paid) ... .. 42%
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) . 291

GREAI NORT II OF ENCZAND RAILWAY.
Traffic returns for the week ending April 2:.?, hi 42:
Passenger ...............
Merchandise 528 2 8

Darlington, April 27.

£1,302 10 2
W. O'BRIEN, Secretary.

IMPROMPTU.
MADAME TUSCAUD AND THE SELF•LIGHTSTU SEALING WAX.
Tussaud presents a brilliant sight,
And worthy every person's pelt ;
Had she not brought the wax to light—
'Twould come, at last, to light itself.

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AND
Vubltr Opinion.

" Who runs may read."

FOIMIGN.
The Moniteur of Tuesday contains the following Royal Or-
donnance, dated yesterday, signed by the King, and counter-
signed Marshal Soult, appointing a successor to the late M•
Humann, as Minister of Finance:—

43,849,162
Dr. Antonio Espartero, brother of the Regent, and ehaplaill
to the Queen, died at Madrid on the 17th. It is said to
the intention of the Regent to have him buried with great
splendour.

1.1733M1C
In a leading article suggested by the late riots at Dudley
the Chronicle observes Against the real tyrants of the
poor, and plunderers of industry, we have no wish to stimull°
violence—may the remote chance of its occurrence move them
to a timely penitence. It would be idle to suppose that fhl
country can have peace or rest while the sense of wrong, en,
the gnawings of hunger act upon large masses of the pol)°,11.
tom. The storm breaks upon one species of property tolgt
and to-morrow on another. People must have food ; eno ,
of it; and purchaseable by their means; or the framework °',
society will go to wreck. It will not do for the pendulum
party merely to vibrate between abuse of the suffering master
and punishment of the excited workman. It has never Ye.
been proved, nor can it be, that cheaper food and more en:
ployment for the labouring population are only chimerical of;
Utopian notions. The firm conviction of a large pOrtioll
the intelligence of the country is, that they are, to a cost'
derable extent, within the reach of legislation and goyer!,
merit. Should that not be the case, there is but one just
_el";
humane course left; that is, by a large sacrifice of preriii
to locate the surplus population where it may be able to salt.
its own wants. We are not driven to that necessity. 'O4
party denies that something can be done • although the prow
triumphed over the late Administration for making the attain:
Only the earnest and honest application of the Legislature
the subject is necessary. But it will not be achieved by
11"
Corn-laws, an Ineome-tax, or such a tariff as, after all,
are likely to obtain."
The Herald makes the following remarks, in an articled,.
the subject of Spain In the politic schemes of marryiageor
as yet unmarriageable Queen of Spain, about which two
tee
contemporaries have lately gossiped, there are two or t
matters entirely overlooked. Spain has a constitution an .f,
Cortes ; its y outhful Sovereign has or will have a woolen's
fections and will, and time and events are great destroyers.„i,
human designs. The Spanish people will doubtless per."„,
their Queen to choose a husband for herself, without pr-0,
much attention to the wishes or objection, of any other r°_,;!
narch. Spain is not in the leading-strings of either FrancM
Austria, Russia, or England, and interference ire its domes;
concerns by an ally, or by all its allies combined, Will
and
treated by the Spaniards as it deserves; it will be resisted, a. I,
we sincerely trust successfully repelled. If the Spanish natio_
possesses a tithe of the spirit which we believe it still possesse_,
it will resent, in its earliest initiation, any attempt on the pat
of Europe to marry Queen Isabel to any Prince, either es_
common or individual choice—of any choice save one of her
own unprompted will, there being no national impedimentg
that choice. The success, indeed, of such an attempt *out?
probably he the commencement of the ultimate overthrow of
constitutional Government in Spain ;
no nation can be con:
stitutionally free when it is subject to any interference on Web!
a matter as the selection of a husband for its Sovereign,"
The Times, speaking of the inequalities of the legacy duties.
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remarks as follows:—" We would rather see the inequalifi°
remedied by abolishing the legacy duty on personal, than 14
attaching it to real, property. Scarce any tax is snore uppree
sive in its operation than this. At the very moment when;
family, deprived of its head, and principal support, is least al
to spare any of the means which he has lett behind him form
maintenance, while they are at a loss perhaps how to earl, °2,1,
the business which he has left behind him—embarrassed
difficulties which his experience alone would have been able to
meet—aeprived of sources of emolument which rested an
his life—at this moment of all others the tax-gatherer is sop
in to demand his per tentage on all that the deceased has "7,-,
able to save for their benefit. And it is no slight additionho
the pai.fulness, though not to the injustice, of the impacts t•
the'
its exactions are enforced on persons at a moment when ka
circumstances entitle them to every consideration, and lb,
them peculiarly sensitive to anything which comes i 0 tea
ea
shape of a ho,tile intrusion. We should wish then to se. be
entire abolition of the tax ; but we are aware this cannot
effected hastily or alone."
' The Post says—" The question, whether or no landed 7itl:
perty shouA be taxed by a legacy duty as personal proPe_rt ;e
we admit to be one of much interest. But of all the tine
that could have been thought of for discussing the subjeceeets
the House of Commons, surely the most unfit was that cb de;
by Mr. Elphinstone. The House had just agreed to tat la 7
property by sevenpence in the pound upon the income dewr istol.
from it, when up starts this philosopher to propose and e
upon the same description of property. This was absarmor
worthy only of the muddy brains of the new Member f°r..„,ej
of
trose. Even Mr. Elphinstone ought to have been asha."olo
it. A proper time, doubtless, will come when the qu'oite
will be fairly argued in the House of Commons, and a de or"
judgment be come to upon it both by the House and the,_„Puesoss
In the meantime, all we wish to say is that obviously t°7alse
exaggerated and erroneous opinions are held as to the vitt'
likely to be realised from a duty upon the descent and i for
tance of landed estate not greater than that now levied 0100
sonal estate. They who speculate upon a very large ;sate
must surely forget that the absolute property in 'antic(' pre
is not inherited once for every fifty times that absoloteoto
perty in personal estate is inherited. They must forget ale, and
landed estate generally descends to a direct rerresentativroal
would, therefore, pay the lowest rate of duty, while Pe, 00
estate very often goes to strangers, and p. ys tho high°
et duty."

VIONEY—TRADE—COMMETACI freelr_i
At Liverpool Lade has shown an improved spirit tit „
On Saturday 4,000 bales were sold at improved Pr'''.
4,500 on the subsequent market-day. tsy Wl°
It is stated that upwards of 3,000 persons, enngran
leave the different ports in Devon and Cornwall, during
months of April and May.

ILHAV AND POLICE.
At the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday, Mr. Georg° cedars
sun Clarke, a patent-agent and late rorietor of Thei4iso
Advocate, underwent another evamination. His "quill -
counts, he said, were so complicated that it would
,reiligible,
skilful accountant for six months to make theta cot'
when Mr. Commissioner Evans said. " unlesd you give, the°
rect accounts, I shall never pass you." A question o:3osnt'
put to the bankrupt, which he refused to answer. ,icause for
for his committal was drawn up, but seeing g°'" nti 601
changing his mind, the examination was continued, e_bts were
adj.urned for a week. The Commissioner said, the n. the
11,0001., and the creditors were not likely to obtain "u
pound.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIrIei; 'rater-
M. Humann, we omitted to mention in his rnen/nj-is silt'''.
er, was born in 1780, se that his death occurred in 'th wan
second year. He was a citizen of Strasburgh ; his
, rose fret
spent in obscure and laborious occupations, and l'e,„::: of '—
the humble station of grocer's boy to the first digw"
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State.
to prevent
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There exists in some parts of Germany a '2''" Any r— ,no
or
drinking during divine service. It runs thus :-- sandsl,
drinking in an.alehouse during divine service 0,!, 0:
other holiday, may legally depart without payieg•tbc Oat
Lord Brougham has been chosen patron 0f girkbec
Mechanics' Institution, in the room of the late mr' , 11
TREATRICAL. her Msiesti
Carletti Grisi takes her benefit this evening It
Theatre. efit at lbe
Last night Mademoiselle Plessy took her utrantliroPe
French Theatre. She performed Celemine in the cit.gardell
Madame Vestris, we understand, will close the "e
season, and resign her lesseeship on Saturday z'egt"
to The Earl
ham mofeLronastdacleo'tstivsmaluoarobleKpeaockneol: hoolounFcl
SPORTING.
fetched good prices.
COITIZT—ritsuXONAnd ner WY I:ci
The Archbishop of Armagh gave a an
in eiatives
terday to the Marquis of Waterford and other r
friends.
The Countess of Bridgewater commences
parties h 1 Grosvenor-square on the 9th of May.a
grand dinner
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch
givethe Boyal Family
party on Thursday next to several members of
it
this evening 1:
Lady Lyndhurst's assembly in George-
-strthundred, to meet
to a fashionable party, not exceeding three
of Cambridge.
their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess , for savenache
Earl ~nd Countess Bruce leave town next vveex
rsidwaeyrelasbrtrgoohtit
Lodge. near Marlborough, Wilts.
Lord Abinger left Brighton yesterday,
re-unions in Belgra
Lady Francis Egerton, at her musical
to ongagft
square, has, we understand, expressed her intention
the services of English artists only. present
London.rfashiouavbe.lo
confined by indisposition, at hia seat, Eskgro
selburgh. fo r
vhee,
We are sorry to hear that the Lord Advocate is at pre
near Ilus-

MISCELLANEOUS.
Viscountess Sidmouth died at Richmond-park on Tuesday
last, in her sixtieth year. Her Ladyship was daughter and sole
hciress of Sir William Scott, and niece of the late Earl of Eldon.
Marshal Soult, on the announcement being made to him of
the death of M. Humann, while he was attending the fin
erat
of Alarshal Moncey, exclaimed,'" Is it possible-thza the MO'
ter-roll is being called over in heaven ?"

BRITISH SHOEMAKERS.—(From a Correspondent.)
Pray notice a fact which came out on the trialof a destitute shoe—
mak r, reported in yeur paper of last night, viz., that the were
prospect of the considerable reduction in the duty on foreign
manufactured leather has thrown many hundreds
eftourro
men shoemakers out of cmploy, and into the deepsdistress.
such a simple fact will cause the Minister, and honeit
men of both sides in Parliament, to reconsider the subject.

" Louis Philippe, &c.—We have ordained, and do ordain, 0
fellows Lccave Laplagne, Member of the Chamber of.
Deputies, is appointed Minister Secretary of State of the De;
partment of the Finances, in place of N. Humann, deceased.
The death of M. Humann is the principal, and, indeed.
only important subject in the original columns of this morn'
ing's journals. The Debuts has only a few lines of comment.
It says :
" The sad event which deprives the King and France of the
services of an able and enlightened Minister, who was stn'
cerely devoted to the Revolution of July, has inspired us, as "
will, we are sure, inspire all just and impartial men,
without
distinction of party, with a profound sentiment of affliction
and regret."
The following is from the Constitutionnel :
" When the tomb opens for a statesman is not the time to
revive the remembrance of our sad disputes. M. Humann
had lately sopported a policy which we should not like to see
triumphant; but that is no reason why we should undervalit°
the solid qualiti sof this able financier. and the services which
he had rendered to his country as deputy, as peer, and as tai-
nister. He was, without contradiction, one of the most ins' .
portant of the present Cabinet, and at any period it would be /
difficult to find a man in the Ministerial party of so much
talent and of such high reputation amongst financial sliesl,
His presence in the Ministry was a guarantee for order and
regularity in the Treasury. •
The Courrier Francais says :
" M. Humann was pertinacious of his own opinions, and
their prevalence in the Cabinet. In the discussions whirs
arose his colleagues were wary of contending' against hig,
from fear of a dislocation. Delivered from their dictator,
they become more free in their movements—work the better,
and be stronger? We, for our part, take leave to doubt this.
If M. Humann was at times a clog to them, he had a deter
nation of purpose—a quality which will be wanting on the ei.
of the elections. M. Humann possessed the confidence of tl'e
Chambers, which frequently take for firmness that which it
only obstinacy."
From a statistical account recently published it appears Os!
the agriculturists of France possess the following number 0
animals :
Oxen and cows
Merinos sheep 766,310
Common sheep
Horses and mules
l'igs
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