The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-06 00:00:00

MISCELLAZITMOTTS.

The Countess of Kinnoul gave a splendid fete dansante at
Hampden House to above 400 votaries of fashion on Thursday
night. The ball was given in honour of the debut of Lady
Louisa Hay in the fashionable world.
The five couple of roe-deer, lately presented to her Majesty
by the Marquis of Breadalbane, have just been placed in the
royal preserves at Virginia water; and the two milk-white
N3ighaus, recently presented by the Earl of Derby, were put
into the Great Park on Thursday.
A fete and fancy fair, under the patronage of the Duchess
of Northumberland, was held on Friday in Ealing Park. Up-
wards of 2,000 persons, with many of the nobility and gentry,
were present.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS

PARIS, JUNE 3.

The news from India (BombaY, May, 2), arrived on
the Ist at Marseilles. It is stated that fresh difficulties
have arisen, which may render affairs still more com-
plicated. Ontho whole, the accounts do not appear fa-
vourable. No news from China. The letters and papers
will not reach London before Monday.
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
MADRID, UAY 30.

Gonzales has resigned. M. Olozaga and Lopez, the
two Presidents of the Chambers, had received instruc •
tious from the Regent to form a new Cabinet.

The Cortes had suspended their sittings.
P.S. M. Olozaga and Lopez have declined the offer of
the Regent for the formation of the new Cabinet.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
WATERFORD.

The Committee appointed to try the merits of the
petition against the return for the city of Waterford,
met on Saturday at eleven o'clOck, J. W. Hooc, EST
in the chair.

The Counsel for the sitting Members were Mr. Cock-
burn, Mr. Wrangham, and Mr. -Aleock. Mr. Wranghatn
was absent from indisposition. The Counsel for the
petitioners are Mr. Austin and Mr. Hayes.
At the last election the numbers,,,polled for the re-
spective candidates were as follow :
M 7. W. Christmas (C.) 285
Mr. M. Reade (C.) - 259
Sir H. W. Barron (L.) 2Ol
• Mr. T. Wyse (L.) 199
The.grounds on which the petition was made against
the return were, that the Sheriff had improperly rejected
376. votes tendered for Sir H. W. Barron, 377 tendered
for Mr. T. Wyse, on account of the words " Houses and
premises" not being inserted in their certificates of qua-
lification, as required by the ACt of Parliament. The
objection is stated in the petition to be invalid, and that
the votes rejected, being perfectly good, ought to have
been recorded, which would have placed the petitioners
in a large majority.
Mr. AUSTIN having briefly opened the case, the poll-
books were put in and proved. •
Mr. COCKBURN took an objection to the affidavit of
verification put in•with the poll-books, the jurat of which
he contended was defective on account of the names
of the persowi • . taking the oath , not being men-
tioned in the document. . The affidavit being
defective, had the same effect as if there had been -,
no affidavit at all, and could the Committee receive the
poll-books, not from the immediate custody of the Re-
turning Officer, but from the Clerk of the Peace, with-
out an oath of verification ? He adhered to the statute
which compelled evidence of the oath having been taken
to be produced.
_ _

Mr. AUSTIN defended the validity of the affidavit
. The production,. of. the books from the custody of the
Clerk of the Peace was sufficient even without any affi-
davit at all. This argument lasted the greater part of
the day ; several precedents, in which the point had
been contested, were cited on both'sidee.
The room was cleared, and after a long deliberation,
the Chairman decided that it was the opinion of the
Committee that the production of the poll books without
evidence of the. oath of verification was not sufficient,
and that the objection was good.- The Committee did
not express any opinion as to the affidavit itself; leaving
Mr. Austin to produce such proof of the verification as
he thought proper.
Mr. Coox, the Clerk of the Peace, was called, and
swore to- the hand-writing of Mr. Elliott, the senior
Sheriff. He believed that the other signature was that
of Mr. Hasard, the other Sheriff, but he could not speak
positively.
Mr. Edmund T. Power had been in communication
with Mr. Hasard by letter, and to the *best of his belief
the signature to the affidavit was his. Witness was an
agent of the petitioners.
Mr. AUSTIN then put in the affidavit as proof of the
oath having been taken. • •
Mr. COCKBURN. again objected to its being received on
the same grounds as before; the only proper proof of
its validity would he the evidence of the jurors.
The objection was ilot.to the signatures; but to the form
of the jurat.
M. AUSTIN replied : there was nu general rule re-
quiring that the names of the juror.S should ha inserted
in the affidavit ; it applied otily't6 particular Courts.
MI% CockutTaN -:.:upported the objection at great
length, contending. that the forth of the affidavit was
exactly the smile as if the oath had been made by one
witness only.
The room was again cleared, and the
.Committee de-
cided unanimously that the affidavit. tendered for the
petitioners was a sufficient verikation` on oath by the
Iteturninn. Officer of the poll books.
The Committee then adjourned till eleven o'cloet on
Monday (this day.)

A public meeting of the Two-penny Postmen took
place on Tuesday evening, at the Hole-in-the-Wall, Chan.
cery-lane, for the purpose of petitioning the Lords of the
Treasury for an advance of wages, in consequence of the in-
creased labour caused by the penny postage. Several speeches
were made by Messrs. Bradley, Thurling, and others ; and
a Committee of twelve appointed to draw up the pi talon, and
to meet for that purpose on Tuesday evening neat, at the
aforesaid tavern.

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NEWS

Ciri, SATURDAY EVENING.
• -The gloomy state in which the English Funds have
been for some short time past, has not been relieved by
reports of the serious illness of the King of the French,
and aecordinzly Consols It ave off about / per cent be-
low the clearing prices of yesterday, namely, 914 91'1.
for the opening ; Reduced, 911 91; Batik Stock, 167/
16Si: Exchequer Bills, old, 43 45; Advertised 37 40
premium.
. . _

The prices of Foreign Securities were unaltered, and
the chief feature was the great flatness of the market,
arising from the same cause as that above-mentioned.
Belgian were 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a Half per
Cents., 524 52i; Five per Cents, 101 1014; Danish,
soi 81k; and Brazilian, 67 68.
Very little done in Railroad Shares, and prices ge-
nerally were below those of yesterday. London and
Birmingham 178 180 ; Birmingham and Gloucester,
50 52 ; Great Western, 87 89 ; the Half Shares,
61 62 ; South Western, 623- 6:34- ; North Midland, 65
67 ; the &ow Shares, 32 33 ; South Eastern and Dover,
244 25 ; the Scrip', 54 6 ; Eastern Counties, Oi ;
Northern and Eastern, 43 45 ; Blackwall, 101 ; and
Brighton, 35 35{. _ _

The Bonds also were quoted lower :—Colombian,
253- 26+ ; Peruvian, 18 19 ; Portuguese Fiv. per Cents.,
361- ; the Three per Cents„ 211211 ; Spanish Active
Five per Cents., 21,121-a ; and the Three per Cents.,
22i 22k.
The private letters front Buenos Ayres contained no
information beyond the meagre and ummportant intelli-
gence in the papers.

(From The Sun of Saturday.)
The market has been in a very uneasy state since the opening,
and the intelligence frotn France generally, and the rumoured
dangerous illness of Louis Philippe, are generally assigned as
the cause of the depression. Very few bargains have been
made, and Consols are 91* 914 for the opening ex-dividend;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 91i; Three-and-half per Cents.
Reduced, 100 ; Ditto, New 1000 ; Bank Stock, 167 168 ;
India Bonds, 22 24 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 45 47 ; Adver-
tised, 37 40 prem.
Foreign Securities have participated in the condition of
the English Funds, and business has been confined to Dutch
Five per Cents., lot 101*.
The quotation for Mexican is 354 36.
The Share Market is also heavy, with a decidedly down-
ward tendency. Great Western. 87; Fifths, 9; Brighton,
344 ; South Eastern, 24; ; the New, 5* 51
The quotations of the Bonds ace 26 for Colombian ; 21 for
Spanish Five per Cents. ; and 22i for the Three per Cents.
The report of a further change in the Spanish Ministry has
been used to lower the quotations of Spanish, and from ap-
pearances, the " bear" party will succeed in driving them down
still more. Great efforts having been making for some time to,
induce a belief in the reality of their value, but unsuccessfully ;
and every nerve was exerted to raise the quotations, the specu-
lators fcr a fall having now the command of the market, will
not lose so good an opportunity for operating. In truth. how-
ever, it will make no difference in the worth of the documents
whether Mendizabal, Hull, or any one else be the Finance
Minister of Spain.
In the last accounts from Sydney, mention was made of a
festival which _had been held to celebrate the fifty-fourth anni-
versary of the foundation of the colony, and of the rapid increase
which had taken place in its prosperity. Some comparative
statements have come to hand which prove those accounts
to have been correct : the revenue of 1826, was 72,220/., while
that for 1840, was 653,127/., an increase in fourteen years of
upwards of 8041. per cent., or an average increase of 57 per
cent. per annum. The population in 1828, consisted of 20,930
free persons, and in 1841, exclusively ofPort Philip, of 90,535,
an increase of nearly 440 per week. The present system of
land sales appears to have come into full operation in 18d2, when
the sum derived from them amounted to 13,6831., which
in 1840 had risen to 326,6111. or upwards of 2,2871. per cent.
or an average of 288/. per cent. per annum. The Post-office,
which in other countries is frequently taken as a test of the
condition of trade, there shows that in thirteen years it had
been raised from 598/. to 17,7371. or more than 2,8661. per cent.
Papers to the 16th March, hare arrived from Buenos Ayres,
but contain no news. Exchange on England rather higher,
being 3d. 1-16.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MAREET, JUNE 3.—There has been
a good demand throughout the week, yet as the market con-
tinues so freely supplied no improvement can be noticed in
prices, but it closed with much firmness at last week's quotations
for all kinds. Speculators have taken 6,500 American, and expor-
ters 850 American, 150 Pernams, and 140 Madras, and there
have been forwarded into the country unsold during the last
month, 3.000 American, 200 Brazil, and 250 Surat; the total
sales of the week amounted to 34,550 bales. The trade have
taken during the year 483,290, speculators 79,500, and shippers
33,090 bales. •

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 3.—There was a very
dull demand for shares to-day. Business had a gloomy appear.
ante, and there were numerous sellers at our quotations, which
were paid for a few of the followit g :—Edinburgh and Glasgow,
511/a ; Great Western, 8S; London and Birmingham, 178;
South Western, 63; Midland Counties Quarters, 17}; Paris
and Rouen, 17.
IVIANCHESTEIL STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 3.—We havebad
a quiet market to-day, and little business has been transacted.
Manchester and Leeds, 83 84; ditto, Half Shares, 36/ 361 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, 261 27; Edinburgh and Glas-
gow Quarter Shares, 11 l prem. ; South Eastern Scrip,
61 61; District Bank. Ici.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH, FUNDS.

Bank Stock l67k India Stock —pm
3 per Cent. Red. .. 9li Ditto Bonds ...... 24 pm
3 per Cetit. Con.
31, per Cent. Red 100 Ditto New Annuities...
New 3k per Cent... lol# Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 45 pm
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 47 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 'Small ...... 44 pm
Jan. 1860 ...... 12k Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 1859
Jao. 18AJ0 — Consols for Opg. ...... 91%
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... iPortuguese' 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds... Prussian, 5 per cent.

Buenos Ayres6 per cent. 23 Russian, 5 per cent...„,
Chilian, 6 per cent iDitto, Metallic .
Colombian, 6 per cent... !Spanish, 5 per cent...,.. 21i
Ditto, 1824 26 Ditto, Deferred.... . 9i

Danish, 3 per cent — iFreneh, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange —f —e.
Mexican, 5 per cent 36 ;French, 3 per cent. —f. —e.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 I Dutch, 21 per cent
Peruvian, 1825, 6 perct. 'Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 101 i
SHARES.
Cheltenham and Crest Western (80 paid)... 29
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... 51
Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid...
' Great Western Railway (65 paid)
Ditto New. Shares (50 paid) 6ll
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Greenwich Railway (12/ 15s 4d i.d) 6i
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... 261
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 241
- Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 92
Ditto New Shares (15 paid) ... 3I;