The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-20 00:00:00

TIIE FUNDS.

Up to the present hour tile news from America has not
had any effect on the British Market.

Consols may be quoted at the closing prices of yester-
day, 921 y for Money, 92k 93 for the Account ; Exche-
quer Bills 60 62; India Bonds 64 66; Bank Stock, 200
201 ; India Stock, 255 256.
In the Foreign Market nothing of consequence has been
done yet. Spanish Active continues at the price it closed,
20'1 ; Portuguese 341 35 ; Three per Cents. 211 22 ;
Brazilian lower, 79 sellers ; Scrip par, sellers ; Be'gian
1011; Mexican 231 24 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. 651 1 ; Five per Cents. 103+

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Paid.
Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (Issued at 5/. pm.) VII
Ditto Macaubas Cocacs ns
Landon and Birmingham Railway Company
Ditto M Shares 5
Lonton and Westminster Bank 2O
Westminster Improvement Company
COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY.
tmsterdam C.F. 12 8!,./, Gibramar 4B
Ditto, at sight
11)tt,rdain 9 U l2 4 ,
Milan , Genoa 25 80 1
Antwerp...
Hamburg. M.D. 13 10)4 Venice 47
~itona

Per ftare.
16
164%
271 i
2:i 1.4
2 %

I'.tris, 3 days' sight .25
Ditto ... ...... 3 Ms 25 60
Nlarseille:
Bourzleaux
Frankfort on Maine, EL M. 151
i.3etersbutgh, ruble... 3 Us ll
Berlin

Paferreo ... ....... ........per oz. 119%
Lisbon 53%
Oporto 54
Rio Janeiro 27
Bahi-
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days' sight

Vienna, effective f1...2 M. 10 2
Trizste ditto lO 3

Philadelphia -
PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ.

Nlacirld

Portugal Gold, coin ....E.O i 8 0

Cadiz.... ........ .....
1.30.boa
trce►onx y
Seville 36

Foreign Gold, in bars 0 0 0
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars
Silver in Bars

HALF-PAST ONE.
Consols have continued during the morning at 9211 for
the Account, alternately buyers and sellers, at the above
price; Money 9211.
Up to the present time of writing the American news
has not had any effect on the funds worth notice. Various

opinions are formed in respect to the American Go-
vernment coming to blows with us if we persist
to retain the Boundary Lines. Some persons think it will
positively lead to a war, others, who are better informed,
say that it will be prevented by negotiation. The next
expected packet from New York is the Liverpool steamer
of the 9:h inst., which is looked for on Monday next, and,
no doubt, will bring news of the utmost importance.
Exchequer Bills, 60 62; India Bonds, 64 66 ; Bank
Stock, 200 201 ; India Stock, 2541 251 k.
Spanish Active, 20 Portuguese, 34} 35 ' • Three
per Cents., 21i 22 ; Brazilian, 791 20; Belgian,
toll- 102; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents., 65i 1.
Very little doing in either of the Markets.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
sank Stock lndia Stack
3 per Cent. Red Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. Ccas. 92 ',74 , Ditto Old Annuities —
3!q per Cent. Red
'Ditto Sew Annuities
New 3V, per Cent 160% ,Ex. Bills, 1,0001 2j4d....60 pm.
New 5 per Cent Ditto 50:1 60 pm.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 66 pm,
Jan. Mil
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1660
FOREIG N FUNDS.
IPortuguese Rondo, sper cent.
Ditto. New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent —
Russian Bonds, 5 per cent 1117.1
Ditto, Metallic
'Spanish, 5 per cent £o34

Astunan, 5 per cent 109
Belgian, a per cent 101%
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent —
Chillan, 6 per cent
Colomlnan, 6 per cent
29

Ditto, 1824
Danish, 3 per cent 76%
Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct ,
Mexican, 5 per cent
Ditto, (1 per cent., 1825
Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent —

,
_Mt°' consolidated
French, 5 per cen' —f —c.
Exchange —f —c.
French, 3 per cent —f. —r.
Dutch' '2% per cent.
Ditto, 5 per cent. lO3iA
SHARES.

Eastern Counties Railway. B%
Gosport Junction Railway . 6Y,,',
London and Brighton Railway
London and Blackwall Railway
London and Birmingham Railway 1614
Ditto Quarter Shares
London and Southampton Railway 1231
_ . ._ ~ ._. ._ . .

London and Croydon Hallway (New Scrip)
Manchester and Birmingham Railway ...

Great complaints are made in France of the injury
caused to trade and commerce by the obstinacy of the late
Ministry in persisting to hold office, notwithstanding
their repeated Parliamentary defeats, and by the excite-
ment of the general election. This is a good omen for the
peace of Europe. Our gallant neighbours formerly
dreamed only of war, and conquest, and glory. They
now pray that the machine of Government may speedily
fall in to the old regular track, in order to restore pub-
be confidence, so necessary to the prosperity of their
country and the best interest of their foreign and domestic
trade. The Commerce furnishes sad proofs of the mischief
done in this respect by the late crisis, and among others
adduces the falling-off in the Customs' duty at Havre,
the great outport for Rouen, Paris, Lille, and other
principal towns in the North of France. Business there
is in such a state of stagnation that the Customs, which
in February last year produced a revenue of 44,0001.,
have produced for the same month this year only 28,0001.
In the manufacturing districts there is the same falling-
off in trade, and in Paris there have been more failures
than at any former period. The manufacturing popu-
lation are nearly idle, and compelled to draw their little
pittances from the savings' banks for subsistence, and
trade of every description suffers and languishes. We
are no alarmists, however, it adds, but look for better
days. The evil is not without a remedy. The fatal
policy of the Mole Government has caused nearly all
the mischief, and a different policy alone can provide a
remedy.

Sir Robert, Lady Fitzwygram, and family, have
arrived at Connaught-place from Paris.
EAST INDIA HOUSE.--(THIS DAY. —A
Quarterly General Court of the Proprietors of East India
Stock, was held this morning, in their House in Leaden-
hall-street. Sir J. L. Lushington, the Chairman, accom-
panied by most of the Directors, entered the Court at
twelve o'clock, when the minutes of the last Court were
r, ad and confirmed. Mr. Poynder then brought forward
his motion relative to the compulsory attendance of the
British soldiers at the religious processions of the natives of
India, which was seconded by Sir C. Forbes, who was
speaking when our Reporter left.
The first drawing-room this session will be held
at St. James's, on Thursday, April 11.
On Friday night the stables connected with the
Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, were destroyed by fire. The
horses and coaches were saved.

PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—Monday morning
Mr. Longstaff, proprietor of the Hungerford Hotel, was
crossing the river in a wherry, opposite Hungerford
Market, when the wherry came into collision with a
lighter, and instantly upset, Mr. Longstaff and the water-
man being thrown into the river. Fortunately, the wherry
almost immediately righted, anti both parties managed to
regain their position in it, with no worse consequences
than a temporary immersion.

Edinburgh and Montrose are the only two
places in Scotland where the State endowment of religion
is felt by Dissenters generally in the shape of a plain,
palpable grievance. In other towns, the Ecclesiastical
revenue and expenditure are mixed with the Treasury ac-
counts ; and, in the country parishes, the teinds arc, for
the most part, paid by a few proprietors or their agents ;
but in Edinburgh and Montrose, the Ministers' stipends
are provided for by a direct tax on the inhabitants.—
Aberdeen Herald.