The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-20 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS'

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK fl
The exportation of precious metals from the Port
London for the week ending Saturday last, consisted,
the official returns of 11,140 ounces of gold bars sent'o°
Rotterdam ; 1,450 ounces of gold coin, of which Lite t
ounces were for the same destination, and 300 ounces
Mogadorc ; of silver 18,888 ounces were exported.
LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET OF r_FCESDAY.--`VC
haliev
had a dull market for Cotton to-day, 0:e sales being en'
2,000 bags without alteration in prices.
Arrivals this morning a Jamaica mail by the De 1194 6
sailed from Jamaica 19th lice., Barbadoes 29th,
Thomas's 24th Jan., Cape Hem i 22d.
By the above arrival we have received Jamaica PsPer3
to the 20th January. Front the above Papers : te
" We understand that in consequence of the poor sti.
of health of Vice- Admiral Sir C. Paget, he has be"
obliged to request leave to resign his situation as C°°ll.l.
mander-in- Chief of this station and the Winiward an
North American station." still
The intelligence from St. Thomas-in-thc- Fast is h
unsatisfactory. A Correspondent, under date of the 15t
inst., says:—
h d t°
We are going on on, I regret to say, from .4
re
worse. In this district of the county three entiud
weeks have been spent in Christmas idling ; bss
even now, only a partial turn out of the PeePle „I of
taken place. Nor is the loss of I.:bour all ;on sever" t•
the estates, not a person would, on any consideration age
tend to the cattle, and they were lett to range at Israip
through the cane fields, and the damage done is most nee
tressing. The people stand out for an advance of wsgiiii
and %slut is more, they refuse, for any pay, to keep thettlio
going beyond four o'clock in the afternoon. If this isttei
be the course pursued, one-half of the crops on the great
must be lost, and a great portir,n of the estates throne
of cultivation. His Excellency the Governor retuew
from Falmouth, where he had gone on matters purell ra
lating to the military stationed there. ation
" His Excellency has issued the following pree'a",„:"ato-
which has been posted up through the different a"or-
ral parishes :—Free labourers ! The season for raking et
the crops is fast approaching. I entreat you all to %lc
well, and to be contented with fair wages, that no
°
may have to say of you you are idle or unreasonable. date,
" Forget all animosities—be honest—persevere in le ter
trious habits, and thus do justice to your own charae
and secure the confidence of your ensployers. OP
" I feel certain that you will follow this advice, anio,
sure yourselves, under God's blessing, what most
cerely wish you, a happy new year. sof
" We are extremely happy to announce the recoverj ts
Vice-Admiral Sir C. l'aget, who has been for some
very ill."
ters
A Jamaica paper of January 18th states—" Our
by the post supply as gloomy intelligence as the aorta*-
00,.
papers. Almost every correspondent declaring that the
accounts do not report one half of the worst features °. ea
present deplorable state of the country. From Mane
St. Elizabeth, St. Mary's, St. Ann's, and St. Th°lloll
the East, the reports are truly distressing : a correspee "elf
from St. Ann's writes, I am sorry to say, that searcthe
any of the I,tl:groes have gone to work, particular)! the
Baptists, who are demanding 2s. 6d. per day, which at
present price of sugar no estate can afford.'" of
We have received Barbadoes papers to the 3"
January.
ort.
" The Speaker in the House handed the clerk an irer s.
ant communication from his Excellency the Governor,llo
companies' with a dispatch from Lord Glenelg, Wthe
states that by the Act of Parliament repealing 0,
Four-and-a-half per Cent. duties, the Governor trah6,
mits for the information of the House of Asselliret
an inclosed copy of a dispatch from his Lordshilldis
specting a permanent provision for a reformed Nest es
Judicature In obedience to the Secretary of ',Toss
commands, the Governor begs leave to apply to the "°-
Lagillr
for its concurrence in a permanent grant by the
ture of Barb idocs, of 4,3871. 3s. to meet the cost
of
proposed Judicature.',"
We have received Trinidad papers to the 3d Jantor,lo'o,.
" Writing on the eve of the new year, and at the Ike
mencement of crop—the first under the new system e,',„" to
labour—from all Cie information we have been 81'700e
gather, we have no hesitation in saying that there is n° less
colony among the many in our neighbourhood that 145 of
reason to complain of the working of the new ord,enrut
things, than Trinidad. True, there is a deficiency of la
°n.
and we regret it; but, at the same time, it must be Cv
fessed that that deficiency is not greater than has no
apprehended. The holidays are now nearly over, ells;
conduct of the labouring population has been very.o:°e•
and The decorous." ail
only arrival of consequence this morning is the That
from Jamaica, by which wo have intelligence from ;het
Island to the 20th January, and we are sorry to state
the accounts are of a gloomy nature, the crop seas° Ras
e'
drawing near, and in several parishes the free labourers4e
fuse the work, in consequence of which the Governor P,
issued a simple address callinas on the Negroes in 0%1:riol
ous estates to return to their duty,' and take the price
offered to them.
We are in hourly expectation of news from Beigidif;
with the result of the important decision on the '-
protocol. tbe
Some sensation was felt in the City_ on lorningiot
great majority in the House of Commons last night Ise-
the motion of Mr. Villiers on the Corn Qu'estion.
via FUNDS. ps of
Consols opened this morning at the leaving off Prie-2 915
- 4

yesterday, with an appearance of a firm market; 0;
both for Money and Account; Exchequer Bills, 5'
India Bonds, 62 64 Bank Stock, 205 206. 01°
In the Foreign Market most of the prices are note.
yet, and are much the same as they closed. SpaniEsloo.
tive, 19a ; Portuguese, 35i 36; Belgian, 993 ; C°1411(
bian, 294 304 ; Brazilian, 803; Dutch Two-and-a''"
per Cents., 554 ; Five per Cents., 1034.
HALF-PAST ONE.
We have no further arrivals to the present hour. gee
The packet Emerald has arrived at Havre from 'cog
York, bringing dates of the 28th January ; but it sPPTbe
that there was no news of importance when she left- ;01
Estafette, of the 28th, publishes a letter from Atrit,
Baudin, addressed to the Consul. General at New
cants
wide contradicts several of the reports ill General
'a despatch, on the retreat of '-reneh from VeC
Cru,,
se p ris
According to the French papers the garrison
now consists of fifteen regiments. ;„ 93
in
Consols have reached the course of the morning
•-1.
for Money, at which price the Government broker Poi'd
chased about 6,000 ; Consols at present may be neat
at 92,1 ; same for the Account ; little business has
iodiA
done during the morning ; Exchequer Bills, 59 60'
old
,
Bonds, 64 62 ; Bank Stock, 2051 • India Stock, si°
done.
tskea
In the Foreign Market scarcely any alteration has
dope
place in the prices, with the exception of Portuguese,
1;
at 353 36 ; Three per Cents., 22f ; Spanish Active',l;444 ;
Belgian, 993 100 ; Colombian, 291: 304 ; Mexican,
Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents. , 65;1 ;
103-4.
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for the Account, 923.
ts
THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS. Five per Co'
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red 93% f Ditto Bonds ............... . .......
3rer Cent Cc,,, te2S, I Ditto Old Annuities........
per Cent. Red
...... d 4
pit Ditto New Annuities pro'
3
New 8 per Cent 100% ,Ex. Bills, I,OOCI/......2,01''...61 Pm'
'
Ncw 5 per Cent Ditto 50V1.. ..... 61 plt
Long Annuities to expire Ditto
..... .. qWJan. 1860
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860 ...
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Asturian, 5 per'cent — Portuguese Bonds, sper cent*
Belgian, 5 per cent 100 Ditto. New Ditto ...............
Brazilian Bonds SO% Prussian, 5 per .... .
Buenos Ayr. a, 6 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cow'.
Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic-- ............. .10)4
Colomb.an, 6 per cent 2B Spanish, 5 per cent. ...........
Ditto, 1112.1 3O Ditto, Consolidated .......••»•' ,e.
Danish, 3 per cent 75% French, 5 per cent. ......... 1/15.i.40e.
Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — 'Exchange
_. --A
Mexican, 5 per cent French, 3 per cent.... .......
Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 — Dutch, 2% per cent. ...........
Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent Ditto, 5 per cent. .........

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London and Brighton Railway IOU
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London and Blackwall Railway
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London and Greenwich Railway
4i7ti London and Southampton Railway 5
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Extension Ditto Ditto 6%
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