The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1839.

THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.)

Wheat.
I,Bfo ira

1 Conso?s opened this morning at 91/ i ex. div., and
92k ex. div. for the Account, August 29; Exchequer
Bills 14 17 ; India Bonds 20 25 ; Bank Stock 189}
1901 ; India Stock 252 254.
An improvement took place .yesterday in the Foreign
Exchanges ; Spanish Active same as they closed at, IBi
IN-; Portuguese rather better, closed at 341 /, at pre-
sent 34ft i ; Three per Cents. 214 22; Colombian 32A-
-3 3 ; Mexican 25A- 26A-; Belgian 102,i / ; Brazilian 771.
78/ ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 644 i ; Five
per Cents. 1031 i.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock ........1904 Bt.N India Stock
3 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. Cons. 9IX,N 21%
,'South Sea Stock --3, per Cent. --- , Old Annuities
Ditto Red. 9974 100; New Ditto -
New 33 per Cent ..... ...095;!4% i 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17.',1 --
New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, ..£l,tloo i 6 15 17 pm.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire 1 Ditto 500 ... 14 19 pm.
Jan. 5, 1860 l4 5-1(3 ; Ditto Srnali l6 .t) pm.
Oct. 10, 185 l) l4 3-16 :. Ditto Commercial - p
Ditto Advertised ..... - - -mpm,.
Jan. 5, 1•480 -1 Bank Stock for Account ... -
Aprils, 18811 -.1 India Stock for Account ... ---
Jan. 5, 1870 -1 Consos for Account....., - 921% 2
PRICES OF FOREIGN FU NDS THIS DAI AT ONE °TEO( E.
Austrian Bonds - Peruvian Bonds
Belgian Bonds - Ditto Account
Ditto A:7COLlnt
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds -
Ditto Account - 1 Ditt, Accouflt vll47iS
Milan Bonds
D tto Account .
Columbian Bonds Ditto Account
Ditto Account
Colunebiae Bonds, 1004 i Spanish tSoLids -
Ditto Account
Danish Bonds -
Ditto Account - i Del rred .
-reek no,Rls French, 5 Be' cent
- ------ 4 per cent.
Ditto Account
- ---. 3 pe; cent.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. - --_--. Exchange. -f. -c.
Ditto .account ......... ..... Dutch, 2,, per cert. 54
atto, 6 per Cent. ........... - • Ditto Acc.mrit.. ....... ......
Ditto Account ............... -.. Ditto, o per rent ... ....... 1 374
S'eupolitan
--! Ditto Account -
'ti iCES 01 ,:i1A111.•;S I'll t s D A ': AT uNE wci .00K.
Paid. Per sn„„..
6% 7
35 Si 66
L 33.,

ariern Countivs ltailvvay ..„ ..
• York and North Midland Railway Coolpany 30
London Joint Stock Bank..
COLiThk; ...'i. EACH ANiii.z. YESTERDAY.
I,;stcrilaoli .... ..... ....C.V. Iti 51,' • tiiir,t, 4PI
litto, , 'igh I
I ,Yi_ri-I.,rii 2L; is 6 : Genoa .„.
kil:Vic,!•
-I,,itiarg. ILB. i 3 ;2 Venice ...
11i';',,,.. if; i',34 Naples .. - 4 O 4O
.t (iay .:lie'l 2.,-17.0 i l'.i er .i.i . ....... ........per oz. 120
F1it,..................3 ills. 25 i 0 i 1 I:L.3n
Mr.r.e.iles
itourdeaux - Joleiro 2714
Frankfort on Mains, EL M. 152 Bahia ... 27
~,ierliutsh,rubl,..i...3 Us. lON Bazazos Ayr.
Berlin
Vienna, effective 0...3 M 10 5 Phil.alelphia 45
friesl.2l......ditto lO 6 Il'itit.E Ut, BULLION, per OZ.
&Isdr
Silboa . .
3arcelona
kv Mc
3636 Silver in Bars
Some anxiety has HALI-AT ONE.
prevailed in the cou P
rse S
of the morn-
ing to ascertain if any tenders had been received at tht
Bank for the Dead Weight. We are informed that seve-
ral letters have been received by the Bank Directors, and
it is also stated that 161 has been offered for some of the
Dead Weight, which produces at the rate of 4 per cent.
per annum. Nothing effectual has as yet transpired on
the subject, and it is supposed will not until to-morrow, at
the meeting of the Directors.
The sr:ttling of the Consol Account is going off well,
it is still a Bear account, and they arc borrowers of Con-
sols from day to-day. Money appears to be easy and
Consols scarce. The contango, which is the continuation
of the Account, was in the morning at 2- per cent,, at pre..
rent is only i per cent.
Consols at present are 92 for the 29th August ; CorL
cols for Money 911. Exchequer Bills, 16 15 17, and
India Bonds, 20 22 ; Bank Stock, 1903 1891 ; India
Stock, 2524,
In the Poreiglombian, 32, ; Danish, 7 s, n Market little doing. In Spanish nc-
thing done ; Co
5 • Portuguese,
344 ; Three per Cents., 214 j ; Dutch 'f wo.and-a-Hal!
per Cents., 54i ii; Fire per CAlts,, 1031.
lIALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK.

We this motn-nt hear tha• t'lerc were sixteen offers f(r
tae dead weights at various prices, and that the Batik have
refused all the tenders; some were 16kand 161.

HAMILTON KING.--A work of fiction, to ob-
tain any chance of popularity, should, above all things,
' abound in striking adventure, and in characters strongly
contrasted and dramatically exhibited. It is to these qua-
lities that such extraordinary fictions as " Robinson
Cruaoe," " Gil Bias," " Tom Janes," and other master-
pieces owe their power over the sympathies of readers of
successive generations—a power which, by aid of the same
qualities, will be manifested in the forthcoming novel of
Hamilton King," wherein the various startling, events,
the perpetual change of scene, and presentment of charac-
ters, both in the highest moods of tragedy, and in the most
eccentric caprices of farce, alernately raise emotions of
surprise, terror, and pity, and those of irresistible laughter

to render you in person my acknowledgments for the sym-
pathy which has cheered, and the pltronage which] has
upheld me through my i:ricf bat difficult experiment.
" Ia discharging this grateful duty, I feel that some re
ference to the conduct and results of my undertaking, and
some explanation of-ray reasons for relinquishing it, may
be expected by those who have interested themselves in its
progress. In my opening address I set forward the de-
pressed condition of the drama, and the distressed etate
and direct losses' of many of my brother artists, as the
motives that induced roe, then in the possession of an ample
prnfessi,nal income, to encounter the responsibilities of
such an enterprise.

" Let me re cal to your remembrance that in the same
address I pledged myself to 'devote, without reserve, my
zeal, labour, and industry to improve the condition of this
great national theatre, and to advance the drama, as a
branch of national literature and art, by the fidelity, ap-
propriwtness, and sunerior execution of the several means
of scenic I believe 3ou will give me credit fur
the endeavour--(Barats of cheers)—to accomplish my
purpose. _

‘' In each department of the drama' I promised to make
the question of 'expense' secondary to my desire of pro.
curing the most efficient aid,' to protect, at whatever cost,
the resp .ctability of the audience,' and, 'trusting to the
impression carried from the theatre, to abstain from all
outrageous exaggeration in the playbills.' To these pledges
I have strictly adhered —( Much cheering.)
'• The results must have been obvious to the frequenters
of the theatre, in the nightly full attendances with which
it has been honoured. It has, been my recompense (and
though circumstances have ten el to make it almost my
only recompense, still it is a proud one)—it has been my
recompense, Ladies and Gentlemen, in those attendances
to rend a refutation of toe libel, that the taste for the classic
drama in England is extinguished—( Cheers)—and from
them to receive a confirmation of the faith which, against
doubt and despondency, I bare still held in the enduring
power of our dramatic poets, and, above all, of himiwho
was not fora day, but for all time'—our own Sbakspeare.
(Immense cheering.)
"My reasons for relinquishing the direction of the
theatre are briefly told. W►th the surrender of a large
proportion of my professional income I have given up
my time and labour for the last two years towards the
restoration of. the drama and the character of this estab-
lishment. I was still willing, under serious risk, to
continue the exclusive devotion of my time and energies,
with considerable pecuniary sacrifice, to perfect, as far
as possible, the work that was so brilliantly prospering
under your encouragement ; but the amount of pecuniary
sacrifice I was still willing to encounter was not an.
swerable to the expectations of the proprietors.—(Loud
cries of Shame I') It therefore only remains for me
Ladies and Gentlemen, in vacating my present office, to
render you the annual tribute of the performers' thanks—
to acknowledge, as they merit, the benefits I have received
from the co-operation of many eminently distinguished in
literature and art; and, finally, to offer you, though in weak
and ineffectual words, the assurances of my lasting and
grateful recollection of the favour and support with which
you have animated and sustained me throughout my ar-
duous and anxious task."

The cheering at this termination was loud, hearty, and
universal, and continued several minutes. The farewell
must in all senses be considered most triumphant.

CORN-EXCHANGE.
The arrivals of Grain were seanty, but the genial state of
the weather interferes with purchases, and we had a very dull
trade for every article, at the same terms as Monday. Very
little has been done this week in the flour trade.
ARRIVALS
Barip?.
COO qrs.

English
lrsh
Foreign
,n4O 10 I 2,351 I 4
NEWGATE AND LEADNHALL.
The supply was good, but the demand rather heavy ; prices
same as last quoted. Beef 3s. 2d. to 4s. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to
4s. 2d. ; Lamb, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. •
Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. lOd. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Geese, 4s. 6S.
to 6s. 6d. ; Rabbits, 10d. to Is. 61 ; Leverets, 3s. to ss. ;
Chickens, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Ducks, 2. to 3s. ; Fowls, 2s. 6d.
to 4s. 6d. ; Pigeons. Gd. to 9d. ; Quails, Is. 3d. ; and Turkey
Poults, 2s. to Zis. Eggs, 4s. 3d. to bs. per 120.
HOP MARKET.
The accounts from the Hop grounds are good for the growing
plant generally. Trade very dull, and prices merely nominal.
CITY FISH MARKET.
Supplies good, and so was the demand ; prices steady.- Tur-
bot 4s. 6d. to 15s. ; Solrs 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Salmon Is. to
2s. per lb. ; Mackerel 4d. to 8d ; Lobsters 6d. to 2s. 6d. ;
Whitings 3d. to 6d. Land Haddocks Bd. to Is. 2d.

o.tel. Firm,
£99.1r. 1.980 ac.o

- brls.

TEA SALE--(THIRD DAY.)
The common sorts were nut so much in demand as the fine
description•. Common Congous sell at Is. 2d. ; common
Twankay, Is. sd. ; and common Young Hyson, 2s. per lb. ;
Gunpowder, 2s. sd. to 2s. 6d. ; Hyson Skin, Is, 20.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. TITESDAT. —We have had
a quiet market for Cotton to. day, without any change in
pees. The sales 1,500 bales.
The Great Western steamer, from Bristol to New York,
was spoken, July 10, by the Token from Quebec, in lat.
.51 15, kng. 17.
The New York packet Garrick, of the 25th, was off
Liverpool.

Arrivals this morning _French mail ; no Ship letters.
The letters and papers from New York uy the Garrick

THE FUNDS.
This is settling ;lay in Consols, consequently the brokers
and jobbers are chiefly employed in settling their accounts.
The extreme fluctuation during the above period may be
quoted at 1 per cent; at present it appears to be a Bear
account.
At twelve o'clock this day the tenders for the dead
weight take place at the Bank of England. It is sug-
gcsted that if the public and Companies cannot agree
to the trice stipulated by the Directors, Govern-
ment will take the dead weight on behalf of the Sav-
ings' Banks, but at present this is mere supposition.
It is not expected that any thing will be linovrn of
what passes at the Bank until late this afternoon, or to-
morrow, when the weekly meeting takes place of the
Directors.