The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-12 00:00:00

TnE FUNDS.

Yesterday being the weekly meeting of the Bank Di-
rectors, much excitement was felt by the moneyed interest,
as well as the speculators in the Funds, until the hour of
the Court breaking up, which was later than usual (half-
past three o'clock), to ascertain their decision in respect
to the advancing of the rate of discounts to 6 per cent.,
no notice having been issued on the subject, consequently
it remains at 5f per cent.
It is now asserted that the Harrier has only brought
1,200,000 dollars instead 2,000,000 from the Pacific.

Some sales of Exchequer Bills were made yesterday by
the Bank broker, said to be 20,000/.

Consols opened this morning at the closing price, 93!
for the Account; 92k ex. div. ; Exchequer Bills, 20, ra-
ther lower, left off 20 to 22; ndia Bonds, 27 30; Bank
Stock, 191 f 192 ; India Stock, 251 2524.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 181 194-,
at present 19+ ; Portuguese closed 341 I. at present 34 ;
Three per Cents., 21 j; Colombian, 32,i 33+ ; Mexican,
261; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54i ; Five per
Cents., 1033 i.
Consols just done at 931.
PRICES OF STOCKS THis

DAY AT ONE, O'CLOCK.

Bank Stoit 7
~... 192 134, 2.4
3 per Cent. Red. 22%14 54%
3 per Cent. Cons,
•

India Stock -
Ditto Bonds 3O 27 pm.
South Sea Stock --

. ..
3 ~, per Cent ••••••••
Ditto Red.
New 54 per Cent
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire
Jan. 5, 1860 14 7-164 5-16
Oct. 10, 1859 14 3-15 0-16
Jan. 5, 1861 l4 3-16
Jan. 5, 1880 —
April 5, 1880 —
Jan. 5. 1870 —

Old Annuities
New Ditto
3 per Cont. Annuities, 1751
Exch. Bills, £I,OOO 21 19 21 pm.
Ditto 500.. 111 21 pm.
Ditto Small 23 21 pm.
Ditto Commercial — pm.
Ditto Advertised pm.
Bank Stock for Account
India Stock for Account ...
Consos for Account 93%3/4%

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds —
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account ...... ...... ... Portuguese liton.'s
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Ditto Account
Chilian Bonds
atto Account
Columbian Bonds
Ditto Account
:
Columbian Bonds, 1i24 — Spanish Bonds. ID
Ditto Account — ' Ditto Account.
Danish Bonds
Ditto Account Def. rred
Greek Bonds —' French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Ditto Bonds, 18'25 — — 4 per cent.
Ditto Account
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. —1 Exchange. —l. —c.
Ditto Account —l Dutch, 21 per cent. 54%% IS

Ditto, 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Neapolitan

- Ditb Account
- Ditto, 5 per cent
- Ditto

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Derby Railway Company ..,, 70 83.. i
IlLnehe,ter and Birmingham Railway l5 0--
Do. Do. Extension
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

The accounts received this morning of the state of
trade at Manchester, say that there was a little more in-
quiry for yarn yesterday than on the preceding Tuesday,
at prices about a farthing per lb. below those which pre-
vailed at that time, the price of cotton having declined
more than a halfpenny during the interval. The position
of the spinners may be said to be slightly improved, but
it is still far from being satisfactory. For goods there
was not much demand yesterday, in consequence of the
continued unsatisfactory state of the market, the spinners
and manufacturers of Ashton, Stalcybridge, Hyde, and
the neighbourhood, whose second term of agreement for
working that time had expired, determined to renew it, and
a fresh agreement to the same effect as before was very ge-
nerally signed yesterday,
In the early part of the morning the British Funds were
buoyant, owing to the Money Market being good, and
Consols reached 931 ; since which the Market has taken
a turn, and they were at 93i- ; at present may be quoted
93 ; Exchequer Bills 21; India Bonds 30 27 ; Bank
Stock reached 192, at present 1924.
In the Foreign Market very little doing; Spanish
Active 19k; Portuguese 341; Three per Cents. 214;
Danish ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 841.
The Portsmouth letter at Lloyd's states that the Harrier
only brought 780,000 dollars.

Lord Brougham gave a dinner on Wednesday
to Mr. Webster, Mr. B. Montagu, Lord S. de Rothesay,
Baron Parke, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Lord Wharn-
cliffe, Mr. Leader, Mr. F. B. Kerr, Mr. A. Eden, Mr.
Shafto, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Attorney-General, Lord Nu-
gent, Mr. Montgomery, Sir A. Paget, &c.
BRUSSELS, JULY 10.—Count Deekendorff, the
Prussian M.nister, had an audience yesterday of the Minister
for Foreign Affairs. Lady Morgan, who arrived in Bel-
gium some days ago, intends, as we hear, to visit very par-
ticularly the city of Liege.
EXTENSIVE FIRE.—One of the most destruc-
tive fires that have happened in London for some time
occurred this morning in Orange-street, Red Lion-square.
The fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Taylor, tallow-
chandler, situated on the south side of the street, the
entire of which, within an hour, were wholly consumed.
No less than ten houses are more or less damaged. The
loss is very great, amounting to between 2,0001. and 4,0001.
The property is insured.
THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.—
Colonel Pasley, of the Royal Engineers, has received
orders to remove the wreck of the Royal George, by the
same means he so effectually employed in the Thames in
clearing that river.--Hampshire Telegraph.
THE LETTER TAX —ln several of the country
papers we see reports of highly respectable and influ-
ential meetings, held during the present week, at which
petitions have been adopted in favour of an uniform rate of
Postage. This is as it should be. Official gentlemen
require a little gentle persuasien of this sort, and Mr.
Rice is notoriously somewhat of " a slug," only, though,
when progression for the public good is required of him.
On the road to the common good, Spring Rice is not only
remarkably slow, but sometimes shies, frequently stumbles.,
and often makes what his .countrymen call big blunders.
In short, he requires a tight rein, and will not go well
without the whip of public opinion.
POISONING.—A Swiss paper states that up-
wards of 400 persons, members of a musical society at
Andelfingen, near Zurich, were poisoned a short time since
by partaking of a dish at a public feast, which had been
dressed in a copper vessel. Several have died, and many
are still suffering severely,
The Glas,?ort, Chronicle of Wednesday says " the
London Mail had not arrived to-day at half-past three
o'clock, when we went to press."

SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLERS.
A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths,
14, Cornhill, London (opposite the Bank of England), have rpr
choice in their warerooms a Selection of PLAIN and ORNA-
MENTAL ICE PAILS, to which they wish to direct attention.
The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use), st. 10s.
the pair ; the Classic Vase (very neat), 10/. Ss. the pair ; the
Victoria Pattern, 151. the pair ; the Dresden Cooler, 191. the
Pair, &c., all of which are strongly mounted with Silver, atm!
have Silver Shields for Engraving the Crest or Coat of Arms.
A pamphlet in published, with drawings of the above anal
other articles of plate generally, which may be had on applica-
tion, free of cost.

BIRTHS.
On the 6th inst., at Harrow, the wife of Thomas Hewlett,
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., Mrs. Joseph Underwood, Doughty-street,
of a son.

On the ith inst., at the Rectory, Belibroughton, Mrs. Henry
Woodgate, of a daughter.
On the 9th inst., the lady of Charles Cook, Esq., of Nevr—
inn and Montpelier, South Lambeth, of a son.