The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-16 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of
yesterday, 93i Money, 931 i Account ; since which they
may be quoted a shade better; 93,i4 Money, and 93a
Account. Little business doing as yet. Exchequer Bills,
33 35 ; Bank Stock, 195 196 ; India Bonds, nothing
doing; India Stock, 255 256.
The Foreign market is in a very inactive state, and the
prices are as yet nominal. Spanith Active as they closed,
19 ; Portuguese the same, 3541 4 ; Three per Cents.,
21f -4-1; Belgian 101 :ii 104; Colombian, 301 31 ; Mexi-
can, 251; Brazilian 78 1; Dutch Two-and•a-Half per
Cents., 564; Five per Cents., 1021
Commercial affairs, with the great scarcity of money,
have continued in the same station for these few days past.
This is settling day in the Foreign Market. The Ac
count to settle being of no great extent, there is no doub
it will pass off well.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS
Bank Stock 195
1 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. Cons. 53144,
per Cent

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
India Stock
Ditto Bonds — prn,
South Sea Stock
OW Annuities

Ditto Red. !1) %yp
New :1(, per Cent... 1(0%ys is5,
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities teexpire
Jan. 5, IWO l4 7-16
Oct. 10, 1859 l4 I 4
Jan. 5, IMO
Jan. 5, 1580
April 5, 1880.
Jan. 5,1870
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds

New Ditto
3 per Cont. Annuities, 17A
Exch. Bills, .£l,OOO ... 33 35 pm.
Ditto 500 ... 33 35 pm.
Ditto Small 33 35 pm.
Ditto Commercial — pm.
Ditto Advertised
Bank Stock for Account ...
India Stock for Account ...
Consols for Account
THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Peruvi7 • B

Belgian Bonds

:an Honda
Ditto Account.

Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Ditto Account
Chilian Bonds

Portuguese Bonds.
Ditto New Bonds ... 15%Ni
Ditto Account 3534 %%%.
Ditto, 3 per Cent. 21% %
Ditto Account
Prussian Bonds

orman by
Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account
have issued invitations for a grand party on the 18th of June.
D tto Account
One thing has been proved, we think sufficiently,
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds, 1824...30X DA Spanish Bonds
Ditto Account
Lord Melbourne has split. We are now about to try the
Ditto Account ' Ditto Account. —.19% 18% 19
Greek Bonds — French, 5 per sent...—. —f. —c. interregnum of a Tory rule, that is less likely to withstand
Ditto Bonds, 1t25 _;-- 4 per c0nt..... —f. —a. the shock of opinion, and the perpetual buffetting of the
3 per cent. '—f. —c.
Ditto Account
_r.....,, tidal wave of the movement still going on. Al! this
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent.
E 1 Dutch,-------
Exchange. per oen t .
Ditto Account
iz.l.• ;4 . Ditto Account
Ditto, 6 per ceaam ...... 2s7w "' Ditto, 5 per cent 5" and the period of its advent will be hastened—nay, begun
les%
Ditto Account
.7: Ditto Ace0unt........ ...... —from the moment the masses are wise enough to seek
Neapolitan
PRICKS OF MARKS THIS DAY AT ONX O'CLOCK. something definite and practicable, mad the leading Refor-
Paid. Per 511" e• roes acquire a sufficient of saving knowledge, to teach
Brazilian Imperial:Wining Co. (issued at 51. pm.yll
y
Ditto Macanbas Cocaes l5 13% them to smooth down discordant opinion with one harmo-
Ditto St. John del Rey
!rear Western Railway Company 6b 731,4
Brighton Railway
London and Blackwall Railway
Nationa Provincial Bark of England
3"
PRICES OF IRISI-I STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 14. and Genius of Sterne was delivered at the above Institu-
-3 per Cent. Consols
two, by Mr. Brown, Librarian to that establishment. The
”4 per Cent. Stock
........ lecturer took an
la impartial and comprehensive view of the
0
Ditto Reduced
3i,. •
.', por Cent. Debentures ld Nation.dlnsurance Company -- ved to convey a very lively imp
Grand Canal Stock
ression of the peculiar
Bank Stock ...
of Sterne, r. Brown, with much felicity,
y
Royal Canal Stock - per cent ..... . ...................
......_ described the two brothers Shand the ver antiodes of
HALF-PAST ONE. each other. The worthy Corporal Trim and the! Widow
peeled i the course morrow.
as well as the " Sermons," came in also for their share of
The Dutch mail has not arrived as yet.
criticism and illustration. The language was true and
The British Market is not quite so good as in the early appropriate, and the unequivocal ex cession cf the au-
part of the morning, and receded from 93,-} to 90 i for dience at the close as well as during the delivery, indicated 1
the Account. the most complete approval.
ia this decline
In the Foreign Market Spanish 3 _Active has become STATE OF TRADE.—There was rather more
I 9g.
byto tl
very heavy and receded from
business doing in yarn yesterday, owing partly to the in-
Portuguese attributed to Thiers' defeatd the mg of France. tended stoppage of the canals next week, and partly to a
Portuguese is also heavy. There
Foreign
Account ; also lower shipping counts of yarn were fully as low as on the
Money is very scarce and in deman
be
previous Tuesday ; but in the higher numbers, suitable for
Consols to the present hour may quoted
India Stock at 931 ; the India market, there was a slight advance on previous
Account, 93i. Exchequer Bills, 33 3.5 ; India Bonds, rates. There was a moderate demand for power-loom
nothing done ; Bank Stock, 195 ;
19 ;iPortuguese, 35i
25R' Three
cloth, and the slight advance obtained on Thursday last
done. Spanish, at present, Three was fully maintained. The working of short time is now
per Cents., 21 a ; Colombian, 308 ;Mexican, 25,k ; Dutch very general throughout the country, and it is expected
Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 56ii-; Five per Cents., 1024
; that there will be a complete cessation of labour in the
Spanish Deferred, 8-1-. factories of this neighbourhood during the whole of the
There are no reports in tihse—,C, City. Athneothderrawrienagsoot; Whitsun-week.—Manchester Guardian of yesterday.
given for Spanish lowering
TIIE LATE H. HARRIS, ESQ.—
Deferred Spanish, to the amount of one million of Stock, The public
*II very much lament to hear that Mr. Harris, the pro
which has become Active thereby, has induced holders of
the old Active to sell, which caused the fall of' Spanish. Theatre, is no
TW O 0' CL 0 CI(
prietorw' Of seven-twelfths of Covent-garden - -
more ; he has been so mixed up with the theatricals of the
The following notice has been posted at the Bank. of last half century, to say nothing of his respected father
England after the sitting of the Directors, this day :_before him, that we are persuaded our readers will par-
take of our sorrow in recording his loss. His father, in
" At a Court of Directory, held ]6th May, 1839,
4, Bank of England.
consequence of age and illness, relinquished the manage.
Resolved T ment of Covent-garden to him in September, 1809 ;in
—" That the rate of interest on Bills of Ex-
change and Notes discounted at the Bank of England bAlarch, 1822, he assigned over his interest to Messrs.
5/. per cent. from this day." e Forbes, illet, and Kemble. During the twelve years
Henry HarrisW conducted the theatre his.success exceeded
essas
In conse even that of "the golden days of Garrick," for the re-
Powie, there will be no ball at Northumberland House ence of the unexpected death of Lord
P m
cei ts (during said 12 years) actually an to nearly
this evening, " one million sterling," thus averaging above 80,0001. each
season ; his fine temper and urbane manners made him be-
Mr Flail, the Liverpool stipendiary magistrate, loved by all around him, particularly the performers, who,
has been appointed a police magistrate of London. during the most critical period of his theatrical life, viz.,
There are not less than 150 new Churches and the 0. P. riot, all rallied round him, and after three
Chapels of Ease connected with the Established religion months' conflict, by his patience, firmness, and popularity,
now building in various parts of England and Wales, and procured him an honourable and amicable adjustment of
numberless schools are in the course of erection and en- hostilities. He died at Brighton, May 12, in the 57th
largement by the friends and supporters of the Church. year of his age.