The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-06 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TIT'ELVE O'CLOCK.
Our arrivals this rimming are the French and Ostend mails.
No ship letters.
Consols opened this morning at 911 for the Account, and
91 1 for Money, with scarce any transactions in the British
Markets ; Exchequer Bills, 17 19 ; India Bonds, 3 5 ; Bank
Stock, 2101 ; India, 2571 2581.
In the Foreign Market, although the accounts from Spain
have brought the formation of the new Ministry at Madrid,
there is little alteration.

Spanish Active Stock left off yesterday at 46+ and may
be quoted at present 46 to 461 ; Passive, 14,3- i; Deferred,
221 23 ; Colombian 23k 33; Mexican, 351 36 ; Dutch Two
and a Half per Cents., 563 to 573. ; Five per Cnts., 1010 k.
The French Funds arc—Five per Cents., 108 f. 10e. :
Three per Cents., 82f. 10c. ; Spanish Active, 451.
HALF-PAS7' ONE.

We have no further arrivals fro-m any quarter to the present
hour.

Consols may be quoted at 91 for, the Account, and 91a
for Money.
The Commissioners for the West India claims have acid
about 17,000/. Consols at 9lf, since which little has been
doing in the British market. Exchequer Bills, 17 19 ; India
Bonds. 4 5 ; Bank Stock, 210 ; India Stock, 25Th 2.58-1.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is rather heavy at
451 46 ; Passive, 14 ; Deferred, 221; Columbian, 32: ).
Mexican, 351 36 ; Dutch 2& per Cents., 57i; Five per
Cents., 1021.
In Shares very little doing. Colonial Bank, 61 1 premium.
Prices of the others same as yesterday.
THREE 0' CL 0 CK.
Consols for the Account, 91,4 L.

STAMP DUTIES.--Tuesday afternoon, at three
o'clock, a meeting of bankers, merchants, and other citizens,
was held in the Royal Exchange Sale Rooms, Glasgow, for the
purpose of considering the new schedule of Stamp Duties pro-
posed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. W. Buchanan
opened the proceedings, by acknowledging the great benefit
which it was proposed by the Government to confer on the
country at large, by amending and consolidating the Stamp
Acts, however much the proposed schedule was liable to ob-
jection. The principal objections he conceived to be the very
great complexity of the scale of duties proposed,' giving rise
to endless sources of error, and the increased rate of duties
proposed on money transactions, both of a moderate and high
description, which would bear peculiarly hard on the mercan-
tile interests generally, such as an increased rate of duty on
mortgages and life policies, and the duty on deeds, the rate of
which was to be regulated by their length. petition was
agreed to.
Leipsic fair is very brisk. Articles of luxury have
sold very rapidly. Notwithstanding the high price, all silk
goods are in such dcmaad, that the wholesale dealers have.
;
been obliged to keep their warehouses open till two in the
morning. The sales of English goods have been very large
they are more and more confined to a few articles, but for these
the demand increases. Large quantities of woollen cloths are
already sold. We have some strangers from Armenia and
Teflis, and also Americans; all make large purchases, and
that in articles which were heretofore neglected. We have
likewise more visitors han usual from Poland and Galicia.—
Swabian Mercury, May I.