The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-25 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 24.—A great ac-
tivity continues in the Market, both on the part of the
trade and speculators, which may be attributed to the re-
cent accounts from the United States. The sales on Sa-
turday were from 10,000 to 12,000 bags, and the sung
quantity was sold this day, chiefly of American descrip-
tions, half of which was on speculation at an advaoot o f
ed. to Id. per lb. on low qualities.
Our arrivals this morning are two French mails, and
ship letters from Honduras and Fernando Po. The Eliza-
both, from Prince Edward's Island, arrived at Cork, passed
the Royal William, from hence for New York, on Tuesday
last, at 9 A.M., in lat. 46, long. 14k, an American liner two
miles a head.
This being Christmas-day, most of the public resorts,
coffee-houses, &c. are ziosed, as well as the Bank of Eng-
land, Stock Exchange, and Lloyd's ; consequently no bu-
siness doing of any description.
Our arrivals this morning are of a very scanty descrip-
tion, and they d 3 not bring any intelligence of the least im-
portance.

There will be no second delivery at the Post-office this
day.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam. C.F. 12 4 igibrattar.......•... ....... ...... .... .... 48
RotteDitto, at sight ....... ........... 12 1% Leghorn...... ....... .............
... 31
rdam 2U.12 4% Genoa ........... —...... i.;.5 0
..........
Antwerp.
31
BM.B l3 10% Venice .......• . ........ . ... 48
Paris, . ..................
........
Hamburg........
Altona....
.................
Paris, 3 days' sight 2513 4150 PNalaPlel77:o... ..
......... .....................per oz. 131 Ti
Ditt0.......... ........... 3Mc25 70 I)7:Lion .. ..... ... ................... .... 53%
Marseilles.
53 Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M 151% Bahia .......... ....... .......... . ..... 26
Petersbutgh, ruble. 3 Us, 16% Buenos Ayres ............. ... .. .....
Berlin
~ Moo ...... 7 0 New York. :21 days' sight ...... 46%
Vienna, eftective.l4......2 M. 10 6 Philadelphia ..... .. ....... ... .. 46
Neste (111.*........... ..... 10 9 PRICE OF MILLION, PER Z.
liadrid.„ 36% Portugal Gold, coin .... ...e0 0 0
Midis.... •
Etilbea ~,...... 36 New Doubloons ........ ..... 00 0
Saville
Barcelona 'l6 , New Dollars ......
..... ...... 041(1 36 , Silver. bars, standard...... 0 4_10%%
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 22.
3 per sent, Consols
3% per Cent. Stock
Ditto Reduced
.................
Ditto New, 1830 ....... 1 014 !City of Dubli,:. Stearn eompany --
36 per Cent. Debentures -
Bank Stock
debentures,
Office Deberitures,4 per Royal Canal Stock
Grand Canal Stock - cent ........................»........ .... ........ ---.
...—......................___

We shall take the opportunity of giving Sir James
Graham's inaugural speech at Glasgow, when a corrected
copy reaches us, as all the reports of it which we have yet
seen are very imperfect ; the reporters themselves admit-
ting that the Right Hon. Baronet spoke so quickly that it
was next to impossible to follow him.
This day, December 25, is the anniversary of the
birth-day of Sir Isaac Newton, who was born in 164.!/. It
is also the anniversary of the day on which Sir Matthew
Hale died in 1676.

TITE WEATHER.-It has been -mining in London
for the last 60 hours. Mr. Murphy prophesied frost at
the end of the month—and to-day (Christmas) it freezes
with a vengeance.

TIIE TEA TRADE, MONDAY.—The a
public sa_lpproaching
P ds continue to limit business in this article. The
del2,-veries last week amounted to 396,3001b5.
ROYAL EXCHANGE.—The plan suggested for
building a new Royal Exchange, it is understood, will be
adopted with little, if any, alteration. All the buildings
ge and
immediately contiguous to the late Royal Exchan
West of that building are to be thrown down, to make room
for a grand front to the new building facing the Win
best style of architecture. The side-front est, the
, oposite the
Bank, will be also on a splendid scale, and the Opposite the
Bank, will be also on a splendid scale, and the new build-
ing will be much larger than the old Exchange, and extend
nearly as far as Freeman's-place. Finch-lane, according
to the plan, will be flagged, and no longer a passage for
horses or carriages, and there will be no building at eittser
side of the new edifice, to obstruct its view. It will be com-
pletely insulated, and be a considerable improvement to that
part of the City when finished.
An inquest was held yesterday, in Dean-street,
Holborn, on the body of a young married woman, named
Callaghan, who committed suicide by hanging herself. It
appeared that the husband of the deceased, who is a
tailor, of very dissolute habits, had frequently been in
the habit of ill-treating her, and at the time of her death
both her eyes were blackened. She was a sober indus-
trious woman. Verdict—Temporary derangement.
THE CANADIAN PRISONERS.--Some misconcep-
tion seems to exist as to the prisoners from Canada, who
arrived a few days since at Liverpool. It has been
neouslyerro-
supposed that they have been sent to this country
for trial. The fact is, they were not at all concerned in the
reecnt insurrection ; they have been tried and convicted in
the due course of law in Canada, and have been sent here
to be transported, pursuant to their sentences, to what-
olony her Majesty, by the advice of her Privy Conn•
ever c
cil may select and appoint.
The result of cold winds, dense fogs, damp atmos-
pheres, &c. are frequently subversive of female comfort
and attraction, by generating cracks, chaps, and a harsh
rough skin, and signalising a prominent feature of an other-
w:se beautiful countenance with unseemly coarseness. To
successfully oppose those innovations, the ladies have a
powerful friend in " Rowland's Kalydor," and where the
results mentioned have obtained progress or completion,
this infallible specific excludes and resists with an effective
ead rapid energy truly astonishing, rendering the skin de-
lightfully smooth and pleasant ; and, as increasing the fair-
ness and transparency of the skin, exceeds all competition.