The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-05 00:00:00

THE FITNE3.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 956 for the Account, and 941
for Money, opened this morning at the same quotations. Exchequer
Bills, 67 69 ; Bank Stock, 20-I?ij 205.
In the Foreign Market, the chief
have been in Portuguest? Stock, will;

operations, up to the present time,
r.,11 receded from yesterday's prices,
tvourable intel:igence from Lisbon;
21 to 221 ; Brazilian, 80i 81 ;
; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per

fISI, to 361, owing to the very unf
Spanish Active also rather lower,
. _

Mexican, 26 27; Colombian, 27:
Cents. lower, 5•4 A

PRIcEs OF' STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Pank Stock
3 per Ccnt. ',l- '1:13{,94 4 34. i ‘Attte MortOs
3 per Ccnt..Cons. ....... .....45 4:3.i T, % South 3,a S,etls. —
•?..% pot Cent— ~....... ........ Old Annnittt..,
Dtto lied
New 334 per Cent. lO2l .?,,,, 3 re, Cent. Annuities, 1751_
New 5 per Cent.— .............,.... Exch. 8i11tt,:51,1'0,.... ..... 69 67 um
61-tn 'd 1.1-,:.R Ann ulties tc. ex pire Ditto 9.51 69 67 pm
Jan. 5. 1840...
Oct. 10, 1890 —( Ditto Commercial
Jan. 5, 1460.... ..... ........ Ditto Advertised pm.
Jan. 5, IMO — Wank Stock for Acc0unt........
April o, ii,80... .....
Jan. % 1870.... ......... , — , Consols for Account
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Auitrian Bonds :, ......
Belgian Bonds ..... ...... ......
Ditto Account..... ...... ... , Portiquo6oßontis......... ........
..
Brazilian Bortis .. 80% Otto New Bonds 3514
Ditto Account Ditto Account ... '36% 6 %
Baerioa Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per cent.... ........
Ditto Accunt Ditto Account :)474%'!-.4
Chillian Bonds. ................ Pria,sl"..ri Bonds -.
Ditto Accoun#
Colemblan Bonds — Ditto Account
Ditto Account
Cilurnbian Bonds, :524 27% Spanish Bonds.— ........
Ditto Account . 2774 Ditto Account —
Dinish Bonds
......—..
'MU') Account .. Ditto Account .2% 1i
Greek Donets ' ''''''''''''
French, 5 per cent.......... —t. —,
Ditto Bonds, 1825 — -- 1 per cent —l. —c.
'Att.:: Account .......... ....... —— 3 per cent.
Mexican Bon:, 5 pi,r cent... 22 - Exchange Ditto Account ....... ......... Dutch, .2% per cent 951 i% % t,i
Ditto, 6 per cent.
Ditto Account 26% Ditto, 9 per cant lOl
Neapolitan — Ditto Account —
PRICES OF SHARES TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK

Paid. Per Share.
British Iron Company
Edinburgh and Glasgow
b 9 Great Western Railway Company
65
Brighton Railway Company 8
London and Blackwall Railway
Lyndon and Birmingham Railrray Company 9O 175
I nn4on and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 15%
London and Southampton (New) Railway lO 294
44
~.anchester and Birmingham Rai1way........
Do. Do_ Extension
North Midland Railway Company. 35 4,1% 1
Asphalt°, Claridge' Patent
Do British
1 13,4
Bitumen, Bastenne and Gaujac
Do. l'olonceau 2 2
British North American Bank
London and Westminster Ban,-
20 2134
Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Company l7' 1:U
E,
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Consols are a shade lower than in the early part of the morning, when
they were 9.58 4 for Account, Money 941 a ; at present may be
quoted 95i, Money 941 ; Exchequer Bills, 67 prem. ; Indian Bonds,
74; Bank Stock, 204 1 ; Indian ditto, 2701.
In the Foreign Market Spapish Active, 211 22, with Coupons;
Portuguese rather improved, 361 ; Three per Cents., 24 1;
Brazilian, SO} St ; Mexican, 26, 27; Columbian, 27k; Dutch Two-
and. a-half, 55k.
In the Share Market rather more business doing in the railroads, but
the prices have not improved. Brighton declined to I prem. ; Claridge's
Asphalte fallen to 7 prem; in other Asphaltes not much doing.
THREE O' CL CK.

Consols for the Account 05,1 1. -- --
— —
THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Rcel
3 per Cent. Cons B4%lDitto Old Annuities... —
3!2 per Cent — 'Ditto New Annuities
3)i per Cent. lied Int l.:; I Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2)...',.(1 68 pm.
New 3y4 per Cent 102',', Ditto 500/ (18 Kr.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 68 inr.
. Jan. 186 ) ... Bank Stock for Opg. %.704
Oct. ISM
Jan. 1860
FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian, 5 per cent — Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent.. 701,
Belgian, 5 npr cent — Ditto New Ditto ....
Brazilian BOnds fo4; Prussian, 5 per coat
Buenos Ayr. s, 6 per cent — 'Russian Bonds, 5 per cent
Chiiian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic.
Colombiam, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent 2')4
Ditto, 1824 :.'7)4 Ditto, Consolidated
Danish, 3 per cent 74a French, 5 per cent.
Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange —f —c
Mexican, 5 per cent 224 French, :1 per cent —f. —,
Ditto, It per cent., 1825 t26.,, :hitch '214 per cent. 55
Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent. Ditto, per cent. lOl%
(CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.—(THIS DAY).
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 47(r
Great Western Railway 94;4
London and Brighton Railway
London and Blackwall Railway
Loudon and Birmingham Railway
London and Greenwich Railway
London and Southampton (New) 9.91,
Manchester and Birmingham Railway
Ditto Ditto Extension
North Midland Railway
National Loan Fund

is
A petition in course of signature, praying for the
of the groat works of the "divine Raffaelle," to the new .Na.
removal
tional Gallery, or to some. other public building, where they may be more
easy of access to artists than they can be rendered in the comparatively
remote palace of Hampton Court.
A Mr. James Taylor, of and for whose existence
the public had previously neither heard nor cared, has bean enacting
the part of Doll Quixote on behalf of Mrs. Wheeler, the late mistress
of the Red Maids' School, and, in conjunction with other contributory
to the columns of our Tory contemporary, not so Quixotic, seeing that
they come to the m .tier incog.—as " a Churchman" and the like, im-
pugning the conduct of the Trustees, not only in the removal of this
lady, but in their management of the children with reference to their
earthly and " eternal welfare!"—Bristol Mercury.
THE SAILOR AND TIIE CHINAMAN.—The fol-
lowing morsel of polite conversation took place one day between Jack
Hoppo and one of the petty officers, to whom he considered himself in..
dcbted, and wanted to be quit of the obligation. "In England so, you
catclice will), can ?" " Yes, I've got a wife, what or that ?" " You
catcher alio, can ?" " One child, .Jack; well ?" "Bull chilo, cow
chito?" yes, I've one little girl; why do you ask 5" " An, yah I can
do!" replied Jack Hoppo, with great. exultatim. " You catche w
rbilo ! I catchee flovrero, all same put round bead cow chilo."
;ugly, the next day, the sailor received a Present of a small box of art f-
cial flowers, to be put round the head of 1)13 little girl when he returnci
to England.—The Fan-qui in China