The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-22 00:00:00

arnrCUMIIIBTI, •
',1").-iEY IND COiIqERCIAL NEWS

".ITS ".11:"Ci`
OFFICE ur THE NSW YORK HERALD,
THURSDAY, DEC. 6.
The excitement which will shortly pervade this country
is just beginning to be lilt in this city in commercial affairs;
The excitement in the cotton market will most probably eel
in a rise of prices, and the operations here in cotton in the nest
three months will control the whole financial operations of the
United States for the next year.
The mail just iirriviid fr m Canada brines information.
that the Court. ,n .rti:o for it-% lag the Prescott prisoners had
tj for 24 ; the brigands; will floubtless all be
condemned to die; g.illows has teen erected in the Charail
de M Mi,otreal, en wlich forty can b:, hun7 at one time.
'Cite plii,on,us taken at Odeltown have tirotested against the
ntreal Court-martial as illegal ; the protest was set aside,
and their triads are proceeding. Before this reaches Liver-
pool, in all prol,ability, most of them will he hung.
The notorious Blt J •hoson and Gen. B rge were taken
by the United States M srshal, examined, committed to prison:
and made their escape. The weather is rather warm en
a
sunny to-day. A system of murder is carried on in Lippe'.
Canada—three loyalists have been assassinated.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC el.—Speculators
having renewed their operations, and the trade having ei',°
purchased liberally, the market has again assumed a st. au):
and imposing aspect, and holders have successfully
the prices which were current previous to the decline eotieed
in our last. An advance of id. per lb. on the closing Price:
of Friday last, for American. is now being readily obtaine."
and all long staple is again dearer id.per lb. Whatever may De
the result as to the extent of the new crop of the States (end"
some accounts it is estimated to he abundant), it is quite clear',
from the latest accounts received to-day, by the Liverpoee
steamer in lalf days from New York, that it will come foil.:
ward very slowly for a time, and consequently the holders,
are now exercising so great an influence upon prices, will con-
tinue to have the power to force them up still higher. cSpe-
culators have taken 18 500 bales of American, 700 Surat. n,
:300 Peruvians. The sales cf to day are 12,000 bags of a
kinds—extreme rates 2-3 on speculation.
The intelligence received by the overland express re
demandec!
India, received yesterday, brings a declaration of war agai"a
the Chief of Cabool. Great praise is due to the Governor-
General for his active exertions.
Arrivals this morning :—French mail ; ship letters from
New York, by the Liverpool steamer; Calcutta, &web*
Sydney, and Cape of Good Hope.
We have received a Quebec Piper of Nov. 29.
In Upper Canada all was quiet. A report was spread thig
i
morning that Toronto had been attacked, and that the Amer
t;
cans were organizing a second attack on Prescott; but we eae
state, upon the best authority, that all was quiet there at tb
latest date-21st inst. The disaffected in the neighbour-mtg.
townships have been completely awed by the affair of Preseet
We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 4th
of October.
Accounts from Madagascar state that tho Queen is Pro;
ceeding with great vigour in her attempts to exterminate ti_ t
Christian faith, which had spread to a considerable e%ten
Death is the punishment for the offence. The above Papers
du not contain any news from the frontier.

THE FUNDS.
The only arrival of importance this morning is the Presii
dent of the United States' Message. This document is 11()„
of the usual length, and its style inferior to those which wet.'
formerly written. The American Press do not speak fayar °lll,
ably of its composition. Exchange 9", to 10i, Bank She"
119.
The accounts from Canada still continue to be favourable,
and all was tranquil.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 93i 94 for the AWAtinsti
opened this morning not quite so firm, and may be cl"tei—dia
931 s ; Reduced, 921 ; Exchequer Bills, 63 65;
Bonds, 61 63 ; Bank Stock, 202 i 203.
In the Foreign Market nothing of consequence doing ag
yet ; Spanish Active closed at 16i 1, at present rather lowevr:
16A- ; Portuguese, 291 ; Three per Cents, 191 ; Brat ilia °
76,} 772; Mexican, 221 23; Colombian, 2.51 26; put
Two-and-a- Half per Cents.. 5411 4.
-
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS -DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stork 2 3 India Stock ............ ......... pro.
3 per Cent. Red. 925/.14 Ditto Bonds .....................
3 per Cent. Cons. Soul, Sea Stock. ................. "„
per Cent lOOl4 , Old Annuities .....................
Ditto Red. - , New Ditto ........................

N,w 3 per Cent —
Ni,w 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuitiestoexpire
Jan. 5, 1860 14 13-16
Oct. 10, 1859. —
Jan. 5, 186 —
Jan. 5, 188-i ....
April 5, 1880 —
Jan. 5, 1870 —
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds —
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account JS :•34
Brazilian Bonds
__. 77

3 per Cent. Annuities,
Exch. Bills, £I,OOO ..... . 65 63 P'
Ditto 5(0 ...... 63
63 Pm
Pm
Ditto Small .................. „o,
Di tt
tt Commercial
Advertised
...
. ............ =
_l,
o
Bank Stock for Account ......
India Stock for Account ...... ,
Consols for Account ............ 9:IN
PHIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK...
Peruvian Bonds ..................
Ditto Account ..................
Portuguese Bonds .............. 00,7
Ditto New Bonds .. ..........
_29% 9

Ditto Account 76 4
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Ditto Account

Ditto Account ...... ... - ..... —.-
Ditto, 3 per Cent. ............ j 9
Ditto Account ............... ......

Chilian Bonds

Prussian Bonds ................•
.._

I ). tto Account

Russian Bonds, 1822........... "....,

Columbian Bonds

Ditto Account
.....

Ditto Account

Ditto Metallic

Columbian Bonds, 1824
Ditto Account
Danish Bonds
Ditto Account
Greek Bonds

- ! Spanish Bowls
- Ditto Account
- •Oitto Bonds, 1834
164
- Ditto Account.
French, 5 per cent.

Ditto Bonds, 18')

4 per cent.

.
Ditto Account — 3 per cent.......... —f- --v.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent —-- Exchange.......... --I: --c_
Mexican
Ditto Account — Dutch, 2s, per cent. ....... ... ''.:„.
Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account ..................
iu ,„
Ditto Account
Neapolitan —l Ditto Acc0unt.................
riticEs OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ,
Paid. rer =O3l
Brazilian Imperial Mining Cu (Issued at 51. pm.) 2n 5
Ditto St. John del Rey
London Joint Stock Bank, lO

COURSE uF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. 4R
Amsterdam CF. 12 4 (4ihraltar ...............................
.0a
Ditto, at iight - .............................
.So'
Rotterdam 2U. 12 4y, Genoa ............................. • :0
Antwerp...
Hamburg. M.B. 13 10 Venice...—. ........... —. ........... 394
Altona..~ - ...................
z.
.18
Paris, 3 days' sight
3 Ms 2525
7500 PLaisiron".. ..
.................-.... ...... ................................
Ditto
Marseilles.
Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 12255511 F
Bourdeaux
Petersbuigh, ruble 3 Us. It% Buenos Ayres. ......'"" 464
Vienna, effective f'
Berlin
Neste ditto Bahia
aroho
itratzo.....
e..
..i
............................
... ...
......
.................................
..................
...,
625.
:,
51
107
70 New a York,ip2la;z:..;
........
.... 1)...t
....... i .. 406 z.
10 9 PRICE OF 8ULL10N...,-) 0 0.,
Madrid 36% Portugal Gold, coin ...... .A.;, 17 "Mg
Cadiz 36% Foreign Gold, in bars..... .6 0 0
Bdboa .... , 36 Neeww
Dollars Doubloons...
. ..
...
... . ....
. ........... 2
,43 10(As
Bircelona
Seville 56 Silver. bars, standard ...... 1, ~,
'T 01%T.

HALF-PA -
of
.tb
Scarcely any business has been doing in the S
course
notic::
ed
morning in the British Market, and no feature worth
with the exception that the Government broker has purchagt,__
6,0001. Reduced, at 92i. Consols remain
morning's price of 93i. i for the Account ; Reduced, 92'f'
Exchequer Bills, 65 63 ; Bank Stock. 203.. in de
In the Foieign Market, Spanish Active the same 29 Three
morning, 161 i ; Portuguese also, no alteration, 29f„,;," CO.
per Cents., 19i ; Belgian, 97 98 ; Brazilian, 76i 7,43:f13,14
lomhian, 25i 26 ; Mex:ean, 22i 23 , Dutch T -0"."--
•wo
54j -4. , a bar'
The Share Market is in a state of stagnation ; o°' -
gain doing. • asp
Metallic!
The Hamburgh mail arrived of the I Bth inst. steady at 1 ic;
1014 106; Bank Shares, 1,472 to 1,475. a
TIL/tEN O' CL
0
Consols for the Account. P 3 i
- 4 • _. _

THE PRECURSOR SOCIETY IN LONDON*---b.
Advertiser states that " the Irish in London have -ecant
zealously forming themselves in the various districts port
they inhabit, into Branch Precursor Societies, to suPa
the parent society of Dublin, and to show their
to the Liberator in his present project."
The Antrim Hotel, in Merrion-s
quare, _
which ranks confessedly as high as the most favoured of
It:0
London Hotels, is from peculiar circumstances, 00t
control, to change hands immediately, through the ills-
mentality of Mr. George Robins. It presents a rare.olc
portunity for an industrious couple, with a limited 008
to make a large fortune. thSt
FAMINE AND THE POOR-LAWS.---It apr ears Ty
the working classes in several parts of Ireland have alreatio
by violence t
shown signs of their intentions to prevent
Sue ,h great attem.p,
exportation of potatoes to this country.
is little to be wondered at, considering that the g mai°
h no other
rity of the Irish labourers and their families have
food, nor any Poor-law yet in operation to fall back 'Va../
and that the partial failure of the crop and dearness
devotto
e
potatoes in England and Scotland must, at the present Prelt,
of bread, cause the exportation of a large quantity of reps
from Ireland to Great Britain, if the common princiPlea:e
commerce were allowed to be acted upon. In conseqtl..,
of this, public meetings have been held in several distriocrotr,
and it was agreed to urge strongly on the Poor-law C. to
missioners the necessity of bringing their meaSUreS
operation without de
thelay.—T numerous inquiries respec
Master Owen's Benefit, we are informed it will not ta r
place for some time to come, in consequence of the wondeto.
fexpressly ul success of Oliver Twist, he being engaged
sustain that character.

NINE
T 1 N
FLAT GOLD WATCHES, NINE "
EACH.—Some fine horizontal flat sold Waistcoat Watc
jewelled in four holes, silver dials hand to mark the sccorls,4o,
double-back to the cases, warranted to perform correctly,
Guineas each ; or with gold dials, Ten Guineas each.
A. B. SAVORY and SONS, of
Watchmakers, No. 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the Joe

England

The NEW FLAT GOLD WATCH'r:t
are offered in double-bottomed engine-turned cases, with ver';
movements, for Seven Guineas each, or, with highly. finished 11
crb,
zontalr movements, jewelled and warranted, at Nine Guineas ea.rl
a T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Goldsmith, Silversmit,
c-
,
Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Gra%
church-street). for
N.l3.—The horizontal construction is strongly recominen(m.
its superior accuracy.

Ili T HS.
At Corte House, Dorset, on the 19th inst., the lady of Arch"-
bald Du Boulay-, Esq., of a son.
DIED. Frye,
At Old Brompton, on Thursday last, Theodosia, wife of
rick Shoberl, Esq _........e-

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