The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-22 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

In its sitting of the 18th the Chamber of Deputies
of Prussia resolved to form a Committee of 21 mem-
bers to revise the Constitution.

The King of Prussia has conferred the Order of
Military Merit on General PRITTWITZ, and the
Order of the Red Eagle, second class, on General

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about
8,000 bales, and included 2,500 American, 300 Pernam,
200 Bahia, 700 Egyptian and 300 Surat taken on
speculation. The sales reported were 5,000 AMerican
at 4d. to 6d., 600 Pernam, &c. at sd. to 6d, 1,000 Egyp-
tian at 6d. to 6d., 400 Bahia at sd. to sid., 600 Surat
at aid. to 4id., and 100 Sea Island at 10d. to is. 3d. per
lb. The market closed very firm. The trade, however,
buy with less spirit, but speculators were active.—Rail-
way Shares were firmovith a considerable business doing.
The Corn Market is without alteration to-day, and
the business doing is but limited.
The Stock Markets abroad are described as having
been quiet, but the important news from Hungary was
not then known.

The West India ad-vices appear' to read somewhat
more favourably. The weather was better in several of
the colonies, and there was a more hopeful disposition
in a few quarters. The Demerara Assembly had pro-
ceeded to business. A very able report had been made by
Mr. Walker upon the subject of labour, &c., and in this
he strongly recommends the farming out system as
the only means of meeting the want of labour. The
habits of the peasantry seem to have deteriorated, and
their appreciation of dress and luxuries has greatly
diminisht d. Under these circumstances efforts should be
made to raise them again in self-estima,ion.
It is satisfactory at any time to hear of exertions
making, or to be made, by the American States for the
payment of their debts, but there is in some instances
still a great difference of opinion as to the moral as well
as the legal claim which the foreign creditors have. The
New York Herald defends Mississippi to a great extent,
although admitting that the Legislature approved highly
of the sale of the Bonds. The fact is, however, that
there is a great difference between borrowing and re-
paying, and, without entering at length into the matter,
we may be permitted to hope that the Mississippi people
will despise quibbles, and act honourably, even at a sacri
fice. The paper above referred to states—

"No one denies the existence of the law, and the
course pursued by the Legislature after the loan was
negotiated; but it was the business of the purchaser to
see whether the Legislature had power to make such a
loan or not, as the value of the bonds issued depended
entirely upon that. This is, _in our opinion, the only
just ground for repudiation; and to the principle in-
volved we are indebted for the preservation of
the most important institutions of the country.
Leaving out of the question entirely the rea-
eons given by the Governor at the time of
the suspension of the Union Bank, that the stipulation
that the State Bonds should not be disposed under their
par value, had been departed from, and that the Bank of
the United States could not, by its charter, legally pur-
chase the Bonds, and falling back upon the fact that the
law passed by the Legislature, authorising the loan, was
unconstitutional, it is clear that the bondholders have
no legal claim upon the people of the State of
Mississippi. As we have heretofore remarked, the only
hope of the bondholders is in a compromise. They
must abandon their claims and leave off browbeating,
and it is possible, although not very probable, that some
arrangement will be made. The legality of the claim
never can be, and never will be, acknowledged; but the
people of Mississippi feel disposed to do everything in
their power to relieve those who have been duped by a
set of swindlers, whose operations for boldues and extent
were at the time unparalleled.
" The finances of Mississippi are steadily improving,
and before the lapse of many years the interest on the
acknowledged indebtedness of the State will be provided
for. Delinquency is far from being repudiation, and
nothing is wanting but the ability to promptly pay the
interest on the non-repudiated debt, as it accrues. The
people have the will without the means; but every frac-
tion of both principal and interest accrued and accruing
will be ultimately paid:"
We hope mutters may turn out as here stated, and that
people subscribing to any future loans will recollect that
they are expected to have a knowledge, not only of
financial matters, but likewise of the complicated political
institutions of a country.
The Funds are rising upon the news of the Hungarian
settlement, although there is not a great deal doing.
Consols bring 92i to 93 for transfer, and 93 to 93* for
account, being* per ceut, better than they opened. fhe
New Three- and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted
934 to 94k. Bank Stock is worth 199 to 200. Exche-
quer-bills have been lower, viz., 435. to 475. premium.
For some purpose or other, money, therefore, is evi-
dently in demand.
The Foreign Securities have been quiet, Mexican have
fluctuated a good deal, and are lower on the ground of
Senor Angroiz's resignation. The quotations have been
27i to 28i. Equador are now in favour, being 4to i
Brazilian Small are 81. Portuguese Four per Cents.
have been quoted 29. Spanish Five per Cents. are 184
to and the Three per Cents., 34i.
Railway Shares are still improving.

chNL (YOCLCIE. CL"KNO
.<l, rs I,J BRITISH. YITNDS PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Ann 5......
i per Cent. Consols Annuities 925,E 93 93
New 314 per Cent. Anna.... 93%3/4 94% 94
long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860
India Stock —
India Bonds, 1,0004 ... ..

74 p
r LOCOL -
uncle
Stock
soDutihttosea

Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities
Consols tor Account 92 '4l 93
Exchequer Bills. 14(1. & 2d.
1,0001. June 44 47 43 46 p 46 p
500/. June . . . 44 47 43 46 p 46 p
Small. June 44 47 43 46 p 46 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE OLOSth
O'CLOCK. PRICES

904
91N
93,y8

Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1843
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 ner Cent.
(Milian Bonds 6 per cent
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Equador Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— --
Ditto, Ex Coupons
Ditto, Account, . 28% L/2 27% 28!4
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 53 IA
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent 29
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto. 3 per Cent 34%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild.
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 83% 8314
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
fAILWAY SHARES. AT ONI O'CLOCK. PRICEs.
Aberdeen
Do. Preference ...... 64...... 6% ... 6%
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 6 ...... ... ...
,4,..yrshire and Galloway..
_7% —

53
4%

18%
34%

'Belfast & County Down 25 ...
'Berks & Hants Extens.
(tit. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Janet., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20 —
Do, withoutguarantee 20 • ...
Birming, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 .....
Do. without guarantee 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junc„.. 20 - ---
Boston, Statnfiarlfirm. 14: 46.,... 4 ,i.... , {.—:,4
Bristol and Exeter 9O ... ..
Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 271,! —
Suckinghamshire ... 161. 4s.
Caledonian
' Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —
._.

Ditto, Nt; w 101. Pref... 10
Ditto,Clydeqdale June 50
Chester and Hoijhead... 50
1 Ditto, Preference
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per CL 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. - -
Direct London & Ports-
mouth ...- -
Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 221 ,
/2
Last Anglian, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25

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13%

Do. 18/., E. & H.... 18
Do., 31. 108., Pref... 3% .....
Eastern Counties...
Do. New, Gus. 6 per et lO ...... .........
Ditto,Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 6/.135. 4d.... %% p %
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent. ..
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Ditto, 4 Shares
Do. New 43
Eastern Union, Class
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3% —

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x.d.

Do., Class B (1.I& B.) 25 —
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 22%....
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... 19%
East Lancashirs
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 614...... .. .... ........
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 391/4... ....
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. ........ ••••••
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, Newport
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2
Exeter and Exmouth... 21s.
Lila 'sow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ....... ... ..8/. 6s. 8d.... ...... ...... -
G4sg?w,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ......

19%

834
514
3%

Dii.Preference bonsOl.
Great Northern
Do., lit A Deferred
;,iiDo., ;4B 6 per Cent-. Ph-- 514
ze Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 5
;mat South. and West. .
(Ireland)
1.;
neat North of England.loo ......
Ditto, New, 404 ..... ... 40
Ditto, ditto B5
-... ..... 4000. .....
Ditto, New, 30/......... 30 - •• .....
Ditto, New ,15/ l5 .. .. .. .....
Great Western 100 ...... 77 .. 32
Ditto, 4
% Shares
...... ........................
Ditto, Shares
Ditto, Fifths ... 2')
Ditto, New 171— ..... 15 ...
Hull and Selby ........50
-_
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 48
48
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% _
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire SE. Yorkshireloo —
Do. do. M. B. & 8.... 96 .... . _
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1/2 Shares ...... 46 ... ..
Do. Quarters ......... 22%
D 9, Fifths ••• 10

Do. Thirds
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent lO ......... ..••••
Do. Liverp. and Bury 46 ......
I,itto lerstield

and Slieff.) 5O
Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 ..
Do. (Preston & %A, 3 re) 25 -
Do. V 2 Shares ( A)... 10
_ _

4%

eeds and Bradford 5O
Leeds and Thirsk ~.... 50
Ditto. New ...... ....... 50 •• ••\
'Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31,2
Do., Pret. Quar., 18 IS 9
Liverpool, Crosby did
Southport lO
London &81ackwa11...... 1211 --
London, Brighton. and
South C0at........ 50
Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9
Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50
Ditto. ditto-- 1:14 50 ..
Ditto, New 51., guar.
6 per cent. ......... 5
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ...... .
Ditto, Preference .. . 20
London and N ern Its: 130

Ditto, New Quarters 12 ...... 14%3/q.... ......
Ditto,Fitt s 7.? 6'/4•• ......••••••
Do. 40/. Slinres(L.M.) :-
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1

Lon•:. 6 Western 50 ... ~
Ditto, New 501. 42
ew 401. 34
Ditto, Thirds l6/.133.41...
Do., New Scrip, 1848,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls ...... 5

dis..

Londonderry&Coleraint- 25
Do. 1/2 Shares .. 334 — 00000 .••••••.•
Londonuerry And Ennis-
killvn 25 ......
Do. 1/2 Shares 5 000000
lilanche..tcr,isuston,and
Matlock...
Nl.4l)..thvbter, Sheffield,
and Line,,lnshire...loo
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23

Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12 t/2, -
Do. New 101. Pref lO ......
Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50
Ditto ditto . ......... 19 ...... ........
Ditto ditto ' 113
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 221,... ... .
Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ......
Do., .d.anchester and
Lincoln Union. .... 41.2 a. —

37A

14%
6%

dis

Midland ...... ........ —1 (Xf .
Do. Consolidated Pref.100
Do., do., 50i. Shares 30 ... .. 15% l5l
Do. Bina.. and Derby IOU
Do.Consol.Bristol and •
Birming:, 6 per ct.... 100
Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 40 ......
• Ditto ditto ......181.125.6d ...
Do.,ErewashVal.,P ref. 5U ...... a
Ditto, Leieest.h Swan-
nington, 8 per et. guar.leo
Midland Great W estern
Irish ' ....... .. •• 47% ,--- ..•.............
Middlesbro' and gedear,
6 per cent. guar. 5O —
New castle and Carlisle.loo ,
Do. Quarters
Newmarket
Do. Extension
N ewport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford .. 6 .•-• •
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpomt,
and Rostrevor
Norfolk .... ....... ....lUO
Do. New 201. ... l5
Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20
Do. Guaranteed 51/gpc. 5
Do. Lo w estott(4 per et) 20
Ditto (6 per et.)
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ......
Northern Counties Union 4 .-...—
North British ...•....... 25 ...... 127,83/4
Ditto, Halves .. ..... 121/2 —
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Thirds .... .. :. B,n, .. - .....
Ditto Preference
North Stadordshire ... 17172 ll% % ..
north Wales ... . . .... -.. 31/2 —
North-Western . 13%
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton .... - 50
[leading, Guildford, and
Reigate ... ..... 15 - ..... ...... 16%
Royston and Hitchin ... 4LA.. ~
zpeottish Central
Scottish Midland
Ditto, New
Shrewsbury and Birm... 11
Ditto ditto. Chaffs .13. 7
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Shrewebury and Herefd. 3
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto 9
_ .

Ditto Oswestry ...... 181,42 —

Ditto New - _ 1

Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10
Shropshire Union
South Devon
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire B%
South Eastern
Jo., lyo. 1
Do., N 0.2.
Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30
Do.. Registered No. 4 10 .. •• •••
Do.' Scrip No-4 <
South ;ties
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole lO
Sheffield, Rotherham, &
Goole (N. Div.) Gua-
ranteed 5 per cent. 14% 1314.,
Do: do (Sou: Div.). p.. 5
3 IN anti.B Loughor 2t Ua-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 7
faw Vale Extension ... 8

flames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 20
Waterford and Limerick 47%
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... . . .... 50 ......
Do. do. do. ... 25
Do. do. do. ... 15
West Cornwall ..... 6

A hiteliaven & Furness 16
Windsor, Staines, and

South Western .... . ... 12 ......
Wilts, Somerset, 8.; W ey-
mouth ........ 45
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... ...... '25
Liu Newcastle Exten. 20 ...... 13504
Do. G.N.E.Preterk-nce 8 ... « 414
Do. 1-I,,rtlepool Dock
ana Rail way .. 100 ......
York and Nurti Midland 50 ..... 28% 28
Ditto, Preference lO

FOREIGN RAILWAYO
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian).... 5 —• .....
Boulogne and Ami e n s ... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon)... 20
Demerara ...„ .......... ... 17% —
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Great InsliartfPenineular 5
Do. Do. ... . —10 s.
Louvain ala Sambre ... 7% —
Luxembourg
Ditto „-
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ......
Namur and Liege -
Northern of France l4l. 85... dis. .. ...... dis.
Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 2:1/1 2'4
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen 2O ..... ex.div — x.d
Paris and Strasbourg ... 11
Rouen and Havre ...... 20
Sambre and Meuse 2O :..... 2% ........
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14
Tours and Nantes ll
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt ...... 20
West Flanders ..... „ ..... 834....
Ditto...

.....
5%

2%

JOLNT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
British North American 50
Colonial 25
Commercial of London 20 _
London. Joint 5t0ck...... 10
London & Westminster. 20
National Prov. England. 35
Ditto New... .....-.... 10
National of Ireland 224...... ..- ....... -..
Provincial of Ireland

24L

25
10%

, ...
Ditto, New ... .. ..... 10
Union of Australia -
Ditto,New... ...... .. ... 214...... •
Union of London. lO ..... 10%
Union of Madrid 40 —
MINES
Anglo-Mexican lOO
Asturian Mining Com... 15
Australian 3 -
Barrossa Range ... .... 285.
Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50
Bolonos Scrip ...... .. .. —
British Iron ..... .......... 12 ......
Brazilian Imperial ..... 241% —
BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 • .....
Do. St. John Del Rey 15 . B%
Cobra Copper ... 4O
General
Real Del Monte, Unreg.
Do. Black Debentures —
Do. Red Ditto ... .....
Santiago de Cuba
United Alexican

•••. ....... Ne —.

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LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, AUG. 22.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W.;
light airs and cloudy.
CLYDE, AUG, 19.—Arrd. Souvenir, Doncaster, Mon.
treat; Jane Brown, Leitch, Montreal. Sld. 18th, Echo,
Berbice; Elijah Swift, New York.
DEAL, AUGUST 21.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W.—
Arrd. 17th, A nstel, Kernkaap, Rio !e la Haite, for Amster-
dam ; Brothers, Calcutta; Envoy, Kellerick, Callao ;
Bathurst, Warming, Honduras; Braamspunt, Suart,
Amsterdam, for Surinam; Sovereign, Campbell, Per-
nambuco; 21st, Catherine Elizabeth, Merritt, St. Vincent.
Arrd. from the river and sailed, Brothers, Dron,
Brazils;, Trafalgar, Robertson, Madras • Earl of Hard-
wick, Brown, Bombay; Mathilda, dottier, Point de
Galle.

LIVERPOOL, Aua. 21.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. James,
Prince Edward's Island. Sid. 20th, Nymph. Beyrout.
21st, Mail, Cape of. Good Hope; Jane, San Franciro;
Sandford, B,hia; Rosendale, Bahia; Temandro,
tanzas; Contractor, Vera Cruz; Ocean Queen, Boston;
Archer, Prince Edward's Island.

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SWANSEA, AUG. 21.—Sld. Balgownto, Coquimbo.
PILL, AUG. 21.—Wind W.—Sld. 20th, Brvoket,
44400.