The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-12 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.I(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrivals of Grain being short, there was na s;irit in the
trade. Wheat firm at Monday's termi. Barley met a very
slow sale. Oats maintained their value, with little doing.
Flour without improvement.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
There were large supplies, and the demand was moderate.
Prices were much the same as last quated. Becf 2s. 8.1. to
3:. ad. Alutton 2s. 8.1. to 33. 10d. Veal 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10(1.
Pork 3s. to 4s. 10d. Veal Is. to 23. Snipes Is. to 23. Gold
Plovers Is. Pigeons 101 to Is. Cock Turkeys 63. to 103.
Hens sa. to 73. Surrey Capons ss. to 8.3. Fowls 33. 6d. to
4s. 6d. Guinea Fowls 23. 61 to 3s. 64/. Wigeons 9.1. to
Is. 61. G.-ese 6s. to 93. Hares 2s. 6d. to Bs. Eggs ss. 6d.
to 93. per 120.

TEA MARKET.
Nothing whatever is doing, and prices very firm. For the
monthly publk sale on Monday next we have 6,214,7551b5. of
Tea advertised. It is said, however, that if the everland
mail is not in bafore that day the sale will not take place.
TALLOW MARKET.
There Wing many purchases to meet contracts just now, the
price of P. Y.C. is 50s. al. to 503

BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
The supplies were molerate—prices without variation.
Turbot Ss. to 353. ; Col 53. to 20s. ; Soles 91. to 3s. 61. per
Npair; Lobsters Is. to 43. ; Oysters 20s. to 603. per bushel ;
NVhiting- sd. to 10.1. ; and Haddocks 81. to 2s.
COLONIAL MARKET.
But a moderate busincss done in Colonial proguee; British
Planation Sugar sold bit slowly. In short these markets
rem uu as quiet as passible', at uniform priecs, from day to day

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL CorroN. MARKET, TUESDAY.-4,000 bags have
ben sold at Friday's prices.

Arrivals this morning—French mlil, ship-letters from New-
foundland, Halifax, River Gambia, Cape of Good Elope of 9th
December.
We have received Halifax papers to the 21st January :
" LECUSLATURE.—Pie business or the sesi.on so far his
afforded nothing of interest. Oa Friday Mr. Fairbanks, re-
poited from the Special Committee, to whom wis referred the
Bill to establish regulations for the disposal of the Crown lands
in the province of Nova Scotia; the Bill provides that the
Commander-in-Chief for the time being, shall appoint three
or more persons in each county as a Board of Enquiry, to col-
lect all information rest ecting the ungranted Ctowo lands in
said county.

An
annual meeting of the Halifax and Union Marine A,,-
surance Companies was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last ;
a dividend of 20 per cent. of each of those Companies for IS
months, upon the stock paid, was declared.
The annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Marine Insurance
Co:npany takes place to-tlty, when a dividend of 12. per cent.
will b' declared by the Institution ; the property insured by
these Co.-npanies daring the above period amounted to nearly
two million pounds currency.
Sroexs.—Since our last a further sale of Bank and other
Stocks has taken place at the following rates : —Bank of Nova
Scotia 741. to 75/., upon an investment., 501; Bank of British
North America, 401. to Mt., investment 371. 103. ; Halifax
Fire Insurance Company for !OM, invested 101/. 10s. ; Hali-
fax Marine Insurance Comically for 1511., invested 211. 10s. to
231. Union Marine Company sold from 19/. 103. to 211. ss.
The weather still continues very fine, and without snow.
St. John's New Brunswick, Dec. 4.—Large dividend.
The New Brunswick Marine Insurance Company declared a
semi-annual dividend on the 2d instant, of forty per_. ent.,
which we believe is an almost unprecedented return for capital
so invested. This institution has not been in operation
three years, and has paid louses to the amount of upwards of
thirty-six thousand pounds.

We have received Java papers to the 29,11 Sept., but they
are voil of interest.

TUE FUNDS.

Consols opened this naO;ning;t—the leaving off prices of
yesterday, 91A for the Account, and 90,1 91 for Money,
since which the Market is not so firm, and they are sellers
at 91i Account : Exchequer Bills 12 14; Bank Stock 178
179 ; India Bonds par 3 prem. ; India Stock 248,249
Little business at present is doing in the Foreign Market.
Spanish Active, 2 ig ; Portuguese, 331 34a ; Three per Cents.,
234 ; Spanish Passive, 61,7% ; Deferred, 12?,- 13 ; Colom-
bian, 251 ; Mexican, 231 29 ; Brazilian, 78% : Dutch
Two-and-a• Half per Cents., 52% 53 ; Five per Cents.,
1001/.2 101.

The official returi, has been published by the Customs of the
exportation of the precious metals from the Port of London to
Foreign and Colonial Ports, for the week ending the 6th of
February last :

Silver Coin, British West In:lie 5,037 ounces.
Belgium
Rotterdam
54,000 do.

Silver Bars

PAICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIS •
Bank Stock — ' India Stock
3 per Cent. Red. ..... ... 91!i,%ic,sii :. Ditto Bonds
B per Cents. Con. 9114 9' 1; South Sea Stock • ins
11, per Cc::` .... ... Old Annuities 89%
Ditto Red. 9 ,tv% Si , New Ditto
New 3 pet Ceti. 9 itt,%zill 3 per Cent. Annuities, I Til
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities to-.rcpire Ditto 500. ...12 14 pm.
Jan; 5, 186, l4 1-16 Ditto Small l4 14 pm.
Oct. 10, 11453 .. ; Ditto Commercial
.1,11. 5, 151.4) 1334 ' Ditto .Advertised .....• rani.
Jan. 5, IS!',O — hank Stock for Account ... --
Aprils, Man — India Stock for Account . •
Jan. 5. 1370 — Consos for Account 91% !., fif,
PrucEs OF FOILEIGN FL, NDS THIS DAY AT ONE OSLOCK •
Austrian Bonds —, Peruvian Nuists ....
Edgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazili:, it Bawls
Ditto Account.
Ditto, 3 per Cent. ........34 i-4
Suenos =tyres Bonds
Ditto tz.•:.oltnt
—.
Chilian loal I — Prussian Bonds
Ditto Atodtsi i i t1.8.2-..1 —7—
D.tta :c,',,a'• nt
Coltu:n7 lan il.. uls
^':3f ,Spanish :t, S p
Dpa lai DittoDittosirsschrlei on d r ........... 26 yi 7r i
Ditt) 1:::a• nt
r'iutee0ta11.1111:1.t...."...........................:27142it1ii.
Columbian 3:- ds,IS:2I
r. r: : ka..:lllt
—,! French, 5 per —l. —c.
7,anisti Bonds
.............. Gee ...... tit
Ditto .....i.', la
Greek Bonds
3 per cent....... —f. —.c.
Ditto Bonds, I s'2s — i ---. 4 per cent. cent..,
..'.... —f. —C-.
--- , -----------Dutch,
Ditto Account
21,4.xpechraiciegne.t.
.....
..—..sf.2%—rii
per Cent.
—, Ditto Account ............. . 53
atto Account
51
Ditto,)%iitcto ' At
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poc e°" rud Cent.Dsßonds,
Neapolitan

-'itto ACc0unt........ ......
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per share.
Cobre Copper. .... . ll 31 no% I
BSi, mingham and Gloucester Railway Company 73 tilili
ig,,ton too,wav ......... ...,..., ...... .. ........ 3.1 II
74 :ncliestar awl Leeds Itlilway parry... till 71
N rtn NNVand 11..zilway Company: 3
Ditto Nciv .......... .., .............. .. 1) ts%
HALF-AST ONE.
The business doing in the British MarkaP
during the morn-
ing has been of minor importance ; the speculators are afraid
to act, owing to the uncertainty in respect to the affairs in Egypt,
eon_ pled with that of China.
Up to the present tittle there is not a feature in either of the
markets worth notice.
Consols may be quoted as they were in the early part of the
morning at 91%, have been 91-14 ;,Money, 91; Exchequer Bills„
12 14 prem. ; India Bonds, 3 prem. Bank Stock nothing done.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 27 ; Passive, 7 ;
Portuguese, 34; Columbian, 26 ; Dutch Two•and-a-liall per
Cents., 53 ; Five per Cents., li)Oil.
In the above market they are arranging their accounts
against next Friday, being settling day.
We do not hear as yet of the arrival of the overland express
from India. •

We are requested to state that no tickets will ho
issued for the State Apartments and the Chapel Royal
after this day. The public are to be admitted on
Thursday arid Friday without tickets.
We have received long arid interesting acceunts.of
the rejoicings in the country on her Majesty's Wed-
ding Day, but must postpone their insertion till to-
morrow. In many places the public authorities an(
the people seem to have vied with each other in
honour to our youthrul Queen. At Newcastle, r
or too other places, the Chartists marred the

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