The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-05 00:00:00

OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The Cortes constituted themselves to-day. M. Ar-
guelles was elected President, by a majority of 118 votes
against 6."

There is no other news of political interest in
the Journals of Thursday. We subjoin a few
extracts from them :

A letter from Brussels of 30th March says—" M. de Meule-
naere arrived here this morning, and is to go in the evening to
wait on his Majesty, who wishes to consult him on the difficult
situation in wick the Government is placed. If this statesman
is willing to undertake the formation of a new Cabinet, the
King will accept the resignation of his present Ministers. M.
de Meulenaere is a Minister of State and Governor of Flanders.
M. de Meulenaere was the head of the last Catholic Admi-
nistration. His return to office would be the signal of the
triumph of the party of the priests in Belgium. The dissolution
of the Chamber of Representatives, and new electors under
the influence of the clerical party, would be the consequence of
M. de Meulenaere's accepting office. —Le Constitutionnel.
We have said that Baron Monier had orders to return to his

)rleans ................
Stulhausen to Thum ..
Strasourg to Bale

More circulation, by ,
Deposits, last report
Present repor t

Less securities
bullion, present report
Last report

More bullion..

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Eastern Counties
Great Western
Ditto New
London and Brighton
London and Blackwall
London and Birmingham ... 90
Ditto Thirds
Ditto New
London and Greenwich
Ditto Scrip... 3 ...... 4li
London and South Western 3n 55/..... to
London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13/ 13i...... to
York and North Midland... 5O -
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

ustralasia
Commercial of London 200......197
Union of Australia.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada Company 324 294 to
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 1.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 964 Grand Canal 5t0ck.........
Ditto Reduced
Ditto New, 1830
34 per Cent. Debs.
With the exception of some general business in the course
of the morning, no speculations or purchases of any conse-
quence have taken place in the British Funds. Still they
continue firm and in an improving state; both the public and
moneyed interest being now of a decided opinion that
our difference with the United States will be ami-
cably adjusted, are making investments in our national
securities, and should the intelligence from China, which may
be expected in a few days, prove favourable, there is no doubt
that a still greater improvement will take place.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday being the Hebrew Feast of
Passover, it is not expected that many of them will attend the
Stock Exchange.
Consols have maintained the morning prices to the present
time ; 894 90 for the Account ; Money, 894, have been done
at 894 ; Exchequer Hills, 9 11 prem. ; India Bonds par;
Bank Stock, for the opening, 173.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active not quite so good,
234 have been 23i 4 ; Brazilian, 694 ex. div. ; Portuguese
have been 344 ; Three per Cents., 204 ; Colombian, 234 ;
Mexican, lower, 314, had reached 314 324 ; Dutch Two-and-
a- Hal f per Cents., nothing done.
In the Share Market some business has been done at higher
prices. Great Western, 934; ditto New, 64; London and
Brighton, 464 ; Birmingham, 156 158 ; Thirds, 534 ; ditto
New, 234 24; London and South Western, 5534 ; York and
North Midland 80.
No alteration in the prices since the report at half-past one.
Nothing doing.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bulk Stock — India Stock
3 per Cent Red Ditto Bonds — dis
3 per Cent Cons B9' Ditto Old Annuities ...
3-1- per Cent Red — Ditto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent 984 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 11 pm
New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 ll pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pm
Jan. 1860
,Bank Stock for 0pg....173
Oct 1859 ;lndia Stock for 0pg....
Jan. 1860.
FOttEIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... 'Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — ,Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent IRussian, 5 per cent ll2l
Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic —
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 1824. 23 .Ditto, Deferred —
Danish, 3 per cent. — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cat. Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 311 French, 3 percent —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 514
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 'Ditto, 5 per cent bli
SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid)
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ... ..... 9
Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid)....
Great Western Railway (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 631
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Blackwall Railway (25 pd)
London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 157
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid)
Ditto Thirds (32 paid) s3}
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid). 24
London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) 81
Ditto Scrip. (3 paid) 4
London and South Western ... ........... ... 554
Ditto Tenths
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk). 134
Northern and Eastern (50 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 181
York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 80
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

ving seen 31st ult. a paragraph
stating that Surgeon J. Majesty's ship Vic-
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do we knowingly ever allow them to stain the columns of this
Journal. We have little doubt that Mr. Bowler's letter will
be published by the papers which quoted our article.—
ED. SUN.]

The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed
the son of Mr. Johnson (thc purser of the Fairy, who was.
lost in that vessel) to the situation of a junior clerk in the
Woolwich Dockyard. This young man has been educated
at the Naval School at Greenwich.

post immediately after the Fortification Law should be voted;
his departure is said to be in consequence of communications
made to our Government by the Court of Vienna, which, anti-
cipating a dissension among the Deputies to the Helvetic Diet
on the affairs of Argau, is supposed to have resolved to station
a cordon of troops on the frontiers of Switzerland.
We read in a private letter from Switzerland, that a very
warm conversation had taken place between Baron Kendener,
the Russian Minister, and the Avoyer Neuhaus, after which
the Russian Minister despatched a courier to St. Petersburgh.
" What is the most extraordinary," says this letter, " is that
the English Minister, who at the beginning appeared to take
no concern in the matter, has just joined his counsels to that of
the other Powers, so that it shoald seem as if a new Treaty,
like that of July 15, was going to be concluded against the un-
offensive Swiss Confederation."—Le Commerce.
BOURSE...—PARIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 1.
Pint Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price'. Price
Price i
French 5 per Cents ll Pr 2
25 112 60 ... 112 25 ... 112 25
4 per Cents ........ 99 ... 99 ... 99
3 per Cents ..... 77 90 78 77 90 *** 78
Bank of trance 1150 ...3180 ...3150 ...3180
Liflitte Bank I.ooot.Sh 1055 ~.1055 ...1055 ...1055
5,000 f. Shares 5150 ...5150 ...5150 ...5150
,4eigian Bank
5 per Cents .....
... ... 24 '2 4
Passive
Portuguese 3 per Cents l9j ... 19% tuYa •••19
Neapolitan lO3 103 il3 ... 103
unman
103 103 ... 103 ... 103
RAILWAY SHARES.
Versaillcs,R. B
4$ 271 50 ... 277 50 275 '275
485 485 ... 485 485
420 ... 420 ... 420 421
237 50 ... 237 50 ... 237 50 237 50

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

(From The Sun of Saturday Evening.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 2.—We continue to
have a very moderate demand, and especially so since the re •
ceipt of accounts from New York to the 16th ult., per the Bri-
tannia steamer, arriving here on Wednesday last, by which the
apprehension of war is removed, and with it the excitement of
speculation. On that score there is now remaining only the
question of short crop, and which is not entertained, as it was
set forth by previous accounts. In the mean time the con-
tinued unfavourable account► from the manufacturing districts
tend to counteract the effect that might be produced by a
falling off in the supply, and the want of a healthy demand for
the trade causes unsteadiness in prices, which are reduced an
eighth per lb. generally upon our quotations of Friday last,
2,586 Surat were offered at auction to-day, but only
thirty bales of middling were sold at 4} 194; good
51/2. Speculators have taken 1,700 bales of American,
and Exporters 200 Surat, 700 American, 400 Laguayra,
200 Pernam. 30 Bahia, and 100 Surat sent into the country last
month unsold. Only about 2,000 bales of all kinds sold to-day.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 2.—The following
transactions comprise the business of the Share Market this
day.—Eastern Counties, 81 ; Ditto, Debentures, 7i; Glas-
gow, Paisley, and Greenock, 231; Great Western, New
Shares, 63i ; Ditto 20/. Shares, 114; Lancaster and Preston
Junction, 34; Liverpool and Manchester, 197; London and
Birmingham, 165; New Ditto, 24 ; Midland Counties, New
Shares, 16g.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 2.—There is
an improvement in all the finished Railways.—Manchester
and Leeds, 64; Do. Halves 29; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 24/ ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 34*; London and South
Western, 55i ; Ditto, Tenths,: 21. 2s ; Bank of Manchester,
7%;
_,Union Bank of Manchester, 7i.

The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of
the Bank of England has been published, from the sth Ja-
nuary to the 30th March, 1841, both inclusive, from which
the following is the result :
Circulation to the above period £16,537,000
Last report

£165,000
£7,567,000
7,212,000

Less deposits, by
••• .. £355,000
Securities, last report
Present report

£397,000
£4,339,900
4,076,000

£263,000

The ship 1. irginia has arrived at Liverpool, having sailed
from New York on the 14th uh., three days after the Presi-
dent, and encountered a storm for three days.

Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yes-
terday, at 891 90 for the Account, Money 891 n ; with scarce
anything doing as yet, and it is not expected that much busi-
ness will be transacted during the day, which is in general the
case on Saturday ; Exchequer Bills 9 11 premium ; India Bonds
2 discount, 2 prem.
In the Foreign Market the prices continue at present no-
minal, and may be quoted as per yesterday's leaving off.
Spanish Active, 231 1; Deferred, 121 1; Passive, 51 1;
Portuguese, 341; Brazilian, 681 69} ex div. ; Colombian
231 ;s Mexican 311 i; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
51 1 ; Five per Cents. 97?-, -1 ex div.
SHARES.—Great Western 27 28 prem. ; New 13 14
prem. ; London and Brighton 31. dis. ; Blackwall 53/4 dis. ;
Birmingham 65 67 prem. ; Southampton 554 56 per share ;
Croydon 134 1 per sh,,re ; Greenwich 84 per share ; Man-
chester and Birmingham 154 l 5 discount.