The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-16 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, THURSDAY EVRNING.

This afternoon the Colonial Markets reopened but they
have none of them yet dssafned a healthy tippeililiteo; ticif
is it likely they will do so until the import duties question
is quite settled. The rather improved demand that has
arisen for Indigo appears to indicate an expectation of a
better trade in manufactures.
It was rather expected in some quarters that the Bank
Directors would have issued a notice today for renewhig
the one that expires on the 1s t 6stl respetting discounts,
but it may probably hasfe been deemed expedient to post-
pone such a measure until the last moment, in order that
the Directors may avail themselves of any change in the
Money Market; for if, as we we informed, their position is
so much more secure than it was, there is some reason, per-
haps, to anticipate an early relaxation in the amount of
interest charged by the Corporation. It is quite as well
in these matter's to reflect well before acting. For imme-
diate transfer Consols realized 90/ to 90k, being a rise of
I per cent., and for the 25th May 90. to L, or only a con-
tinuation of k per cent. Bank Stock was at 173, and
India Stock rose to 2541 and 2551. The New Three-
and-a- Half per Cents. were marked 99k to k, and the
Three per Cent. Reduced 69k to Exchequer Bills
were at 12s. to 14s. premium, and India Bonds at 2s. pre-
mium to par.
It is surprising, in the face cf so many adverse circum-
stances, that the Peninsular Securities find a market at
all, but although saleable, they ate certainly very heavy.
The New Five per Cents, were marked 33i to to-day,
and the Three per Cents. 20k. Spanish Active Bonds
were heavy at 23 to e. Mexican at 31 to 30g. Buenos
Ayres at 24:4 to 23k, and Brazilian at 69. Russian Bonds
were at 113, and Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents, at
52k to /.
The Railway Shares are still buoyant. Great Western
realised 30, the New 15, the Birmingham 69, and the
South. Western 19e premium. Manchester and Leeds
were 3i, and Brighton 38 discount. London and West-
minster Bank &cares brought 28 premium.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 14.—N0 news of the—President.
LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, APRIL 14.—But a limited
business has been done in the Cotton Market this day, the
sales only amounting to from 2,000 to 3,000 bales, of which
exporters have taken 500, chiefly of American descriptions.
Speculators still remain inactive, and prices continue steady.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 14.—There has been
an extensive business done in the Share Market this day.
The transactions comprise the following :—Glasgow, Paisley,
and Greenock, 27 ; Grand Junction, 211 ; ditto Shares, 64;
ditto sth Shares, 11%; Lancaster and Preston Junction, 324 ;
London and Birmingham, 158 ; ditto 4- Shares, 23i ; Mid-
land Counties New Shares, 22i ; Bank of Liverpool, 19A ;
Liverpool Union Bank, 11g.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 14.—There is a
fair inquiry for Railway Stock, and prices are 1 rm, with an
upward tendency. Our quotations are as follow :—London and
Birmingham, 158 ; Lancaster and Preston, New, 25k ; Man-
chester and Leeds, 66 ; do. Halves, 28; Manchester and
Birmingham, 244 ; London and South Western Tenths, 2/. 4s
Great Western, 94 ; Do. Halves, 64i ; Do. Fifths, 114 ,
Manchester Assurance, 94- ; Bank of Minchester, 71. 1 Is. 3d,

We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 21st of
February.
SLAVE TRADE.—Extract of a letter from St. Helena:—
"We have here a Portuguese schooner, prize to the Water-
witch, for condemnation, with 230 slaves on board. They
have the small-pox very bad ; those that are free of it are
landed at Lemon Valley, which place is kept under strict qua-
rantine. The sick ones have been removed on board a schooner
which was formerly a slaver ; there has been upwards of thirty
of them that have fallen victims to the disease. When the
Wat..rwitch first gave chase, the captain endeavoured to get
away by lightening the vessel, for which purpose he threw
overboard about 130, having originally on board 350 ; he then
run his vessel on shore, and made his escape. The boats of
the Waterwitch saved about seventy from drowning, but the
greater part of them died afterwards from exhaustion."
' (From the Graham's Town Journal,)

We have beer, favoured with the perusal of a letter just re-
ceived from a British emigrant at Natal, dated December, as
follows :—" A beautiful harvest is expected, but the corn is
more liable to rust than in the colony. The horse-sickness
prevails very much in these parts, also a distemper among the
cattle ; many of the Dutch are in great distress, owing to the
death of their cattle from the diseases which rage in these
parts. The Boors are also much alarmed. at seeing in the
newspapers, lately received from the Colony, that the British
will take possession of the Natal country ; they ever talk of
resisting the attempt. A stranger suffers great inconveni-
ence here, there being no house to afford accommodation
or lodging ; there are only about twenty houses at Natal, and a
few near the entrance of the Bay, which are now used by the
emigrant farmers.

The Lisbon mail has arrived brought by the Iberia ; it does
not contain any news of importance. The finances continue
in a deplorable state, and the Ministers have had several con-
ferences respecting money affairs, as well as the Treaty with
England. It was not expected that any change in th Minis-
try would immediately take place. For further particulars the
refer our readers to another part of the Paper.
Her Majesty's packet ship Penguin has arrived from the
Brazils ; sailed on the 2d of March from Rio. She brings a
freight of 33,0001. Exchange upon London 30 dollars, Stock 75.
Affairs at Rio Grande were in the same state. The Govern-
ment were sending troops there.
The Batavier Dutch steamer has arrived o he 13th of
April, bringing papers of the same date ; it being a holiday no
prices were published.

This being settling-day in the British Market, the brokers
and jobbers are chiefly employed in adjusting their accounts,
and there is every appearance it will pass over without the least
difficulty, money being plentiful in the house, the continua-
tion for the next Account being only per cent., and the
extreme fluctuation during the present is about 2i per cent.
Consols opened this morning at 90A Money ; for next time,
25th of May, 90i 8 ; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 prem. ; Bank
Stock, 172 173.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23b '4; Deferred,
12a ; Passive, 55 ; Portuguese, 335 ; Three per Cents.,
20* ; Colombian, 225 234 ; Mexican, 305 31* ; Dutch Two-
and-a- Half per Cents., 52,5 5; Five per Cents., 985 99.
The Dutch Mail has arrived of the 14th of April, bringing
the prices of the 13th of April. Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
5 t 7-16 to 5 ; Five per Cents., 99 5-16 ; Ardoin's, 201-16.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.

Birmingham and Gloucester 100 . . 80
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham ... 90
Ditto New 2 .244 to
London and South Western 3Bll 5744 .. to 58
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto New Shares 3O -
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster . ... .. 20
Ditto New Shares...

We are still without any information of the President.
The settling of the British Account is going off well to the
present hour. It is a Bear Account, with a scarcity of stock
in the market. _ _ _

Consols continue firm, at 90i &; Money, 904 b ; Reduced,
89b Exchequer Bills rather better, 13 12 14 prem ; Bank
Stock, nothing done ; India Stock, 255 4& 5i ; India Bonds,
1 2 prem., par.
In the Foreign Market there is little doing. Spanish 234 b;
Portuguese 331-7 b; Three per Cents. 20b ; Mexican 301 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52i; Five per Cents. 99k.
Very little doing in Shares; quotations lower. Birmingham
and Gloucester 791; Great Western 941; Ditto, New, 641 ;
Ditto, Fifths, 11-i ; London and Brighton 47b i ; Ditto, New,
Birmingham Thirds, 241; South Western sd; Manchester
and Leeds, new shares, 28.
Consols, Money, 901 ; May Account, 90i a ; Mod-
lean, 30i to 31 ; Portuguese, 33i s ; Spanish, 23k I-.
Second train from Liverpool arrived, and no news of
the President.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock 173
3 per Cent Red 896 '
3 per Cent Cons 9Ol
31- per Cent Red..
New 34 per Cent 996
New 5 per Cent
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860 l2 15-16
Oct 1859
Jan. 1860.

India Stock 2551
'Ditto Bonds 2 pal
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities —
Ex. Bills, 1,0001—.20 13 pm
Ditto 5001 l5 pm
Ditto Small l5 pm
Bank Stock for Opg —
India Stock for Opg —
Consols for Acct 9Ol
J FUNDS.
Portuguese, 5 per cent.
tDitto, New Ditto 33i
iPrussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 per cent
'Ditto, Metallic
Spanish, 5 per cent 231
Ditto, Deferred.

FOREIGI
Austrian, 5 per cent —
Belgian, 5 per cent
Brazilian Bonds 69
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 23i
Chilian, 6 per cent —
Colombian, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 1824.

Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 18'25, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 311 French, 3 per cent —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 521
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 99i
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 79i
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ...... .....
Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid) 8
Great Western Railway (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 65
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Blackwall Railway (25 pd)
London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) —
Ditto Thirds (32 paid); 541
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 241
London and South Western ... ...........
Ditto Tenths
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) .. 661
Ditto New Shares (30 paid) 2B
South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 181

The mercantile accounts from Ceylon, brought
by the overland mail, refer with dissata:ction to a mea-
sure that was about to be enforced by the Custom House
authorities—the weighing of coffee at the Custom House
previous to shipment. It was said to be unnecessary for
these reasons ;—the merchant in bis business is obliged
to take the exact weight of all his coffee, and there
is every inducement for him to make a correct return
to the Custom House; for on the return he places
a valuation on which is paid the 2id. per cent.
duty, and be has likewise to obtain a certificate
from the Custom House that his coffee is of Cey-
lon growth, in order to gain its adinisshr for
home consumption at the low duty, which it
is contended is an effectual guarantee that the
full weight is given, for if it was not, the
surplus would be subjected in England to 28s. extra
per cwt. Besides, the delay in the general progress of
business which would result from such a measure is also
much complained of, considering the short hours (about 4)
to which it is already confined; and further, it is said
there would be considerable risk in shipping coffee under
such circumstances, from the vicissitudes of weather. The
proposed alteration is altogether condemned, and if it is to
be carried out, the merchants engaged in the trade seem
inclined to think that before it can meet with any success
extensive alterations must be made to suit the convenience
of the shippers, to prevent damage from rain, or absorp-
tion in damp weather at the Custom-house, which is at
present hardly sufficient for the business transacted.
We understand that Earl Granville is recovering,
rapidly. Such was the tenour of the last accounts re-
ceived from Paris by the members of the family.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, with the members of their household, leave Wind-
sor Castle, on Monday next, for Buckingham Palace.