The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-10 00:00:00

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.

TIMES.—Mr. T. Wood, the Secretary of the Brighton
Railway Company, has absented himself from business,
and thrown up his appointment, by a formal letter to the
Directors. Re is understood to be no defaulter as far
as the Company's funds are concerned; but it is said his
embarrassments arise from speculations in the shares of
this particular Company, in which he had a large venture
for the rise.

Letters have been received to-day from Falmouth,
stating that the Braganza steam-packet, which set sail
on Monday last, was compelled to put back oa the fol-
lowing day. The mail was immediately put on board
the Express packet, which was about to sail at once. It
is, therefore, clear that the Braganza was disabled at
least for a time, and some of the passengers have as-
cribed the misfortune to a defective state of the boilers.
On inquiry in the City, this, however, appears to be in-
correct, and that it was the stays, and not the boilers,
that were in fault. The passengers by the Braganza
are all to be transferred, free of further expense, to the
Tagus, which will sail next Monday.
HERALD.—Private letters from Berwick-upon-Tweed
received this morning state it as the report there that the
stoppage of the bank of Batson, Berry, and Co., referred to
yesterday and before, was attributable to the large with-
drawal of capital by one of the partners extensively em-
barked in the Greenland fishery and owner of several ships
in the trade. It is said confidently that there is scarcely a
single person in Berwick and the vicinity who will not
be more or less a sufferer by the failure of the bank.
The party alluded to yesterday as having disap-
peared, and being in default in the Share Market, is ad-
vertised to-day by the Directors, as the Secretary to the
Brighton Railway Company, which has been so unlucky
in accidents of late.

SUN.—Money is still easier, though comparatively
high in the City, yet this does not operate prejudi-
cially upon the Public Securities, for to-day the
Market was steady, with a moderate business doing. For
present transfer Consols were steady at 894, special bar-
gains, and for the opening in January and ex-dividend
884 to 881. The premium on the unfunded debt was firm
at 10s. to 12s. for the 1,0001., and at 10s. to 13s. for the
5001. and the small bills. East India Bonds were rather
lower, being at 1 prem. to is. dis. Bank Stock supported
its value, realising 165 to 165 i. The Reduced Three-
and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities were at 984 to 98'1, the
Three per Cents. at 881 to gq, and the New ThreQ-
and-a-Half per Cents. for Money, the transfer books
being shut, at 99+. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
of 1818 were at OS.

The Foreign Market, though having lost a good deal
of its buoyancy, does not give way. The Spanish Secu-
rities have to-day been at 24s to 24k, for the Active, with
a limited business only, and .5i for the Passive. Portu-
guese New Five per Cents. were dull at 33i, Mexican at
26 to 26:1, and Brazilian at 64} ; Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. were at 51i.
The Shares were rather animated, and in several in-
stances an advance took place in their value. Great
Western were done at 19k ; London and Birmingham at
71 to 73, Quarter Ditto at 181 ; York and North Mid-
land at 37 to 38, New Ditto at 151 ; Manchester and
Leeds, Quarter, at 14 ; and South Western at 17k to 18k
prem. Brighton were 13k; Blackwall, 15k; Manchester
and Leeds, 6 to 4; North Midland, 34; New Ditto, 6-a,i;
Northern and Eastern, 121; and Midland Counties, 18k
dis. Loudon Joint Stock Bank Shares were prem.,
and National Provincial of England remained at -8- dis.