The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-28 00:00:00

;REGISTRATIONS,-(THIS DAY•)

CITY OF LONDON

Mr. MYLN E proceeded thisnrrrii;gwiili the revision
of the iniuseholders list, and seven;] (Ajertions and
claims were disposed of, hut up to the time of our going
to press, nothing of interest had trz.nspired.

•MVICMPMI.M•
MONEY and COL%IMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.I
Trans actions in cotton to-day are to the extento
6,000 bags, of which 1,500 have been taken on speca-
latittn. Very full prices have been obtained.
LIVERPOOL SIIA RE LIST, SEPT. 26.—E::stern Coun-
ties 10i : Grand Junction 216 ; Half Shares 96i;
Quarter Shares 56 ; Great Western Halt Shares 46i
7 6 5 6 ; London and Birmingham 39/. Shares46i;
North Midland
We have had rather more business doing and at
slightly improved prices.

We have received by the Jamaica mail papers to thi3.
16th of August. From some quarters there are 1
complaints of the negroes refusing to work.
In the Carpenter's Mountain di,trict, Manchester,
the drought is most awful. In some parts there
nothing but premature fruit, and hardly a leaf au the
trees. The crops will fill fearfully short of what were
expeted. There has been no rain to speak of for the
last six months, until Saturday, the Bth, where there
was a fine shower.

The Sheidrake packet has arrived from the Braid° -
(sailed from Rio Janeiro on the 31st of July), with tbte
intelligence that the Emperor has, by a coup tret
bean declared of age on the 23d, by which proceedilf
they affAirs of the State have passed into other hao
The city at night was illuminated, and rejoicings ti?"'
place. A new Ministry has been appointed by his .111/.
penal Majesty. The most perfect tranquillity pre7
rails at Rio.
The following is a list of the Ministry appointed by
his Imperial Majesty :
Empire—Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada MSCbs
do e Silva.
Fiaance—Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andra&
Justice—Antonio Paulin() Limpo de Abrco.
Foreign Affairs—Aureliaro de SOUSA C ()lidera CO'
tinbo.
War—Francisco de Paula Curalcanti de Albaquellue'
Marine—Antonio Francisco de Paula Hollarde Ca"'
leanto de Alhaquerque.
Exchange on London, 30 to 30,-} ; Stocks, 73.
The above packet has brought a freight of 24•Wh'

We have received 13:,..eu0s Ayres papers to the 21°
of June :
•
" This day (20th inst.) completes the 816th day or
the blockade."

We have received Sydney Papers to the gist of MO'
from which we extract the following :
CROWN LAND.—We have been informed that -he
Governor has received positive instructions to raise the0
minimum price of land to 15s. per acre. There i 5
doubt it will soon be 11. •
Yowl. PIIILLIP.—The ship China arrived at r°ll
Phillip, on the 2d inst., with 250 country emigrants.
The Montrose steamer has arrived from Lisbon wttb,
the mail of the date of the 21st September. The inter
ligence she brings will be found in another part of this
paper.

We have reecivzd the Journal of Anhocip of Yes-t
e
day's date.

BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM., SEPT.
05._...“ The re'
port which prevailed yesterday 'of higher prices, flt
Paris, was not confirmed ; instead of which they c37a-
lower, and the National Funds did not maintain t""
prices of yesterday ; Ardoin's Spanish, at the close,
20. to 1.16.
" We are assured that the subscriptions at the 5,,j41,
ciety General for the loan of twenty millions of rill%
exceeds already 10,000/. sterlin-, and to
public, the Bank will give to the subscribers the fu
sum they have written for.
"At Antwerp the sum offered to the public Ay' d •
5.400,000 francs, and the subscriptions hive exceeded
•.
the above ma. satielY thli

This day being a grand holiday with the flebrevil'
very few have made their appearance vet. .11°94%71.
them have gone to the Synagogue to celebrate t
new year. .
thi, East,
In consequence of the intelligence from fire
which is of a warlike nature, as well as the dreadful
which took place yesterday morning in the royal dt/cA,„„
yard of Devonport, the British market has been ""
pressed this morning.
THE FUNDS. ,
Consols, which left otr on Saturday at 871 for tut'

Account, opened at 87i.. afterwards done at 87P, sC.
present may he quote:[ 87 4, Money 871 -a, with very
little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 57 ; Bank Stock'
• 1665 7 ; India Stock, 246 8.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active left off 22-1 •
at present ; Deferred, 10-;1- 11 ; Passive, 5i
Portuguese, 32,1,-; Three-per-Cents., 211 ; Colombia,
xrri a i:d5...1a.;
haßi
ir
perazi: i acne,n
t7s7.
499 i;
s.Cohii I.i a niil4s
5202 ii;
D 3; u
4 per-Cents., 93:1;
Shares—London and Brighton, 111 1 I dig, ; Blackwall, 31;
3 dis. Nothing doing as yet in the othe'
Shares.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE,
itAILwAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western -
Ditto New -
London and South Western 33Z- ...... to
North ;Midland, (New)
40
41
"ALF- PAST oN
BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN BANK.-orc
0r tearS
vie
specting the holders of Bills in this Bank have, op,
the
regret to state, been more than realized. These €'
ties, as our readers arc aware, were assisted bY no
Bank of South Australia, advances being ina":ted
those bills which were scat to Sydney, and Plest' not
to the agent of the Bank of Australia tb,Jres uuvraccl
having hz.Tti duly honoured, they have been WO .
to England under protest.
Id :It appears that the Cabinet Council to be - eof tm-
day has caused a stagnation in the operatioPe
z<s it is
British market during the course of the morning' of 00
generally supposed that it will relate to the agdifs bug'
cast, consequently the speculators arc shy 'of dweloe 010
ness to any great extent until they have wale 01u
the subject.
001'
Consols have been, during the early part of t•PL eigiotel
ing, at 87 at present may be quoted 87i;
; Exchequer Bills 5 7 prem. spa,
In the Foreign Market also very little do'n,l• to
nisi) Active 22i ; Portuguese rather better, 0ty..0071i,,r,
the intelligence by the Lisbon mail reecting the
.dyea
debt, may be quoted at 324 ; Mexisp can, ,94.;
1837, 271- ; Dutch 'Fwo-and-a-flalt per Cents. 4 4`
Five per Cents. 981.
Shares partake of the heaviness of the other marketi•rat
Great Western 81 ; South Western 52 ; New North
Midland 401 41.

BRITISH AS-SOCIATIOI4 OF

SCIENCE.

GLAiGC.W. SEPT. 23.--The general dinner of the
Association took place last night in the theatre. Tbe
arrangements were excellent. Covers were laid for
thousand guests, and they were all tilled. Shortly.he,
fore six, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis of
Northampton, the Lard Provost of Glasgow, Lora
Greenock, &c. &c., entered, and were received by the
company with loud cheers. The Marquis of Bread
bane took the chair, supported by the Lord Provost and
Lord Belhaven ; and among the persons by whorl;
was surrounded, we perceived Lord Greenock, Sher..lA,
Alison, Mr. Murchison, Dr. Buckland, Sir
Brewster, Sir Archibald Campbell, Major Sahinet Brf
&c. Principal Macfarlane acted as croupier, and,,,"-
supported by Lord Monteagle, Sir John Robison, r,ee:
Eneke,We observedjacob alsova
rProfessors (foreign)
sreeh.ig,
fessor Forbes, Sir William Jardine, Prolesse.r Phfill!Pc
g.4s" Otto,
Bunssen, Kurochner, Vogel. Of native Profes-
sors, Airy, Thompson, Graham, Lamont, Ramfa.
Doctors Fleming, Jobst, nS)..chAalbeu.tzt,
Moho, M'Farlane, Robinseop
Colquhoun, Ridtenbacher, with Messrs. Delaheetie'
Milne, Strickland, Smith, Griffiths, Maxwell, Tou;i'
Hal, Sir J. M'Ncil, Sir John Hall, Sir W. IVlaxsve"l.
and others.
In the course of the evening many speachrs %ler°
made, but they were destitute of interest.
The general meeting was held in the tbeat,re, at three
o'clock, when a Report was read by the, Secretary of
the disposal of various sums of money voted for scien-
tific investigation, anti it was announcr.d that the reeciPts
had exceeded those of any former oce-Asion—the bighes"
sum previously received being at Newcastle,
while on the present occasion it :.mounted to 2,6001.
The next meeting was fixed for Devonport,
officers being :—President--Professor Whewell. Vice'
Presidents—Lord Elliott, Sir Charles Lemon, and Sir
SnobT. D. Acland. Secretaries—Mr. Fox and Mr. Snob
Harris. Treasurer—Mr, Henry Woolcot. 2,400/..

SPOILED STAMPS. bile foilowing is al' ;be
il.
saver to a letter on this subject which was addressed. to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer Bristol merely,nt
Stamps and Taxes; London, Aug. 1, 1540,. 61"tle_
men,—The Board of Stamps and Taxes having had rteo
forted to them your letter of the 13:h ult., addressed tot.e
Chancellor of the Exchequer, comlaining of the exPr-ar
to which persons residing in tho country are subjectg, i°
obtaining an allowance of spoiled stamps, by wing::
quired to matte the affidavit Wore a Master. Extrao.bi
nary in Chancery, when a stamp duty of W. is PaYl.trde
in respect thereof, besides the Master's ice, / an, direct .0
to acquaint you that the Board hz:ed h,termined athoaileid
future their officers in country, who allow by
stamps, shall be authorised to administer the affidavolfr4
which means ail exponse in regard thereto will be ay.sadre:
as such Mdavits, when made before au officer of, thin
eX
p4rtment duly authorised to receive the sate' 're for t:
empted from stamp duty: The necessary deputal,'"a,
this purpose will tbi; day forwarded to Mr. Elle letter !!"
distributor of Bristol. Thu stamp enclosed in Paubredjeat
is herewith roturned.—l am, g
Centlemen, yr,onLy."
servant, HAS.- PRESS