The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-20 00:00:00

TTItirtSDAY TIVENING, DrcEmnrit ; 1940

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PUBLIC.

inst. It is
Sebastopol.

intended to take a transport of troops to

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The discuision on the ciatne3 in the Wine Duties
Bill commenced on Tuesday. Sveral amendments
were proposed and rejected, end the further comdde-
ration of the Bill was postponed until the following
day.

M. PROSPER DE CHASELOUP-LAUBATS, the reporter
on the Lyons and Avignon Railroad Bill, announced
to the Commission on the Finances that the Minister
of Public Works requested to be allowed a few days
to enable him to communicate to the committee his
intentions respecting the Bill, which had been rejected
by a majority of only one.
The Committee of the National Assembly have
examined the Bill confirming the commercial treaty
recently concluded between France and Belgium, and
have expressed their approval of the conduct of the
Ministers.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
on Wednesday at 561.30 e.; the Five per Cents. at 911.
80e.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 760 f. ; Havre, 241 f.
95e.; Great Northern, 4611. 25e. ; Vierzon, 3301. ;
13 isle, 110 c.; Bordeaux, 4051.; Paris and Stra,burg,
361 1 '25 ; Tours and NanteF, 277 f. 50e..

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON OCK-EXCIIANGE, Dig'. 19.

Boulogne and Amiens, 714—Namur and Liege, 61/2—
Orleans and Bordeaux, 3!4 —Paris anditoutn, '21%

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived.
The Committee on the Budget has examined the
estimates relating to the Ro) al Household, Foreign
Office, Grace aid Justice, Commerce and Public
Workg, War and Home departments.
The Epoca has the following on this subject :
" We snail not conceal the pain which the result of the
examination of the army estimates by the Committee on
the Budget has caused to us. If our accounts are nut
incorrect, it appears that, far from making important
economies in th:s branch, the Committee, yielding to
considerations which we cannot appreciate, has increased
it on the contrary, by a not inconsidenble sum, destined
to remounting the cavalry of our army.
" This result surprises and afflicts us, as it will surprise
and afflict the country ; not exactly from the increase in the
estimates through a EUM which is perhaps far more neces•
nary than some of those consigned in it, but because we
had all conceived hopes of seeing the public expenses
considerably reduced—hopes especially f3unded on the
estimates of the War Ministry from their large amount."
And the Epoca goes on to ask " How it is possible that a
budget can be well received by the country, of which one
single branch absorbs 315 millions of reals for its ordi-
nary, and 30 millions for its extraordinary expenses?"
The Heraldo, alluding to the increased sum re
commended by the Committee for purchasing horses
for the army, merely says—
"It appt ars that th© general Committee on the budget
has doubled the quantity assigned for remounting the
army, and that in place of 1,500 reals, which was paid
by the state for each horse for the cavalry service, the
dotation has been left ut 3,000 reals each, with which the
future of our cavalry is secured—and a flattering stimulus
is off .red to the breedirg of horses."

The following amendment to the new tariff was
presented at the sitting of the Cortes on the 11th,
and referred to a Committee:—

" The undersigned Deputies to Cortes, firmly per-
suaded of the imminent danger which threatens the
Spanish iron trade, arising from the fixed duties to
which articles of foreign iron are subjected by the new
tariff, in virtue of authority granted by Parliament, and
deeply sensible of the immense importance which this
branch of industry has acquired of late years, and of the
still greater increase which it is destined to attain, re-
quest the Cortes to approve of the annexed Bill:
" Art. 1. Instead of the duties fixed by Articles 16,
17, 50, 632, 633, 634, 635, 641, 642, and 658 of the new
ariff, the following shall be substituted:—
By Spanish By Foreign
ship. ones.
rub 66

16. Steel in bars and wrought stcel
17. Ditto cat in bars of all dimen-
sions
50. Iron wire of all dimensions,
kinds, and qualities BO 90
632. Cast iron, in pigs
633. Ditto refined, called in France
jonte mazie, and in England fine
metal
634. Ditto forged, drawn or beaten
into square, flat, or round bars,
or others of the thickness of an
inch at least, or 144 square
lines in the superficial section
of its side~
635. Ditto of the same kinds, of less
dimensions than one inch, or
144 square lines in the superfi-
cial section of its sides
641. Iron in hoops of all kinds 56 70
642. Sheet iron, even if galvanised,
and sheets for the construction
of iron ships or engine boilers,
from 1 to 20 56 70
Ditto, ditto, from 21 to 24
Ditto, ditto, from 25 to 26 ...
Ditto, ditto, from 27 to 28 . .... 62 72
Ditto, ditto, from 29 to 30
658. Sheet iron, double or single filmed 90 100
Ditto, nor tinned
Art. 2. The exportation of Biscayan iron ore is
prohibited.

70 50

.. 5 5

(SignEd)

VAIIEY.
RODRIGUEZ RIVAS.
ALTUNA.I
ENDEZ DURAL.
LA SALA. RIVAS.

" Palace of the Congress, Dec. 3, 1849."
The motion of Senor Saiscurz SiLve for the ad-
justment of the debt was opposed by the Minister of
Finance, and rejected by the Chamber of Deputies
by a majority of 130 to 20. The Minister said the
Government would submit a measu:e on the subject
to the Cortes ; that it would investigate the justice of
the claims of the creditors, and the possibility of
satisfy ing them, a possibility which it would ever bear
in mind so as to adopt no decision that did not
offer security ; for to act otherwise would be an
absurdity. " This is all the Government can say,"
added the Minister, " and the Deputies will render
us the justice to believe that it would not be expe-
dient, and that it would be an egregious mistake on
the part of the Government, to be as venturesome as
M. SANCHEZ SILVA recommends."
SArcuaz SILVA immediately tendered his resigna-
tion as Member of the Junta for the settlement of
the National Debt.
MADRID BoLsA, DEC. 13.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 31 fur cash; the Four per Cents. at
12/ for paper ; the Five per Cents. at 13} ; the
Debt without Interest at 41; and the Coupons at 8.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

CENTRAL GERMANY.

The Austrian Commissioners, General VoN SCHON
and Herr VON KUDECIC, and the Prussian Delegates,
General VON RADOWITZ and Herr VON BOTTICIII3II,
arrived in Frankfort on the 16th instant. It is said
that the Archduke JOHN will formally resign the
Central Executive into the hands of these Commis-
sioners on the 20th.
It was rumoured in Frankfort that, in the event
of Prussia convoking the Parliament at Erfurth,
Austria, Bavaria, Wirtemburg, Saxony, and
Hanover, would convoke an opposition Parliament.
The rumour, however, did not obtain much credit.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sulks of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated gt about 6,000 bales, including 1,500 taken on
peculation, and comprised 5,000 American, 400 Pc mem,
Maranham, and Bahia. at 6,0. to 6:0.; 100 Egyptian at
to 9d.; 250 Surats at 4d. to 41d., and 40 Sea
Islard at 1 11d. per lb. The market was rather firmer
at at ady price:.—ln Railway Shares rather more busi-
ness was done.
The sales of grain in the markets which regulate the
averages were last week 100,123 quarters of wht at and
98,952 of barley.
The report of the Amsterdam Market of Tuesday
states that at thd commencement of business the ten-
dency of prices was favourable, but that subsequently
they became feebler, owing to numerous sales. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 54 5-16ths.
The Overland Mail brings voluminous and interesting
advices. From these it would appear that the import
trade at Calcutta was scarcely so brisk, and
an obvious cause is coincidentally mentioned,
viz , that the supply of many descriptions of Manches-
ter goods was in excess. The Glasgow fabrics being
less abundantly placed in the market, commanded
relatively better prices. We cannot discover, with all
our know ledge of the ins and outs of commerce, bow it
can possibly answer the purpose of our merchants to sell
goods without a profit, or even at a loss, in the Indian
markets, even if we could see a certain profit upon pro-
duce received in payment, and disposed of in England,
and we know that there is by no means any
certainty in the matter. Bombay seems to have
given better results to the sell rs of fabrics,
and the stock was not so much in excess, while in China
a slight rise had occurred in certain cotton goods at
Canton. On the other hand we were paying high for
silk, &c. At Manilla trade was very depressed, and
several fresh arrivals of merchandise from Europe had
just come in at an unfavourable season.
The annexed table exhibits the value of foreign dry
goods imported into New York, for the week ending
November 30th :
The value of articles of every description with-
drawn from warehouse for the week end-
ing Nov. 29 was $ 160,106
The value of imports of every description for
the same time was—of free goods...
Dutiable Goods
Specie and Bullion ...

... 101,817
... $38,294
... 19,188

Goods. of every description thrown upon the
market ... $1,119,405

The amount of cash duties upon imports for the vireek
was 166,713 dolls.; from goods withdrawn from ware-
house, 53,376 dolls.—total, 220,089 dolls.

. •
WEER'S RAILWAY RECEIPTS.
1849.
North-Western £40,024
Sou th-Westet n 8,115
Caledonian

1848•
£37,707
7,729
3,929

Midland 20,389 20,463
South-Eastern .
The Stock Market has been comparatively flat, and
there is a paucity of business. Consols have declined to
96-4- ex div. per the opening, but have been done at 96i.
The New Three-and• a-Quarter per Cents. have been
marked at 97-3- to 98i, and the Three per Cents. 96*
to i. Bank Stock is worth 202 i to 2031. The premium
on Exchequer-bills is 545. to 575. premium, and on India
Bonds 88s. to 90s. There is no foreign intelligence cal-
culated to act on the market.
In the Foreign Securities business has been limited.
Mexican are still depressed, having further declined to
28* to 29. The rumour is that the amount to be received
by the Dee steamer is not large, but we believe it is
somewhere near 700,000 dollars, and that a large sum
will be sent over in January. The suspense as to the
results of this day's meeting of bondholders is, however,
doubtless the main cause, and although for the present
the intended opposition to the existing committee is
withdrawn, the effect is prejudicial. With the real
holder these mere temporary causes of fluctuation
should have no weight. Spanish Five per Cents.
have been marked at 19 to and the Three per Cents.
38 to Portuguese Four per Cents. are about 36 to
37. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been done
at 56i. and the Four per Cents. at 84i to 85i.
Railway Shares do not excite much attention, and
there is no elasticity in the quotations, although pi ices
opened a shade firmer.

ONE .A.O-11,:13
P •I.,'EE OF RITI6II I,IJNDS O'CLOCK. 1 RIOES.
tiank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns. 96 % 1/8 961/s
yew 31% per Cent. Anus.... . ... 9814 ',4 97% 97 3iii
Long Anna. to ext ire J an. 1860
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
I t:dia Bond., 1,0001
Ditto under 1,000/... ...... .... 9O p 90 p
'onsols for Account 961,:9!/i„ . 96%

x chequer Bills. I %-e:8, 2d
1,000/. June 56 54 57 p 57 p
500/. June
Small. June: 57 p 57 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE
O'CLICK
razilian Bonds BB%
Ditto, New' 1829 and 1839
Ditto, Small
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ...
Ditto, Account
Peruvian:Bonds, 4 per Cent
Russian Bonds ...« - 110
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 —
Ditto, Account
Do., Coupons. ...... —8%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, Account . 3Bl/s % -".
Venezuela Bonds, 2M per Cent
Divider ds on the:above payable in London.
Beligan, 4% per Ccnt.
iinton 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 5614 b6l/4
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates B4l/2 8514 85M
PRICES OF "BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
.?AiLWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.

ILOSIN •
ERIC ES
88 LA

'A berd-ph ... 50
Do. Preference
-k tuber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 63/4.,
kyrshira and Galloway.. 7% —
Belfast & County Down 28
Berks & llants Extena.
(Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6
,irminghava end Ox-
r. rd Junct. calls duly
paid, or with a guaren. 20
Do, witboatguarautee 20
3iraiing• Wo'yerh'ton,
and D-idley, calls duly
pd, c: with guarantee 10 ..
Do.' about guarantee 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 14a ...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,

and Cheshire June.... 20
Eristol and Exeter 92 .....

Ditto, Thirds
,%uckinghamthire
Caledonian
Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50
hoster and Holyhead—. 50
Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 10
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per CL 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... . .
Do. Government Loar,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Portz-
month ... 5%
Dublin and Belfast June. 40
Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% . .. ...... ,
t' ast Anglian, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do. 181., E. & H.... 18
Do.. 31. 10s., Pref... 31,4 ..... 114
Liao, 71. 175., 7 per
Cent., Preference... 2 .....
Eastern Counties... ..... 20 ... 63/4 'T's ...
Do. New, Gua.6 pact. 10
Ditto,Extension, 3 per
Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... % p
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ••• ••
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent. ..... ... 50
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 26
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6
Do., Class B& C 25
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...
East Lancaih":o
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 614 ••

Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
Terence Quarters ... 6k
East Lins:olnsiiiro ...... 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. .......
Edinburgh and Northern 25 —
Ditto, Newport l5 .. ...
Exetor.Yeovil, & Dorch. 25,,, —
Exeter and Exmouth... 21s.
G!assow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle - ••.... ....... I
Glasgow,Kilmar ,& Ayr 50 ......
Do. Preference Consol. ...... _. .
.•
Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 ......
Great Northern
Do., 1,.2 A Deferred ... 121,4......
Do., 1/2 B 6 per Cent... 71/ — ..
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. IO
reat South. and West.
(Ireland)
Groat North of Englsnd 100 ...... ...... ........
Ditto, New, 401 4O
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New, 301
Ditto. New,lsl l5 .. :. .........•....
Great Western 100 ....... 58%
Ditto, I,¢ Shares 5O
Ditto, LA Shares
Ditto, yiftbs .. ~. ....... 20 - ..•••. ...... 4,4

Ditto, New l5 634 7.•......«..
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares
Do. Quarter Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshireloo
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, % Shares 49 ... ..
Do. Quarters
Do. Fifths... ....... ... 10
Do. Thirds ..... V/s
Do. New Guarantied
6 per Cent.....
Ditto (Huddersfield
and Shoff.) 5O
Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 ..... 8%
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. % Shares (A)... 10 ......
Leeds and Bradford 5O lOO
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%••••••
Do., do. No. 2 5
Do., do. ...... No. 3 5
Do., Pref. Quar., 1843 9
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport. lO
Lmidon &131ackyfall..111, 6p, 34„,