The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-07 00:00:00

MONEY and.CONIMERCIAL E

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CITY, _FRIDAY EVENING.
English Stocks were steadier' to-day. Consols
were quoted 891 to 891, for Money, and 89-a. to 891 for
the Account, both closing at the highest rates. Exche-
quer Bills we 14s. to 16s. premium. The New Three-
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and-a-Half per Cents. realised 981 to -g-, the Three per
Cents. Reduced Annuities 891 to 90, and the Old Three-
and-a-Half
per Cents. 984 to 1. Bank Stock was dull tail is!
12 dlrs .
at 1691, and East India Stock at 247. - '2' . - • 41
There was no rally in Foreign Stock to-day. At last :4.1' 1.
the Committee of Spanish Bondholders have attended
.to -I '9in ,
the voice of their constituents, or at least of the ins- k...,011t0
jority of them, by accepting the proposals of the Spanhh -.01g1414
Government for capitalizing the arrears of interest into •:',34
an Active Three per Cent. Stock, by which means we
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may hope, ere long, to receive back a fraction, at any
rate, of the immense sums loaned. The Active Bonds :
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were 19a to 1, and the Deferred of 1839 at 15. P4a-tu-
guese New Five per Cents. were ut 294, and the Three
per Cents. at 18. Colombian were a shade better, viz.,
20i. Brazilian of 1839 were at 601, Neapolitan at per,
Danish at 79, Russian at 114:1, .and Dutch Five per
Cents. at 102 k.
The Railway Shares were rather dull to-day. Great
Western shares were 191 to 181, the New S to i ; the
Fifths, sto i ; the Grand Junction, Half Sharcs,_so ; --
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the London and 13irtriingham Quarter 17i ;
and North Midland 29 ; and the South 'Western 131- ..;1;•01.4,11
to 13k premium. The Brighton were Gi• to 7 ; (Awl- .. •.,: old.,
tenham and Great Western 44 • and South Eastern 2u.1 ~: ,filiAt
discount. London Joint Stock' Bank Shares were 2i,.,,f0 'lt. i 4
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the York ~,,,,e
and Union Bank of Australia 6 to 54. premium.
The Foreign Exchanges were flat this afternoon.
Bills on Paris were taken at 25f. 571 e: to 60c. ; on Ana"
stet-dam at 12 3k to ..1 ; on Antwerp at 12 31 ; on
Frankfort, at 149 k to k ; on Haraburgh at 13 91 ; ails'
on Trieste at 9 52 to 54.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 5.—A rather
better business has been done in the Cotton Market this
day, the sales comprise 3,000 bales. Both exporters and
speculators have been inactive. Prices continue :It our
last quotations. The Market is quiet.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, AUG. 5.—A moderate
business has been done at the Stock Exchange this daY•
The following comprise the transactions rand Junc-
tion One-half Shares; 98 ; Chester and Crewe, 49 ; Great
Western New Shares, 58.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. s.—There is
still little doing in shares, and prices rather declining'
London and South Western, 521 ; Manchester OA"
Leeds, 50 ; North Midland Tiirds, J Manchester to": •
Birmingham, 21 21 ; London and Birmingham, 160
161 ; Ditto, New, 321., 24 24+.
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By the arrival of the Indemnity at Deal from r°rt
Philip, papers from that place to the Bth April We
been received, but they do not contain any news of inte-
rest. Flour had, if anything, fallen in price, it may 1.
be purchased at 321. to 341.; Mauritius Sugar scarce, 35
to 36/.

By the arrival of the Veloce at. Plymouth from the
Cape of Good Hope, papers to the 2d June have been
received, from which we take the following :
" ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
"At a meeting of the Members of the Commeroei •
Exchange, held at the Commercial-room, on 21st MaY'
Francis Collison, Esq., in the Chair, it was re'
esolved that a hamber of Commerce shall be estg"
blished in this town, and wo are glad to observe
that the mercantile community are alive to the import:lac!
of representing themselves by an associated body. 16
has our best wishes. The advantage to be derived INIn
this Association are incalculable, particularly to
ping trade of the colony.A public meeting was to take place on the 12th June,
to take into consideration the depressed state of the whle,
trade. Too long, indeed, has this most important W:ce
of the colony been neglected, and we therefore rejoleet
to see that the wine merchants, or wine. farmers, are
last rousing themselves to a proper advocacy of their
own interests. the ship-

(Fro the Port Pkll Hera of.)
A new m era has dawnedip
on Portld
the bin Phillip th April e launch
of the first steamer yet built in tifis colony. She is
named the Fairy Queen, and measures 60 feet from steul
to stern. It is the intention of the proprietors to run her va
the river, and amongst the shipping in the harbour; great
praise is due to the proprietors, Messrs. Manton and Co"
who not only are laying for themselveS the foundation of
a handsome fortune, but are also conferring iwPort4l3t
benefits on their fellow-countrymen in general.
Bot but

.nth Markets closed flat and heavy last night, - _
opened this morning rather firmer. Consols are now
894 t- for Money, and 891 1 for the Account ; Three
per Cents. Reduced, 90 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents?
984 99 ; Bank Stock, 1681 1691 ; Exchequer Bills, 14
16 prem.
Spanish Active Stock, 191 ; Portuguese Five Per
Cents. 291 301 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 171 184. .n.
Money continues very plentiful, but there is n°„.e,
provement either in the state or prospects of trade. The
accounts from the manufacturing districts are, ifl,"ss re
more gloomy than ever. Large concerns in '.aWl's
bi'l,
are about to be closed in consequence of declining trade,
by which thousands of operatives will be thrown out u,
employment.
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'There has been but little activity again to-day "' in e
Share Market. Great Western New are SS-.1- Ch
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tenham and Great Western, 21 ; Grand Juliette!'
Shares,_ Km:l,. London and Birmingham Quarter"'
22i ; South Western, 52i.
No alteration has taken place in the7Corn Alarket-
The partial cessation of rain within the 1.1 dMY „sr
two, though it has allayed in some measure the appre-
hension existing with regard to the crops, does not seen'
yet to have checked speculations in foreign corn, bonded
wheat being now 4s. to ss. per quarter dearer than on
Monday, and English Is. to 2s. higher, with a good de-
mand. The arrivals of foreign grain also continue on
rather a largo scale, and the average duty has declined
to 21s. Bd., with a confident expectation on the part of
the dealers that it will be much, lower yet.
Consols, Money, 89f ; Consols, Account, 89i ;
Colombian, 20 I- ; Mexican 251 26 ; Spanish 194 20.
Nothing doing to cause any remark.
'CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock ........ ....... 1691 'lndia 5t0ck...... .........247
3 per Cent Red. 9O Ditto Bonds —Pm
3 per Cent Cons B9l Ditto Old Annuities .•• 67i
31 per Cent Red.. 9Bl 'Ditto New Annuities...
New 31 per Cent 9Bl I Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 16 pin
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 500/ l6 pis
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l6 VI
Jan. 1860. l2 15-16 Bank Stock for Acct 174
Oct 1859 l2i ;India Stock for 0pg.... --
Jan. 1860. Consols for Acct B9l
FOREIGN FUNDS.
'Portuguese, 5 per cent. ---
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent --:,
Russian, 5 per cent 1147
Ditto, Metallic ---
Spanish, 5 per cent l9l
Ditto, Deferred. ••
French, 5 per cent. —f. —e'
Exchange • —f. -- C.
French, 3 per cent. —f. —6
Dutch, 21 per cent. -
Ditto 5 per cent 1021

Austrian, 5 per cent
Belgian, 5 per cent
Brazilian 80nd5....
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent
Chilian, 6 per cent —
Colombian, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 1824.
Danish, 3 per cent 79
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 —
Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct —

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SHARES" -
Cheltenham and Great Western (62k paid) 21 '
Great Western Railway (65 paid) B3}
Ditto New Shares (50 paid &1
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) 9
Grand Junction Railway (100 paid) —
Ditto Half Shares (30 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) 43
London and Birmingham Railway (90 pi)
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid)
London and South Western
Ditto Tenths (14 paid) ... ...... ... l4
South Eastern Ind Dover (38 paid)... 173
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 79
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY).
Amsterdam CF. 12 7 'Gibraltar...
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7 ,Genoa
Antwerp l2 64 Milan
Hamburgh M.8.13 124 Venice 47
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 50 'Palermo, per oz 1184
Ditto, 3 months 25 70 Lisbon
Marseilles
Hour deaux 25 80 Rio Janeiro '27
Frankfort on Maine... 1503 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 374 Buenos Ayres
Berlin... 7 New York, 21 days sight 464
Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 952 Philadelphia 46
Trieste, ditto 9 56 PRICES or lummox, PER oz.
Madrid ...
Cadiz
13ilboa
Barcelona
Seville ... 36 Silver in Bars .0 sOh

• ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTITUENCY OF TIIS
UNITED KINGDOM.—In England and \Vales there are
63 borOughs, with a gross constituency of 21,175 electors,
being an average of 336 each, which return 90 Members ;
and 61, with a gross constituency of 44,115 electors, be-
ing an average of 723 each, which return 102 Members.'
In Scotland,qour boroughs, with 1,351 electors and an
average of 338 each, return four Members ; and 17, with
12,279 electors, an average of 772 each, return 17 Mem
bers. In Ireland, 17 boroughs, with a constituency- of
5,230, averaging 308 each, return 17 Members ; and nine
boroughs, with, 6,559, averaging 728 each, return 10
Members. From the foregoing analysis it appears, that
in England and Wales; 124 places, with an average Of
526 electors each, return 191 Members ; whilst the P°'
pulous and wealthy cities and boroughs of London West
minster, Tower' Hamlets, Finsbury, Marylcbone, Man-
chester, and Liverpool (the emporium of the trade of the
world), the gross constituencies of which amount to
100,202 electors, being an 'average of 14,313 each, re-
turn but 16 ! In Scotland, 21, with an average of 650
each, return 21 Members ; while the important towns
of Edinburgh and Glasgow, with 14,135 electors, nu
average of 7,067 each, return but 4 ! And in Ire-
land, 26 boroughs, with a constituency averaging 453
each, return 27 Members ; whilst the city of Dublin,
with 12,290 electors, returns but 2 ! The united result
will slitnv, that in the Commons' Parliament of the United
Kingdom, 171 boroughs, with a constituency of 90,709
electors, being an average of but 530 each, return 239
Members ; whilst 10 of the most important cities and
boroughs, with a itaited constituency of 126,627, hero
an average of upwards of 12,662 044, 14.48 an but V
England and Wales, with a constituency of 818,730
electors,-return 500 Members, being an acme of 1,637
each'Member. Scotland, with a constituency of 79,0144
returns 53, au average of 1,491 nearly far mill member.
Ireland, with a constituoncy.of 108,057, returns 105, an
average of 1,037 for each Member. The United King
doms, with a constituency of 1,006,702 electors, retul.,
653, being an average of 1,537 nearly each Member. Toi
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put all upon a just and fair equality, no constituency of
less than 1,500 electors should return one Member, nor
any of less than 8.000 two... There are eight boroughs
Under 200 electors each, 20 from 2 to 300, 42 from 3 to
400, 14 from 4to 500, 20-from sto 600, i t from 600 to
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from. 7di7 u
to, Brgooa6o
Courant.
8 to 900, and .16 1 lan a
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