The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-19 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols may be quoted at present 89 or the Account ;
.Iteduced, 89i-, little doing as yet ; Exchequer par,
2.prein. ; Bank Stock 156 157 ; Indict Stock 237 239.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active same as it left
off 231- Z.; Deferred. 11i 12i; Portuguese, 324 331 ;
Three per Cents., 21i ; Colombian, 24,i ; ,11 xicau, 28:k
Brazilian 71 72 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cen s.,
boi 51 ; Five per Cents., 97f
SHARES.—Great Western, 224 231.prem.; New, fl} 104
prem. ; London and Brighton, 8 7f discount; Blackwell,
5 4f discount ; Birmingham, 79 81 prem. ; Southamp-
ton, 53 54 per share ; Croydon, 14 per share.

We have received the Dutch mail of the 17ih inst., and
Papers to the same date, brieir„ing the Amsterdam prices
of the 16th inst. Last price.—Two-and-1-141 f per Cents.,
50 1-16; Five per Cents., 97.

PRICES OF SHARES Tills DAY AT ONE.
aaILW.Ys. Paid. Per Share.
65
50i to
50 ..... 426 a
90 l6B
13$ to
7)
25 ...... 27
.28 -14 to

Great Western
Ditto New ...
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham
London and Croydon (Trunk).
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto New Shares
South Eastern and Dover
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Onion of Australia..
Ditto New Share,
COURSE OF EXCIIANGE—( YESTERDAY).
Amsterdam •C F. 12 2i i Gibraltar 4B
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam 2U. )2 6 Genoa 25 90
Aritwerp ....... ....... 12 5 Milan
Hamburg M. B. 13 10 Venice 47
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 40 Palermo, per oz 121
Ditto, 3 months 25 65 Lisbon 524
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine ...149 Bahia
Petersburg, 3Us 37 Buenos Ayres ...... --.,_.
Berlin - 7 0 New York, 21 days' sight 461
Vienna, effee.ll. 3 bi— 10 5 Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto lO 3 PRICE OF BULLION, PER oz.
Madrid
Cadiz 3si Foreign Gold, bars 8 17 9
bilboa
Barcelona ... 356 New Dollars 0 4 10
Seville ... .. :351 ;Silver in Bars 0 5 0
HALF-PAST ONE.

(From the Barbadoes Papers.)
A very important Bill of " Ways and Means," whereby
the enormous expenses of the colony may be met, has, we
find, unanimously passed our House of Assembly. By
this Bill a very general tax is laid on imports, as well as
a tax is laid on imported produce. This measure has
caused a great stir amongst the mercantile body, who take
a very different view of the operation of the Bill, at least
as far as regards the taxes on imported goods from that
which the House of Assembly entertain. A general
meeting is called by the Chairman of the Commercial
Hall, at the requisition of many respectable mercantile
houses.

The following is the sum total of produce shipped from
this island (Port of Spain) in the present year :
Su:ar, 13,318 hhds, 738 tierces, 351 barrels ; Mo..
lasses, 2,195 puns., 126 hhds, 38 barrels ; Arrowroot,
383 firkins: Ginger, 1,307 packages; Cotton, 56 bales;
Aloes, 1,322 .

From the late aeasorable showers, and the general ap-
pearance of the country, a much better prospect awaits the
planter for the next year.

- ST. CIIRISTOPHER.—The following is his Excellency's
communication ;

EXTRACT.
" His Honour the President and Gentlemen of the Legis

lative Cguncil.
" Gcntlemen—l am sorry to believe that the viasantry
arc emigrating from this island in considerable numb •rs.
I deem it my duty to make kno vu to your Honourable
Houses that having made persona! inquiries from many of
the most intaigent of the emigrants a- to th,ir rt,asoihs or
leaving their horn., a, all ;;ssign tic cause, viz. the uncertainty
of the tenure by which they hold their houses and ground:,
and the summary ejectmerits which in consequence of this
uncertainty many of them have suffered. It is wish much
pain I bear witness of the existence of those causes. I
Lave the highest authority for believing such summary
ejectment, witih•ut that full notice to which a tenant is en.
titled. to he absolutely illegal. I earnestly entreat your
Honounible House to declare by legislative enactment by
Whitt, tenure the peasantry re,iding on estates hold their
cottages and grounds. I am. &c.
C. J CUNNINGHAM, Lieut.-Governor.
Government House, Sept. 3.

The intelligence by the Dutch moil this moron)? is
rather of a favourable nature iu respect to their local 411...ir5.
The new project of the finauf.l2l IaWS
nearly the whole of Coe Chambers. arlci >t hs ear ted h) 42
ni.;:iinst 8 votes ; in VOllki:quenct' of uhich th,
. .

Thy. roport Nhi h previitied yesterday of Pekin being
taken does not gain credit.
The Exehangvsye*terday afternoon were much the same
as last post-day, with very little doing.
Consols, have con.inued nuriwg the morning at 89 for
the opening, with scarce a barga'n doing to the present
time ; Reduced, 89; Exi•ii,cpx,r Bills, 1 3 prem. ; India
Bonds, 15 discount; 13.iik 6tock, nothing done.

The Foreign Market is also inactive; Spanish Ac-
tive, 23h; Portuguese, 32k; Colombian, 24-; Dutch
Two-and-a. Half per Cents., 51.
Vi ry little doing is the Share Market.—Great West-
ern, New, 50- ; London and Brighton, 424 ; Lond
and Birmingham, 168; Croydon Trunk, 121,
Nu accounts as yet of the British Queen.

THE PANORAMA, LEICESTER-SQUARE.—
Mr. Burford is as fortunate as usual in the selection of
his subject for a panorama this year, for everything con-
nected with Syria, from our recent military success there,
is a matter of vivid public interest. Damascus is not only
rich in historical recollections and traditional associations,
but with its minarets, domes, and cupolas, rising out of
richly cultivated gardens, it now presents to the eve of
the traveller a degree of beauty and magnificence which
fully jus.ifies the praise of Jeremiah, who calls it "the
City of Praise—the City of my Joy." The panorama is
taken from drawings by Cattermole who, at considerable
personal risk (such as the jealousy entertained of all
Franks) sketched his view of the town from one of the
southern suburbs. Mr. Burford has executed his task, as
far as we could judge by the light, which for the last few
days has been anything but favourable, with his usual
fidelity. The luxuriant foliage, the graceful minarets,
the groups of inhabitants in their varied costumes, contrast
finely with the bleak aspect of the mountains which bound
the town on one side; and all sire admirably painted.
There is a stately grandeur in these eastern cities which
attracts the curio ity Cf all F,..iropean3 ; and we owe a
great 'lc:tl to those who farniliari;e us either with these
buildings or the habits of their mixed inhabitants, at so
much personal danger,-cxpense, nod trouble.
ADHESIVE LABELS.—It cannot be too gene-
rally known that the very numerous cases of cancer which
have lately prevailed are attributed by the faculty and
scientific men to moistening the adhesive postage stamps
with the tongue or lips. A little new milk is much pre-
ferable, and also causes them to stick faster, particularly
on glued and smooth letter paper. —CorresPowlent
pf
the L iretpool Mercury.
'rum, have been ~ranci (kings at Parsorstown,
in eelt:ination •of the of Lord Oxrt"ntowt.'s -or, and
he;r.
•
E... 1,1 CoveliLls •0
in \S'orcestershire, from Batb, where the Noble Earl made
a short stay.