The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-30 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.

There w•as a fair demand for P. Y. C., and pricer
were firm at 475.;6(1. on the spot, and 48s. for delivery in
spring months. The stock is b,OOO casks larger than last
year at this time.

OIL MARKET.
Prices on the advance fur Fish Oils, and the demand
good. Pale Seal was not to be purchated under 341., and
the supply was very small.

LLO YD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY )

LONDON, DEC. 30.—Iiind this day at noon, light
westerly airs, and fine, with a hard frost. The sun shcnie
with great splendour this morning. The river is partly
frozen over.

DEAL, DEC. .29. —Wind N. W., light breezes.--. Sailed
the Princess Chai lotto, Nash, for Singapore ; Sophia,
Pingelly, for Jamaica ; Lively, Martin, Grenada; Jane,
Palmer, Africa.
PORTSNIOUTI3, DEC. 29. —Wind N. N. W. to NI N. E.—
Sailed the John Bartlett, Bartlett, for Sydney, New
South Wales.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29.—Wind N.—Arrived the Hope,
Cockburn, from Lima sailed August 8, with part of
cargo thrown overboard, and decks swept, having been
struck by a sea during a heavy gale August 25, in lat. 32 ;
site bore up for Valparaiso 27th, and sailed thence Sep-
tember 12. Norman, Wood, New Orleans. Sailed the
Duncan, Robertson, for Savannah ; Caledonia, Camel,
Bombay ; Devonport, Broadfoot, Mobile ; Alexander,
Montreal. Off port, the Balfour, from Paraiba. The
Osprey, which put back yesterday, must discharge.
SHIELDS, DEC. 28.—Arrived Horn, Robertson, Quebec.

VESSELS SPOKEN , WlTll.—llarkaway, from Quebec
to London, 7th inst., lat. 49, lon. 23; Williath and Al-
fred, Havannah to Liverpool. 15th, lat. 51, lon. 9, by the
Isabel, Cope, arrived at Crookhaven ; Caroline, Liverpool
to Monte Video, 13th Oct., lat. 32 5,, lon. 47; Diana,
Bocteher, Bremen to New York, 30th ult., lat. 37 N.,
lon. 24 ; Dorothea, Tideman, 13th inst., off the Lizard ;
Saltwedel, Cape de Verds to Monte Video, 30th Oct.,
lat. 4 N., lon. 23 W.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE W'S

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—The
sales to-day are 4,000 bags, of which 1,000 bags have
been taken on speculation ; full prices have been ob.

wined.

LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, DEc.29.—Eastern Coun-
ties debentures, 99 ; Grand Junction, 2111 212 ;
New, 281 ; Great Western, 90 ; Fifths, 10i ; Liver-
pool and Manchester, 185 ; Brighton United Company,
42/ ; Manchester and Leeds, half-shares, 27i ; New
Shares, 94.

THE FUNDS.
The British market continues firm, with an improve-
ment this morning.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 88} for the
Account, may be quoted at present 88:1 ; Reduced
881 ; Exchequer Bills 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock 1561
157} ; India Stock, 137 139.
In the Foreign Market it appears that Spanish
Active is again the favourite speculation, and in which
the only business is doing at present ; it left off yester-
day at 241, and improved to 24,1 1, owing to a report
that accounts have been received this morning that it
has been done 1 per cent, higher after the express left
Paris. Deferred, 121 ; Passive, 6 ; Portuguese
same as they left off 32 ; Three per eents.,2ol 21 ;
Colombian same, 231 ;-Mexican improved, left off at
271 28. at present, 281 ; Brazilian 70f 711 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., as they closed,
50i 51i ; Five per Cents., 971 4.
SHARES.—Great Western, '25 26 preen., New, 10
11 prem. ; London and Brighton, 6f 6 dis. ; Black-
wall, 41 dis. ; Birmingham, 81 83 prem.; South-
ampton, 541 551 per share ; Croydon, 121 per share ;
Greenwich, 81 per share ; Manchester and Birming-
ham; 15 13 per share ; South Eastern and Dover, 161
10 discount.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western
~-Ditto New ... .... ...... 40
Ditto Fifths
London and Birmingham DO :172 to
Ditto New Shares
London and Greenwich ..... .••••• 20 ...... .., to ---
Ditto Scrip
London and South Western 3B/...... 56 ..-: ... to ,

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY).
Amsterdam C F. 12',Gibra1tar............:.... 46
Ditto, at sight
Botterdam ...... U. 12 s'Genoa 23 b.)
Antwerp l2 4} Milan
Hamburgh... ....M.B. 13 9i Venice .............
Altona l3 10 Naples... . 311
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40
,ratermo, per oz 121
Ditto, 3 months 25 65 Lisbon . . 52;1
. •••. 23 70 Oporto ....... .•.
Ileordeaux...
27
Petersburgh, 3 Us. 37
,Buenos Ayres
Frankfort on Maine.... 149 Bahia
Berlin
Vienna, effec fl. Al. 10 3 'Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto
Madrid
,Portugal Gold Coin£o 0 0
Cadiz
35i New Doubloons 0 0
Barcelona
Seville Silver in Bars 0 5 o,i
HALF-PAST ONE
The following is an extract of the commercial rela-
tions with:France in wines and silks, from an American
paper recently received :
" The packet ship for Havre, for some time past,
has been taking quantities of wine from America to
ply the American debt to France. It is asked %shy
this amount of specie is thus drawn from
America? The answer is, to pay for the French
silks and wines, and other luxuries consumed
by America. The cost of the silks imported
into the United States during the year ending
Sept. 30, 1839, was 'nearly 23,000,000 dollars. Most of
these come from France. There are two considerations
which present themselves upon our commercial inter-
course with France ; one is the unequal position which
the two countries relatively occupy, indicating a total
want of reciprocity. French commodities are admitted
into the American ports almost without duties. Under
this system, the exports from France to America have
increased with astonishing rapidity. There is no cor-
responding liberality on the part of France ; the
reverse is the case. While the United States
go to one extreme, France goes to another. We admit
her commodities on the most fixvoarable terms ; she
imposes on ours the most onerous restrictions. Her
duties on American tobacco range from five hundred to
eight hundred per cent., and, in addition to this, no com-
petition of buyers is allowed. The Government holds
the monopoly, and is the exclusive purchaser.
"The exports from Charleston and Savannah last year
in cotton amount to 12,505,320 dollars ; from Savannah
10,208,348 dollars."
The Lisbon mall has arrived, but nothing of conse-
quence has occurred as yet in respect to the commence-
ment of hostilities, the time allowed by the Spanish
Government of 20 days for an answer, had not ex-
pired, but extensive warlike preparations were going in
Portugal, anti the impressment for the army was curried
ou with vigour.
The Queen had appointed the Duke of Terceira to
the; Command-in-Chief of the Army of Observation
in the provinces of Tres os Montes and Minho. The
next Session will commence on the 2d of January, 1841.
We refer our readers for further particulars to another
part of the paper.
The above mail was brought by the Montrose
steamer. Sailed from Lisbon the 21at inst., Gibraltcr
the 20th, Cadia the 21st, Oporto and Vigo the 24th.
Consols, which were in the early part of the morning
at 88! for the 15th January, are not quite so good
at present, 881- for Account; (reduced, 8S; ; Ex-
chequer Bills, 4 2 prem. ; India Bonds, 15 die. ;
Bank Stock 157 i.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active was done at
23, at present, 24g. ; Deferred, 101 ; Passive, 61
Portuguese, 321 ; Three per Cents. 211 ; Brazilian,
711 ; Colombian, 24 ; Mexican,t2Ba
Dutch Ttva-and-
a-Half per Cents. 51-1 ; Five per Cents, nothing done.
In the Share Market little doing, and no material
alteration in the prices. Great Western, 911 ; New,
5 ; Fifths, 11 101 ; London and Birmingham,
172 ; Ditto New Shares, 41)1 ; London South Wes
tern, 56.

ANOTHER SUPPOSED AltiltnEll.—lll a former
paper, we stated that a person had been rode user, on the
hamilton-road, by the London mail, end taken up dead.
The supposition at first was, that he had been killed
by the coach ; but circumstances hri,g, ei,t, transpired,
which create some fears lest the unfortunate man may
have been murdered. The guard and driver of the
mail are confident that the wheels of the coach passed
over his lower extremities; and yet, when they lifted him
up, he was found bleeding at the head, which was
severely cut, while it had not the appearance of being
so very recent a wound es must have been caused by the
coach passing over it. It has been discovered also, that
before the above circumstance took place, he had 16s. or
19s. and some articles in his possession, which were not
upon his person whets he was found. From these, and
other circumstances, a supposition has gone abroad that
the man has been murdered, and the authorities are making
strict inquiry into the matter. Tilt: name of the deceased
was Watson and he was a carter by business.—Glasgow
Aryus,