The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-12 00:00:00

We have received Demerara Pape,. to the 19th March.
They state that they can now put forth, without contradic-
tion, that brighter prospects never dawned on the above
province than are now presented ;—that no sooner did the
American emigrant arrive in Trinidad, than for sheer
shame the former sluggard in the field became the active
.ival of the new comer, and that the same beneficial result
may be anticipated in Demerara,
ST. KlTT's.—la the Papers of the island there is
nothing of interest.

ST.-VmENT.—Oar last d.2tes are up to the 4th ult.
There had been great drought in the island. The planter!
were also complaining bitterly of the sickliness and mis.
conduct of the labourers.

BARBADOES..TheNVegt Indi.t Bank was opened on the
2,1 inst. far business with every prospect of success. The
interest fixed is 4 per cent. There has been a scarcity of
f,-.1 produced by the idleness of the peasantry and want of
rain.

1 alNirno.-127 emigrants arrived in the month o
January.

ANTIGUA.-This island is advancing in prosperity. The
peasantry are conducting themselves to the satisfaction of
their employ era.

DOMINICA.—No account of the state of agriculturk:
given in the Papers of this Colony.
GRANADA, —All parties agree in declaring the conduct
of the peasantry highly satisfactory, and that the isospeets
of the coming crops are generally good—those of the en-
ming ones still better. The Mlltese emizrants arc getting
on greatly to the satisfaction of the planters, They amount
to 160.

St. LITIA.—A poor prospect is presented of the new
crop, owing, in a great measure to drought.
It is the Westminster Racket which has arrived at Ports-
mouth with the United States Papers of, the 20th ult. and
not the Montreal, as stated in the Morning Journals. The
intelligence received by the above arrival is not of much
importance. United States Bank Shares, 76i ; Exchange
up.in England as before, 7i to 8 prem. Extracts from the
above papers will be found in another part of our Journal.

THE FUNDS.
Consols opened this morning at 914- j, both for Time
and Money. To the present hour there does not appear
to be any spirit in the' market for speculating; both the
monied interest and speculators are waiting until Friday,
to ascertain the particulars of the Budget. Exchequer
Bills 22 24 premium ; India Bonds 2 to 4 prem. ; Bank
Stock 175 176; India Stock 249. 2501.
In the Foeeign Market most of the prices are nominal.
Spanish Active as they left off, 231 29; Deferred in i ;
Passive 74 i ; Portuguese same, 351 ; Three per Cents.
241 i ; Colombian 26-1 ; Mexican 254 291 ; Brazilian
754- i; Danish 79 80 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
63i 54e ; Five per Cents. 1001 :::-.
Pit ICES OF srocKr Tilts L.A t' AT ONE O'CLOCK.
iiank Stock 1754 %I India Stock • —.—
per Cent. lied. 901,4 SADitto Bonds
I per Cents. Con 91%% South Scat Stock
I!.0 ner Cent — Old Annuities --
iHtfei lied. 98% 94 New Ditto
:iew 3% per Cent 1004% 3 per Cent. Annuities, l:Th I --
:gm 5 per Cent.
Sank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500... 2-2 :2-1 Jan. 5, 1860 13% 11-16 Ditto Small 2•_' 24 pm.
Oct. 10, 1859 — pm— Ditto Commercial die.
Jion. 5, 1860 ...... ............ -- Ditto Advertised —
Jan. 5, 19S0 — Bank Stock for Account .. pm.
April 5, 1880. — India Stack for Account ...
Jaa. 5.1870 - Consols for Account 91%
PRICES OF FOREWN FL/ N Ds THIS imi AT ONE 0 cLOCY.
I.ustrian Bonds — j Peruvian Muds Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account -
irazilisn Bonds
Ditto Account
:uenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent...... 24
Ditto lenttnt — Ditto Account
Chilian 3orld e —l Prussian Bonds
Ditty Act.o: tit --i Russian Bonds, 1822. .....
Coannt ian Bends — Ditto Account DDittokc...:A. nt —) Ditto Metallic —
1.13::2 I:,:ailit
Columbian 3: - (13,1824
—t Ditto Account.
:2874
,-,anist Bonds .. r Pass•ve
Ditto i.t ••' nt _, Der Trod PM, ~
Greek Bonds —! French, 5 per cent....... —f. —c.
Ditto Bonds, 1525 — ----- 4 per cent....... —f. —c.
Ditto Account - 3 per cent. --f. —c.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — ----- Exchange. —f. —c.
Ditto Account
Ditto, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account
!ceapolitan — Ditto Account —
i'it 10ES Ok, SHARE; THIS HA I: A:' ONE O'Cuocß.
Paid. Per Share,
Eiqern Counter., Railway 2l i 2%
twintiurgh and Glasgow 39 24
Oroat Wester. Railway Company... 65 t 46
Brighton liailwav
...,,ii ino and Birmingham Rallevay Company no 170%
Ditto 4 Shares 25 29
Ditto News hares
f onion and Croydon Railway Co,,,pary l3/. 15s. 9d. 11%
N WI Midland Railway Company 100 _
Ditto New 20
n 3 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company l3 6;(
HALF-PAST ONE.
According to the Jarnai,l: Dispatch of the 30th of
March, great complaints are made respecting the unwil-
lingness of the negroes to work, and the consequent defi-
cieney of the crops. The following is the extract (rein a
;ever addreßsei to a Member of the Assembly from a
planter in St. James's parish i--
- " The labourers in this quarter arc ten times worse than
last year; and, by the way they are going on, one-half of
the sugar crop will not be completed by the Ist of August,
although the rate of wages is increased one-third above
last year.
" Without immigration on a very extensive scale, Ja-
maica is gone. The parish of Trelawney will not ex.
ceed 5,000 hogsheads; St. JaMes, 4 000 ; Hanover,
3,000; Westmoreland, 2,000; St. Elizabeth, 1000; say
13,000 hogsheads of sugar. I have known this parish
alone to make that quantity, and Trelawney much mire.
Tire Island has made 120,000 hogsheads, and this year
there will not be 40,000 made, with considerably worse
prospects for the next year.
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