The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-04 00:00:00

CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.

Mr. WivricO,A, the Colombian Minister, landed
at Falmouth on 'Wednesday, from the Jamaica packet, and he
will be in town to-morrow. His arrival will doubtless clear up
sonic points, respecting which the holders of Colombian Stock
naturally feel anxious.
No expresses arrived this morning from Paris ; but the letters
would have been dated on New Year's Day, and the want of
them is of little consequence, because it is a very close holiday
in i•'ranee, and no public business would be transacted. In the
English Funds this day very little business was done, and they
continue to be rather inanimate. A new account was opened
for the end of February, and the continuation on it is only pe,
cent: which does not strew any strong anticipation a improved
prices.. For the soleMent this month. Consols opened at 8O
sellers, and cloud at OO buyers.
In the Foreign l',tarket no great business was done. A few
of the Brokers went to the Decoy for wild fowl, but the great
proportion of them remained on the Royal Exchange.. Mer-
chants who dolt little in Stocks, and .all the Contractors prefer
an open market, and there will be a great struggle to continue
the business where it is, otherwise it will Ire more advan-
tageous to hand it over at once to , the Gentlemen of the
Stock Exchange, whose superior practice will render them
better agents, if the business is to be confined within sub-
Scription walls. There was considerable 'fluctuation 'in Co.
lombian Bonds, which at one time reached seventy-two, but
soon declined to 611, and finally closed at. 67. The Santa Fe
! do Bogota Gazette or the 22d of October, made -severe refiec.
dons on. M. Zea, for not replying AO the: official letters which
had been written to him, and adds, that all the Colombian
Agents had been withdrawp from Europe, &e., The. Gazette,
k however, contains nothing inimical to the Loan, but on the
contrary, for it acknolledges the powers of M. Zea, and corn.
1 plains only of want of information.

The supply of all kinds of grain in Markaane are short this
day, and as thfrost is rapidly disappearing, the millers pur-
citake Wheat atan advanced' of Is. to 29. a quarter on the finest
qualities. Large arrivals may, however, soon be expected. Both
Barley and Oats are heavy sale, and do not offer any indications
of improvement. Extended consumption is the chief source
from whence Agricultural Distress can be best relieved.
Since Monday about two thousatid five hundred hogsheads of
Sugars have been sold for home use; and prices are fully as
dear, and the market firmer. There is a demand front Antwerp
and Amsterdam for Foreign sugars, and considerable pur-
chases have been Made at en advance of 3s. per cwt. A farther
advance is anticipated when the Haniburgh orders come into
the tparket.• The limits at present are too low, but it is ex-
pected that they will be extended. Bums continue. very un-
saleable, thereby proving that their consumption has nothing
in common with that of British Spirits.
Very little 'minks is doing in Baltic produce. The Bears
in Tallow have made a faint movement, by which the price hes
been reduced to 375. 6d. The General, however of the other
party is on the watch, and it is expected that his operations
svill tell *hen the fit tune arrives for' exertion. The game is
very interesting, and the public consumption is little altered by
the op.erations on either side. When the whole quantity, how-
ever, is brought actually into the market, both soap and candles
are likely to reap the advantages of it.—(MOrning C 1 rrr~iicle.)

Thursday evening, the 26th ult. Mr. HEN-
NESSY, of Nicholas-land,, Limerick, was stabbed
near the groin by a soldier of the 42d regiment,
of which wound he died a few minutes after. A
dispute had arisen in a public-house between
some of the soldiers and a party of boys, who
afterwards attacked them in the street with
stones. The deceased, whose shop was oppo-
site the barracks, went out and was knocked
down, when he received the mortal wound. A
Coroner's Inquest was held on the body on Sa-
turday last, when the Jury returned the follow-
ing verdict ; We find that JOIIN HENN sikr
cameby his death in consequence of wounds in-
Ilicted on him on the 26th of December' by three
soldiers, who retired into the Castle Barracks
after the perpetration of the deed."

REDUCTION OF THE PRICE OF SALT.

AIANsioN-liousr.,,-The Act passed in the last
Session for taking off the tax of 133..4 bushetupon salt .will
commence on Monday next, and as the present price of the
article is 20s. the bushel, it would be reduced to 7s. by the
cessation of the tax. By law, the Loan. MAT OR and Court of
Aldermen are empowered to 'ix the „maxanuns 'price at which
salt may beliold in the city; and any one selling at a higher
rate than that ordered by the Court, or refusing to sell at that
price, is liable to a penalty of 201. Yeiterday a Committee
of the retail dealers in salt, at the head of whom was Mr.
HurcOmbe, waited upon the Lord Mayor at the Mansion.
house, and represented that it was highly necessary, as the
operation of the act would commence on Monday, that a re-
gulation of the prices should be publicly made, that uoticemight
be given of the all eration of the price, and ccinfusion amongst
the trade prevented. The cessation of the tax would reduce
the price of the article 135., and leave the maximum at is. ; but
they recommended that another shilling should, under existing
circumstances, be taken from the selling price, which would
make a reduction of 14s. the bushel, and leave the twain:um
at os. the bushel. The LOUD MAYOR with great plea-
sure acceded to the request of the. Committee,. and signed a re-
duced scale of prices, at which he ordered that all salt should
be sold in the metropolis after this week, under a penalty of
20/. The formal sanction of the Court of Aldermen will be ob-
tained on the next Court day. The Committee, after having
given directions that the scale of prices ordered by the Lord
Mayor sould be advertised in the public papers, returned thanks
to his Lordship for the manner in which he had received them,
and left the Alansion House.

The following is the list of prices :
The Bushel, from £1 0 0 to six shillings.
Half ditto, 010 0 to three Ailing%
Peck, 0 5 0 to one shilling and sixpence.
Half ditto, - 0 '2 6 to nine-pence.
Quarter ditto, -0 1 3to fourpence-halfpenny.
Two pounds, . 0 0 it to three-pence.
Half-quarter peck, 0 0 74 to twopence-halfpenny.
One pound, - 0 0 4 to three halfpence.
Half a pound, -0021 to three farthings.
Quarterof apound, 0 0 14 to one halfpenny.