The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-11 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY 1 EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1849.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 4th have been received.
A proposition was made to the Chamber of Depu-
ties by SENOR MORON, declaring that all Members of
the Chamber should be rendered incapable of holding
public office. It was rejected by a large majority.
The Committee on the Budget has not yet made its
report.
MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 4.—Three per Cents. 291
for the account ; Five per Cents. 114 paper.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very
firm, and prices of American wero l. per lb. higher.
The sales were estimated at about 8,000 bales, 2,500 of

which wore taken on speculation; the transactions
comprised 6,500 American, 600 Pernam and Maran •
ham at 614., 700 Surat at 4d., and 40 Sea Island at
ls. Old. to ls. 2d. per lb.—For Railway Shang the
market was dull and heavy.
The guessing and rumours that are going on in the
City would be well calculated to excite uneasiness,
if we could believe them to be correct, and
that a return to even modified protection
was really contemplated. In Mark-lane, not only
among the factors, but also the farmers, there has been
a very general discussion upon the subject of the impo-
sition of a is. or an Bs. duty, in respect to whiob the
many recent Cabinet Councils are believed to have been
held. We need hardly say that we attach no credit
to this supposition, but we should be pleased
to learn that there is some truth in another
statement, viz., that substantial and more legi-
timate means of relief for the agricultural inter-
est are now under consideration, and especially in
connexion with a remodelling of the land-tax. Some of
the particulars given by the farmers who were yesterday
at market would astonish the uninitiated ; the gross
injustice of a heavy burden resting upon the occupants
of land in one parish, while the agriculturists in the
next, though cultivating a better soil, pay, probably,
a mere nominal sum, being specially cited. One party
made the assertion that by spreading the taxes equally
upon all land, the relief would be most important; and
we would ask upon what ground protection is asked,
when other and equitable means of relief
are: at hand and untried ? One thing we
may truly affirm, viz., that there is a
growing feeling of interest and anxiety in
the City to ascertain what may really be the intentions
of the Government, and whether. a division does exist
in the Cabinet, as the opponents of free trade delight
to assert.
The Hamburgh mail of Friday brings the quotation
for the exchange on London at 13 10, and the price of
gold at 437. Bills were in request. Owing to the
closing of the navigation, business generally was very
quiet, but at Dantzic there had been a thaw previously
to the 3d instant, which allowed of the shipping getting
to and fro.
At Vienna on the sth instant, Austrian Metallics
were 93k. The Amsterdam prices of the 9th instant are
scarcely so high.
The English Stock Market has been exceedingly
buoyant, and the transactions have had reference chiefly
to the arrangement of the account, which closes to.
morrow. Buyers of money stock came in early, and at
once gave a further impetus, the value of Consols being
run up to 971 As the Bulls, however, begin to close
accounts the parties dealing on the other side make good
their privilege, and by declining to " continue" they
bring the speculators for a rise at once to book, produce
an unfavourable impression on the market, and leave
the said speculator to buy again if he chooses for the new
account, which, however, he does not always do until
there has been a partial rally that restores his good
opinion of prices. We are precisely in this position
now, and at the moment of our writing, Consols are
not worth more than 96,1 or per per cent. worse upon the
extreme advance. We may expect more fluctuation yet.
Bank Stock is firm at 202 to 203. Exchequer-bills have
been 50s. to 53s , and India Bonds 84s. to 87s. premium.
The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been
marked 97i to 98k.
In Foreign Stocks not much is doing, but prices aro
well supported. Mexican are 28/ to 29. Portuguese
Five per Cents. 361. Russian bonds 109 k. Spanish
Three per Cents. 381 4, and Venezuela 29k.
Shares are firm generally, but there is no bouyuncy in
hem, and very little is doing, if we except the French
ines.

ONE O'CLOCK. cLosI-0
,•Er.cr.s or I,RITI3U FUNDS PRICES.
3ank Stock
:3 „et Cent. Reduced A-'3IIS . 96L 95%:96% 95%
i per Cent. Consols /km-mites 97 97%% 97
Sew 314 per Cent. Arms.— . 9714%% 981,r 97%
Long Anns. to expire Jan.l860
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
Ditto 30 pearl, Jan. 5, 1860 8 13-16 8 13-16
India Stock —
India Bonds, 1,0001 ....... ......
Ditto under 1,000/...
South Sea Stock .

87 p
84 p

Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Account 974, 97 97%Vi :17
Exchequer Bills. I%cl. & 21
1,0001. June 5O 53 p
Small. June 54 50 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE
O'CLOCK.

53 p
50 p
CLOSIN 0
PR ICES.

Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 Der Cent.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ...
Ditto, Account ... ............
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent...
Ditto, Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, Converted, 1541 36lj 3614
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Ditto, 3 per Cent... .....
Russian Bonds .... 1094 i 109
BpaniAl 5 per Cent. 1840 —
Ditto, Account

Ditto. 3 per Cent
Ditto, Account ..... _38%
Venezuela Bonds, 2;,i per Cent ... 29%
Dividends on the above payable in Lyndon.
Beligan, 4% per Cent.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55%70 55X
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates Bl 83%
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen el. 50

18%
38%
38%
29

---
Do. Preference
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 6%......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7%
Belfast & County Down 28 ...... ......
Berks & Hants Extens.
(Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20 -
Do, withoutguarantee 20 - -
Birming, Wolverh'ton, .„.
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 .....
Do. without guarantee 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 14s ...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 20 —
Bristol and Exeter 9O ... ,
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamihire
Caledonian .. ..... .. 50
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference l5 ......
Clarence -
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ..„ —
Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% — -
East Anglian, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do. 18/., E. & H. ••• 18
Do., 31. 10s., Prof... 3% „...
Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per
Cent., Preference... 2 . ....
Eutern Counties........ 20 ...... 7% IA ....
Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10
Dltto,Extension, 5 per
Cent., N 0.1.. ..... 6/.135. 4d.... ... .....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent. ......... 50
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Do. New 43
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6
Do., Class B& C 25 — . —
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...
East Lancashire 25 -
Ditto, New ...... ...... 25 ...„ — .........»....
Ditto, New Quarters 614 — ..
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 61,4...... .....
East Lincolnshire ...... 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ••• ---
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. ....... ......
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, Newport
Exeter:Yeovil, & Dorch. 25,5, — ..... .........
Exeter and Exmouth... 2Is.
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ....... ... -81.65. 8d....
Glasgow,Bilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... --
Do. Preference Consol. -
Gloucester & DeauForest 11
Great Northern
Do., i,2 A Deferred
Do., %B 6 per Cent... 71,4 — ..
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 ...... _
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) .:._ _ 50

1614
11X

Great North of England.loo ...... ...
Ditto, Now, 401 4O
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New, 30/ 3O
Ditto, Nsw,ls/ l5 .. ..
Great Western 100 .....
Ditto, 1,4 Shares 5O ......
Ditto, U Shares
Ditto, Fifths ..... ....... 20
Ditto, Now 171........ 15 ...
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ......
Do. Quarter Shares... 12th — ..... ..........
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshireloo
Ditto, ditto ,
. •••••
Ditto, % Shares ...... 49 ... ..
Do. Quarters .... ..... 23% — ..,,,...
D. Fifths
Do. Thirds ...... ........ 1614 —
Do. New GuaranUed 1t..1t
6 per Cent...
Ditto (Huddersfield
and Sheff.) 9
Do. (W. Riding Union) 19 ...... ••••• • . —

59%

-
1134

48%

3%

Do. (Preston& Wyre) 25
D 0.% Shares (A)... 10 ......
Leeds and Bradford .50
Leeds and Thirsk
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 8....... ..... ....
Do., do. No. 2 5
Do., do. No. 3 5
Do., Pref. Quar., MS 9 —
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport .
f.ondon & Blackwall...ll4 68.3 d... ••••
London, Britton, and
South Coact— ..... 1.00
Do., New Si., guaran-
teed 6 per Cent.....1C0 l3O
Do. Gunrant. 5 per ct.. 9 ......
Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 ... ~. 55%,,...

EOl

D:tto ditt0...... 1852 50 .-- ......
LoodonandGreenwich 12/15s 4d ... ..... ....
Ditto, PreferemoP .. . 20
Loadon and N. Western 100 113% 114 ll3k
Ditto, New Quarters.. 12
Ditto, Fifths 7 ... .. ...... ........ . .
Do. 401.8hartj (14. M. ) 35

. ,
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. 2%
Lond. &S. Western ....• 50 ..... 311 A%
Ditto, New 501. ...... 42%......
Do. New 401. 34 —
Do., New Scrip, 1843,
Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5
Londonderry &Coleraino 25
,„,,,
Do. IA 5hare5.......,.... 5
Londonderry and Ennia-
kblen 25 ...... ••••
Do. IA Shares
Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 ......
Ditto (6 per ct.)
Manchester•Buxton,and
Matlock
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire... 100
Do. Quarters (Ne. 1) 25
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12%
•••
Do. New 101. Pref..— 10 ...... 9% ..
Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 50
-- ••
Ditto ditto . ......... 20
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 25 . •.
Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ..... _

31%

9%

. .. .... • - ._,
Do., Manchester and
Lincoln Union..... 41.25. —.
Mialand ...... .. ....... —lOO ...... 50 6014
Do. Consolidated Pref.100
.... _ _ .

Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... .. 9
E o.Birtn., and Derby 100 --• .•.... —
Do. Consol. Bristol and
Binning., 6;perct.•..loo
Ditto,Brist. Na Glocstr. 42
Ditto ditto 22/. is... ...
Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50
—.
Ditto, Leieest.& Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo
Midland Great Western

Irish
Middlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar. 5O
Newcastle aml Carlisle.loo
Do. Quarters
Newmarket
Do. Extension
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6 ••••••
Newry and Enniskillen 7 —
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor
Norfolk .......... ....... ....100
Do. Now 201.
Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20
Do. Guaranteed 5 %pc. 5 '....... ... ......... ..!..; 1 0.-..
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4 ......
North British ........ ... 25 .... . .....
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Quarters -
Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8; ..
Ditto Preference 5 - •••
North Staffordshire —117% 8%.... .....
North Wales . 3%
North-Western . 13%......
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 4 y 2..... . ....... ...... -
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Ditto, New - .• •••. ........
Shrewsbury and Bins-12
• .. ....

Ditto ditto, Class B. 8
Ditto, Now Guaranteed 8
Shrewsbury and Hercfd. 5
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. 5.1 in.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto 9

17%

........
$ IA

15%

Ditto Oswestry
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO - ......... •..••
Eihropshire Union
3outh Devon 5O —
Do. Preference
Eoith Staffiirdshire Blh — ...
Scuth Eastern .. 3Bl,x► 1.0V4...... ......
Do., No. s.
Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 ..,...
Do., Registered No. 4 10
1)o., Scrip No 4
Scduth Wales -
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Uoole
Sheffield, Rotherham, &
Goole (N. Div.) Gua-
ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% —
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...... .
'l,rans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stu. C0a1.... 7

.....
19%

raw Vale Extension ... 8
Llamas Haven Dock
and Railway ..... 171,4••••••
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 20
Waterford and Limerick 471,1
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ...
Do. do. do. 25
Do. do. do. ... 15 .. ..... ~...
West Cornwall ..... 6
W hitehaveu & Furness 18

Windsor, Staines, and
South Western..,..... 14
W ilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. ......... 25 ~.... 174 l7'4
Do. Newcastle Exton, 20 ...... 11% 12 ..... 12
Do. G.N.E.Preference ... 4-

Do. Hartlepool Dock
and Railway .. 100 ......
Yo:k and North Midland 50
Date Preference ...... 10
FOREIGN RAIL'WAY D.
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian). ... 5%......
Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 7 678
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon)... 20
Demerara 17%
Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 .....
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular 5 ......
Do. Do. ... ....... 10s.
Louvain 1. la Sambre ... 7% —
Luxembourg
Ditto
... •••
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ......
Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. —_

18%
61i

,--
6%

131/4

3%

-%

Northern of France l4/. 85... 1%1,4 dis
•114 chs
Orleans and Bordeaux 7 ...... ........ 31;4
Paris and Orleans
Paris and.Rouen 2O •••••• 2?
Paris and Strasbourg
..•••
Rouen and llaYrs ...... 20 ......
Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 214

2(

Strasbourg and Basle ... 14
Tours and Nantes l3 ••• ... ....
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and llasselt ...... 20
West Flanders B3/i .• ••• ••••
MINES.
Anglo-Mexican lOO
Asturian Mining Com... 15
Australian.... —
Bassora Range .... ... 28s.
Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50
Bolonos Scrip ...... .... --...
British Iron ..... l2 ......
Brazilian Imperial
.._ ... .._ _.. . . _

BrazilianCoeies&Cuiaba 30 ......
Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... ex.div lo3ix.d
Cobra Copper
General 2O
Real Del Monte, Unreg.
Do. Black Debentures
Do. Red Ditto ...
Santiago de Cuba... lO
United Mexican 2Bl/2
STOCK BAN KS.
London Joint Stock.-- 10
Union of London... lO 121/2 .......

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LLOYD'S SNIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 11.— Wind this day at noon N.,
light airs, and dull hazy weather.—The General
Palmer, Port Philip to London put into Port Nicholson
very leaky, with damage and part of cargo thrown over-
board was surveyed and declared unfit to proceed.
RAMSOATE, DEC. 10.—S1d. Geoekauf, Monte Video.
DEAL, DEc. 10.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. John Brooks,
Cull, Jamaica. Arrd. from the river, Dudbrook,
Sydney, New South Wales. And. from the river and
sld., Elizabeth, Sydney, Now South Wales; Eleanor,
Russell, Cochin ; Alexandrine, Algoa Bay:; John
Panther, Rio Janeiro; William Brandt, jun., Bahia;
Jenny, West Indies; Onine, ditto; Sylph, Barbadoes;
John Pink, Jamaica; Anne, Mobile; John Fielder,
Apalachicola; Yorktown, New York; Charleston, Mary
Muller, Cadiz and Buenos Ayres. Arrd. W. and M.
Brown, Bamton, Colombo. Sid. Lady Nugent, Now
Zealand; Statira, Jamaica.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 10.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Lady
Elgin, Icons, Quebec; Ondernerring, Riekonors, Santas,
for Antwerp, leaky, &c. Sld. Memory, Ascension and
Falkland Isles; Flora, Cape Madras and Calcutta.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 10.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Achilles
Sanglois, Bun°. Sid. Odel, Thomas Mellor, Pernam-
buco; Augustus, Lord, Baltimore,; Warwick, Owen,
Calcutta, left St. Helena 31st October; Bland, Ho.ken,
ditto; Ursula, Ridley, Bombay; Patriarch, Miles, ditto;
Topes, Gibson, Valparaiso; Elizabeth, Smith, Maran-
ham, sailed 25th October; Silas, Greenman; Spencer,
New York; Dombrody, Montreal. Std. Helen, Rio
Grande. Off Port, William Penn, Philadelphia.
LOWESTOFT, DEC. 10.—The Axel, of and from Goth-
enbourg for Bristol ran upon the Holm Sand last night,
and remains with loss ofi rudder and part of deck load
thrown overboard, and is expected off next tide should
the weather continue fine. The Ophelia, of Whitby,
struck upon the Newcome Sands, and remains, but is
expected off at high water.
PLYMOUTH, Thsc. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Resolu-
tion, Deprose, Quebec. Sid. Sovereign, King, Natal.
WiivErinoz, DEC. 10.—The Rapid, of Shields, went
on shore on the Gunfleet Sand, Bth inst., and came off
again, but afterwards sunk in deep water off the West
Rocks; crow saved.
DARTMOUTH, DEC. 9.—The Columbine, Villanovalto
London, has put in here to-day leaky, with damage,
and deck load thrown overboard.
CARDIFF, DEC. B.—The Sussex Lass, Bristol to Car-
diff, arrived in Peoorth Roads, 6th inst., drove from her
anchors on the 7th during a gale from S.E., but is ex-
pected to be got off heat spring tides.
BELFAST, DEC. B.—The Whitehaven steamer, of and
for WhitehaYen, got on shore on the night of the Bth inst.,
and remains, but will receive no damage. The Diadem,
of and for Belfast, from Maryport, struck on the Oyster
Bank in the Lough yesterday, during a gale, and is half
full of Rater, has received damage, and must repair.
SHIELDS, DEC. 10.—A boat, marked " Goodwill of
Lynn, was washed on shore on shore, on the Llerd pond,
on the Bth inst.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
1187 NEANNETO.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 51 to 31 10s; Clover
ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 112 s to I/ 9a F.er
load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand.
CUMBEItLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 12s; Clover
ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 73; and Straw, 11 3s to 1/ 9s per
load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.
WIIITECHA.PEL. Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3/ 10s;
Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 41 10s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 118 s per
load. Trade dull, at our quotations.
COLONIAL.
Suont.—British Plant_ttion continues in request, the
sales being 450 hhds at rather higher prices. Mauritius
has been in good demand privately at full rats s; 300
hats Bengal sold briskly at 36s 6d to 33s for mid to
yellow date kind, and there have been several transac-
tions privately at very stiff rates; 400 bags brown
Madras brought fully previous prices, viz., 29s 6d
to 31s 6d. There was no British Plantation landed
last week at the East and West India Docks ;
but there was taken for home consumption 1,515 hhds
155 tres 380 brls, and the stock in tho same places is
13,905 hhds 1,997 tree 4,193 brls.
COFFEE.—The market continues extremely firm, with
buyers of good ord Native Ceylon at 51s; the better
descriptions are also more actively inquired after, and
holders require a further advance. 89 casks and 540 bags
Plantation Ceylon sold briskly at 56s 61 to 68s for fine
ord to mid, and 50s for triage, being higher prices.
Rum.--The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was only 18 hhds; there were taken
for home consumption 322 puns 123 hhds, and ex-
ported 11 puns, 3 hhds. The stock in the same places
is 22,143 puns 1,980 hhds.
RICE.-1,580 bags Bengal were withdrawn above the
present market value, viz., 10s 6d to 11s for low to good
mid white.
SPICES.-870 bags Malabar Pepper realised 3id to
3d 3-sths per lb for half heavy, being a slight advance.
200 chests Cassia Lignea sold at 94s to 102 s 6d for coarse
to good mid.
TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is aBs 91 to 39s per cwt on the
spot, and Town 41s.
TEA.—The market is steady, and the deliveries are
good.