The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-09 00:00:00

SHIP FOR NEW ZEALAND WANTED.

THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
NEW ZEALAND COMPANY hereby give Notice,
,that they will be ready on THURSDAY. the 15th day of Ocro-
BER instant at Two o'Clock precisely,"tn RECEIVE TEN-
DERS for the CONVEYANCE of about ONE HUN-
DRED STEERAGE PASSENGERS, in a Ship of not less
than 300 Tons, old Register, from the Port of London to Port
Nicholson, in New Zealand, to sail on the Ist day of DECEM-
BER NEXT.

The Tenders to be made according to a Form which may be
had, on application at the Company's House. The Directors
do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender.

Dated at the House of the Ne% Zealand Company, in Broad-
street-buildings, the Bth day of October, 1840.
By Order of the Court, JOHN WARD, Secretary.

SETTLEMENT OF NEW PLYMOUTH,

UNDER THE PLYMOUTH COMPANY OF NEW
ZEALAND.

THE DIRECTORS of the PLYMOUTH
COMPANY of NEW ZEALAND hereby give notice,
that the priority of Choice for the whole of the Town Sections
(2,200 in number) having been decided, 600 numbers of choice,
ranging from 46 to 2,199, have been selected from those which
have fallen to the Company ; and 100 of these choices, added
to 100 50-acre Rural Sections, are now offered exclusively to
Colonists who depart wth the first expedition, or within four
months; a second set of 100 to Colonists who depart with the
second expedition, or within six months ; and a third set of 100
to Colonists who depart with the third expedition, or within
eight months from this date respectively.
Each separate set of purchasers will draw for priority of
choice as between themselves, and the first set will first choose
at pleasure out of 600, then the second out of 500, and, lastly,
the third out of 400, of the numbers above referred to.
The range 'of choice offered by the Directors will enable
purchasers drawing consecutive numbers to choose Town Sec-
tions, adjoining, in many instances to the extent of an acre,
and in some of an acre and half. The Rural Sections may in
all cases be chosen adjoining, to any extent, in the order of
presenting the Land-orders in New Zealand.
The price of each double Land-order for the United Sec-
tions is 751., a deposit of 201. to be paid on application, 2.5/.
three days before the order of choice is drawn, of which 21
days' notice will be given, and the balance on delivery of tho
Land-order, or on embarkation. An addition has been made t)
the Emigration Fund, from which liberal passage allowances
are made ; and a special fund is set apart for extra allowance
to capitalists.
Printed particulars of the allowances
in detail, with the
numbers open for choice, and other requisite information, may
he had on application to the Secretary , to John Ward, Esq.,
New Zealand House, London ; or to any Agent of the Com-
pany.
furtherheßnooatriccle.h—avßeysuosprednedreodf
tShaeleßs,merx,i7pt to Colonists, until
THOMAS WOOLCOMBE, Secretary.
Office of the Company, 5, Octagon, Plymouth,
August 31, 1840.

11HE LONDON MARBLE and STONE
WORKING COMPANY, are enabled with their
PATENT MACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Mo-
numents, Tablets, Slabs for Furniture, and every description of
such Work, with an accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty
and durability of polish, and reductita of cost, which cannot be
obtained elsewhere.

The Public are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-
ROOMS, containing the largest stock in this country.
Esher-street, B olywell-street, Millbank, Westminster.
The Trade supplied with every description of Slab from the
Saw, or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order.

Please be accurate in copying the Address.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW S•

(THURSDAY EVENING.)
CHRONICLE.—The rumour so current yesterday,
that the rate of discounts would he raised to six per
cent. at the weekly meeting of the Bank parlour to-day
has proved groundless. Tire Directors remained a very
short time in deliberation ; so short, indeed, that it is
not supposed the question had been even discussed.
The general opinion to-day is that the Directors will be
able to exercise better control over the Ploney Market
by not raising the interest at present. As the rates of
discount in Lombard-street are equal to six per cent.,
the Directors will have a right to deal tightly with
paper while they negotiate it at one per cent. less than
the brokers' price, while, if they had equalized the'
rates with those out of doors the public would have na-
turally expected that they would receive liberal accom-
modation. It is quite understood that the Bank
parlour must pursue a stringent course of policy, and
that they have occasion to be strict in their discount
operations, because there are certain capitalists whose
correspondents on the Continent have been sending
them large supplies of bills drawn on London., which
have been presented for discount here, and bullion
bought for exportation with the proceeds. The Direc-
tors will, no doubt, grant every reasonable allowance
to houses of first standing, but it is not to be expected
that they will allow the bullion to be extracted from
them in that way, and not take measures to stop the
drain.

The Bombay Overland Courier, of the 28th Aug.,
states that a report was current that the supreme Go-
vernment was about to have a Committee formed for
taking into consideration the general finances of India.
The above paper and also the Bombay Gazette com-
'plain strongly, we observe, of the A:to:Wad of the Dutch
authorities at Java in refusing to assist a British vessel,
called the Good Success, with the supplies and assist-
ance necessary for her voyage, and allege that they are
encouraging the Chinese in their hostility against us.
We are most loath to believe that there are grounds
for these charges against the Dutch colonists at Batavia,
but they are stated with great confidence and detail by
several portions of the Indian press.

TlMES.—Although the improvement i❑ Consols
has not been very material, compared with the last quo-
tation of yesterday, and though the price is still %cry
low, the operations of the day show that by the non-ap-
pearance of any notice from the Bank relative to the
expected raising of the discounts, one cause of depres-
sion is removed, and that the expectation of such a
notice was more the cause of the fall yesterday than
any warlike rumours. In the early part of the day
the price of Consols was lower than yesterday ; but
no sooner was it ascertained that the rate of discount
would not be altered, than a reaction took place,
aided by some purchases, and a new tone was given to
the Market. Exchequer Bills are very low, and
have even been sold to-day at 3s. discount. As a
cause of this depression is assigned the scarcity of
money without the Stock Exchange, although it is there
in great plenty. With respect, however, to the pro-
ceedings of the Bank of England, well-informal persons
believe, that though they decline for the present making
any advance in the rate of discount, they propose effect-
ing the same object by contracting the amount advanced
on discount generally, and that they will limit the time
also. In this mode of proceeding they have the ex-
ample of the Bank of France, which has usually proved
effectual for the purpose.

POST.—This being the day of the weekly meeting of
the Directors of the Bank of England, reports were fabri-
cated about the difficulties of the Establishment, and the
probability of an advance of the rate of interest to six
per cent., and the sale of the dead weight. Owing
these reports Consols fell rapidly after the opening of
the market, and at one time were sold at the extraor-
dinary depression of 851- ; but, the Court of Directors
having broken up without notification of any change in
their policy, an immediate advance occurred in Consols.
There is not any real reason for the prevailing reports
and alarms respecting the position of the Bank of Eng-
land, no extraordinary quantity of bullion having been
demanded during the last three days ; and the duty on
foreign wheat having risen this afternoon to the high
rate of 20s. Bd. per quarter is a further proof that the
only circumstance from which difficulties can be
apprehended is the agitation of the question
of a goneral war. Were the French Chambers con-
vened for an earlier day, the settlement of the Euro-
pean question would be favourable to the preservation of
gold in England, but under any circumstances there is
known to be abundance of bullion in the Bank of
England, and in the hands of the friends of the institu-
tion, and that no apprehension of the slightest difficulty
is to be entertained for the time which must elapse
before decisive intelligence can be received from France.
The very circumstance that no change has been an-
nounced this afternoon is a prudent policy on the part
of the Directors, and must tend to allay the alarm
which has been prevailing in the public mind, causing
sacrifices of funded property during the last several
days. At the same time it is certain that the war-
like movements on the continent of Europe do influence
the position of the Bank of England, because a dispo-
sition is abroad to think that gold and silver are the
best properties in such times, and undoubtedly no sta-
bility can reasonably be expected in the English money
market, until the departure of the existing, however un-
reasonable, apprehensions of a general European war.

SUN.—A large amount of business was transacted
in the Funds to-day, and the speculators were ex-
ceedingly active. This afternoon the Market wore a
better appearance, and closed with comparative firm-
ness, after being in a very excited condition all day.
The last bargains ►n Consols, both for Money and Ac-
count, were at 86h 5, a rally of per cent. on the
lowest price of the day ; Exchequer Bills, at ls.
premium to par ; the New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. 9.54 to 96, and Lung Annuities 12 11-16 to
ex dividend.
The Foreign Stocks were brisk also ; Spanish Ac-
tives realised 21. to 22* ; Portuguese New Five per
Cents. 31* to 32 ; Colombian 21i to 4 ; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. from 47* 481.
The Railway Shares were rather more dealt in ;
Great Western 13* to 15i ; South Western, at 12*
to 121, and the Birmingham at 72} premium ;
Blackwall were 3, and Brighton 114 discount.