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

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE

Oa.
CITY, TWELVE O'Ckwa have
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TIitiRSDAY.,-"" and
had a better demand .for Cotton since our lastrep OrLP than
which has enabled sellers to obtain rather batter rat! re-
they could de last week. Prices have consequentel
covered from the depression we then noticed. This ,av°,e,
able change in our market may be attributed to a b'et'l.o
state of trade in Manchester, and money matters being
a more accommodating position, arising out of the aue•
cessful progress of affairs in Syria, and the improved
state of things in the United Slates. Speculators
have taken 3,500 bales of American. The sales to-dar
are about 3,500 bales of all kinds, only the market aot
lively as it was previously in the week ; 1,500 America the
II
50 Pernams, and 220 °
Surat, were forwarded
country last month unsold. received
Since the above has come to hand, we have been
Friday's Cotton Market.—" Since the above hal
rice,
written yesterday, to go by the steam-packet to
about 4,000 bales of Cotton have been sold at previous raL4.
into

The liamburgh mail, which arrived yesterday evening'
brings the Exchanges upon Landon same as last Posg'
13 2i. Gold -I mark lower, 4231 ; Metalliques, 105;
Bank Actions, 1,700.

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The packet ship Burgundy has arrived at Havre fr°rnid
New York, sailed on the 9th November, having on Oa
3b0,000 dollars in specie.

Consols which left off yesterday at 68k cx. dill" fordtihve.
TIIE FUNDS.
opening, arc rather bettor, and may be quoted 89 CI" z.,
for the Account ; as yet there is very little doing. 6
i dis
chequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 156 158 r''
Stock, 236 238.
In the Foreign Market the only operation to the pr°'
sent time is in Spanish Active which has rather improved,
left off 235-1, may be quoted 23i 24 ; Deferred, ilk
124; Passive 51 4 ; Portuguese rather lower, left on,
344, at present 331 341 ; Three per Cents. 214 224;
Colombian, 254 26 ; Mexican, 294 30 ; Dutch Two-and!
a. Half per Cents., 51 4 Five per Cents. 984. •
Shares—Great Western, 21 22 premium ; London
and Brighton Railway, 104 4 dis. ;
.Blackwall, 45 4
die, ; Birmingham, 77 79 premium ; Southampton, 53 54
per share; Croydon, 113 121 per share; Greenwich, 7i ei
per share.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY A T ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths . 4 .... 9
London and Brighton
London and Blackwall ............. 225 18i to --
llanchester and Birmingham ... 40
Midland Counties
Ditto 1 Shares -
North Midland -
Ditto New
COURSE OF EXCHANGE-' —( YESTERDAY).
Amsterdam CF. 12 6
25 Gibraltar -i'tt3 „,
Ditto, at sight
90
Rotterdam OU. 12 65 Genoa ..
Antwerp
Hamburg... M.B. 13 11 Venice 47
3911
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 45 Palermo, per oz l2l
Ditto, 3 months 25 70 Lisbon ..................... 52. k
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
Frankforton Maine _1495 Bahia
Petersburg, 3 Us 37
Berlin
Vienr.a, effec. fl. 3 M lO 4 Philadelphia
York, y r2els . .
days',...s.i.g.
1.
i• t
4-4
46
a. oz.
Trieste, ditto lO 6 IrruciE OF BULLION, YE
Madrid
Cadiz 354 Foreign Gold, bars 317 9
Bilboa.
Barcelona ... 355 New Dollars
Seville ... ........ ..... 355 i Silver in Bars O5 0
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 3.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 974 ' Grand Canal Stork ..... ....
Ditto Reduced ......
Ditto New, 1830 •• 975 Ditto 4 per eent..........., —.
35 per Cent. Debs. ...... 904 Royal Canal Stock --
BALF-PA ST ONE.
Tim Cape of Good Hope Papers, received thismorning.
arc bot of a larourablc tendency. According to the re-
porit appears that the Caffres are en-
deavouringwar against the colonists: they also
froiii the
to kindle frontier,a
have a dread of an attack from the boors.
At the simpa
time the Caffres are committing daring robberies, in const-
quence of which his Excellency starts for the frontier om
the 6th October.
Consols have been during the morning 89, alternatelY'
buyers and sellers, with scarce anything doing, and them
has not been a feature worth notice in either of the markets;
to the present time. Consols have fluctuated from 39
ssi tolB9 ; Exchequer Bills, 2 5 3 prem. ; India Bonds,lsl
dis. ; Bank Stock, nothing done; Reduced, 88-i- 89.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23i, have bean 24 i.
Deferred, 12 ; Passive, .51 ; Portuguese, 34 ex. half div.
'Three per Cents., 122; Mexican, 1294; Dutch Two.a.od4
a.. Half per Centi., 51.4 4 ; Five per Cents., 984-
~
In Shares little doing. Great Western, 874 Plevit
49 ; Fifths, 9; London and Brighton 394; Blackwell,
In ; Manchester and Birmingham, 27.

Jack," was assisting to unload k n ol.,i‘bt oaumtonlg()s t h it,o'clockcorn yesterday manilla, as a etch
la:aid° companions
coalsby the
ffrom
mn name of
barge
e"l)+i
the back of Somerset House, and while crossing the plaok
from the barge, he slipped, and fell into the river, with a'
sack of coals, weighing about 200 pounds, upon his back,
An alarm was instantly given by his companions, vvho with
some difficulty succeeded in dragging him into the barge
in a state of great exhaustion. He was with difficulty re-
stored to life.
Lord Lyndhurst returned to George-street,
ni;at
Eilnovf!r_square, on Monday evening, fr,m Strarnfiel
-.•:/4!. 1..,N1 Lju3illmst ~,i ti:c o,.:7Ariure of her Lady-
ship, proceeded to his new villa, situatedto
iin Oxfo
therdshire/4
on the borders of Buckinghamthire, nspect
provements going on there.