The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-24 00:00:00

THE MAR.KETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
The supplies of all kinds of Grain since Monday have been
small. The Wheat trade dull at Monday's prices. Barley
also heavy in disposal.. Oats found a moderate demand at
former prices. Not much doing in Flour this week.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
There was a good supply of meat, the demand vi as moderate,
and prices were realised. Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton,
3s 8d to 4s 6d; Vgal,4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per
stone of 81b?. Game and Poultry were in large supply, and
prices a shade lower. Eggs dull of sale at 5s to 7s per 120.
COLONIAL MARKETS.

There was a limited business done by private treaty, and the
public sales were of little moment, prices were however firm.
The clearances of goods from the warehouses were to a fair ex-
tent. The arrivals were small.
TEA MARKET.
_ _ _

Prices of Free Trade were supported, but the amount cf
business done was small. Company's Congou offered at Is.
7id. cash, but with few buyres.
TALLOW MARKET.
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There was little business done in Russian Tallow, either on
the spot or to arrive, but prices were firm, 46,. was the value
of P. Y. Candle on the spot.
FRUIT MARKET.

Pi ices did not give way, but the market was in a dull state,
and the stocks on hand large of all descriptions, except fine
Currants and Raisins.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Manor./ 23.—A mederate
business has been dune to-day, the sales are 2,500 bales, of
which 500 are in speculation at Friday's rates.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 23.—The only trans-
actions reported at the Stock Exchange to-day are tie fol-
lowing :—London and South Western, 51. Shares, 41s. 6d. ;
Midland Counties, 78 ; Marine Assurance,
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 23.—Manches-
ter and Leeds, 69k, Liverpool and Manchester Halves, 69i;
Macclesfield Canal, 28; Manchester and Liverpool District
Bank, 101. 19s. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 24i; London and
South Western, 55*; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 34; North
Midland, 71.
In the absence of further intelligence from the United States,
a general report prevailed at the Stock Exchange this morn-
ing that the Patrick Henry, which was to sail on the 7th inst.
from New York, hid arrived off Liverpool, in consequence of
which numerous inquiries were made at the North and South
American Coffee-house on the subject, which was lound to be
without foundation, as their Liverpool letter, dated six o'clock
last night, did not mention one word about it. In all proba-
bility in the course of to-morrow we may hear of her arrival,
she being a fast-sailing vessel.
Consols left off yesterday at 883 for the Account ;
Money, 88b *, opened this morning with a slight improvement
at 881 k, for Account ; Money, 8S since which they have
not maintained the openins, prices, and may be quoted at pre-
sent 83i b ; Money, 88b f, and up to the present hour there
does not appear any spirit for speculating until some further in-
formation is received from the United States. Exchequer Bills,
5 7 prem. _ _ _

In the Foreign Market scarcely anything doing. Spanish
Active, a shade higher, loft off 23k, at resent 23 *; Deferred
12k; Passive 5i i ; Brazilian 71 72 ; Colombia* 214 22*;
Alexican 29* i ; Portuguese same as they left of 301, 31 ;
Three per Cents. Ib 19; Dutch Two and-a-HAf per Cents.
50} i; Five per Cents. 99i 100.
Th.• Fo. eign Exchanges yesterday afternoon remained with-
out alteration, with little doing.
SHARES. Great Western 23 24 prem. ; New 11 i
prem. ; London and Brighton 7* 7 dis. ; 131ackwall 54- i dis. ;
Birmingham 60 62 prem. ; Southampton i4i 55i per share ;
Croydon 12i per share; Greenwich 7i 8* per share; Man-
chester and Birmingham 16 15 dis.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Bristol end Exeter 6O ...... 35i..... to 36
Great Western
London and Birmingham .. 90 l5O
Ditto * Shares
London and Gieenwich -
-. Ditto Scrip
London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13* l2 ...... to
_ _...

idland Counties ... - — ...... to

Ditto Shares

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Provincial of Ireland 25 .. .. 43 !to
HALF. PAST' ONE:
Consols which were, in the earlier part of the day, at 88}
for the Account, may be quoted at present 88j i; Money,
88 to ~ the above article being in demand and scarce; New
Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 96%, have been 97i; Exche-
quer Bills rather lower, 5 7 4 prem. ; Bank Stock for Ac-
count, 170. __ _

The Foreign Market, to the present time, is totally neglected,
there being only four quo!ations. Spanish Active, 23 ; nothing
done in Portuguese; Brazilian, 71,lower ; Chilian, 63; Dutch
Five per Cent..., 99g.
In Shares little doing. Bristol and Exeter, 35i 36; Great
Western, 88; London and Birmingham, 150 ex. div. ; Quar-
ter Shares, 21 ; Midland Counties Quarter Shares, 14E.
No further arrivals as yet.

QUARTER TaTHREE.

Consols, Money, 881 j ; Account, 881 ; Colombian, 21i
22* ; Mexican, 29* ; Deferred, 9 ; Portuguese, 30* 31 ;
Spanish, 23 *.
No arrival from America by the second train from Liverpool.

KING'S LYNN.—.At a meeting of the inhabi-
tants cf this borough held lately, and consisting of mem.
hers of the E,tablished Church, Protestant Dissenters, and
others, three petitions to the House of Commons were
agreed to and numerously signeel, namely, a petition
against Church-rates, praying also fu!' an improved ma..
nagement of Church property to be }:resented by Mr.
Easthope ; a second in favour of Lord Morpeth's Irish
Registration Bill, to be preFented by Mr. O'Connell, and
a third in favour of the two bills introduced into the Corn.
mons to improve the practice and extend the jurisdiction
of Ccunty Courts, to be presented by Mr. Hume.
Vi..-count and Viscountess Alford do ilot intend
to take their departure for the Continent. until tl2 close ef
the season, his Lordship baying taken the Earl of Ripon's
mansion on Carlton House-terrace for six months.