The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-22 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols, which left off yesterday at 90 for the 25th of
February, opened this morning rather better, at 90A for the
Account; Money, 89i The Market at present is in.
active, owing to the scarcity of continental intelligence.
Exchequer Bills, 6 8 prcm. ; Bank Stock, 169 171 ;
India Stock, 251 253.

In the Foreign Market Spanish Actives the same as they
left off, 244 4; Deferred, 124 4 ; P.rsivc, 6i114 ; Portu-
guese also the same, 324; Three per Cents. 204; Bra-
zilian, 734 744, rather better; Mexican, 284.; Colom-
bian, 234 4; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., same
as it closed, 502- 4; Five per Cents., 984 994.
SHARES.—Great Western, 26 27 prcm. ; New, 114 12i
prcm. ; London and Brthton, 61 6 disc. ; Blackwafl, 4
al. disc. ; Birmingham, 82 84 prem. ; Southampton, 57
58 per share ; Croydon, 124 per share ; Greenwich, 84
per share; Nlanchester and Birmingham, 13 14 disc. ;
South Eastern and Dover, 15 144 disc.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Cheltenham and Great Western. 62/ COI.-- to

London and Brighten
Slanchesterand Leeds (Nt w Sh. ) 25 ....,. 30

Midland Counties

North Midland
Ditto New
JOINT ETOCK BANXS.
Australasia

MINES.
Rhymney Iron -
HALF-PAST ONE.

The British Market continues in the same dull and in..
animate state as it was during the whole of yest, rday
without a feature worth noticing to the present hour. The
~peculators, both in the British and Foreign Markets, are
entirely inactive, and, it is expected, will continue so
until they gain some information respecting her Majesty's
Speech at the opening of Parliament. Money continues
easy in the house.
A report prevails that there will be a new election in
Durham.

Consols may be quoted at present as in the early part
of the morning,' 90k for the 25th Feb. ; Money, 891;
Exchequer Bills 6 6 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1701 1691,
rather lower; Iz,dia Bonds, 5 dis.

In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade higher,
24i ti ; Deferred, 124 ; Brazilian, 74 ; Buenos Ayres,
2li, improved ; Danish, 783; Dutch Two.ard-a-Half
per Cents. 50a ; Five per Cents. 99k.
In Shares little doing.—Cheltenham and Great West-
ern, 30i ; London and Brighton, 433 ; Manchester and
Leeds, New Shares, 29 ; Midland Counties, 79 ; North
Midland, 79 ; Ditto, New, 38.

UNSOUND ANNUITY AND AS

SURANCE COMPANIES.

( From the Notiinghain Review.)
Under this head we have an announcement in the Lon.
don Sun newspaper, of the stoppage of the Independent
and West Middlesex Annuity Company.
Probably some of our readers will recollect, that in the
years 1839 and 1840, many advertisements from this Corn.
pany were inserted in the Nottingham papers. In the
month of December, 1839, certain circumstances were
brought to our knowledge which convinced us that the
Company was u:sound, that its promises were delusions._
that no man of capital was connected therewith, and all
those parties who entrusted their money with it, would
most probably be swindled. Under such circumstances,
though we might have received pounds by continuing to
advertise, yet we could not conscientiously lend ourselves
to any such such deception, ar.d we discontinued the ad-
vertisement from that moment.

We would have done more if we could ; we would have
warned our readers against the Company by name, but the
conscquchce,would have been an expensive prosecution,
the libel laws of England arc in such a shameful state,
that we could not expose what we knew, without ruin to
ourselves, but we did what we could. We gave notice
again and again, that bubble companies were afloat ; we
wrote several articles for the express purpose of putting
our, townsmen on their guard, and when the Royal Lan-
casto.ian Annuity Sr;ciety broke down, again we lifted up
the Warning voice, and we have the consolation of knowing
that our admonitions were not altogether in vain.

THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.--,
Abut 170 masons are dal.y cnga,;ed at the new howes of
Parliament, and there arc about 100 other workmen in
full occupation. The works are progressing rapidly. The
average height cf all the walls is now about fifteen feet,
and they already present a striking appearance when
viewed from the riser. Mr. Barry, the architect, pays,
it is said, the closest attention to all the works, which are,
for the most part, executed under his personal superinten-
dence. _ _

A TALL FAMILY.—A person of the name of
Walker, or Melmorby, near Ripon, and seven sons, mea-
sure in height sixteen yards, being art aver?ge of two yards
each—the youngest fourteen years of age. flow many
yards f :rther they will grow we dare not stentute to assort.
York Courant.
RIIULI, AND SELBY RAILWAY.-011 Monday,
owing to the frost, the trail on this railway was two hem
in running two mile' I—,Sheifield Patriot.