The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-17 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

MONEY and COM vIEUCIAL NEWS

CITY. THURSDAY EVENING.
The co ni-nercial truiu uatiau.l uy the Cu-
mbia naLice t'oe Fcvalence of considerable fluctuation
the Te.i Market there. One writer observes that
many o the buyers are yet perplexed as to the court
hey should adopt. It is well understood that the stock
on nand will be unequal to the consumption from hence
to the month of May, 1842 ; and the high rates in thu
American market present no iniluceinont to those who
have hitheyto relied upon contraband supplies. The
orders transmitted from hence in the spring to England
for purchase, have, if executed, -been atsuchligh prices
that no reduction can be:expected from that cause. The
present selling price :nay be stated at 3s. 2d. to 3s. 2d.
for Twankay, and 33. 4d. for young Hyson ; the stock
of the lattqt in this market is very limited."
The seasOn in Canada was evidently rapidly drawing
to a close, Since the sank Part *remark'S :—'• 'There are
few vessels'loading in this p(ift;and the freights offering
are exceedingly limited. The actual quantity of produce
available for shipment is not only tri!ling in amount, but
Confined to a fate holders; and -deals at 141. a 141. los.
are reluctantly purehased upon Stilpg 'Account."
The Funds closed rather flatly. l'ecl'S irpose being
expected tO-night, Most parties were indisposed to per
Chase. Consols closed at 80i-to for Money, and at 893
to 90 for Account. Exchequer Bills were 12s. to 14s.
remium, And, Bank Stock for the opening was at 170,
tug rnther'lwer.
The F9rei t.pi Market was quiescent. Active Spanish
13onds realrAd:2_2i, to Portuguese New 301, 'Chilian
69i, and Btilt:Cli'Tifb-And-a- Half per Cents., at 511 to 51-Z-.
LiteT Ralto4'gliii:gi'did nut rally from the slight di -
Pression of VPetar l 9
f• .-• r

irciircu
,(Frozn Thci- 'Sim of last Night.)
l'lvEßlPtOtTetfratiitiltinKET, SEPT. 15.—The mar-
k
turet to-dari4l ished-by any particular fea-
e. Tiio 411160 qtre .n.voo, hates, wholly to the trade.
The pricesksfrtiday retnitin unchanged.
LIVERPOOL SHARE AIAUKET, 15.—Only two
transactions hatteetliiione at th6'goae of the Stock Ex-
change thin day4-BtAtkal( and Prti.,n 19 ; Grand Junc-
tion, 201. - • ' . „
MANCHESTER
have have had 184itittl'itxcHANGE, SEPT. 15. —We
"very little actual busini•ss doing- to day,
and cannOt reportin' i Vern en tin prices : —Bi rmi ng-
ham and Gloucestei?"s9nlP.M Midland And Biriningban:2l-1;
cheater Gc:utities, 75:4; Man-
London -and Brigh-t0n,454.

There are no later arrivals to-day. from any quarter.
York Advi °es ;from Rio •de Janeiro of July 16, via New
ace
have-. been received, on which day Don Pedro,
rheipe y
mpanied by a large procession, marched into Rio.
wp arator
to his being crowned Emperor of Brazil,
h was to take place on the 18th. The streets of Rio
were decorated with garlands, and the city was illtunis
nated on-lthe 16th.
Consols, opened at 89:I for Money, and 94 for the
Account;. Exchequer Bills 12 14 prem.
Spanish Active Stock, 22 ; Portuguese Five per
Cents., are 3q, and the Threes 184.
The Dutch Mail has just arrived with the papers of
Zesterday's date. The Five der Cents. arc 101, and the
40-and-a-Half 51;,.
The meeting of the Proprietors of the Bank of Eng-
land has just closed, and the dividend declared is the
same as that of the last, being 34 per cent. on the half-
Year ending thd 10th proximo. The affairs of the Cor
Porationz Appear to be progressing satisfactorily, as the
dividend is made out of the profit, leaving a surplus of
7,725/. tot. be carried to the rest, which is now 2,862,0661.
The
English. Stock Market has gone flat since the
openin
gl')VAinsOls are now 898 for Money, and 90 for
the —Account ; Exchequer Bills continue firm, at 12 14
rem. ; Bank Stock, 170 ; India Stock, 246 ; India
nds, 4 preim
Not much business doing in the Foreign Market.
Spanish-. Active Stock has advanced to 224 ; Deferred,
; DUtch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 514 ; Ditto,
.Ire per Cents., 1024.
The Share Market still continues flat. Great
Western, New, are 544 ; Ditto, Fifths, VI- 8 ; London
and Brighton, 45i ; London and Birmingham, Quarter
Shares, -20.
The meeting at the Bank of England to-day gave rise
;0 a few remarks as to the discount business carried on
03' the Corporation, and which seem to deserve remark. In
the first place there has been added to the rest 7,72:1,..after
the payment of the interest of 3-.1 per cent. purely out of the
profits, and this shows an improvement. The Rest itself
is 2:862,000/., being 72,0001. below what it stood at ac-
erding to the quarterly. averzwe made up to August 17.
In this:case, however, some allowance would have to be
made for_ the subtraction of the .dividend, if we were
not told by . the Governor that nothing has been
taken from the rest .to make it up. The only,
way in which we can account for this seeming ano-
loaly is from the circumstance of the Quarterly
return of the weekly averages not furnishing proper data
as to the ainounts at any giVen time,- whereas probably
the Governor gave it as for-to-day.
The failure of several private banks has thrown more
business. into the Bank of England.
As to . obtaining any information upon the general
management of the Bank of England no one expects such
a thing at these quarterly meetings of congratulation and
dividend voting, and any Proprietor who has the temerity
to propose, an inquiry is sure to be over ruled. Unfor-
tunately many a Joint-Stock Bank and Company sets a
bud example to the Bank in this respect, to the injury
alike of the public and the Shareholders.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Eink Stock ... India Stock ....246
3 per Cent Red. — Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent Cons B9l Ditto Old Annuities ...
,i—
-per Cent Red - Ditto New Annuities...
Sew 3 per Cent 9Bl 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2.1d 14 pm
New 5 per Cent — ; Ditto 500/ l4 pru
Long Annuities toexpire \ Ditt Small l4
Jan. 1860 . .. Bank Stock for 0pg....170
Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... 1091 Portuguese, 5 per cent.
eolgi.in, 5 per cent 102- Ditto, New Ditto —
trazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ayres,6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent ll2l
Ghilian, h per cent Ditto, Metallic...
Ditto,
b per cent --ISpanish, 5 per cent 224
Otto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred .. 11
Danish, 3 -per cent.— 80 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 18:6, 5 per cent. Exchange —f. —c,
Mexican, 5 per cent.... IFrench, 3 per cent —f. —c
Pitto, 6 per cent, 1605, ~ Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 5111
Peruvian, 18•'5, 6 per ct. !Ditto, 5 per cent.......... 1021
SHARES
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) .
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid)......
Great Western Railway (65 paid) 74
Ditto New Shares (50 paid 541
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) 454
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 101
Ditto New Shares ( paid) 41 16s 8d
London and Birmingham (90) ......... ...
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid)
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l3l,
North Midland Railway (100 paid)
Ditto Thirds (10 paid)

THE FIRE IN PICCADILLY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Siit—At the time the fire broke out in Piccadilly I
Vas 'standing in the Green Park, more that half-way on
the road running from Hyde Park-corner to the opposite
corner running into St. James's Park. I was noticing
the lights at many of the windows in Piccadilly, parti-
cularly observing the highest and only window in that
house haVing any light, and appearing different from any
others. At that instant the light rapidly increased, and
la less than a minute the flames burst through the root.
went to the
,tails of `the Park, opposite the fire, where
had a li;ood view, and, . concluded- the fire must have
originated in the highest room in the house, as I could
see no lights at either of the other windows lower down
till after the fire had raged_ at the top.. of the house for
B°l-ne time (about eight or ten minutes). I think it my
duty' to give this information. W. M.
S

PORTING 'INTELLIGENCE.
••: DONCASTER RACES,--WznNEsnar.
What with the sales, the settling, and the conference be..
tweets the gentlemen and the Corporation, for the purpose of
placing the races on a better footing, the visitors were kept in
full employment until after two o'clock ; indeed many did not
reachs.the eourse until long after that hour, the insignificant
character of the entries having folio(' to excite the slightest
Fossihe intei est. The sales are given below, and of the set-
tling it is only necessary to state that it was light in amount,
but slow in its.progres,,, yet on the who"e favourable Scott's
party, of course, were the principal winners, and the majuriiy
of the professitmals won a little ; but we heard of no great
attkes.won or 10-t, very few hiving had the hardihood to bet
i
either on or against the favourite. Nothing was said to ndi-
-I:Ate that the rare had been run otherwise than on the square,
IQuttnany kielaimed- against the folly of throwing any so
,'liable a. prize merely for want of adequate preparation
; ro
`, we believe, . doubts that had Coronation gone direct
to
`ititteaster, and been kept in regular work, he could not have lost.
the adjourned meeting at the Club Rooth was attended by
alliedesame parties who wire resent on Tuesday, when it w_aes.
on the par:. of the Deputation, that at a meeting of the
,"crk Poration it had been resolved to place the sum of 5001. at
'qedi.po,al of the Stewards, in addition to t.".e sum of 200
"guineas to.the Cop • and independent of the town sub,cription,
IheY were then informed,'
that provided the sum of 1,0001.,
,I!eluding the Town and Innkeepers' Plates, was placed at the
Zllsosal of a Racing Committee, the noblemen and gentlemen
were gto continue their support to the races, but not
°Plervrivwillin. As the Deputation ti,d not feel justified in agree-
.l",_l3 to these terms without taking the sense of the Corporation,
`"!' meeting was broken up, with the undo, standing that a
Written answer should be sent to the Stewards un Thursday
146trting.
; A meeting of the Corporation was held this evening, when
resolved that the sum of 1,000/. should be pl ced at the
sPosal of a Racing Committee, for the next years races. It
;h" too much to expect therefere that the Noblemen and
entlernen will we all their influence to fill the stases, and
generally improve the character of the meeting.
'he following is a more complete list of the fashionables
Present on Tuesday than we were enabled to coilect at the
e Duke and Duchess of Cleveland; Marquises-of West-'
Normanby, Waterford, and Titchfield; Marls Fitz-
m, Spencer, iicarboreugh, and Danvers ; Lords Hawke.
Cisentinck, Lyttleton, Macdonald, Beaumont, John Eitzroy,
oFitzroy, Kelburne, Milton, Galway ; Count Aurespetg
1..,..n0t Hahn, Baron Maltzahn, .Vi,cuuutess Galway; Ladies
e,„‘".°9l4',Armytaee "Milbanke, L. Cator and Kaye ; Sirs W. B.
Ailn'er, C. Ibbet4in, J. Kaye, J. z-helley, M. Feu-
d: Clifton, G. Armytage, T. Sykes, G. Strickland, J.sillor•
Whiehcote J. Whichester, T. W
.White, C. Monck,
Baird, C. E. Kent, and J. Nelthorpe ; lions. G. Anson.,
;Aptain Spencer, Watson, 11. Forester, G. S. Byng, G. Fitz-
,ond y,•C. M. Sutton, N. Nugent, T. 0. Powlett, R. Howard,
Paulett; Admiral and Mrs. Irby; Colonels Fullarton,
raltfurd, Synge, Cradock, Firman, liancox, Creyke, h"nlF-
,?rh, Broadhead, Rornby, and Shubrick ; Majors Tempest,
ta-i ewe, Elmsell, marl Yarburgh ; Captains Corbett, Dyson,
Gresset, Sarek Ripon,
e.'fi Higgins, Fairlie, Alexander, &c. &c.
Ibtet,on; Eamsden, Lute-
the Foal Stakes of ITiaTi::;-;.--eaith, h ft ; for three yrs old colts
and fillies; • Mile and a half. -.(6 Subs.)
Lid Westminster's Van Amburgh ... walked over.
4-4,l:or:caster Stakes of 10 10T3, each, with CA) aided; for
three yrs old and upwar.ts. Two miles. (7 subs.)
()He's rtee's-wiug, aged.,
• ........ walked over.