The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-21 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

A Lisbon mail has arrived, brought by the Tagus steamer.
The Tagus left Gibraltar on the 10th, Cadiz 11th, Lisbon
14th, Oporto 15th, and Vigo 16th. By the above arrival we
have intelligence from Lisbon of the 14th of June. It appears
that a decree has been issued under the date of the 26th of
May, approving the conditions of the contract made between
the Government and the Confianee Company. The Company
are to furnish the Government with 4,200,000 rs. in money, and
1,200,000 in lawful papers of the debt posterior to the 31st
July, 1t433. It also appears that the project of the loan
about to be contracted between the Government and
the tobacco contract for the payment of the dividends
enters to-dayinto discussion in the Chamber of Deputies. There
is not a word respecting the treaty with England. Further
particulars will be found in another part of the paper. A list
of the new Ministry has been published.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 19.—The improve-
ment of the Cotton Market still continues. We noticed to-day
the sale of 4,000 bales entirely to the trade. The prices are
firm at Friday's quotations.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 19.—A very limited
business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange this day :
—London and Birmingham Quarter Shares, 23 ; Ditto new,
24i ; London and South Western, 54.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNK 19.—Our Market
still continues depressed. London and Birmingham, 167 to
158 ; Ditto New Thirds, 24 to 24i ; Manchester, Bolton, and
Bury, 53i ; Manchester and Leeds, 52 to 53 ; London and
Birmingham, 23 to 231 h; Bank of Manchester 6 ; South Lan-
cashire Banks, si.

We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 14th
April. These papers are entirely void of any news ; they are
filled with intelligence from England, and the Queen's
Speech.
We have also received Hobart-town Papers to the 20th of
February.
" We have received advices from New Zealand to the 2d of
February from the Company's settlement, from which place
the Lord Sidmouth has brought up 50 emigrants."
We learn from Havanilla that the natives, in the event of
any land being taken away from the original English pur-
chasers, by Captain Hobson's Commission, are determined to
resume it, and are preparing to defend their rights by force
of arms. They have collected a great quantity of fire-arms
and ammunition ; the natives still retain the best land,
nor will they sell it except at the most advantageous rates,
and they will not work without payment in dollars. The na-
tives begin to look with jealousy upon the fresh arrivals of
English intruders.

We have been favoured with a letter from a gentleman in
Port Nicholson, which gives a far more favourable view of the
settlement, and the prospects of the country, than any we have
yet received in this colony. We shall in our next number
make some extracts.

PORT PHlLlP.—During the year 1840 the number of vessels
anchored in the harbour of Port Philip has been of such a
magnitude as to be altogether unprecedented in the annals of
colonization. Exclusive of Sunday, there has been a daily
average of arrivals throughout the year to the number of 313 ;
tons 51,938.

HOBART TOWN, Fza. 18.—The markets have had a slight
tendency to decline : since our last report considerable quan-
tities have arrived, some of which went off on the wharf at
Bs. 9d. Wheat Bs. 6d. to 9s. 3d. Oats sa. to ss. 6d. Barley,
English, ss. to ss. tid. Hay 7s. to 7s. 6d. per cwt. New
Hay 4/. 15s. to 5/. 10s. per ton. Potatoes 14s. to 16s. per cwt.

By the Hamburgh mail arrived of the 18th June, we have
received Papers of the same date, bringing the exchange upon
London 13. 5, a quarter of a shilling lower than per last ac-
count ; Gold 429 ; 1061 ; Bank Actions 1,648.
We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date.
BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM JUNE 18.—Some business has
been doing in Integrals, still the prices have not varied much.
The Actions of the Society of Commerce have improved owing
to the announcement of the dividend of 1840 to-day, which was
fixed at 75 florins. Accounts from Amsterdam state that
Prince Joinville will return to the Hague at the end of August;
on his marriage with Princess Sophia, daughter of Hind
Guillaume, it is expected he will receive a marriage fortune
of 5,000,000 florins.