The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-23 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Towards the close of business yesterday there was a
fair business doing in the British Securities, and Consols
advanced to 88-4- 89 for Money and the present Account,
at which quotation they opened this morning ; Exche-
quer Bills have also improved to 9 11 prem.
In the Foreign Market the speculation in Spanish
Securities continues ; the Active Stock has further ad-
vanced this morning to 2341 a ; Deferred, 114 12 ; Pas-
sive, 5 4. Portuguese Securities have also improved;
the Five per Cents. are 31,1 321 ; and the Threes 19i.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.

RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western
Ditto New 5O - to
London andßr4ghton
London and Birmingham ... 90 157
Ditto New
London and Greenwich (Now)... 20
Ditto Scrip 6i 65...... to
London and -South Western 34 bsi... .. to 55

Manchester and Leeds ... 70 - to
Ditto Shares
York and North Midland...

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Provincial of Ireland... ........ 25 • 4Ol to
H ALF-PAST ONE.

The English Market continues without alteration.
Consols for Money have reached 89*, at which price
business has been done during the morning; they are now
quoted, both for Money and the Account, $9; Three
per Cents. Reduced, 88 ; New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents., 981; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 97* ;
Exchequer Bills, 9 11 ; and India Bonds, 2 3 prem.
In the Foreign Market the principal business doing
is in Spanish Stock, which have been done as high as
231, and are now steady at 231 2 ; Passive 54 ; De-
ferred, 12 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 321 ; Ditto,
Three per Cents., 19f ; Colombian, 198 ; :Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 51i ; Ditto Fives, 991.
In the Share Market there is not a great deal doing,
and, with the exception of the London and South-
Western, which have advanced from 53* to 55, there is
no variation from former quotations.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Account, 881 89 ; ditto, for January, 89* 8 ;
Portuguese, 321 a ; Spanish, 231 8.
Q UAR T.ER TO THREE.
In the monetary and commercial circles to-day there
is very little of interest transpiring.
According to a statement published in our Jour-
nal, the amount of forged Exchequer bills detained
by the Comptroller General is 300,0001., and as a
proof that the majority of the holders are of cha-
racter and respectability, and consequently must have
come into possession of them in a legitimate
manner, we have only to mention as some of the names
given, those of Messrs. Coutts for 40,0001., the London
Commercial Bank; Messrs. Scott, merchants; Mr. Hicks,
broker; Major Anderson. and others. The more the
affair is talked and thought of, the more certain does it
seem to become that payment to every holder who can
prove straightforward and honest possession of the forged
bills, must ,be made.

RANKIN'S WOOD PAVEMENT.—The piece of
wood pavement laid down a few years back, as an ex-
periment, in the narrow but much thronged street, in
front of St. Giles's church, is now removed, and another
piece, on the scientific plan patented by Mr. Ran-
kin, is being laid in its place. The specimen of this
new and most ingenious kind of pavement, deposited
at the Royal Polytechnic :Institution, had previously
excited public curiosity, but that curiosity is increased
now that the pavement is actually to be used:in the streets.
The workmen at St. Giles's are continually questioned
as to the peculiarity of its arrangements, the blocks
being so contrived as to be laid down with great rapi-
dity, and to present a surface when down, which se-
cures a firm foothold for the horse in greasy and wet
weather as well as dry. This much needed improvement
is being carried into effect by order of the Paving Com-
mittee of the united parishes, of which Mr. Thiselton
Dyer is Chairman.
A UGSB 1711011, Nov. 15,—Yesterday afternoon,
at five o'clock, his Majesty the King of Wurtemburgh,
travelling under the name of Count Von Teck, arrived
here, intending, as we hear, to pay a short visit to the
King of Bavaria and the King of Prussia, at Munich,
but the news of the afflicting loss of the Royal family
by the death of the Queen Dowager of Bavaria, induced
his Majesty to stop here for the night, and we hear that
the King of _Prussia is expected this morning to visit him
A HARD LOT.—On Saturday night last, a
poor woman living at Longley, near Castle Hill, was
kept in dreadful agonies for many hours, in consequence
of eight surgeons in Huddersfield and Almondbury suc-
cessively refusing to assist her in her accouchement till
the money was advanced; Mr. Wright, of Lockwood,
was ultimately sent for, and he cheerfully obeyed the call.
—Leeds Times.

EVENING SUN