The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-17 00:00:00

Per Barrel.

Rapeseed 2C 0 0 I Barlay ,13 14 0
Bere 8 4 10 0 0 0

KILKENNY MARKETS.
WI leat ,p,gr bar rel)3oi. 0d.t0375. Od. Beef (acr Os. Od. to Os. Od
Barley ')0 0 22 0 MuttLo 0 5 0 8
tats l2 6 14 " Pork 0 4 I) '7
Hour (per bag)....:30 0 40 0 Vea1,......._ 0 6 0 7
Butter(percwt.)...9o 0 0 Fresh Butter 0 0 1 0
Bacon Pigs 15 0 36 0 Salt Ditto 0 6 010
Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes (per st.) 0 2 U 0

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

(TUESDAY EVENING.)
TINIES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 41/4 per mille,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. the ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 25, and the ex-
change at Paris on London at short being 25. 30, it follows
that gold is 0.02 per. cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 424 per mark,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 Ad. the ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 4a, and the exchange
at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. 51/4, it follows that
gold is 0.35 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is 108 i per
cent., and the par of exchange between England and America
being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.07
per cent. against England ; but the quoted exchange at New
York being for bills at 60 days, this must be deducted from the
aforesaid difference.

At the Stock Exchange an alteration both in feeling and in
prices has taken place since yesterday. The disposition to sell
was then ►nore marked than it has been for a long time past, and
much more stock would probably have been brought to market
had it been better sustained, and not involved so great a sacrifice
by the sale. On receiving that impression. however, to-day the
jobbers have evidently come to the conclusion that it was car-
ried too far, that they had greatly overrated the impor-
tance of the American news, and they have discovered fur-
ther that a powerful party, whose information is generally of
the best kind, have availed themselves of that distrust to make
large purchases, not only because they think that the American
and English Governments are not likely to enter into a serious
quarrel about such a matter, but because they also regard the
state of money favourably, and believe that the French loan,
which has been regarded with so much apprehension in this
market, will not come forward for negotiation earlier than July
next. As it is well known this party have the power, if they
choose to exercise it, of making stock scarce by the large pur-
chases they are able to sustain, it was only 'necessary to be
aware that they were actually in the market to put the other
speculators on their guard, and hence the change of appear-
ances which has taken place to-day. The advance on the
whole, was net very large, but the market left off firm.
Occasionally through the arrivals from our West India colo-
nies advices are received from the French West In posses-
sions. With the papers of yesterday accounts from Martinique
have come to hand, and state that the new Governor was held
in high estimation. The question of peace or war hrd created
excitement in the public mind ; a great rise had taken place in
the prices of merchandise, and a prohibition was put on the
exportation of every description of provisions. The Colonial
Council was opened on the sth of November by the Governor,
whose speech on the occasion took a general view of the trail.:
quillity, order, and industry of the colony, the benevolent con-
duct of the planters and their willing sacrifices to provide for
the wants of their labourers, announcing, that besides 600,000
francs voted for the ensuing year, he was authorised
to carry the sums necessary to make up the defi-
ciencies of 1839 to the account of the Marine Department,
and noticed with regret the straitened circumstances of the
Colonial Treasury. He alluded to exterior politics, and said,
that as their Government appreciated the importance of the
island, and continued to desire its conservation andprosperity,
he hoped, whatever might happen, the Council would not re-
fuse its assistance, and also trusted to the stanch patriotism and
courage of the colonists. On this a strong opposition ap-
peared, and without voting any address in reply to the Gover-
nor's speech. the Council was dissolved for a new election.
The Guadeloupe Council had been opened on the same day
with much such another speech, but to parties who were likely
to suffer by the proposed measures of reform emanating from the
Commission of Paris it conveys something of a promise of com-
pensation.

HERALD.—The recognition of Texas as an independcm
State having excited some interest in its concerns, and the
more so as the young republic is understood to be in the market
here for a loan, the following details of its financial position
may be seasonable, just now.
Ist. Funded under the Act of 1837, redeemable at Dols.
the pleasure of the Government after 1841
Interest due on the same and unpaid 75,000
2d. Funded under the Act of 1840, and payable in
five years
Interest due and unpaid
3d. Bonds hypothecated, redeemable in 20 years
Interest due and unpaid
4th. Bonds for the purchase of the navy, redeem-

800,000
40,000
500,000
50,000

690,000
138,000

able in 1842
Interest due and unpaid
sth. Eight per cent. bonds payable in five years, no
interest due
Gth. Treasury notes in circulation
7th. Supposed amount of claims out-standing and
not presented to be audited

600,1)00

5,893,000

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POST. __The advices received this morning from the French
capital having ,:tervedto dissipate the apprehension felt yester-
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marketp ro
day respecting tin', (with us) popular Minister, M. Guizot, and
as the various °then- reports then in circulation, and by which
btribeugnufooutatedns,,tthheoreugrilasi
the public securities were so sensibly affected, proved to have
ee
fully recovered its tone.

$ UN.—A copy has b.9,."n transmitted to us of the Me-
morial of the Spanish Committee of Bondholders to the
Madrid Guvernmett, but beit.,g of great length we can
give only the following extracts from it:—
" Your Excellency has addr=soed to the Foreign Cre-
ditors of Spain two decrees, wNielt we, the Committee
of the British portion of them, hare .this day considered.
" We perceive the principle of them to be a desire to
liquidate the over-due dividends, by rh.' sale of the real
property held by the secular clergy.
" Of the supposed value of these estate.% no official ac-
count has been rendered us.
" They are popularly said to amount to 20,.000,000/. in
official value, but likely to realize 30,000,00,01. If we
assume the latter amount, our 40/. per cent. lion ;rill yield
us 12,000,000/. ; if the former, but 8,000,0001: The
highest of these estimates leaves us in a deficiency of
3,000,0001. ; the lowest of 7,000,0001.
" We beg respectfully to suggest the propriety au'd
necessity of assigning the entire Clergy Estates to the
liquidation of the over-due interest, or land warrants, en
the ground that the principal of the original loans is not
exigible, whereas the interest due in cash is, has long been
over-due, and is accumulating.
"We feel convinced that unless the demand for land
warrants is made as great as possible, by their beings con-
stitted the solely receivable paper, in the phse of
theu estates they never will be effectually drawn out of
this and other foreign countries.
" We fear that if two kinds are receivable the effect will,
be lost on both.
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" Looking at the interest offered in the first—looking at
the security as now assigned and managed—looking at
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the debt of Spain, we feel certain that the deecree feels will not
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give an increased value to our bonds.
that nothing will give that increased value to either bonds
clergy
redemption warrants,
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have already been sold, whereof not a shilling has come to
10,000,000/, worth, belonging to the regular
the foreign creditor.
" In this view of the case we cannot conceal from
that the proposed interest on the land warrants seem toYou
us
the very minimum of what would have been 'assigned.
~ On the ground, then, of all that we have suffered, we
ask for the security of the Sinking Fund, a
larger interest,
say fire per cent. per annum, anti, moreover, that no other
paper but coupons or laud warrants be
chase of the clergy lands. We s received in pur-
without this last provision. sec no hope, no security,
a We respectfully submit these facts for your Excel.