The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-07 00:00:00

THE FUNDS

The Consol Market is rather heavy this morning, ov%ing 1
to ho official intelligence having been received as yet that
Mehemet Ali has submitted to the Allied Powers.
Consols which left off on Saturday at iS9i for the open
ing, may he quoted at present at 851 1 ex. div. ; Re
duced, 841 ; Exchequer Bills, 3 5 prem. ; Bank Stock,
1561 1571 ; India Stock, 236 228.
In the Foreign 24k,t SiJan;sh Active, which left
(,ir on Saturday at 23 4at present rather lower, • and
may be quoted at 23i 24 ; Deferred, 11-i 12i.; Passive,
51 1,-; Portuguese closed on Saturday at 34A- i; at p-c-
-sent 341 ; Three per Cents. 214 221 ; Colombian, s,ine
as they left off, 2.V• 26 ;
Mexican, sante, 29)s 30 ; Brazilian,
70 72 ;
Chili"' 55 60 ; Dutch Two.-and-a• Half per
Cents., lower, left cff at 51 i, at present 511; Five per
Cents. also receded, closed at 9.91 1, at present 971 98.
Shares—Great Western, 21i- 291 premium ; London
and Brighton Railway, 10f 10 dis. ; Blackwall, 41 4
dis ; Birmingham, 77
per slime ; Manchester and Birmingham, 13 11 dis.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. 171911 12 per utGharitil'ePnt‘°vniChs,37is4
per share; Croydon, 5
Eastern Counties .................. ')3 ..• .. tzi ...... to
Ditto Debentures
65
Great Western
.......
) ..
... Perz
.. Share...
Ditto Fifths ...
London and Brighton . •
Manchester and Leeds ......... ... 70
Ditto New Shares. ....... . ..... 2.5
S
Provincialia ic
) JOINTte r a
"
olssrl TellO3aci triKdi Ti.i.nr.' Agl.
.2': .1.41 ...40
. 3.
.. .... 25 ...
..
... 44i
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 5.
Three and Half Stock 971 Grand Canal Stock ••• -
Ditto Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
----1 Ditto Debs. G per cent... -
Ditto New, 1830 ....„ tn.' '
...
•-•Ditto 4 per cent -
31- per Cent. Debs. - -
HALF-PAST ONE.

Both the British and Foreign Markets, which had a heavy
aplerrance in the early part of the morning, Lave taken a
i
turn with a decided mprovenient. Since our first quota-
tions the Bank broker has been purchasing Reduced, and
other eminent brokers have appeared in the market as
purchasers of stock.
Consols, which were in the morning BSi for the
Opening, have since been done at 89i- for Account ; Re-
duced 88 89; Exchequer Bills, 3 5 prem. ; Bank
Stock, 156.)2•
In the Foreign Market some purchases have been mad,
in Spanish A.;tive, which caused it to improve to 24i; D -
fcrred, 12A-; Pa;sive, 5 4 ; Portuguese, 34 :4; Three
per Cents., 22,,i; Colombian, 24i; Danish, ; Mexi-
can, ; Dutch Two-and.a.Half per Cents., 51i1 ;
Five per Cents., 971.
In Shares very little doing. Great Western, 87;
Fifths, 9 8 ; London and Brighton 30; Manchester and
Leeds, 79 ; New Shares, 29 ; Manchester and Miming,
ham, 261 27.

THANKSGIVING DAY AT EDIN

We undertand that at a general meeting of the Centra.
Board of Dissenters, held on Wednesday, the conduct of
the Presbytery of Edinburgh, in setting apart a thankieiv-
ing day, in which it was expected that business of ever'
kind would be wholly suspended, without consulting the
Dissenters, L
w...,0, as appears from the report of the
a much
the city, was justly reprobated. It
Dissenting
strongly urged,
Church Commissioners, form one-half of the
and with great truth, that as the uissenting coner,ga-
tions consist to a much greater er.tent than those of the
Establishment of the poor and working classes,
gproepautelarti:jutrity
, and, being an unw ar.
and as the
Established clergy proposed to deprive each of then.
wages,in awgbriecaht, proper-
of one day's wages, it would be
rights, should be stir r.u•
oafrnotluienitrtoinacofimneesoabft).s, Ottli;i.e:
rtoanDtaibs
that,
tion of the Dissenting churches, there would be at least
500
averate rate of 2i.
rusty
persons
resisted.oten interference Dissenters
hepa deprived
itvt
ecwith Churchmen,
calculated
f au
Irtcaclushelmai rtecnrdi
day's
inflicted on each congregation of Dissenters, by the au.
tbority of the Established clergy, not one of whom would
propofed cessation of labour.. It. was calculated that it
one-fourth 1)1'71, of tbo, population of the county, or 65,000
be deprived of
to the working classes,
persons belongiug
a :inegrideayfa,rwthoinugld
were each de-
prived of one day's wages, at the average rate of 2s. per
ilo the fine inflicted by the Established clergy on the
oor, by this act, would. amount to the enormous sun)
n
rof 6,5001. The meeting, we understand, resolved to re-
present to the different Dissenting Presbyteries and minis-
ters the propriety of meeting on an early day to consider
the matter ; and the Board sugge.ited that a recommenda-
tion should be issued by the Dissenting Presbyteries and
to the effect, that those congregations of Dissen-
ters d had a thank • •
who have not airea y , . spying meeting for
the abundant harvest,
Establishedliuet apart the evening of the
day filed on by the
,Clergy for that purpose, or
soCne other evening which might be found more come 9 at,
and that intimation should be made that the different con-
. were rtcommended and expected to meet in
gi °pawns —pose. but tha
the evening for this Fru. , . t they were not re-
quested or expected to , abstain tcom labotir during the
other par's of the day. The Dissenters deserve credit for
having acted with go much spirit, after the contemptuous
ind.fference with which they have been treated by the
, clergy, and it is highly probable the great body- of
Church
clergy. and their
he Dissentiog people will follow the ad-
!ice which has been given by the Central Board,—,Scots-
-9,; In, Dee. 5'
The steps taken by the Edinburgh Association for pro-
moting Voluntary Church Principles, show a ;.ti I more de-
cided opposition to the rescript of the Edinburgh clergy :
___,‘ At a meeting of tle_. Committee of the Edinburgh
Association for premoting Voluntary Church Principles,
held on the 4th instant, the following resoluppn
via; unanimously adopted :—That while this • Com-