The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-10 00:00:00

PARIS BOURSE.—Five per Cents., 116 f. 80c. ; Three
per Cents., 77f. 80c; Spanish, 204,
The proceedings in the Corte are totally devoid of
interest.

M. Arguelles, the new guardian of Queen Isabel 11.,
had appointed the widow of General Mina Guardian to
his Royal Ward, in the place of the Marchioness of
Santa Cruz, and M. Busto, Bishop elect of Tortosa,
Confessor tQ her Majesty, in the room of the Patriarch
of the Indies.

A letter from Madrid informs us that the elevation of
Madame Mina to the post of Governess to the young
Queen has done more harm to the ruling party than fifty
protests of Queen Christina could do. Espartero is un-
easy at the aspect of things. All parties are disap-
pointed in their expectations of him, and a large portion
of the army is not friendly.
The Corrco Nacional mentions that Ministers intended
to demand extraordinary powers from the Cortes. The
Madrid Gazette contains a circular addressed by the
Minister of War to the Captains-General of the pro-
vinces, recommending them to caution the troops under
their orders against the calumnies propagated by the
enemies of the Constitution for the purpose of creating
disunion between the army and the citizens.
El Corresponsal quotes a letter from Mahon, an-
nouncing that the numerous ships of war cruising off
the Balearic Islands occasioned some uneasiness. The
French were extending the buildings of their hospital
in the Island del Rey, the lease of which had been re-
newed. The Five per Cents. were done at 24 f9r ea*
and 24} 9-16 at 60 days.
The answer of the Spanish Regency to the 'piotest.of
Queen Christina gas 'been received at Paris, kit not
made publie.
A letter 'from' Constantinople, of the 21st ult., states,
that although some cases of plague had manifested
themselves among the suite of Said Bey, he and
all the Egyptians • attached to his household had,
nevertheless, received free pratique, and were lodged
in the Seraglio. Said Bey had not yet been admitted
to an audience of the Sultan : but preparations were
making for that purpose on a most magnificent scale.
The real object of his mission was still unknown. Some
believed he has been sent to negotiate a diminution of 1
the amount of tribute to be paid by the Viceroy, whilst
others positively asserted that he was instructed to form
a close union between all the influential Osmanlis against
the Christians. M. Titoff, the Russian Ambassador, was
said to be on bad terms with the Divan.
Accounts from Crindia state that Tahir Pasha had
been wounded in a late engagement with the insurgents.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWELYE O'CLOCK.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 9.—We have
had a fair amount of business doing in the Cotton mar-
ket to-day. The sales consist of 3,000 bales, of which
750 hare been taken by exporters. Nothing is reported
in speculation, but prices are steady.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, AUG. 9.—The business
in the Share'market to-day has been very limited. The
transactions are as follow :—Grand Junction, 198 ;
Half Shares, 98 ; Manchester and Leeds, 50.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 9.—We have
had a very inanimato market, and prioes`do not advance.
London and Birmingham, 160 161 ; ditto, Old, 321.
shares, 531 ; ditto, New, 321. shares, 24 24i ; London
and South Western, 52 53 ; Bank of Manchester. 541.

We have received Hobart Town Papers to the 10th of
April: It is our pleasing task to announce the safe re-
turn to our port of her Majesty's discovery ships Erebus
and Terror, Captain Ross and Crozier, after a voyage of
six months to the Antartic Pole. The expedition has
been crowned with the most complete success. As soon
as the season promises a chance of additional success,
Captain Ross will again explore the Antartic regions.
The barrier of ice which impeded their further
progress was traced for three hundred miles eastward.
This expedition has penetrated four degrees further
South than that of the French or Americans. The ap-
pearance of these inhospitable regions is represented as
one continued scene of valleys of ice and mountains of
snow. A discovery was made of a volcanic mountain in a
desert of ice and snow, which must have been extremely
strange if not terrific, and will, no doubt, in England,
furnish the subject of many a panoramic painting. The
officers and crew are all in the enjoyment of excellent
health.
COLONIAL BANK.—The first half-yearly meeting of
this Bank was held on Monday, the sth instant, and a
beneral statement of the affairs of the shareholders laid
efore the meeting, who expressed themselves highly
gratified at the general statement, and the flattering
prospects of the Company. A dividend has been de-
clared after the rate of 10 per cent. per annum upon
the paid-up capital.
PORT PHILIP.—SCARCITY OF MONEY.—A farm of 824
acres of lansl, situated on the river Plenty, twenty-three
miles from Melbourne, together with 800 head of cattle,
Were disposed of, on Monday last, by private contract,
for the Stith of. 10,000/.
noBART TOWN MARKETS, APRIL B.—Wheat has come
freely to market since our last, and the demand
has been more settled and steady, but at our former quo-
tations) with no tendency to advance. The mistake of
holding oft for high prices last season is now seriously
fretted by wally, when too late. Wheat, 6s. to 6s. 6d.;
'Oats, ss. to ss. 6d; Barley, English, ss. to 3s. 6d.; Hay,
6s. to 6s. 6d. ; Straw, 2s, 6d. to 3s. ; Port Arthur Coals,
18s. to 20s. per ton ; Potatoes, 12s. per cwt.
Poi PHILIP MARKETiFIour has, if anything,
•

fallen in price this week, and it may now be purchased
at from 32/. to 34/. Clots are looking from 7s. 6d ;to
Bs. 6d. Potatoes are down to 16•. to in. _ _

. His Excellency the Lieut.-Governor, as we statt''l in
our last number, proceeded on Thursday last to Green-
ponds, and communicated to the Canadian prisoners the
substance of er despatch which he had received from the
Secretary of State, in answer to a recommendation for a
mitigation of the sentences Which had been forwarded
home soon after their arrival in the tialuity. *tit
*mitt in gating that they are immediately, to procure
tickets of leave, they will not:receive them until February
next, whkili, be two years from the time of their
being iafidbd
by the Ifitinbiirgh Mail arrived. last itiglitt the air=
change upon London comes the same as per last post, hilt
('olds Mark higher, 04,
Slibtild- nib iiieseilt IEB *edittet riaittifitie, We may ex-
pect that the harvest will be of a more cheering deserip-

tion than has been anticipated : persons who have mite
from tha iiountr agree in atathig that the late rains have
not done much damage td flit likirth

THE FUNDS.

The British Funds opened this morning with a trifling
improvement, owing to the fineness of the morning.
Consols, which left off for the Account 893, may be
quoted at present 891 k ; for Money 89} ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 90k ; Three-and-a-Half per. Cents. Re-
duced, 998 ; New Three-and-a-Half, 981 ; Exchequer
Bills, 14 16 ; Batik Stock, 168 169 ; India Stock, 247
248 ; India Bonds, 6 9 prem.
In the Foreign Market Spanish is a shade better, left
off 20k ; at present 20+ ; Deferred, 98 10 ; Passive,
44 8 ; Portuguese, 294 30+ ; Three per Cents., 171 18+ ;
Colombian, 20k 8 ; Mexican, 25k 26k ; Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents., 52+ ; Five per. Cents., 102 k,
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western •
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
London an d Brighton
London Ind Birmingham 9O l6l
friatathester and Leeds ... 70 .... -
Ditto New Shares,
South Eastern and Dover,
.11ALF-PAS7' vk
.
Ni-kb , • of
are not quite so firm as the
the morning ; they are now quoted at 891 for money,
and 891 for the Account ; Three per Cent.. Reduced,
90 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cent., 98k 99 ; Bank Stock,
169 ; Exchequer Bills, 14 16 prem.
In the Foreign Market there has been scarcely a bar-
gain doing ; Spanish Active Stock is quoted at 19+ ;
Deferred, 10 ; Dutch Two-and-a-1141f per aenti.t b 2.
Very little doing in Shares. Prices are rather lower,
Great Western are 57,f ; Ditto, rifts, 9h ; J4ondon
and Brighton are 43-14 ; Manchester, New, 21 ; South
Eastern and Dover, 174.

gIIA.FerEP TO 71-IBEX-
! The Tea sales, from the large quantity that -is t 53 be
offered, nearly 30,000 packages, are not going off 'very
briskly, and the resnit, we are informed, will sha ur a
slight decline on tha previous rites. ties,
from their comparative scarcity as regards the in,nre-tlse-
ful descriptions, Seem to attract most attention.,
Consols; Account, ; Mexican 25i 26 ; 4pa litSll
191 20. Notbizig doirig.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

PARIS, 3foxrar.
A sudden and unexpected change took place on the
sth instant in the Belgian Cabinet. M. de Mulinear,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has resivied, though he
retains his seat in the Council of Ministers. He is
superseded by Count de Briay, the Finance Minister,
who is himself re-placed by M. Smitz, the Director of
the Belgian Bank. Reports say that Count de Mulinear
Was opposed to the projected Customs union between
France and Belgium.
The Moniteur of Monday announces the sailing of the
Inflexible and Santi Petri ships-of-the-line of the Bth
from Toulouse, under the command of Rear-Admiral
Lasusse. " This officer," says the Moniteur," has been
instructed to re-establish in the seas of the Levant a
naval station charged to watch over the protection of
French commerce. He will unite under his orders the
different ships of war employed in those seas."
The accounts from Toulouse, published by the Govern-
ment, were still satisfactory, but the opposition to the
fiscal measures of M. Humann was hourly gaining
strength. The municipal authorities of Bordeaux,
Troyes, and Douay had protested against them.
The National Guard of Condom had forwarded a con-
gratulatory address to their comrades of Toulouse ;
another was preparing in Paris.
According to the Frankfort Journal of the 3d, his
Royal Highness the Due de Bordeaux was said to have
had his arm broken by a fall from his horse near Kirch-
berg.
' Madame Laffarge has been found guilty.
Although it rained rather heavily in Paris on Mon-
day, the fears for the harvest were fast subsiding.
According to a return 'published in the Moniteur of
Monday, 38,000 people of colour were emancipated in
the French colonies since 1830.
Le Temps, referring to what it mentioned yesterday
about an intended revolution in Spain, says that the
movement is to break out on the 15th, and the army,
headed by Don Diego Leon, to share in it.
-During some days rumours had prevailed that a gene-
ral insurrection against the fortifications of Paris was
about to take place. We are enabled, however, to dis
credit the report.
It was reported on the Paris Bourse that intelli
gence of the Sultan's death had been received by Go•
vernment.