The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-31 00:00:00

ITIJY 31, 1841.

MONEY and CW.IIVIERCIAL NEWS.

CITY. FRIDAY EVENING.
The.,Corn market is still firm, although the arrivals
are plentiful. The speculators are looking for a,..reduc-
tion in the duty. No less than 38,000 quarters orforeig,n
wheat, and 7,180 sacks of flour are reported-a having
been received.

The accounts from America by the Britannia are
much the same as the previous ones in regard to mercan-
tile affairs, but short crops are spoken of.
The following is a comparative statement of arrivals,
tonnage, and passengers, at the Port of Quebec, for the
years 1840 and 1841 :
Vessels.

Passen-
gers.
/841...14th July... 754
1840...14th July... 590

Tonnage.

More this year ... 164 31,981 3,60 Q
Quantity of timber, &c. dispatched from tlf,
Chau-
diere falls, on the Ottawa, for Quebec mar. et, from 30th
June to 7th July, 1841, inclusive, per Ottawa
White Pine
Red Pine
Oak and Elni . • 622 "
Saw Logs . 0 "
Quantity of timber, &c. dispatched from the Rideau
Canal to the 7th July, inclusive :
Elm and Oak • 3,242 pieces.
The American advices confirmed the heaviness which
prevailed early in the day in the public securities, and
prices were at one time nearly per cent. lower, but they
rallied slightly before the close. For immediate transfer
Consols realised 898 to 89i-, and for the Account 90 to
89* ; the closing value of the former being 89i, and of
the latter 894. Exchequer Bills were 16s. to 18s. prem.,
and India Bonds 7s. to 9s. premium. India Stock was at
2481 ; the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realised
98fto t, and the Reduced Three per Cents. 90 to 4.
The. Foreign Stocks were mostly a shade lower to-clay.
Active Spanish Bonds were 1918 to 4; New Portuguese
30 to ; Mexican 214 to a,• and Colombian 198. Chilian
Stock was at 62 ; French Five per Cents. were at 114 f.
75c. ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at. 52 to 8.
The half-monthly settlement was comparatively trivial.
For Shares there was but a limited inquiry. Great
Western were 208 to 19 ; the New 84 to + ; the Fifths
58 ; the London and Birmingham 70* ; and the York
and North Midland New 11 premium ; Brighton Shares
were 7 to 78 • ' Manchester and Leeds 20+ ; the New
Ditto 10 ; and Midland Counties 15 discount ; London
Joint Stockk-Bank Shares were 2i- to ; and Union of .
Australia 58 to c premium ; Canada Company's Shares
were 3+ discount.
There was on the whole some firmness in the Foreign
Exchanges this afternoon, which were clone at 26f. 60c.
to 62ic. on Paris ; 12 si to 4 on Amsterdam ; 12 31 to+
on Antwerp ; 13 81 to 9+ on Hamburgh ; 1494 on
Frankfort ; and 9 56 to 57 on Trieste.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 29.—The sales
of Cotton to-day amount t o 2,500 bales, without any
change in prices. Exporters and speculators entirely out
of the market.

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JULY 29.—The fol-
lowing comprise the transactions at the Stock Exchange
this day :—Glawrow, Paisley, and Greenock, ; Liver-
pool and Manchester Half Shares, 95 ; London and Bir-
mingham Quarter Shares, 2211 London and South Wes-
tern, 534.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 29.—Our
Market continues flat, and only a limited amount of busi-
ness done---Birmingham and Gloucester, 59 to 61 ; Lon-
don and Birmingham, 160 1614 ; Manchester and Leeds,
50 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 374 38 • London and
South Western, 51 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 201 202;
North Midland, 644 654 ; Stafford and Rugby, 24

- -
Ship letters have been received this morning from Rio
de Janeiro, St. Kitt's, Jamaica, St. Vincent's, and Cey-
lon ; but they are all of an old date, with the exception
of Rio de Janeiro, the papers from which place reach to
the 25th May, being seven days later than the former ac-
counts, but they do not contain any news of interest.
Exchange on England was quoted at 31, and the Six per
cent. Bank Stock at 75.
A telegraphic despatch has arrived, announcing the ar-
rival of the overland mail from India. The dates are
from Bombay, June 19; Alexandria, July 19; and Malta,
24. No news from China. Sir G. Bremer had quitted
Calcutta for China with reinforcements.

Very little business doing, but the market is flat. Con-
sols opened at 891 for Money, and 90 sellers for the
Account ; Exchequer Bills, 17 19 premium ; Spanish
Active Stock, 191 20 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 301 ;
Ditto Threes, )18i.
The settlement of the half-monthly account in the
Foreign Market takes place to-day. The fluctuation
during the account has been so trifling that it is not ex-
pected that any difficulty will be experienced among the
brokers in making up their accounts.
There has been rather more business doing in the Fo-
reign Securities. Spanish Active Stock is now quoted at
19* ' • Portuguese Five per Cents., 301 ; Chilian Bonds,
62 ; Mexican, 251 6 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
52f ; Five per Cents., 101 i.
Little business ing in the Share Market :
Great Westerns have advanced to 85f ; London and
Brighton, 421 ; Manchester and Leeds, 491 ; Ditto
New Shares, 20.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bink Stock .. India 5t0ck...... ..... ....2481
3 per Cent Red. 9O Ditto Bonds 7pm
3 per Cent Cons B9i Ditto Old Annuities ...
3i per Cent Red 99 Ditto New Annuities...
New 33 per Cent 9Bl Ex. Bills, 1,0001....23d is p n
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 500/ lB pm
Long Annuities to e xpire .Ditto Small lB pm
Jan. 1860 ... 13 Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Opg. ...
Jan. 1860.
FOttEIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 3O
Brazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent
Chilian, 6 per cent...... 62 Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 194
Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred ..
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent.ll4f. 75c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent Exchange
•Mexican, 5 per cent.... 23/ French, 3 per cent —f. —c
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 52
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per Icent 1011
SHARES
Great Western Railway (65 paid) B4
Ditto New Shares (50 paid 54
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50_paid). . 42i
London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 160
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... .. 491
Ditto New Shares (30 paid).. 2O
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ... ..... 85
York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) —,
Ditto New Shares (10 paid)
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY).
Amsterdam CF. 12 7 Gibraltar . . . ..
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7 Genoa
Antwerp l2 6i Milan
Hamburgh M. B. 13 12 Venice
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 50 Palermo, per oz 1183
Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Lisbon
Marseilles
Pour dean x 25 80 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 373 Buenos Ayres
Berlin__ ... ............ 7 New York, 21 days sight 463
Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 956 Philadelphia 46
Trieste, ditto
Madrid ..
Cadiz 363 Foreign Gold, bars... 3 17 9
Bilboa .. 36 New Doubloons OO 0
Barcelona ,... 36 New Dollars 0 4 103
Seville

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