The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-29 00:00:00

the end of five years the duty on both would be 30f.—
Presse.

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We find the following article in the Petits de Calcac'es
(Caen), of December 23 :
" Just as our paper is going to press we learn that we
are summoned to appear before the Court of Correc-
tional Police on the 31st of December, to answer for a
violation of the laws of September in articles of our cor-
respondence of the 17th, which are accused for the ac-
count given of the deliberation of the Court of Peers."
The Augsburg Gazette announces that the Journal des
Debate has just been prohibited at Rome. What a com-
fort to the Gazette !
The Eclaireur de la Miditerranee of the 21st inst.
writes :

" At this moment there is great activity in the con-
veyance of troops from Toulon to Algeira. We learn
that several steam-boats are preparing for the purpose."
The 10th Regiment of Light Infantry will be em-
barked for Africa on Tuesday next. Besides the sending
of the regiments to Algeira, it is observed that those
which were to return to France, are making no prepara-
tions to leave Africa. Hence it is naturally inferred that
the army in Africa is going to be augmented, according
to the wishes said to have been expressed by the Gover-
nor-General. This measure was rendered necessary for
the execution of the system adopted by General Bugeaud.
—Constitutionnel.

TOULON, DEC. 21.—The Marango (of the line) which
left Algeira, on the 15th, anchored in our road on the
20th. When it left that city the Meteor had just arrived
there with General de Rumigny and Rear-Admiral Ri-
jodit. We have not yet been able to learn what effect
was produced en the minds of the army and the colonists
by the provisional or definitive removal of Gen. Bur-
geand. The Marango has brought no letters.—Le
Commerce.

Some of the London Aldermen boast of the
City sobriety at this season, and attribute it to
the New Police Act, and the vigilance of Com-
missioner Harvey. Had they attributed the cir-
cumstance to Father Mathew, or Father Pusey,
or Sir Andrew Agnew, or want of money, they
might have obtained some credit; but what be-
comes of their conclusion, when it is known that
at the West-end, and even within the City
boundary, no such sobriety was observed ? At
Clerkenwell Police-court the number of drunken
charges was very great; and at Queen-square
the police-sheet on Monday presented "along list
of drunk and disorderly charges."
SAVE THE LANDED INTEREST FROM THEIR
FRIENDS.—The landed interest objects to the
repeal of the Corn-laws, that they are over-
burdened with taxation; and instances, amongst
other taxes, the Land-tax. That is not cor-
rect, reply the Corn-law repealers, and the
landed interest have evaded the Land-tax, which
is legally set at 4s. in the pound on the actual
rental, and, instead of producing less than
2,000,000/., ought to produce at least 10,000,0001.
To rebut this, a learned lawyer in the
Times proves that the Land-tax, so called,
falls on personal property as well as on
land, and is not exclusively a Land-tax. It
quotes the following passage from the Land-tax
Act :—" That all and every person and persons
having any estate in ready money or debts owing
to them, or in yoods, wares, and merchandises, or
other chattels or personal estates whatsoever (with
certain exceptions), shall pay to his Majesty the
sum of 4s. in the pound, according to the true
yearly value thereof for one year; that is to say,
for every 1001. of such ready money and debts,
and for every 100/. worth of such goods, wares,
and merchandises, or other chattels or personal
estate, the sum of 205. (being 4s. in the pound on
the income of such 1001., calculated at five per
cent.)" This is, therefore, a tax on personal pro-
perty as well as land, and it is little felt, because
the total amount, divided amongst counties, is
levied according to a valuation made in the reign
of King William the Third, and not since in-
creased. If a larger proportional share of it now
fall on land than on personal property, the reason is
that personal property has, since the reign of
William the Third, increased even more than the
rent of land. The Times, however, has effec-
tually demolished the landlords' claim to tax the
bread-eaters, because they exclusively pay the
Lind-tax.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

The arrival of the Independence with the President's
Message, caused, in addition to the receipt of the Speech
of the King of the French, some bustle in the City
this afternoon. Both of these State documents were
looked upon as of a pacific tendency, making due allow-
ance for the national tone and vigour which they must
usually preserve when touching upon foreign relations,
in order to give satisfaction to the citizens of the coun-
tries to which they are addressed. The Stock Market
was rather neglected this afternoon, and closed with a
slight degree of heaviness. For the opening Consols
realised 89*, leaving off at 888. Exchequer Bills were
marked 1 Is. to 14s. premium. Reduced Three-and-a
Half per Cents. 98k to 99, and Three per Cent. An-
nuities 89. Bank Stock was firm, at 165-4- to 165:I.
The Foreign Securities were very little dealt in, and
did not improve in value. They closed in fact a shade
Le‘ow the opening rates. Spanish Actives at 23k to 24;
Portuguese New at 32k; Colombian at 204; Dutch New
Five per Cents. at 97k, and Danish at 81.
Shares have not lost their elasticity.
The following are the official Returns of the exports
of bu Fon from the Port of Loudon for the week ending
I.lrursray last:—
Silver lk in to Hamburgh
•Rotterdam 15,000
Silver Bars to Ditto
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 27.—We have
had an active business doing in the Cotton Market to-
day, the sales amounting to 6,500 bales nearly, including
1,200 Surats, 34d. to 4d. Speculators have taken 1,400
American. In exports nothing doing.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 27. Great
Western, 85; New 591 ; London and Birmingham Quar-
ter Shares, 254; Ditto, 321., 56; New ditto, 271; London
and Brighton, 38:41.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 27.—We have
no material alteration to report in our Share Market
to-day. Lancaster and Preston, Three-quarter Shares,
168 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 31. 16s. ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 434- 44 ; Manchester and Leeds,
65 67 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 27i 28.
By the arrival of the London packet-ship Ontario, at
Portsmouth, from New York, papers to the 4th inst.,
have been received at the North and South American
Coffee- house. The packet-ship Montreal, had arrived
at New York, after a quick passage of twenty-seven days.
The New York papers do not contain any political news
of the least interest ; all parties were anxiously waiting
for the President's Message.
The following is the state of the Money Market. The
sales at the Stock Board to-day were to a fair extent, but
prices did not vary materially. Delaware and Hudson
improved k, Stonington Paterson 1, Mohawk 1, Bank
of America 1, Long Island declined I, Illinois Sixes
per cent., Indiana fives 1, Sale of Bills on Philadelphia
5 to 51-, Baltimore 4, Mobile 10, New Orleans, 6 to 61.
Another sale of State credit was made to-day at
auction, being 100,000 dollars six per cent. stock, nomi-
nally at par. The actual price was much less than that.
The state of things in regard to uncurrent money
remains much the same. All the bills are bought with
caution, and those of the Bank of Watertown, at Water-
town have been thrown out.

Consols opened at 89 ; Three per Cent. Reduced 89i;
Three-and-a-Half, 98i 99. Exchequer bills, 1 Is. 13s. prem.
Spanish Active Stock 24k 4 ; Passive, 5i 1; Deferred,
12i ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 32+ 33+ ; ditto Threes
194 20. Very little business doing.
The English Securities have improved since the open-
ing. Consols are now 891 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
89*; Three-and-a-Half do.. 99; Exchequer Bills, 13s 14s
premium.
Very little doing in the Foreign Market; the following
are the only quotations :—Danish Bonds, 81 ; Portuguese
Three per Cents., 194 ; Spanish Active, 24+ » ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52k.
There are only three quotations in the Share Market
to report :—London and Brighton; 39 ; Northern and
Eastern, 29 ; Eastern Counties, 84..
Consols, for the Account, 88i 89 ; Mexican, 26+ ;
Spanish, 23,1- 24.
In the Canadian accounts this morning we have a
statement of the trade of Kingston, in reference to Ame-
rican produce, from which it appears that from January
to October there were received 108,729 bushels of Wheat,
39,289 bushels of Corn, 21,512 barrels of Pork, 543 bar-
rels of Beef, 133,169 barrels of Flour, and 5,023 bar-
rels of Salt. May seems to have been the chief month
for business.

There is no feature in the Money Market just now.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock ... 1651 India Stock
3 per Cent Red. B4 Ditto Bonds —pm
3 per Cent Cons Ditto Old Annuities ... 86a
3i per Cent Red.. 9Bl Ditto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent 991 \Ex. Bills, 1,0001...2}d 12 pm
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 l2 pro
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small. 12 pm
Jan 1 1860 .. 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct .1859 l2 5-16 India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. — 'Consols for Open BBi
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent !Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ayres, 6 per eel Russian, 5 per cent
Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic...
Colombian, 6 per cent. Spanish, 5 per cent 24
Ditto, 1824. ........ . ..... Ditto, Deferred ,
Danish, 3 per cent....... 81 French, 5 per cent.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c
Ditto, 6 per cent, 18.37 Dutch, 2i per cent 52
Peruvian 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent.
SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) • • •.....• 28
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .....
Great Western Railway( 65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ....... 60
Hull and Selby (50 paid) ..................... 39
London and Brighton (50 paid).. •••••• ••
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South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)...
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 90