The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

four companies for service ishore, each of MO men, and
which may, in case of need, ►e increased to 200 from among
the erte of the crews, maki►g altogether a force of nearly
2,000 men at the disposal of the Admiral, to land in an
instant at any one of the pors of Morocco. The Prince has
also with him M. Lejeune, a iaval officer, who has resided in
Morocco, and is well acquaint(' with its topography and the
hydrography of its shores."

On Friday, at half-pasttwelve o'clock, the Duchess
DE NEMOURS was safely delivered of a Prince, to
whom the KING has given the title of Duke
D'ALENcos. The Miniver of the Interior and Gen.
ATHALIN, who were at tle moment at Neuilly, were
witnesses of the birth of tie august infant. At three
o'clock a salvo of artil'ery announced this happy
event to the capital. Th( Chancellor of France, and
the Grand Referendary vere sent for, and drew up,
in presence of their Majesties and the Royal Family,
the act, stating the Princt's birth. At four o'clock
the KING, the QUEEN, he Queen of the BELGIANS,
the Duchess of ORLEANS, the Princess ADELAIDE,
and the Duke DR MONTI%'NSIER set out for Dreux.
The King of the BELGIANS, the Duke DE NEMOURS,
and the Princess DE JCINVILLE hive remained at
Neuilly. The young Prince will be baptised on
Sunday by the Archbishop of PARIS.

The trial of Madame LA COSTE for the murder
of her husband, commenc(d at the assize; of Ger, near
Toulouse, on the lOtn, and excites the greatest in-
terest. The report of the first day's proceedings
occupies ten columns of the Journal des Debats.
THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, JULY 13.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five perC nits 12210 .. 122 10 .. 122 .. 122 05
Four per Cents lO7 75 .. 107 73 .. 107 75 .. 107 75
Three per Cents.• •• • 61 80 .. 81 80 81 75 .. 81 75
Bank of France ..... •• •• ••• 3030 • • 3037 50 . 3030 • .3037 50
Laflltte Bank, I,ooof. Sharcsll2o ..1120 • • 1120 . • 1120
5,000 L Sharesso7o ..5070 —5070 —5070
Belgian Bank..• • • • • • • • • • • • 677 50 • • 677 50 .. 677 50 .. 677 50
Kelgian Fives. 1842 •••• • • • • 1081 .. 1081 1081 101
Spanish Active ..
Passive .• • . ..... • 51 .. 5; .. 51; .• 5;
Neapolitan •••••• • .. 98 65 .. 98 70 .. 98 65 .. 98 70
Roman . •

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain •••••••• •• •• 888 75 .. 888 75 .. 888 75 • . 888 75
Rouen .... • • •• • ...... ••• •• 997 5n .. 987 50 .. 987 AO •• 987 50
Orleans .. -
Stra,—, L., Dale— •• • • •• •• 237 50 .. 238 75 .. 237 50 .. 237 50
Avignon to Marseilles...... 767 50 .. 772 50 .. 767 50 .. 771 25
RAII•WAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15Tur JULY.
St. Germain . ......... 890 .. 890 .. 888 75 .. 888 75
Versailles, L. 8...... 246 25 .. 246 25 .. 245 .. 245
Rouen
Rouen to Havre 765 • • 766 25 •. 765 .. 765
Orleans ...... .
Strasburg to Bale—.
Avignon to Marseilles....• 770 •. 772 50 .. 770 . 772 50

MONE YAND CuMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, MONDAt EVENING.
Consols closed at the highest rates of the day, 991
to 1 ; and Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 103.
East India Bonds were 945. to 965. premium.
In the Foreign Securities there was an appearance of
firmness, and Portuguese Converted Bonds were not
affected by the unfavourable intelligence from Lisbon,
although this must tend ultimately to depreciate their
value. They were done at 45/ to 1. Spanish Three per
Cents. touched 33/ 1. Mexican Bonds were 351 to / for
the Actives. Brazil Bonds were 831 to being rather
higher ; and Venezuela, 41.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these:—Birmingliarn and Derby were 32 to 31 ;
Ditto and Gloucester, 2 ; Caledonian, I ; Lancaster
and Carlisle, ; Greenwich, 6to 54 ; North British, ;
and. North Midland, 2 to 2i discount. Great Western,
50 to 51/ ; Ditto, Half, 291 ; Birmingham, 124 to 1221;
Ditto, Quarter, 241 ; Croydon, ; Manchester and
Leeds, 361 to 37 ; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 9 ;
Norwich and Brandon, 51 ; South-Eastern, New, 7 to
; Trent Valley, 7 ; Paris and Orleans, 181 ; and
Rouen and Havre, 91 premium.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 5,000
bales at steady prices. The Market was not affected by the
advices per steamer.--Railway Shares were dull on the
whole. The subjoined are the rates :—Eastern Counties, 12 ;
Ditto, Perpetual, U. 13s. 4d. • Great Western, Half, 79i ; Hull
and Selby, Quarter, ; Liverpool and Manchester, 115 ;
London and Birmingham, 223 ; North Midland, Half, 49 ;
North Union, 933; Paris and Lyons, 2i.
After all the opposition given to the plan first proposed,
we believe, by the late Lord Sydenham, of making -Montreal
the seat of Government for the united provinces of Canada,
people on the other side of the Atlantic begin to think very
generally that this is the best site. A commercial gentleman,
who has very recently visited Canada, thus writes to the
Quebec Gazette :--
" It is impossible to see Montreal without being at once
satisfied that it is the centre of a large population, active, en-
terprising, and increasing; there are upwards of six hundred
buildings now in progress; I happened to be in the streets
early and met with whole regiments of masons, carpenters,
painters, and others, going to their work, on new buildings,
which you meet at every step, many of them splendid man-
sions; I have visited all the parts of the town, and saw very
few mean. houses; the streets are all macadamized or paved
with wooden blocks, and I found them all clean and in good
order.

" I visited the St. Anne's market ; its hall has ceased to be
a market for dead cattle ; it is to be the place of meeting of
our Legislature; the room for the sittings of the Asssembly
is passable, without, however, accommodation for an audi-
ence; the other parts of the building are incommodious, too
small, and quite unfit for the object ; it is an affaire manquie,
and the Legislature must come back to Quebec, where the
Members will find a most ample and convenient building,
and the proverbial hospitality of the citizens.
" I visited the Lachine canal ; it has been made a hundred
feet wide, vast works are making for the new lacks at its dis-
charge in the St. Lawrence, and four reservours or harbours
each about a superficial acre in extent. It is navigated by about
28 steam-boats, continually going up and down. (I counted
eleven at the wharfs) besides numberless barges, schooners,
and rafts of timber and saw logs ; the activity and extent of
business going on is really of a bewildering magnitude.
" The shops have a rich and varied display of most costly
objects (canes at 905.), fit for the wants of a rich and ostenta-
tious population."
To the emigrants who have gone, or are about to leave our
shores for Canada, the extract just given contains satisfactory
information. Up to the last dates there had arrived out at
Quebec 443 vessels from this country ; tonnage, 154,856 ;
passengers, 9,369. To the same time last year the arrivals
%ere,ships,
vessels, 110
tonnage, 199,195 ; passengers, 10,579. De-
creasello ; tonnage, 44,339 ; passengers, 1,210.
It appears that the objectors to the plan of conversion and
amendment of the old Portuguese bonds, and capitalising the
arrears of interest, are generally coming into the offer of the
Government of Portugal made in the decree stated, the 2d
November, 1840. Up to the end of June last there had
been received at the financial agency of the Por-
tuguese treasury in this city 11,555,753/. ; and
all the bonds representing which have been converted, and
new bonds issued. to the amount of 9,446,763/. 12s. Bd. No
question the arrangement was a most beneficial one to the
financial position of Portugal; and as respects the foreign
claimants, it is now generally thought that the bondholders
have not had a very bad bargain, that is, if the interest upon
the Converted Stock continues to be regularly paid.
The transactions in the Funds this morning have been to
some extent, and in general the market is firm. The settle-
ment in the Share Market, which took place to-day, caused
money to be rather more in demand, but the rate of interest
is but a shade in advance of what it was last week.
Consols for Account have been quoted at from 99% to 99%;
the. Commissioners bought 20,0001. Consols at 990. The
Small Exchequer Bills have been very firm at 76 to 8
premium. Bank Stock at 1991 to 200; India Stock at 284 k.
fhe Reduced Three per Cents. Annuities at 100%, and the
Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 3 per cent. above
par.
Spanish Bonds have improved a shade on the opening
quotations. The Five per Centi have just been taken at
22%, and the Three per Cents. at 33%. But a shade of varia•
tion has occurred in the other foreign Stocks. Brazilian
Bonds of 1829 and 1839 have realised 81%; the Mexican Five
per Cents., 35i ; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 61i ;
and Russian, 119%.
The London and Birmingham Railway Shares have re-
ceded from 124 to 122 premium. In the other shares the va-
riations have been slight. Banking Shares are unvaried in
value.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 13.—Our mar-
ket is quiet, and only a small amount of business has been
done. London and South-Western, 82 ; Sheffield and Man -
chester, Quarters, 10i ; South-Eastern, 36i ; Huddersfield
and Manchester Canal and Railway, 325. 6d. prem. ; Black-
burn and Preston, 34; Manchester Assurance, lli.
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CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS
Balk Stock ... ...... 200 Indian 5t0ck......... ...... 2191%
3 per Cent. Red lOO% Ditto Bonds .............. 9ti pm
9 per Cent. Cons. ..., 9934 Ditto Old Annuities ...'
33 per Cent. Red lO3 Ditto New Annuities ...
New 3% per Cent 10254 Ex. Bills' 1,0001. IV ... 7d pal
New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5002 ............... .78 pm.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7B pm
Jan lbeo l2 0.16 Bank Stock for Acct.... 1993(
Oct. Ms) 'Consols for Opg. IV%
Jan. 1860 — 'lndia Stock for Acct....
FOREIGN FUNDS. _

Austrian, 5 per Cent ...: .... -I:7Portuguese, 5 per Cent
Belgian, 6 per Cent............ ... --
Brazilian Bonds ........ ..... [Prussian, 5 per Cent
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.. Russian 5 per Cent....
Chlliant 6 per Cent ..... .
..... ;Ditto, Meta11ic............,
Colombian, 6 per Cent ..... --Spanish, 5 per Cent...— 22i(
,Ditto, New Ditto
Ditto, 1824 ......... .. .. 'Ditto, 3 per Cent 33 %
Cuba Bones, 6 pe;•Cen...
.t
;Ditto, Deferred.................
Danish 3 per Cent
Peruvian, IFrench, 5 per Cent .... .. —t. —c.
Greek, 16-5, 5 per Cent.— Exchange ..... ....... ..... —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent 351 French, 3 per Cent.......—f. -..c
Ditto. 6 per Cent. 18:12 OW . — ,Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 6; %
- - 1825,
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dper Cent — ;Ditto, 5 per Cent .......101%