The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-14 00:00:00

1844,

The Commissioner bought Three per Cents. Reduced
this morning at 99i, the same amount being transferred
as they took yesterday. Consols for Money have been
at 1001 to 1001, while the only quotation for the Ac-
count is i per cent. above par. The premium upon Ex-
chequer-bills has fallen as 16w as 60s. Bank Stock has
advanced from 2041 to 205 A-. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have fluctuated from 1011 to 104
In the Foreign Funds the business done this morning
has not been to any extent. Spanish Consols have been
sold at 24; the Three per Cents. at 354 b ; the Portu-
guese Converted at 551 to 54. In Belgic and Dutch
Stock not much fluctuation has occurred to-day. Mexican
Bonds have advanced, but Columbian ex Venezuelan are
a shade lower than yesterday.
The Share Market has been rather heavy to-day, and
the prices in most instances are a shade lower.

PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock ..... •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ..... 205 204% 205%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99%
3 per Cent. Coniols. Arms
New 314 per Cent. Annuities lO2 10Iji 10'2 itsi
4 A,
Consol • for Account ----- 1004

Exchequer Bills. I%d. Il4d.
1,0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• - •••••••••..• 60 61 pm.
5001..•..........•............•,... •••••••••••• 62 .. pin.
Ditto 5ma11.................... ...........• 62 —pm. Ditto Advertised........

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl%
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent....„„„..„...,,..„ B7sc, 88
Columbian Bonds. ........„....„,„,».........,„,., 1456 13%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ... .........
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted 5550A %
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent i 19
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840-- 24
Oitto Three per Cent. ••••••• ...... ••••« ......... •• 35% %
Dutch 2% per Cents. .....
.......... ........... .....
Dutch 5 per Cents "..... 99% 46
PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester lOO .........101 ..... .... to
Ditto New ..„..........«....«, 1756 25'4 .. to
Bristol and Exeter ....."... ..... ... 70 .....
Bristol and Gloucester...," ..... 30 ......... 35
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet 'Valley ... ..... ........." ..... 2
Eastern Counties ..-........... ..... 25 ........ 13%74
Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent... 21. 13s. 4d.... 7 1
Great Souther n and Western/ 5
8
(Ireland) % •...•• to
Great North of England. lOO l2O to
Ditto New ......................... 5 ........15 ... to
Great Western ..... ................... 75
Ditto 56 Shares..... .... ..
....... 50 .......
London and Birminghlm. lOO ... .213
Dit o 4 Shares
2 ..""••• 24
London and Brighton .. ......... .... 50 ........ 4614%
London and Greenwich ~... ..... 12%. . 976
London andfGreenwich (Preference) 18%
London and Croydon
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Cent 2 ..... ~.. 2% ... to
London and York 2% 2% to
Midland ••..• ••••• ............ ..".... 100 ••••• ••.106
North British"
5 NO. 5 to
Norwich and Brandon ............ 6 -
Ditto New 1 2% to
Sheffield and Lincoln
Ditto—
South Eastern and Dover ......... 33%
New
Ditto Scarboro' Branch .... ..... 10
Ditto Selby Scrip
.

Boulogne and Amlels

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 12.—We can-
not report any improvement to-day—business has been
limited. Barnsley Junction, 51 9-16 ; Cambridge and
Lincoln, 2i ; Churnets, 2 13 16 15-16 ; London and
York, 2; ; Olieffield and Lincoln, 1i 13-16 ; South-
Eastern, 42 ; Ditto? New creation, 7i prem.; West
Yorkshire, 84 prem.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Back SW'La.." ..... ex div i 05-
3 per Cent. Red 99
3 per. Cent. Cons.
334 per Cent. Red —
New 3% per Cent. .......
New 5 per Cent...... .......
Long Annuities io expire
lan. WO l2
Oct. 1859 ll%
Jan. letiO
Indian Stock.
FOREIGh

Ditto Bonds £l,OOO pm.
Ditto under .£l,OOO BO pm.
1 South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities —
Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d
Ditto 5001. ..... 62 pin.
Ditto Small 62 pm.
Bank Stock for Acct —
Consols for Act. looq
India Stock for Acct —
N FUNDS.
$l3
Russian 5 per Cent .....
itto,Metallic .... ........ ...
'Spanish, 5 per Cent., 1840...: 24
ditto, 1841 ........... ........
Ditto, 1842......... ....... .
Ditto, 1843. —
Ditto, 1844
Ditto, 3 per Cent ......
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct —
French, 5 per Cent.,...... —t — c.
French, 3 per Cent....... —f —r.
Exchange ... ........... ... —.f —C.
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto,:s per Cent....
RES. I

Austrian, D per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per 102 U
Brazilian! Bonds —

Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent...

Cuba Bonds, 6.,pe1• Cent —
Chilton,
per Cent .....
Ctiltittiblan, 8 per Cent
Pahteiii3 per Cent ....
(heels, 19:.9, 9 per Cent —
Mexican, 5 pet Cent 35%
Neapolitan 80.nd5,5 per

Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct...
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per it

Bristol and Exeter (70 paid),
ter and Holyhead ( bpi
CiiiitnCt Valley, g paid...,
Direct Northern, .44 paid ..,

71
rid)
5116
2

..
Eastern Counties (20 paid) .. ... -
13
Ely and Bedford, 1 paid
Great North of England, 100 paid
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Fifths, 12 paid
London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 6
London and Greenwich (12t. 15s. 4d. rid)
9%
London and South Western (411. 6s. lid. paid) 74
London and York, 2% paid 2%
Lynn and Eli, 14 paid
Midland (100 paid)
South Eastern and .Dover (33 2s 4d paid)
Trent Valley, 2 paid 7%
York and North Midland (50 paid)
Ditto Half Shares (25 paid)
Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid 79
Boulogne and Amiens' 2 paid ...... ..... .
Orleans and Vierzon, 2p•iid 94
Orleans, Tours, and flourdeaux, 1 paid
/arils and Orleans (20 paid)...
Paris and Rouen. 21) paid

DUKE DE LA VICTORIA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,

With reference to the mendacious statement in

the Paris lithographic sheets, regarding the alleged de-
parture of the Duke do la Victoria_from London, on his
way to Spain, permit me to mention that I have just had
the honour of paying a visit to his Grace, at his residence,
Abbey Lodge, Regent's Park. and I am happy to say he
is ire the enjoyment of e-xcellent health.
I also beg leave to state, that at the very time when,
according to these apocryphal and malignant accounts,
it had been given out that the Duke was confined to his
house by indisposition, as a cloak for his clandestine de-
parture for Spain, his Grace (being in perfect health)
did me the honour to conic to see me, when I was labour-
ing under the effects of a dangerous illness ; and that,
ever since, scarcely a day has passed in which I have not
been indebted to him for those kind inquiries, and kind
acts, which all who have had the advantage of being per.
sonally known to his Grace are aware are as characteris-

tic of him in his private relations, as are all the noble and
high-minded qualities in his public station, as a distin-
guished soldier and a patriot.
To my certain knowledge, the Duke de la Victoria has
not been absent from London for twenty-four hours since
his arrival, about fifteen months ago.
You insertion of this refutation of one of those " in-
famous and daily inventions," which you have so justly
censured, will oblige, Sir, yours respectfully,
AN ENGLISHMAN.

Es.—l send you my name and address, which lam
sure you will consider to be a sufficient guarantee of the
correctness of the above statement.

MONEY AND c(IIIMERCIAL
CTY, WEDNESDAY Ett:timo.
The Stock Market leas off rather worse than it was
in the morning, Cent;ol being 1001 sellers, both fur
Montt), alit' Times Bat?: Fitoek has been 2048 to 205 i.
The New Three-and-a-Qatter per Cents. hate obtained
1018 to 102 k, and the Thte per Cents. 99i to 99g. EK-
chequer Bills dropped t 0595. premium, and East India
Bonds to 83s. and 80s. primium.
The Foreign Sectiritie: *erC generally heavy also.
Spanish Five per Cents. it 23:1 to 24 ; the I.fhree per
Cents. at 358 ; Portuguese Converted at 55; Brazilian,
New, at 84 ; and Mexicanat 35,1. Belgian Stock has
been at 102 i.
The additional iraniacibns iii Railway Shares have
been these :-Bristol and Exeter were 1 ; Chester and
Holyhead, ; ChurnetVallty, ; Dublin and Galway,
; Ely and Bedford, s ; Great North of England, 19 ;
Great Western, 62 ; Ditto, Fifths, 13 I South-Western,
33i to 324 ; London and York, -1. ; Lynn and Ely, 1 j ;
Midland, 5 South-Eastern, 9 ; Trent Valley, :4 ;
York and North Midland, ma, • 30i ; Boulogne and
Amiens, 24 ; Orleans and Vierzon, 7 ; Orleans and
Bordeaux, 2# 4 ; Paris and Orleans, 1941, ; and Paris
and Rouen, 184 4 premium. Direct Northern have been
to ; and Blackwall, 101 ; and Greenwich, 38 dis.
(Froir The Sun of Last Night.)
At Liverpool yesterday, about 5,000 bales of Cotton
were sold at steady prices. Mid American was scarcer
and firm. Speculators took 200 Egyptian, at 6d. to 6d.;
The other sales were 500 Maranharn, at 44d. to 51d.; and
700 Surat at 21d. to 3-441. ; the rest being American at
31d. to 54. per lb.-Shares were dull, except some of
the French lines. Birmingham and Gloucester, 1014 ;
Bristol and Gloucester, It. I.ls. 4d.1 Caledonian, 4/. Is.;
Chester and Holyhead, 511 ; Churnet Valley, 3; Eastern
Counties, 134 ; Great Western, Fifths, 154 ; Lancaster
and Preston, 45i ; Liverpool and Manchester, 202 f ;
Ditto, Half, 104 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter;
241 ; London and York, 2/. 16s. 3d ; Manchester and
Leeds, 108 ; Midland Counties, 1/. 185. 9d. ; North
Union, 140 •, Sheffield and Manchester, 96 ; Shrewsbury
and Grand June...on, 54; South-Eastern, 38i; Lyons and
Avignon, 2/. 1 ls. to 2/. 12s. 9.1. ; Paris and Lyons,
31. ls. 6d. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 3/. 16s. 6tl. ;
Boulogne and Amiens, 748 -I.
There no late accounts in the City this morning frost,
New South %Vales and Van Diernen's Land, but their
contents are not of very general importance. The ex-
clusive system appears to be adopted as respects stran-
gers being present in the Legislative Council. And it is
somewhat singular that, at the last meeting of that body,
as reported in the Sydney Herald, a member (formerly
connected with the Press of London, and once on the
Sun, moved that " strangers be ordered to withdraw."
While here the party was a strong stickler for open dis-
cussion, but, as the saying goes, "circumstances alter
cases"-and our well-known friend having advanced
himself to the dignity of a member of the Council
(by rare talent let it be observed), now is
an apostle to the secret system. The markets
of Sydney were pretty steady. A large
amount of business bad been transacted in spirits. A
very strong apprehension was entertained that there
would be a scarcity of shipping, the arrivals from India,
en route for India, having fallen off considerably. As the
stocks of goods at Sydney were large, and credit not
good, arrivals from England for some time to come
-at least in any numbers-was considered out of
the question. The stores for colonial produce for
shipment to this country were rapidly accumulating.
The state of the London wool market last received out
was considered as most satisfactory. The clip was ex-
pected to be considerably above an average, but if ships
could not be had to receive it on board, the markets
here for the staple will in all probability be advanced.
From Swan River we learn that the colonists
were turning their attention to the cultivation
of the vine moat sedulously, and ere long
the exports of wine, of a quality far superior to the
Cape, is a matter of certainty. From Port Philip we
learn that the manufacture of Tallow, by boiling down
sheep, was increasing rapidly--not far short of 50,000
sheep had been boiled down at Sealong (Port Philip) in
about ten months.