The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENIN:I

TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris' is, 12 per
mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.41 M. lgiAL
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 2.5
45* ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25 50, it follows that gold is 0.18: per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.

By advices from ilamburgh the price of gold is 435
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 101 d.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 lei;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 10, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent.
dearer in Hamburgh than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London is
1081 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 0.83 per cent. against England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from
the above difference.
SUN.—The English market was very quiet this after.
noon, and prices therefore exhibit very little change. Con-
sols fur Account closed at 983 to 1 ex div.
Mexican Bonds rallied a little, although it appears
that the remittance for the dividend is, as reported this
morning, very small. The closing prices were 351 to 3.
Spanish Actives were at 234 to 1. Colombian were 14
Russian brought 1174. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. receded to 81i.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 84 ;
Chichester and Brighton, * ; Brighton, 24 to Green-
wich, 5 to ; and Thames and Medway, 91 discount.
Bristol and Exeter, 10 ; Eastern Counties, New, 51;
Great Western, 47; Ditto, Fifths, 104 4 ; Liverpool
and Manchester, Half, 591 ; Birmingham, 122 ; Green-
wich Preference, 3 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 13 ;
Midland Counties, Quarter, 8 ; Newcastle and Darling-
ton, 22 ; Northern and Eastern, 121 ; North Midland,
Thirds, 84 • Yarmouth and Norwich, 44 ; and York and
North Midland, Scarborough Branch, 17 to 18 premium;
British North American Bank Shares were 71 discount.
and Santiago de Cuba Mine, 14 premium.
The advices from Jamaica, per Teviot, still allude to
excessive drought in some parts of the island.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
Ist of June, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:—

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Weekly
Total. Average of
Five years.

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 186 178
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 148 157
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration 246 286
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33 21
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

Organs of Digestion 74 69
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 6 5
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 5 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 G
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay 6O 71
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified BB5 942
Deaths from all Causes BB5 946

DEATHS FROU TIIE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER

Weekly Average
of Five Years.
147
34
79
35
33
31