The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-19 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was no improvement in Cotton at Liverpool
yeste. day. Sales 3,500 bales.—Shares also were flat.
Bristol and Gloucester, 52/ ; Caledonian, 4/. 3s. 9d ;
Dublin and Belfast Junction, 5/ ; Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, 66/ ; Glasgow and Ayr, 62 ; Great Western, Half,
86} ; London an Birmingham, 215; Ditto, 321. Shares,
36 ; Ditto, Quarter, 244 ; London and York, 5k ; Man-
chester and Leeds, 1231 ; Ditto, Half, 53 ; Midland
Counties, 1061 ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 105 k ; North
Union, 124 ; Preston and Wyre, 171 ; Sheffield and
Manchester, 13/. 16s. 3d. ; South-Eastern, 38/ ; Trent
Valley, 81. 18s. 9d. ; Lyons and Avignon, 435. ; Orleans,
Tours, and Bordeaux, 375.
The letters and papers this morning delivered from the
West Indies were barren of news of general importance.
A communication received from Halifax states :
" There has been much talk during the week of the
intention on the part of the Government to run the Royal
Mail steam• ships direct to Boston, instead of via Hali-
fax. We can find no sufficient grounds for the ru-
mour, but it has been considered of so much importance
that a petition to the Government 'has been got up,
unanimously signed, and transmitted through the proper
channel,; deprecating any alteration in the route, as pre-
judicial, not only to the speedy and safe conveyance of
the mails, but injurious to provincial interests, to make
a foreign port a depot for the reception of the British
mails for all the British North American provinces.
There is no doubt that, by present arrangements, the
mails arrive at every province as quick as they would
were the steamers to run direct to Boston or New
York, and we feel persuaded that it will be better
to bear with a trifling inconvenience, if any such
happens, at times, and which will disappear as
the system becomes more complete, than to depend
upon the captiousness of the United States and the
good faith of its mercurial population, for the latest in-
formation and advices upon affairs, political or mercan-
tile. All the lower provinces, including Newfoundland,
would be injured by the change, and the benefit to the
Canadas, the only valid excuse that eau be imagined,
short of a desire to pander to the interests of the United
States at the expense of those of the colonies, would not
be problematical indeed. A little sympathy on
the frontier would soon prove to the Canadians
the folly of jeopardising their English intelligence:and
we would not give much for the integrity of the official
papers, in the event of any serious question pending
between the two Governments, all of which would be
Grahamised ere they reached the boundary line. In
short, the evils that would attend the change, present or
prospective, are so great that the rumour goes for naught
in our estimation, and we class it amongst those desirable
accomplishments which, so far as our neighbour Jona-
than is concerned, he would like to attain, but which it
is easier to talk about than to execute.
"Since writing the above, we learn that a proposition
has been made to the American Government, and ac-
ceded to by Congress, to allow the Canadian mails to
traverse the American territory to their destination,
without having to go through the American post-office.
This arrangement, though it would supersede the em-
ployment of a steamer between Pictou and Quebec, and
probably prevent the improvement of the land communi-
cation between the provinces, does not involve au altera-
tion in the communication with the mother cnnatry.
The injury would be felt in a lesser degree."
The Bank of England meeting has gone off satisfac-
torily, and the rest is stated to be kept up.
The Funds have been quiet, but firm, this morning.
Consols for immediate transfer realise 99 and for
time 991 -k. Exchequer Bilts are 765. premium. The
Commissisners' purchases tare continued daily, but do
net attract much attention, being small. Bank Stock
fur Account has risen to 205 k and 207.
The Foreign investments have been less animated.
Spanish Five per Cents, have been 231 I-, and the Three
per Cents. 34k 1. Portuguese Converted obtain 47, to
46f. Colombian are 14 to k, Chilian 105, Buenos Ayres
36, and Brazilian 89 to 88k. Belgian Stock realises
1031 to 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 62k
to 1.
The inquiry for Railway Shares is moderate, and
prices are generally sustained. There is, however, less
buoyancy in the general market than therewas last week,
for, whereas the old lines:may be supposed to have reached
their maximum value, the new ones have an opening. for
the gradual attainment of high rates.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
S per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99%U
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860.
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities 98%
Bank Stock for Account '05% 207
Consols for Account giqs %
Exchequer Bills, 13id. 130
. ..... 75 pm.
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent lO3 1,4
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
•89.88%
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cen t ..........
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO5
Columbian Bonds. 14%%
Portuguese Bonds,
•••• 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted 47 46%
Spanish Bonds.. Five per Cent 1840 , 23%
Ditto for the Account 23%%
Ditto Passive Bonds. ~.......,.«........«N..., 655
Ditto Three per Cent. •
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Ditto Deferred 12%
Dutch 2% per Cents 62lLs
Dutch 5 per Cents.... ..... 100%5i%
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. Fax SNARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 106% to 107
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester SO ' 0 to
Chester and H01yhead............... 5
Dublin and Cashel.
Eastern Counties ..»,„.„,„.„.„.,25
Ditto New Registered, W. 6s. Bd.
Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent... 11. 138. 4d....
Ditto Ditto (No. 2)
Great North of England.
Great Western
Ditto Fifths l2
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Greenwich
London and South Western
Ditto Eighths
...2 to
London and Croydon
London and York 2
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds 7O
Ditto % Shares 3O . 52
Ditto % Share.
... to
Midland Counties lOO 106% to 100
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21
to
Norwich and Brandon
South Devon 5 ..... 8 —... to 9%
South Eastern and Dover 33% 38% % ... to
Ditto New
Yarmouth and Norwich
Boulogne and Amiens 2
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeauxl I t7z:
(d'An thou al d's Company)
.1 ......
Parisand Rouen
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 18.—We hare
had a large business done, principally in the smaller
stocks : upwards of fifteen hundred Manchester and
Birmingham Quarter Shares changed hands at the close
of the market. Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington,
41 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 53 ; Churnet Valley, si,f;
Huddersfield and Manchester, 3f 2 15-16 ; Manchester
and Leeds, Quarters, 121 ; Manchester, Bury, and Ros-
sendale, 68 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 51f 1 ;
Ditto, Quarters, 5f ; Manchester and Buxton, 2 13-16 f ;
Preston and Wyre, 38 ; Trent Valley, 9f ; Boulogne
and Amiens, 21.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
NAY ATARRETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/4s ;
Useful ditto, 4/ 6s to 4/16s ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 18s to
51.5 s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to Cl Cs ; Oat Straw, 116 s to
1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 1/ los per load. Supply
moderately good and trade rather dull.
CUMBERLAND.—COarSe Meadow Hay, 31 1 Os to 4145;
Useful ditto, 41 5s to 4/ 18s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 to
5/ 8s ;. Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 118 s to 11
lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 12s per load. A fair
average supply, and a sluggish demand. Prices about
stationary.

WHITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3112 s to 4110 x;
Useful ditto, 41 12s to 4118 s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ to
51 5s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 105 ; Oat Straw, 11
6s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load.
Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at the above quo-
tations.

MEAT MARZETS•
Hen senor, SEPT. 18.—With the exception of the
primest Downs selling freely the trade was inactive at
barely late rates. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s
to 4s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 43 ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d
per 81bs.

ARUNDEL, SEPT. 17.—The supplies on offer to-day
were tolerably good, yet the trade was comparatively
steady on the following terms :—Beef, from 26 8d to
3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Veal, 3a 4d to 4s ;
and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per 81bs.
CHICHESTER, SEPT. 18.—We had a very slow de-
mand here to-day, and prices were barely supported.
Beef, from 2s 6d to 38 10d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s; Lamb-
-3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3a 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 2s 6d to
3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18* to 295; Quarter-
pld Store Pigs, 16s to 205; and Mulch Cows, with their
Small Calf, 161 to 181 10s each.

SOUTHALL, SEPT. 12.—For each kind of prime stock
we had a steady demand, at fully last week's quotations,
but otherwise the demand ruled heavy. Beef, from 2s
4d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; Lamb, 32 Gd to
4s 8d; Veal, 33 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 8d
per 81bs. Supply :—Beasts, 40; Sheep and Lambs,
2,090; Calves, 60 ; Pigs, M.
ROMFORD, SEPT. 18.—Prime Beasts and Sheep, owing
to their scarcity, sold steadily, at full prices. In other
kinds of stock very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 6d
to 38 10d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 6d to
4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s
8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 32s ; quarter-old
Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and lliilch Cows, with their
small Calf, 161 to 191 each.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN,
For the Week ended Sept. 14, 1841, made up from the Returns of
the Inspectors in the different Cities and ['owns in England and
Wales. per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat......... 455. lid. Oata ....
8ar1ey.........1 355. Ild. Rye ...

... 20s. I(. Beane, re. 9d
355. 9d I Pease 345. 6d
AI LAST SIX WEEKS.

OAT& I EYE. 1 BEANS. i TEASE.
f
—.---....---,...--...--.
20 1 35 9 35 0 at 2
11 35 7 33 7
20 4 36 Bjl 35 10 34 0
20 7 34 2 37 0 33 10
20 5 34 4 38 1 33 10
0 1 35 9 37 1 31 6
VERAOES OF THE SIX WEEKS
20s. 33.1 Beane 36s Ed.
35s t cl.l Pease 345. Od.
'ORTIGN CORN.

61. Od.! Beam O.. 6d
73. 6d.1 Pease 8 6d