The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-21 00:00:00

MONE It AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

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• CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The public securities close well, Consols being 984 to
9ffii for Money and Account ; India Stock for Account
hag been 289 i to 290 , • and Bank Stock left off at 199 g.
No alteration occurred in Spanish Bonds, the Five per
Cents
• being 25 to 25* ; and the Three per Cents. 35*
1 ~`)5/ ; Mexican Deferred Bonds were marked 14* to.
; and Colombian bore exactly the same value; Bel-
gian were 1041 to 105.
The 'additional transactions in Rail Way Shares in-
eluded BirMingham and Derby at 41a to 42; Brighton
at 51, Blackwell at 10*, North Midland at 91, and Shef-
field and Ashton at 15 discount; Great North of England
at par, Great Western at 37, Harrowgateat 1, Guild-
r"rd Junction at.* to Manchester and Leeds at 46
the ,
New at 201 to 1, Manchester and Birmingham at 8,
North British at *, and South Eastern, Scrip, at 111
Premium. Provincial Bank of Ireland were done at 181
premium, and Union and Australia at par. St. John
del Rey Mine were 11 discount, and Real del Monte
Wes each.
The West India mail is now hourly expected.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
saTh, e Cotton market at Liverpool was steadier yesterday.
3,000 bales. 1,000 being on speculation.--Shares were
stead with a good demand for Paris and Rouen and Orleans.
...Irminghtun and Gloucester were 86 ; Chester and Holyhead,
Grand Junetion, 234 Great Western Half, 70* ; Binning-
.A.tr°, 238 ; Brighton, 444 ; South Western' Eighths, 41;
Tharlrhester and Birmingham, 46* ; Midland Counties, Half,
Paris and Lyons, 2/. 15s. 6d. ; Paris and Orleans, 344 ;
• 'aria and Rouen, 35k.
There are no arrivals to-day:
The following is from a Canada paper
Value of Colonial Moneys.-In retail transactions an ap-
, raj/nation is made to the value of the coins current in
fOhn and the United States, and in small purchases the
Ong .are the rates at which such coins are usually paid
• Sovereign, 1/. 4s. 6d, ; the Crown,
id..; the Half-croWn, 3s. 04d. ; Shilling, called Trento
us, 13., 3d.; Sixpence, called Quinze Sous, 74d. American
Eagle, 21. 10s.; Dollar, ss. Id.; Half-dollar, 2s. 64d.;
Berl or Ten Cents., 6d.; York Shilling, 741 ; a Shilling
and a Quarter of a Dollar, are taken in the stores as
;1,11„41- The eichangeable value of -the dollar, of course varies
f.r° the course of exchange hetweeh the provinces and the
I,,,nited States, which is principally ruled by that between
"air York and London. In general, its value is about ss. ld.
"trenn„cy, or 4s. 2d. sterling.
Ine'English'penny, halfpenny, and farthing, of not less
Z'aa five-sixths of' the weight of currency, is a legal tender
7 the amount of 12d.
s
l'he following' coins are also usually taken at the rates
!Pceified •
•
• "French crown ss. 6d., ditto half-crown 2s. 6d., piitorine
•• five-franc piece 4s. Bd.
•WO/ sterling is equal to 121/. 13s. 4d. Currency, and is
rreed par of exchange, from which rate the exchange sel-
fluctuates more than one per cent.
"To bring sterling into currency, add one-fifth to the star-
'. „e Mount, and one-twelfth to the one-fifth ; and to re-
by '" -currency into sterling, multiply by 60, and divide
73"
•„b The Stock Market is firm to. day, 'and with a moderate
- . t!•liinese tieing; Consols' being 981 to 981, both for present
bran, ,Lifer and the Account. The Government broker, on
:ualf of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
nal Debt, the Savings' Banks, Ica,. took 30,000/. of this
..._,"'ack Si 94. Exoliequer Bills are still 68s. to 70s. premium,
fonds 88s. premiam. Bank Stock for Account
4'-'4,heea firm-at 200, and India Stock has-touched 289 to 290.
4e Foreign Market continues quiet.. Spanish Actives
!passive
24i to 25, and the Three Per Cents at 34 to 4. The .
64 to 4. Portuguese Converted obtain only 45. Ito
,71,2.0eing a fill of nearly 1, per cent.,.ai the news from Lishon.
• ..n..Hwilot yet tranquilizing. There is, however, so little doing
.:sift,a small sale has a decided effect on prices. Mexican
' .374,11 have been 354 to 36' for the Actives, and 143 to 1
Nile Deferred. Brazilian are 82} to 4.
.Dutch Two-and-
per Cents. are worth 571 to 1. •
• '4' 'go Shire Market has been quieter again, but prices are
-"qkay, generally, and the French lines are going up.
...:IL4ItCIIIIRTER 'STOCK ExcnAlcciE., MARCH 19.-We have
:17, a good market to-day,, and most Shares on the advanc e
. • ,4-_,aalea are ;-Eastern `Counties, registered, 13* ; Menthes.
, and Birmingham, 46i to .47 ; • Manchester and .Leeds,
k,s4i", * Ditto, USN Shares, 494; North Union, 1041; Sheffield
-.1% Manchester, Quarters, 6; Manchester Assurance,
-10 i.

- ' - - - CLOSING PRICES. .
)4 BRITISH FUNDS.
4 en....
' ...:' 3 ....,CA ..
••••••• • .".• Indian 5t0ck............. Pm—
. r •3 Der Cent. icer.... Ditto Bonds as pm•
. .
,-1 Cent. Cons. .... ..... 96% Ditto Old Annuities
•'. • ,I*r Cent. Re Ditto New Annuities...
. ''• '! 334 per Cent.... 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1%d... Pra-
t
per Ditto 5001 ....... ........ Pm.
• > e.-
•_, g ntnlitieli to expire.
Ditto 5ma11.............. Pm.
ii 2'..412. 1160.,..; -... Bank Stock for Acct.... 199
. 'Consols for Acct.......... P'
' 46a.
186°."....... 12% ilndia Stock for .Acct.... 299
.
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Aug FOREIGN FUNDS.
kaikse;s per Cent ... : . ... !Portuguese, 5 per Cent —
(...Flus, 5 jaer Cent........... 104% Ditto, New Ditto.... ......
.-. thi...._--eadian Bonds . . ... 92% Prussian, 5 per Cent
r 0 Apes, 6 pe"r.Z.e.o.t ..
~ .Russian, 5 per. Cent.......
e,, an, n Metallic
per Cent ............ Ditto,
•-•tTqn,, man, 41
per Cent
eh los 1924 „. . .. " Ditto, :3 per Cent 3.)%
JIV"4-804dau , 6 747Ce17::::.. us .Ditto. Deferre0..........
11„,,!ui 3 per tent — ;French, 51.er Cent.... —l. —c.
•31/.:".7‘v 19:5, 5 per cent — 'Exchange —f. —c.
.., •
fit A
,„ 5 per Cent
'''s__A. '
Per Cent.. l8:}7 --,Dutch, 2)4 per Cent. 57%
l'iltt,linala 1825, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent lOl
SHARES. .
.t
, - Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) . . ......... ........ IY3
. '' • Ditto. Eighths (11. 10s. paid) ... . .... ............—. 43i
• -.,, .- Great North of England (100 paid) lOO
'.. .. : Great Western (75 paid)
.... ,•Ditto tilthi (12 paid) '
. , , • Awnionand Brighton (50 paid) ........,
44%
~ •,,,`#.r,.. . • London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d4
i':: f London and Greenwich (Lt. 15s. id. paid)....
.; ~ ' ''- • • Ditto, Preference or .Pricilege.(l.l/..17a. 2d. pd) 17%
- Lan_ don and Gatildford Junction ( 5 paid)
Dilitichester and Leeds otisaid) ............, ll6,
Ditto Half Shares MO d): . • 50
Ditto Quarter Shares ( paid) .....
Manchester and Birmingham .........—...... ,Si
Norwich and'Brandon (2 paid) 6
'North Midland (100 paid)' ' .•
tMeM, Ashton-un.-Lyne, and. Manch. (8234 pd) • 67g.
th Eastern and Dover (50 paid)—
DiNb-Scirt (% paid) ... ... . .
.. ....... SOX

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LITERATURE.

The' .LEAVES. Maton, London; 1844.
• *:
4""e Poems contained in this little volume were
':'',44B'l3.ested, it seems, by impreisions made during the
Monckton Milnes' late tour in
Ow Ken" Greece, and Egypt. Though they refer,
.ever, .to scenes and incidents in the East, there is
att much of an oriental character about them; and
.we'except here, and there a descriptive pas-
`.,,- 7-,the majority might have been.written by Mr.
wPS without once stirring from England. Some
Z- the Poems in their calm, thoughtful, passionless
n'be, remind us of Wordsworth, of whom the author
'.:4evidently • a firm admirer, and whose manner he
ZaiS to imitate, though' without servility: The
fOificittion throughout is equable and harmonious to
• iegreei 'lint it would haVe been considerablyim-
SiZed)
.la.d a little more pith and vigour beep infused
itta: it. One great merit in the poems is the kindly
'tlZ,ca_tholic spirit that .Pervades them; Mr. Milnes
'');.:44c a and feels like a cosmopolite, and not like a
~iB.,re prejudiced observer—such as Western Europe
e out itiu ally sending forth—who is surprised and
v.hcle2l_ed at, all such customs, feelings, &c., as may
-t,;ten to-be . at, variance with those of his own
'Though he prefers the manners of the
...!..kitir4 yet our author gives fair play to those of the
63 We hid polished and picturesque poems
frOiri Constantinople. As a specimen
.of .his
411,
.ler, we, quote Sortie pleasing lines on " Delos,"
stii„,n,ch.the classical associations connected with this
"4(Allisland are-ynade to serve a moral purpose :

Though.F.yr a's rock_was passed at morn,

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The'.wiiid so faintly arched the sail,
-That, ere.to.Delos we were borne,
• : The autumn day began to fail,
• . And only in Diana's smiles
We'reached the bay between the isles.
In sweet serenity of force
She ruled the Heavens without a star:—
. A sacred image that the course
Of time.and thought can hardly mare—
As dear and nearly as divine
As ever in Ephesiatf shrine:
knew that on the spot I trod
. • Her glorious twins Latona bore,-
That for her sake the pitying, God
•: Had fixed the isle, afloat before ;
And; fearful of his just disdain,
1 almost felt It move again.
-'For .the delicious light that threw
Such clear tra.nsparence on the wave,
From the black mastick-bushes drew
• Column, and frieze,lind architrave,
, :Like rocks, which, native to the place,
something of mysterious grace.
&tort was the power of Art to bid
Arise such beauty out of stone,
et Paros might as well have hid
- - Its wealth within its breast-unknown,
• As for. brute Nature to regain
• • " the fragments of the fallen fail°.

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Who can rebuild these colonnades
`. Where met the ancient festal host,
The peasant from Arcadia's glades,
' .." The merchant' from lonia's coast,
-----Rhadening.their Grecian_ blood-to stand
n. one religious Fatherland ?
•
may.
angry discontent
I cried, but calmer thoughts came on,
• Ate gratitude with sorrow' blent,
• -. And mminur turned to orison:
I thanked.the Gods for what had been,
And-Nature for the present scene.
-;' telt that while in Greece remained
,A.Signa of that old heroic show,
'tioZ, Memory's sister, so sustained,
; Would Sink not altogether low, -
,-(1•11d Grecian hearts once more might be
t;rmabined in powerful amity.
• • Long ere the sun's most curious ray
Had touched the morning's zone'of pearl,
. juld:my boat were far away,
Raised on the water's freahening curl ;
-barely 'twist the" rose and blue
island's rim was still in -view.
•Ju Delos 'rests upon my mind,
A --#1 perfect Vision of the night, ,
picture bye moon-rays designed,
' - And shaded into black and bright,—
z rctrue idea borne awaY,
untroubled by the dreamless day.

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11.°1.1?8 of -E2gI,IVEIVT.ENGLISII WOMEN.
• 'Ptil2 Vols. Bentley, LondOn, 1844.
tiCe title of this work sufficiently explains its na-
414,tilough -we may observe; by way of additional
torifi—'4°ll, -that the memoirs- contained in it are
—Led to istioh " eminent' Engliili4oinen" as lived