The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-03 00:00:00

MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, was very
dull : sales, 2,000 bales, of which 500 were on specula-
tion. There was no cliwge in prices. The Share
market was brisk for French, Dover, and the minor
lines. Birmingham and Gloucester. 914 ; Chester an I
Holyhead, 71 to a ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 65; Grand
Junction, 232 ; Great Western, Half, 704 ; Caledonian,
; Dublin and Cashel. 53--• Birmingham, Quarter, 28k;
North British, 31.35.; Paris and Lyons, 21. 15s. to 21.145.;
Ditto and Orleans, 364 to -1,-; South Eastern, 36.
The commercial advices received from Merida,
_ Cam-
peachy, notices the fact that the .Government of Yucatan
had issued a decree establishing an entrepOt for imported
goods at that place. As British trade is increasing in
that direction, it may be of use to give the details. The
following are the provisions of the decree :
" Art. Ist. A mercantile depot is to be established in
the port of Campeachy, where all goods may be stored
for one year, without being liable to duty, on paying
two per cent. for storage, which two per cent. is payable
within thirty days after the goods are entered.
" 2d. Goods or merchandise taken from the depot
before the end of a 3 ear, for exportation, are not subject
to either State or municipal duty.
" 3d. Goods or merchandise taken from the depOt for
the State market, or which have remained a whole year
in the depOt, will pay both State and municipal duty.
" 4th. Provisions, pitch, and inflammable stuffs, empty
vessels of every description, and naval stores, are prohi-
bited from being stored in the depOt.
" sth. The government of the depOt will be adminis-
tered by officers appointed by the State."
The supplies of timber from Campeachy are at pre-
sent short in the Markets of London and Liverpool, at
least as far as respects good-sized logs of mahogany.
The timber trade generally is good for select samples.
The advices from St. Petersburgh relative to the brach
of tallow, and the probable supplies, state that the latter •
cannot be estimated with any certainty, but the opinion
was that it would fall short of those of last year. The
reason for this belief is that in consequence of the abun-
dance of grain and fodder, the proprietors of stock were
not compelled to s!aughter. The business of the London
market was another inducement to keep back supplies.
The Russian merchants at St. Petersburgh were of opi-
nion that prices would be kept up. Speculation was on
the increase.
Difficulties exist as to the legality of mixing chicory
in the coffee. About two years since, an order was
issued by the Excise department, as we are told, permit-
ting the addition, but now it is asserted that such a
course of proceeding is illegal: The Treasury, it is to
be hoped, will consider the subject, so that something
definite may be known upon the subject, which is of
general importance to the mass of the people, who buy
coffee generally in a ground state, not having mills of
their own.
Consols have reached within a 4 per cent. of par this
morning, but they are now a shade lower. Not much
'business has, however, been done. It was generally ex-
pected early in the day that the Commissioners would
have to give par for the amount of stock they have usu-
ally taken of late, so buoyant did the market look.
Those functionaries, however, took 30,0001. Consols at
984. The New Three-and-a:Half per Cents. have been
sold at an improvement to 103, and Bank Stock at
2014. In the premium upon Exchequer bills scarcely
any alteration has taken place. India Stock for the
opening has been quoted at 294.
A large amount of business has been transacted in
the Foreign Stock market thiS morning. Spanish Five
per Cents. have realised 274 ; the Three per Cents.,
381 4 ; the Passive, ; and the Deferred, 164. The
French Five per ents. aro worth 12,1 f. 50c., the ex-
change being given at 25f. 70c. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. are up to 604 4 ; the Five per Cents. to 994
; Mexican to 371 ; Portuguese Converted 461 ; and
Colombian, ex Venezuela, to 164. Brazil Stock is now
at 20f. The desire to speculate in the Foreign Stocks is
evidently on the increase.
The Railway Share market is on the rise. The Bir-
mingham and Gloucester, the Brighton, Lewes, and
Hastings. the Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Lancaster
and Carlisle, the South Western, and the Manchester
and Birmingham, all improved in value. London and
Westminster Bank shares have rallied to 5 prem. ; Na-
tional Bank of Ireland to 34 disc. ; and Union of Aus-
tralia to 1 prem.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99M%
New 3% per Cent Annuities 102%;,103
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860
Ditto 30 Years Expire sth Jan. 15.60 l2 11-16
India Bonds, 1,000
Ditto under 1,000 lr7
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account
India Stock
Exchequer Bills, 1%.d.
1,0001.
Ditto Small

FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account SOU
Columbian Bonds
Mexican Bonds, '837, 5 per Cent ...... ......
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Deferred Stock 17%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted 46%
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840 27%14
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds.
Ditto Deferred 13%46%
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account.
Vehezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent —
Ditto Deferred ll% 12
French Renter, 5 per Cent
Dutch 234 per Cents 60%
Ditto for the Account €054%
Dutch 5 per Cents. 99%34
New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. 9934
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAXS. PAID. PER SHARE
Birmingham and Gloucester
Bristol and Exeter 7O l2 to
Bristol and Glouc. ster 3O
Caledonian
Dublin and Cashel ... 234 534% ... to
Eastern Counties
Ditto New Registered Si. 6s. Rd.
Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent Ms. 4d.... 134
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 65 to
Great Western
Ditto 34 Shares
Grand Junction lOO — to
Ditto % Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham. Stock .....23.44
London and South Western 41% B3 to
Ditto Eighths
Manchester and Birmingham ... A 49% to
Midland Counties
Ditto Fifths
North British 234 -
Norwich and Brandon
Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen 2O 36%34 ... to
Rouen and Havre.
South Eastern and Dover -
Strasburg and Basle ......
York and North Midland -
Ditto Scarboro' Branch 234
JOINT STOCK HANKS.

London and Westminster ..... 20
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 2.—We have had
a good market to-day for most shares, and a fair amount of
business has been done :—Dublin and Drogheda, 71h ; Dublin
and Cashel, 6 Eastern Counties, 11i ; Ditto New Registered,
14 ; Ditto Perpetual, 1/. 13s. 4d. ; Grand Junction Half-
shares, 116 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 8h ; Manchester and.
Birmingham, 48i to 49* ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossen-
dale, 7h ; Sheffield and Manchester, 70-1 ;Preston and Wyre,
12* ; South-Eastern New, 51 to h ; Union Bank, 8h ; Hud-
dersfield Canal, 174.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
MANCHESTER BETTING.—TUESDAY.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
5 to 2 agst Thg Uglyßuck—t. 16 to 1 agst Wadastra C.•
6 to 1 agst Ketley

CIIESTJ

11 to 1 agst Pharaoh
13 to 1 agst Pagan
14 to 1 agst Cattonite
18 to 1 apt Alice Hawthorn

at CUP.
i2O to 1 agst Bramble
22 to 1 agst Merry Andrew-4.
25 to 1 agst Vakeel—taken
25 to 1 agst Sir Robert—laid

—taken
20 to 1 agst Jamie Forest
20 to 1 agst Hooton
20 to 1 agst Red Deer

once
35 to 1 agst Haitoe
40 to 1 agst What—offers to t.

6 to 1 agst Rattan
6i to 1 agst Ugly Buck—
take 7 to 1
15 to 1 agst Orlando—taken
18 to 1 agst Running Rein
22 to 1 agst Cockamaroo
25 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire—
offered

30 to 1 agst lonian
'35 to 1 agst Campanero
40 to 1 agst Bay Momus (the
sister to Grey Momus c)—t.
40 to 1 agst Akbar—taken
50 to I..agst Telemachus

No offers for the Oaks.

NORTHUMBERLAND_ AND DURHAM STEEPLE-

CHASE ENTRY.-THURHDAT.

Mr. V. Surtee's Ariel—Mr. R. Hoyle's Middleham—Mr.
W. Greenwell's Byron—Mr. H. W. Fenwick's Kitten—Capt.
De Salis's Tommy--:-Lord Killeen's brother. to Binks the Bag-
man—Captain Shewell's Rival—Mr. Cookson's Charles
O'Malley—Mr. Thompson's Tanner—Mr. T. Butler's Albert
—Mr. Headlam's Cremona—Mr. Salkeld's Little Devil—
Mr. Lamb's Maria Persiani—Mr. Waring's Creeping Molly
—Mr. Yea's Safeguard—Mr. Wood's Moonraker—Mr. Moun-
sey's Sir—Mr. Dixon's Foxhunter—Mr. D. Cookson's Rufus
—Mr. Foster's Nubian,--Mr. Clavering's Man Friday—Mr.
W. J.
.Johnstone's Donald Citird—and Mr. R. Crawford's
Blucher.

SOUTHAM STEEPLE CHASES.---TUESDAT.
Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each with 100 added.
Mr. Jenkins's Lycurgus, list 31b ..................... (Owner) 1
Mr. Green's Vanguard, 12st .................... 2
Mr. Crawford's The Returned, list 51b ................... 3
Mr. Ekin's Blue Pill, lOst 31b ................................ 4
Mr. Tilbury's Tom Tug, lOst
Mr. Inman's Marston, lOst 31b .................. 6
Mr. Conolly's Shamrock, lOst 31b ............... .... 7
Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30 added. Three miles.
Mr. Tilbury's Duprez .............. ; ................ . (Mason) 1
Mr. Birch's Dandy...
Shakespeare, No Doubt, and Caroline, also started.
The third sweepstakes of 3 sous. each, with 10 added, lOst
each, two miles, was won by Mr. Grindle's Ace of Diamonds
(Parker), beating Discord, Langollan, and Principe. Killed—
Discord, who was running the winner in, fell at the dis-
tance, and was ridden over by some farmers and much hurt.
FINCHLEY STEEPLE CHASE.—.TUESDAY.
Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each.-11st 71b.
Mr. A. Dixon's Ragman . . .................. ............ 1
Mr. B. Land's Faith ...................................... 2

Several old coins have been found near the sea-
shore, close to a field called Cae'r Henblas, near Bangor,
Canarvonshire. They arc inscribed_ftherang hyb; on the
reverse, Civitas London; others have Bristol on the reverse.
They evidently belong to the reign of Edward 1., and are
probably some of the great coinage which he issued in 1279,
being therefore 565 years old.—Shrervibury Chronicle.
The Bush coach-office, in Bristol, where an exten-
sive business has been carried on for, we believe, more than
a century, has this week closed, in obedience to the giant
power of steam, and the absorption of its business in the
great vortex of railway monopoly. We hear that it is pro-
bable the premises will be occupied by the Branch Bank of
Englaficl.—Felix Farley's Bristol Journal.
BENEVOLENCE.--A few minutes after the electlon
of pensioners on Monday for the City of London General
Pension Society, the secretary received 5/. in an anonymous
letter, desiring that it might be given to the highest unsue-
ceifful candidate.