The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-21 00:00:00

MONEY AND CONIMERCIAL A S
The CITY, Q ITA R TER TO THREE.
5,000 tales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
u=to 46, at barely previous rates. bhares were not
At good.
Accounts from Sydney of July 30 :tate that the
illrel'ailue fur the quarter ending June 30, was still rather
.alir than in the year 1843, but there were evident
-ii:lllllPtonas of improvement, stock being more productive.
~,(/ chief decrease is in the duties on foreign imports.
cnia_here are dates to September 12 from the eastern
""y of the Cape of Good Hope. The Governor, Sir
Maitland, had arrived there, and had performed an
81' cif justice by settling the land claims, so long in
abeyance,quirt of the settlers of 1820. The frontier was
but at Natal some disagreement had arisen
among the Boers, and Pretorious was to be put on his
col f
~, or alleged misconduct during the hostilities with
ftglish.
,he 4
Funds are well supported again to day. Consols
3'-wite loot There is not the least speculation going
St Exchequer Bills are 61s. to 645. premium. Bank
c'eh realises 206, and India Stock 288, both being
ar:Yfirm• The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
pub
-41, and the Government broker has made his
a at 1021
tta-e Then Tanish market continues at the decline of yes-
The Y afternoon, occasioned by the unfavourable news.
tentive per Cents. are 24 to it-, and the Three per
00-8* 35 to but with very little doing. Portuguese
averted are 541 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
.eallse 62Thei to 63.
ltailway Shares are very quiet, but generally
bapsbit"! are quoted at firm rates. Birmingham, however,
again receded a little.
81tITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

(From the Official List.)
tank Stock.. 216
3 __....................,......... 00000000000 .
PPer Lent Reduced Annuities ..... ......... 99
isrPer Cent. Consols. Anna.: 10013i%
ew
3 per Cent. Annuities IO2V/4
IIL Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12 1-16 12
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 5-163(
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,000.... .............„, Bl
tAtto under 1,000.........•.....•.. ........ ••••••••••••••• 63
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%cl.
1 0001. , ..«........ 64 61 pm.
Ditti0.rin.a.....7........ ... .. ..«.«..... 64 60 pm.

Ditto AcT;;;;0ii......... -
9 anish BonUNds, -
rn
-REIGN FDS
1825 T, 3 peHISr DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.9oPortuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ....... ............ -
Ditto Converted -
._Ditto for the Account ...... .... ~........« 54%
'Vanish Bonds, live per Cent 1840 24
Ditto for the Account. 2ll
Ditto Three per Cent. ....•.................-••••• !tr.-
bDitto for the Account .....----
uteh 2% per Cents. ..... ................... ,
63 62%
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97
_ outch 5 per Cent 5....................... ...........
Antler.
OF SHARES IHIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
th.„,, Raitways. PAID. PIiK.SHARE.
glianl and Gloucester lOO ........ 10 •••••• to 98
trliitto NeW
6g-x
16;11401 and Exeter . .......
---"or.:._ I And Gloucester 9O .... ..... 34%
rarect Northern -
ch. tern unties .. . ....... 25 ......... 14 ..... to 13% ilat western . so ........z....".
75
139% to .--
1140,4t° 5i Sharer...—. ..•• 50 •-•..« 87 -
1,,°4 and Birmingham lO2 '217 ••••• . too
-
1,4;t7440 New Thirds .... ........ ..... 2 -
50 47% -
1,0,.11 and South Western...... 41% ...... '76- ... to -
41;et and Croydon -
ihtan andk..--
to 115
kmi_lesteLeeds:"....- .....
247:7.17.1135%
.ll'-'od
North_g ara and Derby............ 100
110,Z7t0, and Eastern 45 57 4
180,- "MO and Brandon -
South
th Devon
10
ern"-""ij 331 38%%14 to -
bat and over .........
7,1,,. 0 N -
v vtt Valley' 2
05' and North Midland ......... 50 lO2 .... ... to 1031
ru.
ii::._ li Shares 25 5N% ... to -
)b"" ion Branch .....».. 10
to s. ittoExtension -
Cal°Sne and Amiens 2
-
i;:ftPr sans ar,cl Vierzon
par'ont and Bourdeaux -
iand Rouen.. . . .«.......« 2O ......... 382343 i.:::
too -
4 and Strasbou"rg" " 2 ..

L~D
SHIPPING.—(T HIS DA Y.)
end °N, Nov. 21.—Wind, noon,light breeze, at N.W.
P°rrraDlOUTli Nov.2o.—Wind S.W. by W.—Sld.
4nne Jane, China. *
t.II•4•NuoATE, Nov. 20.-51 d. Resolution, London, with
nin
the of the cargo of the American ship Ilzaide, beneaped
harbour:
11,1-)EAL, Nov. 20.—Wind W. to W.S.W., P.M. N.W. by
Helen, Stewart, China; Herald, Bolton, Singa-
Pore, left
St. Helena 10th Oct.; Madiera, Smith, Mfatas;
tinvio, Walker, Zanzibar ; Agile, Small, Cape o
Sld. Sultana,
od
'33e; Amelia and Caroline, Quebec' . Y [ley • Jane Catherine, Newport and Cey on, Nereid,
Aden,
OFF TEE GALL Nov 18. —Guardian, Venice
for Hull, experiencePdlEa'heavy.gale from Ist to 12th inst.
Lost bulwarks, sails, and one overboard.
C°Ra Nov. 18.—Arrd. Brutus, Williams, Ichaboe,
for Liverpool, leaky ; Wallace, Mann, Callao, Aug. 18 ;
Pandora, mason, Honduras, with loss of sails, fore and
Thaint°Pwasts, &c. ; Duncan, Robertson, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
The llenrie, of Bayonne, Lane, bound to Havre, was
spoken 20th ult., lat. 33 N., lon. 66 W., dismasted, and
With part of poop carried away, bearing up for Bermuda,
Co
k:supplitd with charts by the Pandora, arrived at
Cor
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 20.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd.
Tamerlane, M'Kenzie, Calcutta; Fortuna, Lingual], and
Middleton Trenon, Callao; Pakenham, Morris, Punta,
Arenas, Bombay packet, Africa ; Cromwell, Quebec.
s."
s~Pilgrim (supposed) from Calcutta ; Phillips, Val-
eaiBo; William and James (supposed) ditto; Oxford,
0...a' York. The Catnoens and Henry Winch, in coming
Car' of New Calabar River, Aug. 30, got ashore in the
; and became total wrecks; captain and two of crew
v tatter drowned. The Panope got ashore the same
into
but came off Sept. 1, without much damage, and
ivithnaY• A brig of about 200 tons, newly coppered,
of th-bri)ight mastc, bottom up, was passed 25 miles IN ,
-uell Bury;by the Achilles, steamer, arrived here.

The
LATE FATAL EXPLOSION AT BLACKW ALL.—
ue poor fellow Hill who received such frightful injuries
4i: the late explosion on board the Gipsy Queen, and who
tat"le nly survivor of the many maimed by. that. sad
astroplie, is likely to recover.in the
He still. lies
441t1(Inn Hospital, and in &ewer to inquiries made yes-
tiruay, he was said to be progressing most favourably..
4 being questioned respecting the accident, he ex
Presses himself as being rendered quite frantic at tbe
ttli°Ment of the we!, escaping, and in bis endeavours to
01Pe of
the engine-room steps lie pulled down three
t! our c
lion has°' biS unfortunate fellow-sufferers. A subsTp-
earol°--iii been set on foot for the relief of the destitute
elinileeteea"if the deceased and uwards of 300/. has been
"Plla their behalf. Thep unfortunate steamer still
tile import basin of the East India Dock.
he he Nouvelliste of Bruges says that a prayer has
len Published in Belgium, humbly asking God to be
s
/p)re_saed to reconcile England to the Catholic faith. Thi
to the
yeas compiled by the Belgian Bishops, according
so_ine request of Mr. George Spencer, who conformed
"i‘e Years ago to the Catholic persuasion.
6,,, lit Yo
ON TEA --LIVERPOOL.—The exorbi-
Z 11.7 rate of duty on tea has frequently been complained
eh llnci, in the course of the meeting of the Manchester
411Yei '!nlber of Couimerce, on Thursday last, it was. spe-
referred to by Mr. Robert Gardner, as having at
tasat injurious effect upon our Chinese return trade. I
e it als° began to excite considerable attention forhere,
to eniorial to the Lords of the Treasury, praying them.
hkstabko_ the subject into their most serious consideration,
ship. en signed to-day by a large body of the merchants,
reerneisvners, and traders in general of the port. This
duty oriel sets forth that the present exorbitant rate of
to he,Ptnnithe article of tea, from its manifest tendency
re-
sentetf" 41, a general consumption of this country, p 0
nue in, -4 insuperable impediment to the extension
el.!'
tat/1110M trade with China, as it was now fully asc
that
tlaenee a tea was the only staple article of_ conse.;
returns fPon which our merchants can depend for their
'O. °lira!, rem that countyy. It then states that the en-
M th,l „gent, given to trade by the Chinese Government
the soli dmssull of our fabrics at a low rate of duty, tO.
airet"
, h Plion of the people of that vast empire, had
our ns"een raoSt beneficially felt by our merchants and
tha,t 41114rItituneders ; but it had become equally evident
terlded utiles fur our manufactures could. not be ex-
PAromotine. 6„8„ :same impulse was speedily applied in
uently
orth--,:i.liereased consumption. of tea. Indepen-
of sue!' ah. - ltilPortant considerations, the imposition
Which Which is hi rate of duty on an article (the first cos
suro t. ''' e°MParativel moderate) of such universal con-
People the P I°"' and so congenial to the tastes and habits
the
Feat bulk of this country, as tea had become with .
Ilion e''''' an absolute necessary of life, was, in the opi-
sive
rot the
memorialists, highly impolitic. An exteinn-
tredu eduction of the duty, it was next urged, would
e-
oraeree a new class of consumers from among the lower
ra delet! of the people,
willing to abstain from articles of
supprAri°,lls and demoralising character, and tend to the
Pool. i-has"3/3 of pernicious adulterations, of which the
It was-.. Particular were the unfortunate victims. Finally,
wii stated, the adoption of a measure of such practical
thel'in would be benticial to all classes, conferring upon
coati ritisb public increased enjoyments, in a form most
toe ucive to health and morals, and affording to the
Plokebants, shipowners, and manufacturers increased lentern-
otti for their capital and skill. The memorial con-
jeet by earnestly entreating that this important sub-
ti might he taken into consideration, and such a reduc-
-4'4 granted as might be deemed expedient. About fifty
the most eminent firms have signed this document,
an among whoin are Gladstones and Co., Sands, Turner,
,1.14 00., Baring Brothers, Littledale and Co. T. and
Brockleb k Horsfall and Sons, &c.—Manchester
Oicardian. an
'
t.:LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.— A report has ob-
i" some currency in the City that the promoters of the
..ondon and York Itailvvay have failed to give the neces-
Inusary Preliminary notices in due time, and that difficulties
st in consequence arise in prosecuting the application
La Parliament for a Bill to authorise the formation of the
lie
e• Tv e are enabled to state that the rumour in question
44. entirely without foundation. All the preliminary no-
the shave been given, and the plans will be lodged on
't'l4l)e 30th instant. Every step has, in fact, been taken
IT'leptnply with the standing orders, and to enable the
ect to be fully and fairly investigated on its merits by
the
Board of Trade and Parliaraent.
RURAL SIMPLICITY.—Last week a farmer's wife
hertil led her servant girl, thirteen years of age, and gave
a watch, bidding her take it and boil an egg four
ininutes by it ; she shortly returned with the watch
)7iela had been purchased only a few days before for
14)0n a plte, well boiled, instead of the egg, stating she
rrvl4l boiled it exactly four minutes by the clock. Another
ant stood by and saw her place the watch in the pan,
__tird said it was wrong, she was sure, but allowed her to
P oceed. All the parties reside at Bewdon.—Carlisle
Patriot
tradeCAPITAL DASH.—A new sauce is advertised
re the title of Sir Robert Peel's Sauce. It has been
tclec'eted,_ , we believe, from his promises that the income-
-I kiFtild not kat longer that three years.—Punch.