The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-04 00:00:00

JOINT STOCK ➢ANKS.

Unioh of London lO 12% ..... to
'iria'nu
az, 4.1.
- IIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. I.—We
hve had a firmer market, and considerable business has
'bet; `dorie...—Barnsley Junction' 51 ; Birkenhead and
Manchester, 71 f ; Burnley and Accrington, 3k- ; Chur-
net Valley, 31 ; Great Southern and Western (Exten-
sion), 4:1 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 1 1-16 pre-
mium; Kendal and Windermere, 64 ; Leeds and Thirsk,
48; Manchester, and Leeds, 112 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 48;
Bury and Rossendale, 7 15-16 8 ; Manchester and
Buxton, 2 2-1 6 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 2 ; Sheffield and
Manchester, 98f ; South-Eastern, 421 ; Boulogne and
Amiens, 4i. .
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bask 5t0ck............ex dtv. 201 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 9O pm.
3 per Cent. Red 99 Ditto under £1,4)00 Fg pm,
3 per Cent. Cons. .....»..... 99% South Sea Stock
354 per Cent. Red — Ditto Old Annuities .., 9734
New 3% per Cent lOl% Ditto New Annuities..,
New 5 Annuities— Bill% 1,0004 I%d ... 67 pm.
Long to expire Ditto 500 J ..... ..... 67 pin
lan. WO l2 Ditto 5ma11.............. eg pun
Crct. `IG) ll% Bank Stock for Acct ...
Consols for Act......... ICO
Jan.
.1et50........
firdlati;' siak - India Stock for Acct....
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Russian, 5 per Cent.... .....
Ditto, Metallic ..... ..... .....
ipanish, 5 per Cent., 1849... 21%
Ditto, 1841,.,,.».,,,».»,...
Ditto, 1842 —..
Ditto, 1843.
Ditto, 1841
Ditto, 3 per Cent .....» 3514
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct —
French, 5 per Cent,...... —t ....C.
French, 3 per Cent.... 81f 5O .
Exchange ..», », .... 25f 60c
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Dittoo per Cent 99
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) lO5
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid)
Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid
Caledonian (5 paid)
Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid)
Churnet Valley, 2 paid
Eastern Counties (25 paid) ... ..... ..........
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent.,lil3s4d. paid,No. 1 %
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid
g
Ely and Bedford, 1 paid ••• •
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid. .... ...........
Hull and Selby, 50 paid 67
Kendal and Windermere, 1% paid 614
Lancaster and Carlisle, 10 paid
London and Birmingham (Stock)
Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid)
Lonion and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Greenwich (121. lie. 4d. paid) 8
Diito, Preference or Privilege, £iB 175 2d paid 22%
London and South Western (411. 65. 10d. paid) 751
London and Croydon
Ditto Guaranteed. 5 per Cent., 2 paid 2%
London and York, 2% paid 3%
Manchester and Leedi (70 paid)
Ditto, Half Shares, 30 paid 47
Manchester and Birmingham
Midland (100 paid)
Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid
North British, 5 paid • 5%
Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid ll
South Devon, 10 paid 12%
South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) .....»., 42
Ditto New Shares, 4 paid
Trent valley, 2 paid 8 q
York and North Midland (50 paid) 11155
Ditto Half Shares (25 paid)
Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid
Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid 75%
Central of France, 2 paid .. ... ..... 414
Ditto Constituted
Boulogne and Ail:liens 2 plid .....
Orleans, Tours, and riourdeaux, 1 paid . 4
Paris and Lyons, 2 paid ..... ... . 3
?aria and Orleans (20 paid) ..,.. 39%
Paris and Rouen, 20 paid ..... . .......... ....“......... 3130'

Austrian, 5 per Cent ........
Belgian, 5 per Cent............
Brazilian Bonds .....»...... 8634

Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent
Chlliant r per Cent
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Danish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 161e5, 5 per Cent —
Mexican,s per Cent
Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct —
Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent —
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct —
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct

DEATH OF THE COUNTESS or BERKELEL—We
have to announce the demise of Mary, Countess Berkeley,
who expired oil Wednesday last, at 'Cranford House.
The deceased Countess was In her 77th year. Her
Ladyship, who was daughter of W. Cole, married 30th
of March, 1785, Frederick Augustus, late Earl Berkeley,
but which marriage was decided by the House of Lords,
in 1811, after a protracted inquiry, not to be then proved.
The Earl was, however, married 16th of May, 1796, to
her Ladyship, the legality of which union was not dis-
puted. By the late Earl the deceased Countess had issue
six children, four of whom survive, namely, William
Pitaharding, Earl Fitahardinge, the Hon. Captain M. F.
II Berkeley, U.N., married to Lady Charlotte Moreton,
sister of the Earl of Dude ; the Hon. Augustus F.
Berkeley, married to a daughter of Sir John Dashwood
King ; and the Hon. Francis Henry F. Berkeley, M.P. ;
and after the marriage of 1796, Thomas Morton, Earl
Berkeley, the Hon. George Grantley F. Berkeley, M.P. ;
Lady Mary ; Lady Caroline, married to Mr. James
Maxse ; the Hon. Craven F. Berkeley, M.P., and Lady
Emily, married to Mr. Sydney Capel.
SALE OF A SUGAR PLANTATION.—On Friday, at
one o'clock, a sale by auction took place at the Auction
Mart of five hundred and sixty-three acres of cane plan-
tations, cane holes, and plant and pasture land, in a high
state of cultivation, together with the machinery, build-
ings, &0., forming the Auchenskesch estate, situated at
Sandy Point,Little Rockley Bay, in the island of Tobago.
Of the land forty acres were appropriated as garden
ground for the negro population employed on the plan-
tation. The valuation of the whole property was ap-
praised at 15,762 L, including two copper clarifiers of 600
and 500 gallon respectively, &c., and the crop for 1845
consisted of 32 acres of full plaza. and four acres of land
opened, besides rattoons. The first offer was 3,000/. ;
and after a smart competition, the property was sold for
5,150 E