The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-21 00:00:00

ItNING, OCTOBER 21, 1844.

MARKET 14ZEWF..4.--(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY.
During the past week the arrivals of Wheat up to our
market were on a very moderate scale. Of foreign
Wheat no import took place, while the receipts of all
other grain were scanty. Fresh up, very little Wheat of
home produce came to hand, coastwise or by land-car-
riage ; hence the show of samples of that article was
small. Fine qualities of both red and white commanded
a ready sale, at fully last week's quotations ; but in all
other kinds only a limited business was doing, at late
rates, while a good clearance was effected previous to the
close of the market. Fine heavy free foreign Wheat
was quite as dear. In all other kinds, as well
as bonded parcels, next to nothing was doing. The
supply of all kinds of Barley was small. As the malt-
sters are mostly at work, Malting parcels commanded
a ready sale, at an advance of is per quarter, while the
value of other kinds were supported. A large quantity
of foreign Barley has been released during the week.
Very little Malt was offering, yet the inquiry for it was
by no means active, at late rates. The Oat trade was ac-
tive, at 6d per quarter more money. Both Beans and
Peas moved off freely, at an advance in the currencies
of is per quarter. Rather more was doing in Flour, but
we cannot improve our quotations.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
WHEAT—Essex & Kent, !MALT—Chevalier.... 63s to
red. 4os to 48s OATS—Yorkshire and
Ditto, white . ..... ... 60s to 65$ Lincolnih., feed 23s to
Norfolk and Lin- • Potatoe
coin, red ............301 to 46$ Youghall and Cork,
Ditto white 4os to 538 black
Irish, red Vs to 50s Cork, white
Ditto, white
RYE—Old 2f is to 33s BEANS—Tick....... ........ 263 to 308
New ............
BARLEY—Grinding 2ss to 32e PEAS— Grey 3ls to 33s
Malting
Chevalier 356 to 3841 White 35s to 393
MALT—Suffblk and Nor. Boilers 32s to 385
folk 564 to 62$ FLOUR—Town made ... 44s to 46s
Brown 50s to 54. 5uft01k.................. 346 to 388
Kingston and Ware 56s to 626 Stockton & Norfolk 33s to 3ea
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.
WHEAT—DaRtZiC
Hamburgh '36s to 40e Peas. 23s to 27s
BARLEY 3os to 338 }lova American
OATS—New
Feat l4s to 16s

ing struck the bar coming out ; Myrene, Liverpool for
Savannah, with damage to bulwarks, stancheons, bow-
sprit, shrouds carried away, and other damage, having
been in contact, 16th inst., six miles W.N.W. of Tuskar,
with a large light ship, which lost bowsprit, &c.; Pacha,
Leggett, Trindad. Off, Rosalind, Barn, Pedestal Point;
Anna Matzea, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Antwerp.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 19.—Wind S.S.E. to W.S.W., fresh.
20. S.W., ditto.—Acrd. Ann, Holt, Paraiba ; Hope,
Honduras ; Rival, Price, Nassau ; Caleb Angus, Whit-
tle, Honduras; Sheridan and Ohio, New York; Nautilus,
Graham, Pictou ; Creole, Quebec ; Norio, Garves, La-
brador ; Kingaloch, Stanton, Newfoundland. 20. Ed-
ward, Cuthbertson, Bombay ; Princess Royal, Reid,
Callao ; Reliance, Pernambuco ; Tantivy, Dawing,
Ichaboe ; Henda,
.Lamurst, Barbadoes ; Cybele, Galve-
ton ; Madison, Fosi,;,r, Virginia ; Minerva and Minerva,
St. Andrew's; Thetis, Hall, St. John's, New Brunswick;
Catharine, Abbinett, Pc.igiYa!h ; G—, (new barque of
Miramichi) ; Jane, Robert Watt, Coromandel ; Rosa-
lama, Quebec. Off, Ships Helen, Philopontas.
19. The Rival, Price, arrived here I:COM Nassau, reports
strong gales at W. to W.N.W. from km,. 56.
CLYDE, Om 18.—Arrd. Mariner, Rus.ol, Quebec.
Std. 17. Glasgow, Madras and Moulmain ; Rainbow,
Trinidad. 18. Persian, Ceylon and Madras ; t
Jer
son, Ichaboe. 19. Mount Stewart, Elphmstone, Bombs,`';
Richebucto, Ichaboe.
SUNDERLAND, OCT. 29.—Arrd. Flora Beaton, Prince
Edward's Island.
SCARBOROUGH, OCT. 20.—Arrd. Eagle, Hartlepool
for Ramsgate, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in
contact with the Louisa, of Shoreham.

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MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a moderate demand for Cotton at Liver-
pool on Saturday. Sales about 3,000 bales at previous '
rates. Speculators and exporters were quite inactive.—
There was still an active demand for Railway Shares.
French were duller, however. Caledonian, 4 ; Churnet
Valley, 4i; Dublin and Cashel, 13; Eastern Counties,
131; Glasgow and Greenock, 121 ; Grand Junction,
half, 1031 ; Great Western, Fifths, 26; Liverpool and
Manchester, New, 34; London and Birmingham, 321.
Shares, 361; Ditto and Brighton, 471; Ditto and York,
34 ; Direct Northern, 21. 14s. ; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, Quarter, 54; Sheffield and Manchester, 99i ;
South-Eastern, 41*; Ditto, New, 14i ; Ulster, 39;
Paris and Orleans, 39-a; Paris and Rouen, 39g.
To parties connected with the West Indian and South
American trades, much satisfaction is expressed at the
regularity with which the Royal Mail Packet service is
now performed. The immense difficulties with which the
Directors of the Company have had to contend need not
further be alluded to. Notwithstandivg the severe cri-
ticisms as to bad management, &c., indulged in by too
many of our " brethren of the broad sheet," the ma-
nagers of the Company have steadily proceeded in their
course of improvement. In conjunction with this splen-
did line of mail steamers, there will shortly be addcd
another hne, reaching from Vera Cruz to Panama, thus
embracing in a series of routes the whole of the valuable
coast of South America. As soon as the plans have
been arranged for carrying out this great object, an outline
of the operations will be noticed under this head. The
contents of the private mercantile letters which have
come to band this morning by the Teviot steamer, are
unusually destitute of matters of interest. A steady ad-
vance in the sugar trade is one of the prominent features
in the letters, and upon many plantations the use of
guano had proved of essential benefit where a laxity of
management bad been exhibited. The majority of the
planters appear to have been put upon their mettle by
improvements carried out in foreign parts where the
cane is cultivated. This is just as it ought to be ; and
the more scientific managers of property in the West
Indies do not apprehend that any loss will accrue to
them by the admission of free labour grown sugar at the
reduced duty now imposed upon the article.
We understand that the negotiations which have been
in progress for a junction between the managers of the
projected lines of railway between Staines, Richmond,
and the Hungerford Suspension-bridge, has been all but
brought to a favourable termination. Of the great ad-
vantages this short line of railway will possess, not a
doubt can be entertained ; and by the combination of
interests now on the eve of completion, not only ex-
penses will be saved by carrying on separate interests,
but the rapid completion of the line will be ensured by
mutual co-operation.
The Funds have been very heavy' to-day, and sales
' having been pressed, there is a fall of Ito a per cent. in
the quotations. Consols for Money have receded from
1001 to 991, and for Time from 1001 to par. The Com-
missioners bought at par. Exchequer Bills were 745. to
71s. prem. Bank Stock has realised only 2041 to 203.
The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been
1021 to 1011, and the Three per Cents 99i to 99.
The Foreign market has been very dull, but prices
generally are steady. Spanish Actives realise 234 ; the
Three per Cents. 34-11 ; and Portuguese Converted,
501 ; Mexican Bonds have been 34i, and Columbian,
141 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are worth 62i
to 63.

The Railway Shares have been drooping, and there is
a decline in most of the quotations. The Great Western
are decidedly lower on account of the opposition line
from Windsor. The others also have been in less re-
quest.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List).
Bank Stock . " ...... 204% 203
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99% 99
kper Cent. Coniols. Anns.. .IOOAi99X 100
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 1 101 X
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 ». 12 -16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
India Bonds,l,ooN.L. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Ditto under 91
Consols for Account 100%116
Exchequer Bills. I%d.
10001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• 74 71 pm.
hOOL.•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 74 71 pm.
Ditto 5m01t...."" "..«•• 72 71 pm.
Ditto Advertised
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Columbian Bonds. «.........•• 14%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ..».» —
Ditto for the Account 34%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ........
Ditto Converted _ _ 501,E

—... . . _
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840
Ditto for the Account 23%
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account ....................„ .......
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4334
Ditto Deterred 12,4
Dutch 234 per Cents ...... ......... .......... ....
Dutch 5 per.Cent5.„.....................••••••••••••• 981004
PRICES OF SHARES 1 HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILW LYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester SO .... ..... 43 4234... to 43
Eastern Counties ••••••••••••••••••••• 25 •... ..... 13%% ••• to
Eastern Union
Great North of England. lOO 12534 ..».. to
Great Western ......... ....... ....... 75 l4O
Ditto 3i Shares ...... ......... ....„ 50 ......... 6534
Ditto kifth5............. ..... •••••„.. 12 ..... ...• 25%4'
Hull and Selby
Kendal and Windermere .... ..... 134 4%
London and Birmingham.
London and Brighton 5O ! ..... 47%
London and Greenwich (Preference) 18%r 23%4 to
London and South Western 414% •••••• 72% .••••• to
London and York 2 .... ..... 3%......... to
Midland Counties lOO .......105 .. .4." to -
II Newcastle and Darlington Junct 2l ......... 4734
Norwich and Brandon
Ditto New
South Eastern and Dover ..... .... 3236
Ditto New •••••••••••••••••••••••»•• 4 ..»
Trent Valley
Yarmouth and Norwich 2O ..... .... 2534 %IA to
York and North Midland ...
Ditto Scarboro' Branch
Ditto Selby Scrip ..»....„........ ........ 4634
Boulogne and Amiens
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 ......... 31-4 g . to
Paris and Lyons 2 -
Paris and Orleans 2O ..... .... 39%% ... to
Parisand R0uen..........•....„...„ 2O ••„•.... 4034% ••• to
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 19.—We have
had a quieter market to-day, and some of the lighter
Stocks have rather declined in price :—Burnley and
Accringtons, 3i ; Churnets, 4f 9-16 ; Lancaster and
Preston, Three-quarter Shares, 251 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 5A ; Sheffield and Man-
chester, 99 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 13}; Orleans, Tours,
and Bordeaux, 34 ; Direct Northern, 535. 6d.

PORTSOKEN WARD-(THIS DAY.

ELECTION OF ALDERMAN.

A wardmote was held this day in the court-yard
of the Three Nuns Tavern, Aldgate, fur the
purpose of electing an Alderman, in the room of
David Salomons, Esq., lately rejected by the Court
of Aldermen. The candidates were Mr. ex-
Sheriff Moon, and J. R. Bousfield, Esq.,
cloth-worker, of Houndsditch. Popular feeling
seemed to run strongly in favour of the late Sheriff
and various surmises were hazarded, as to his
opponent's intention to proceed to the poll. Precisely
at one o'clock, the Lord Mayor and Civic func-
tionaries arrived, and the wardmote was opened in
the usual manner. Before commencing the proper
business of the day, Mr. Salomons entered a pro-
test against the whole proceedings.
Mr. D. W. WIRE also entered a protest, signed by
many of the most influential inhabitants of the ward,
against the election of another Alderman in the room
of David Salomons, Esq., duly elected by them on a
previous occasion.
Both protests were received by the Lord Mayor.
Mr. SALOMOES then, amid much interruption, pro-
ceeded to address the ward, on the anomalous situa-
tion in which he and they were placed by the decision
of the Court of Aldermen. Against that decision he
was determined to appeal, and he felt assured that the
Courts of Westminster would do him the justice
which had been refused by that of Guildhall.—
(Cheering and indescribable confusion, during which
not a word could be heard.)
The LORD MAYOR threatened to dissolve the ward-
mote, unless something like decency was observed.
—(lncreased disorder.)
Mr. SALomoNs again attempted to address the
meeting, but after the delivery of a few sentences
was obliged to finish somewhat abruptly.
Mr. WARD then rose, and after passing a high
eulogium upon the late Sheriff, Mr. Moon, proposed
him as a fit and proper person to represent the ward.
—(Cheers, groans, and confusion.)
Mr. BULL felt great pleasure in seconding the no-
mination.—(Cries of " Go home to your shop," " Put
a sheet of foolscap on Moon," &c.)
There being no other candidate, Mr. Bousfield
having declined the contest, Mr. Moon was declared
elected.
Thanks were voted to the Lord Mayor, and the
most noisy wardmote which it was ever our lot to
see was then dissolved.

THE OASTLER FUND.—The attempt to raise a fund
for Mr. Oastler not having produced sufficient even to
pay his debts, he has been officially informed of the fact,
and told that his " exertions must necessarily be directed,
henceforth, to the object of procuring a livelihood :"
,Hampshire Advertiser.