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

MONEY AND CO MMERCI AL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
5 The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
'4).°6 hales, at barely previous rates. Shares were not
gaits so good.
Accounts from Sydney of July 30 state that the
revenue for the quarter ending June 30, was still rather
tower than in the year 1843, but there were evident
yniptems of improvement, stock being more productive.
he chief decrease is in the duties on foreign imports.
There are dates to September 12 from the eastern
e°l:eny of the Cape of Good Hope. The Governor, Sir
r. Maitland, had arrived there, and had performed an
act of justice by settling the land claims, so long in
abeyance, of the settlers of 1820. The frontier was
quiet, but at Natal some disagreement had arisen
trial the Boers, and Pretorious was to be put on his
irild fur alleged misconduct during the hostilities with
the English.
realise
Funds are well supported again to day. Consols
—"lia" 1001 k. There is net the least speculation going
4311. Exchequer Bills are 61s. to 645. premium. Bank
Stock realises 206, and India Stock 288, both being
very firm. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
Perch2i and the Government broker has made his
ase at 1021.
to
The Spanish market continues at the decline of yes-
marday.afternoon, occasioned by the unfavourable news.
n five per Cents. are 24 to f, and the Three per
ts• 35 to k, but with very little doing. Portuguese
verted are 541 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
bailee 62i to 63.
The Railway Shares are very quiet, but generally
b
eY are quoted at firm rates. Birmingham, however,
ate again receded a little.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
• Bank Stock . "
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... rigV
Per Cent. Consols.
New per Cent. Annuities 102%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 1-16 12
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860.
India Stock .......
Indiaßonds,l,ooo.. 81
Ditto under ....... 83
Exchequer Bills. I%cl. I%d.
1,0001. . - 64 61 pm.
pm-
-64 60 pm
Ditto Advertised......- ••
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent. OO
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per. Cent. ........
Ditto Converted.... ....... ..........
Ditto for the Account " ........

foki.-.,
Ditt-

SPOhish ifondi, Five per Cent 24
Ditto for the Account 21%
Ditto Three per Cent.
Dutchfor the Account
""titch 2$ 63 62%

_ Ditto-iiier
Ce Cent. Certificates
uuteh 5 per nts 99
.`IIOES OF SHARES IHI3 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Rawas• PAW. PER:SHARE•
ilinntotharn and Glvoucester...." 100 ......... 1.9 ...... to 98
BUitto Nes! ....".......••.•••••.••••• 17% 24% ...... to
anstol arid Exeter 00000 ............ 70
tr.tato I and Gloucester 91",)„."" ***** 340 jy
Ran'reci_t Northern ... •...........•".. 2%.•.. ***** -,. •••••• to
0-""vro Counties ...... ................ 25 ......... 14 .to 13%
',eat Western .. "................. 75
Lomtto % Shares"•". •••••••••• 50 ••••••••• 87 ****** ••• to
`°,l and Birrni.n.ih"lalll.7 ••••••••• 100 •........217.,......., to tobtlitto New Thirds ***** ............ 2
1,4°,1 and Brighton ***** ******* «se 50 ••••••••• 474
1,... on
and South Western ...... 41% ...... '76 ..... 000000 to --
11471011 and Croydon .......... ..... 13% ...... 16N% ••• :00 —27 i
*Znt_. and Y0rk....•.....•..... 00000 2%•••• 00000
'nester and Leeds 7O ....•••••115%
LlEtittn'h,,,,.
....... • • ••.....•..•• 100 •••••••••168
.00rtt',.-*Znd..1:erby........... 100 00000 .... 60
Norwi`nd. and Eastern ..»........... 45 ..... .... 574
to
Snick. arid Brandon •••••••••••• 8 ••.• ..... 124
&nub —v., ton ... lO •••••••• 10% ••• •• tO 11
b .4ltern and Dover ..... .... 33% 38%14% to
Tr 'tto XVII
.......»....».. 2
i);,_And Nord; Midland .....».. 50 .........•102
Er' % Shares.. . ... ....... ... 25
...unto Extension l3 • to 12%
40Ule.m. --.
On and Ainiens........ 2 -
.. tans sold Vierzon
P
writ"
..., arid Bourdeaux
1.
• 7al
and Strasbourg and R0uen.......
.„„„." 2O „».»........ 38
a' 4

/4 t.n N, .......
--",, z D's SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
Los
;Ind foZN.: Noy. 21.—Wind, noon, light breeze, at N.W.
411011T8310IYTII, o.—Wind S.W. by W.— Sld.
nne Jane Ch. Nov.*
It , ilia.
tt. 434 643A.TE, Nov. 20.—Sld. Resolution, London, with
v'tt of the car
la the harbour go
of the American ship Ilzaide, beneaped
DEAL, Nov. 20.—Wind W. to W.S.W., P.M. N.W. by
poreArrd. Helen, Stewart, China; Herald, Bolton, Sings-
.. left St. Helena 10th Oct.; Madiera, Smith, Madras;
Li'llto, Walker, Zanzibar; Agile, Small, Cape of Good
r; Amelia and Caroline, Quebec. Sld. Sua
3''lleY; Jane Catherine, Aden. Newport and Ceylon; Nereid,
OFF THE GALLOPIE, Nov. 18. —Guardian, Venice
Lo
Hull, experienced a heavy gale from Ist to 12th inst.
1,03 t bulwarks, sails, and one man overboard.
Coax Williams, Ichaboe,
, Nov. 18.—Arrd. Brutus,
for Liverpool, leaky ; Wallace, Mann, Callao, Aug. 18 ;
Pandora, Bissoo, Honduras, with loss of sails, fore and
maintopmasts, &c. ; Duncan, Robertson, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
The lienrie 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,
and supplied with charts by the Pandora, arrived at
Cork.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 20.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd.
Tamerlane, M'Kenzie, Calcutta; Fortuna, Lingman, and
Middleton Trenon, Callao; Pakenham, Morris, Punta,
Ofi'.renas, Bombay packet, Africa ; Cromwell, Quebec.
!rPilgrim (supposed) from Calcutta ; Phillips, Val-
aise.; William and James (supposed) ditto; Oxford,
e:cv York. The Catnoens and Henry Winch, in coming
:iout
Of New Calabar River, Aug. 30, got ashore in the
_tr, and became total wrecks; captain and two of crew
f latter
time b drowned. The Panope got ashore the same
int . ut came off Sept. 1, without much damage, and
with Bonn3'. A brig of about 200 tons, newly coppered,
h bright m t b •as assed 25 miles W.
as s, ottom up, vv P°l the B 1
e e l Bury, by the Achilles, steamer, arrived here.

THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION AT ELACKWAL.L.7
injuries
The poor fellow Hill who received such frightful
at the late explosion on board the Gipsy Queen, _
is t 1 and who
he on,y survivor of the many maimed by that sad
t7.ataitrophe, is likely to recover. He still
. limesellien
ytelise-
,l4oll Hospital, and in answer to inquiries
ohlue,Y he was said to be progressing most favourably.
--
being questioned respecting the accident, he 7
potence himself as being rendered quite frantic at tto
nlement of the steam escaping, and in his endeavours
ItereraPe UP the engine-room steps he pulled downthree
t)i-n„4" of his unfortunate fellow-sufferers. A subscrip-
t "kg been set on foot for the relief of the destitute
families of the deceased, and upwards of 3001. has been
roll
i min their behalf. The unfortunate steamer still
e-Tihnethe import basin of the East India Dock.
he Nouvelliste of Bruges says that a prayer has
men Published in Belgium, humbly asking God to be
'-eaßed to reconcile England to the Catholic faith. This
prayer
ti,_ was compiled by the Belgian Bishops, according
l'in ,e request of Mr. George Spencer, who conformed
urn," yeare ago to the Catholic persuasion.
ef . rate TON
... EA ..-- IVERP •
t l LOUT T L ooL —The exorbi-
-lint
of duty on tea has frequently been complainedster
eh' and, in the course of the meeting of the Manche
• Maher of Commerce, on Thursday last, it was sPe-
tetaolletyiso!feer.red to by Mr. Rober.t.Gardner, as having a
his 1 j nous effect upon our Chinese return trade. It
4 lb: 8° .began to excite considerable attention here, for
mortal to the Lords of the Treasury, praying them.
to take th t -
11._ been e suoyect into their must serious conmsideration,
07.?. signed to•day by a large body of the erchants,
This
"IPWners and traders in general of the port.
keno,ini ,
dut sets forth that the present exorbitant rate of
to ih nPon the article of tea, from its manifest tendency.
,enteedek th. e general consumption of this country, pre
on.t. i an insuperable impediment to the extension of
titin_)4eport trade with China, as it was now fully ascer-
?stn."4 that tea was the only staple article of con se-
Zunisupon which our merchants can depend for their
e
from that country-. It then states that the n-t
in",!_ngelnent given to trade by the Chinese Government
thoille admission of our fabrics at a low rate of duty! c.,
aireacedneuniption of the people of that vast empire, bad our tn„Y
*dent
beef n most beneficially felt by our merchants and
that thenrrnet.er,ere ; but it had become equally ehvi
ex.
tended e---em for our manufactures could not .e .
unless so •
speedily aied in
of theur 1
Promoting , . some impulse was sp
dentl7
Indspen-
ncreased consumption of tea.
euteptieh:oetattratively -
of such 4 high itnPortant considerations, the imposition_
which ifs _ rate of duty on an article (the first cost of
this
the peoni
of so congenial to the tastes and habits
moderate) of such universal cone-f
great bulke
Ili__
or Country, as tea had become with the
memorialists,
iiint the
411 absolute necessary of life, was, in the reductionopi-
tr7A_e of the duty, it was next urged, would in-
highly impolitic. An exte.n-
dorduenrse anew class of consumers from among the lower
eleterious 91 the people, willing to abstain from articles o
~ nemoralising character, and tend to the
puroPrrP'sion of pernicious adulterations, of which the
It Ras Particular were the unfortunate victims. Finally,
I„,7,oinstated, the adoption of a measure of such
.pract .1
thTti,sr.
.would be benticial to all classes, conferring upon
„, 7ii tysh public increased enjoyments, in a form most
I_7(tucive to health and morals, and affording to the
' 3.
orchauts
, shipowners, and manufacturers increased em-
eluded for their capital and skill. The memorial con-
i" ued by earnestly entreating that this important sub-
-47, t /Bight be taken into consideration, and such a reduc-
.4l panted as might be deemed expedient. About fifty
a tile most eminent firms have signed this document,
ule?ng whom are Gladstones and Co., Sands, Turner,
jnn Co., Baring Brothers Littledale and Co. T. and
ttrocklebank II rf 11 and Sons, &c.—llionehester
Guardian. ' ° s a.,..,
Loa
'DON AND YORK .LAAILWAY.---A report has ob-
tain
Isome currency in the City that the promoters of the
yndon and York Railway have failed to give the neces-
sary_ust in preliminary
M notices in due time, and that difficulties
consequence arise in prosecuting the application
Parliament-
for a Bill to authorise the formation of the
ha u.
, e• e are enabled to state that the rumour in question
• I entirely without. foundation. All the preliminary no-
toetiees have been given, and the plans will be lodged on
30th instant. Every step has, in fact, been taken
comply with the standing orders, and to enable the
Project to be fully and fairly investigated on its merits by
the Board of Trade and Parliament.
redßout. SIMPLICITY.--Last week a farmer's wife
her servant girl, thirteen years of age, and gave
her 11 Watch, bedding her take it and boil an egg four
rainutes by ; she
er shortly returned with the watch
(which had been phased only a few days before for
84) on
t a plate, well boiled, instead of the egg, stating she
11d boiled it exactly four minutes by the clock. Another
her
stood by and saw her lace the watch in p
and said it was wrong, she wasp sure, but allowedthe heran, to
Aa OW ti.ee'eed- All the parties reside at Bewdon.—Carlisle
und
A CAPITAL Ilasir.—A new sauce advertier the title of Sir Robert Peel's Sauce. is
It has bsed
een
enneocted, we believe, from his promises that the income-
Should not last longer that three years,—Punch.