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

ing struck the bar coming out ; Myrene, Liver/Jo," for e
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.—Arrd. Ann, Holt, Paraiba ; Hope,
Honduras ; Rival, Price; Nassau ; Caleb Angus, Whit-
tle, Honduras; Sheridan and Ohio, New York; Nautilus,
crraham, Pictou ; Creole, Quebec ; Nerio, Garves, La-
brador ; Kingaloeh, Stanton, Newfoundland. 20. Ed-
ward, Cuthbertson, Bombay ; Princess Royal, Reid,
Callao ; Reliance, Pernambuco ; Tantivy, Dawing,
Ichaboe ; Honda, Lamurst, Barbadoes ; Cybele, Galve-
ton ; MaJjson, Foster, Virginia ; Minerva and Minerva,
St. Andrew's; Thetis, Hall, St. John's, New Brunswick;
Catharine, Abbiliett, Pugwash ; G—, (new barque of
Miramichi) ; Jan?. Robert Watt, Coromandel ; Rosa-
lama, Quebec. Oft Ships Java, Helen, Philopontas.
19. The Rival, Price, art, ved here from Nassau, reports
w.N, .17. from long. 56.
CLYDE, OCT. 18.—Arrd. c
strong gales at W. to
ariner, Russell, Quebec.
Sid. 17. Glasgow, Madras and Moab:lain ; Rainbow,
Trinidad. 18. Persian, Ceylon any Madras ; Robert-
son, Ichaboe. 19. Mount Stewart, upwristone, Bombay;
Richebucto, Ichaboe.
SUNDERLAND, OCT. 29.—Arrd. Flora Bez:,ten, Prince
Edward's Island.
SCARBOROUGH, OCT. 20.--Arrd. Eagle, llftrjepool
for Ramsgate, with loss of bowsprit, having beezi
in
contact with the Louisa, of Shoreham.

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,
13*; Glasgow and Greenock, 121 ; Grand Junction,
Half, 1031 ; Great Western, Fifths, 26; Liverpool and
Manchester, New, 34; London and Birmingham, 32/.
Shares, 361; Ditto and Brighton, 471; Ditto and York,
31 ; Direct Northern, 21. 14s. ; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, Quarter, 51; Sheffield and Manchester, 991 ;
South-Eastern, 41h- ; Ditto, New, 14i ; Ulster, 39;
Paris and Orleans, 39-a; Paris and Rouen, 391.
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. Notwithstanding 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 added
another line, 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 hand this morning by the Teviot steamer, are
unusually destitute of matters of interest. A steady ad-
vance in the sugar trade is one of thenpromnent features
in the letters, and upon many ptations the use of
nept where a laxity of
guano had proved of essential iZ
.„.".he majority of the
management had been exhibited.
eir mettle by
planters appear to have been put upon v*.'..l
here the
improvements carried out in foreign parts
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 vl ill 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* to fl per cent. in
the quotations. Consols for Money have receded from
1001. to 994, 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
102* to 101 i, and the Three per Cents 991 to 99.
The Foreign market has been very dull, but prices
generally are steady. Spanish Actives realise 231 ; the
Three per Cents. 34i s ; and Portuguese Converted,
501 ; Mexican Bonds have been 341, and Columbian,
141 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are worth 621
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 ........ 204% 203
3 per Cent. Reduced*
99% 99
3 per Cent. Consols. Anna. lOO% 993's 100
New 314 per Cent. Annuities' ... 102% 101%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860............ 12 -16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
India
Ditto under 1,000............. ....... 91
Consols for Account ......... 10014%
-Exchequer Bills. 114 d. 134 d.
1 0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••• •••••••••••• 74 71 pm.
............ 74 71 pm.
Ditto ............ 72 71 pm
Ditto Advertised.
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Columbian Bonds
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. .....
Ditto Converted 50%
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%
Dutch 2)4 per Cents 62% % 73
Dutch 5 per Cents.... ........».»....»....». 9814%14
PRICES OF SHARES 1 HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pan SHARE.
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ..... 43 4234.„ to 43
Eastern Counties .....„.».».» 25 ......... 1334% to
Eastern Union
Great North of England lOO 125)4
Great Western ....... 75
Ditto % Shares
Ditto Fifths l2 25% 14... to
Hull and Selby
.. 4% ...... toto
Kendal and Windermere ..„ .....
London and Birmingham IOO ...
London and Brighton 5O . 471%
London and Greenwich (Preference) 187' 23%14 to
London and South Western 41% 72% to
London and York 234
Midland Counties lOO .........105 . ....... to
Newcastle and Darlington Junct
Norwich and Brandon
Ditto New
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto New
Trent Valley
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland ..... 50 lOB% to
Ditto Scarbore' Branch 10 ..... 35
Ditto Selby Scrip
Boulogne and Amiens
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 .....„.. 31‘14 to
Paris and Lyons
Paris and 0r1ean5........... ........ 20
Parisand R0uen........................ 20
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, 31 ; Churnets, 41 9-16 ; Lancaster and
Preston, Tbree-quarter Shares, 281 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 54 ; Sheffield and Man-
chester, 99 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 131; Orleans, Tours,
and Bordeaux, 31 ; Direct Northern, 535. 6d.

PORTSOKEN WARD-(THIS DAY.)
ELECTION OF ALDERMAN.

A wardmete 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. SmAystorts 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.