The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-11 00:00:00

MON.LY AND COMMERCIAL NE W S
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
large, and prices were firm. About 7,600 bales changed
hands, including 2,000 American on speculation.—Shares
were not quite so good :—Bristol and Gloucester, 37;
Churnet Valley, 31. Is. 3d.; Eastern Counties, 131 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 6171 ; Grand Junction, 225 ;
Ditto, Quarters, 56i ; Liverpool and Manchester,
New Shares, 211 ; London and Birmingham, 221 ;
Ditto, 32/. Shares, 381 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 26k;
Ditto and South-Western New, 33 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 54 ; Midland Counties, 1081 ; Sheffield
and 3ranchester, 141 ; South-Eastern New, 12 ; Trent
Valley, Bg. ; Ulster, $ ; Lyons and:Avignon, 24 ; Paris
and Lyons, 665. ; Boulogne an Amiens, 5.
We are without any late atrivals from the colonies

to-day.
It appears that a portion of the 260,0001. loan, gua-
ranteed by the Government, for the prosecution of
public works in Canada, was taken at 112, or very
nearly 1 per cent. under the quotation realised a few
weeks since for a parcel of the debentures (paying four
per cent.) before issued on the same account.
The price at which the New Three per Cent. French
Loan has- been taken by; the Messrs. Rothschild,
Brothers,,in Paris is prima facie apparently high, but it
should be considered that there are inducements held out
in its favour which do not appertain to most other ad-
vances of capital to Governments that the pro-
ceeds are to be devoted to railway anti other
public works. Every measure that may tend
to promote internal communication in a country advauc!s
its prosperity I and hence, under a well-regulated admix
nistration of public works, the means of payment of in-
terest upon such advances is rendered the more certain.
The reports current last evening of the terms upon
which the contract for the 200,060,000 f. was
taken, were pretty nearly correct. We have heard
that the minimum value fixed by the French
Minister of Finance was 84f. 50c. The bidding st the
Messrs. Rothschild was 84f. 75c., and that is the contract
price. When it is recollected that our Three per Cents,
are above par, it may fairly be considered that there is a
wide margin for an advance in the New Three per Cents.
French Loan that was contracted for on Monday last.
The Old French Three per Cents. since July last have
advanced nearly 3 per cent., and the stock is scarce here,
as well as on the Bourse of Paris.
Pursuant to the decree of the Ist December, there
were drawn at the Hague the following (being the
fourth series of debt to be paid off in money) letters,
Q, Y, N, I', and Z, and the greater part of K, under
which last letter stand the administration of Koning and
Ketvich, and Voonibergh. Also there were drawn under
the fifth series
,for conversion, 41. per Cents., letters
I, 0, H, and part of B ; under the last letter stand the
administrations of Brondeest, Byleveld, and Boorgaurt.
The Commissioners bought about 13,0001. or 14,0001.
of the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. this morn-
ing, at 103. The market for Consols for the Opening
has been rather heavy, the prices having receded from
100 k to 100 k. The New Three-sual-a-Quarter per
Cents. have been fluctuating from 1028 to 103 f. Bank
Stock is per cent. lower than it was yesterday. Ex-
Bonds rather higher. India and Bank stocks have re-
ceded * per cent.
A great deal of business has been done this moraingin the
Foreign Stock Exchange. The principal variations have
been as follows :—Belgic Scrip has touched 1* premium;
the Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents., 64; the Five per
Cents , 98 ; Spanish, 258; the Three per Cents., 371;
the Portuguese Converted, 57; Russian Five per Cents.,
119; Mexican, 36 II; and Colombian, 14* 3.
The Railway Share market is scarcely so high as it
was yesterday, with the exception of the London and
Birminghams, which are up to 122 premium.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock for Account .... ....... 208
fiNtec
,e4npet. 18.(3/102s
India Bonds , 76
Ditto under '76
Consol. for Opening 100%%
India Stock for Account ... 286% 288
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1)01.
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Ditto 5ma11....,.......... •••••••••••• - pm.
Ditto Advertised......... .0- ••••• «•««
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..... ...........
Ditto Scrip
Columbian Bonds. ..... ..................... 14)04
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3:per Cent. B9
Mexican Bonds, 1537, 5 per Cent. ....... ..... « —
Ditto for the Account ... ....... ......... 3ON
Ditto Deferred Stock.. ...... ...........
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents
Ditto for the Account. 27—%
Portuguese Bonds 5 per Cent. ........ . ...
Ditto Converted —
Ditto for the Account .. ._..-.......".........„ 56% 57
Russian Bonds, 1822, b per Cent ll9
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1540 IS
Ditto for the Account 251,6 25
Ditto Three per Cent. .......-....- 37%
Ditto for the Account •.« .. ....•.•« 37 4,14
Dutch 2% per Cent5......-_ ........ .............» • 63%
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates r% 98
RPICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIL
RAI LW AYE. PAID. PEA SHAKE.
70 ..«..... 79%
Bristol and Exeter ........ «........ --
Bristol and Gloucester 3O .... ..... 37% ... to 28
Caledonian
Chur„er Valley -
Dublin and Belfast Junction -
Ely and Bedford -
Great North of England. lOO ..... ....121%
Great Western ...........„........... 75 .... .... D7)4
149
Ditto )4 Shares
Lancaster and. Carlisle. lO -
London and Birmingham. lOO .221 .... to 222
Ditto % Shares -
London and Brighton ............... 50 ........ 50% -
Ditto Loan Notes lO -
London and South Western ...... 41% -
Ditto Eighths .•...“ .............».. %.. •• 3% •••••• to ••••
London and Y0rk.....- ........ ...... 234 451 -
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ......... 52 -
Midland ....... - ........ . ....... 100 ..«.....198%)4 ... to --__,,
Newcastle and.DarlingtonJunct. ..i4 ........ 61 ..„..... to 69,11
Rugby -
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, 1 2%
...... ,2% -
D udley, ;and Birmingham ... j
South Eastern and Dover .»...... 33% ...... 38%%
Boulogne and Amiens 2 -
Orleans and Viereon
Paris and Lyons
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 10.—Mancha
ter and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 101 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 52t ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5-16; Midla
40/. Shares, 4* i ; York and North Midland, 102;
r rift
Churnet Valley, 31, 3/. 53. 6d. ; London and 1
3.* 13-16 ; West Yorkshire, si 6. The market co
" lief'
tinues firm, and the heavier stocks generally are big

THE PERMANENCY OF GUAM'

AS A MANURE.

This is a subject of great importance at press to
when the importation of this manure is going 00,,
a large extent, and when the propriety of using ;
and extending its use, must be occupying the atteed
tion of farmers in all parts of the country. Many,i
the best practical agriculturists in this neighbourh
have long been satisfied of the permanent advantWo
of guano to the land. At the Highland Societ9
_t..
competition at Glasgow, in October, for seeds vihere
Mr. Lorne Campbell, of Roseneath, who gaiel.life•
101. prize for white wheat, exhibited five varletll
from his farm, the average weight of which was ,
lbs. per bushel. The Chevalier wheat, weight°
651bs. was after turnips raised upon guano, and althott
sown as late as 23d December, was the heaviest ell;
in the farm. At a recent meeting of the ,1102.
Farmers' Club, and other agriculturists, held at Al so
more, when Mr. M'Culloch, of Auchness, factog.be
Colonel M'Dowal, of Logan, occupied the chair,,
same subject was discussed by those present..Tio
chairman, Mr. M'Culloch, said—ln 1842 I apPheuc.,oll
turnips, on three different plots of ground, d
were all contiguous, to the first guano, at the Stt)"
four cwt. per acre—to the second, bone manure, At ri
rate of 30 bushels—and, to the third, good fartillitio
manure, at about 20 tons per acre. The crop grcet,p
upon guano brairded first, and was singled four .
sooner than the other, and continued througel,
the whole season to have a more luxuriant APP•
ance ; and, when weighed, were about one-sixth ligabe*
vier than those grown upon bones, and about one";;;_
heavier than those upon dung. And the oaticiie
upon the guano was superior in quality, se a_,„oo
quantity of grain and straw was greater tban.Pr;n•
either of the other two plots, and now I can dlrl
guish no difference betwixt the grasses in que,.i
and quality. So far as I could judge from the Toe
going, added Mr. MC., guano, as a permanelleoo
nure, has exceeded my most sanguine expects 10,
Following up the matter as a sow-out, havief
nured the green crop with guano, Mr. M'Culloe.
he found his oats after a guano green crop.deelayba
superior to the sow-out of other manuring. toe,
oath after bone manure were lightest. His Pe!l
after guano green cropping, was an equally golos,
thick sole of grass to any other. Mr. Mißride, e?
having had occasion to make similar trials An,
periments with Mr. M'Culloch, corroborated
views. Mr. Anderson, Drumore, stated that hr.•
ots.
grown potatoes with guano, at the rate of four
per acre, which yielded him as good a crop r
tatoes put in with fifty cart-load of sea-wee' 140
twenty cart-load of good farm-yard manure'...
wheat crop was as good after guano manuring s'goodf
ordinary manuring; his sow-out was also As, coil
the pasture affording an equally good sole 01400
with guano as the ordinary manuring did. 1-'o,ooof
also tried nitrate of soda, soot, gypsum, and le
as a top dressing for grass, and, on the WM
thought guano the best, and equally ehea-Tpg so
M'Culloch had tried guano also as a top- dgtef
hay and pasture-land. The effect was rapid if,tice
Both these gentlemen recommended the P1.7.;04
forcing on a portion of the hay land with gtuia opt;
in the spring, as a great benefit to horses se we,
for feeding in the house, after the turnip 40090
.scarce and fibry. A small patch, and A err, get,
tity of guano, will suffice to raise very' ear or sine
quantity of good grass ; and the second el'ePy'er,
cut, will be as heavy and productive As ova.
the permanent pasture will be greatly be'
Caledonian Mercury.

dent occurred to qtr. ----
ocoi,
BER/ous J.L.c cID EN T.--Yesterday morning 1112,,ipiti,
Arms, Swan-street,Bo:.
Starling, landlord of the -1;10 ot
ough, by foolishlyjorDlVertr,.°°'
a gig. He was riding in a on.
pith
break along of srf.:
Blewitt, of Swan- street, when
street, Newington-causeway, nith the fore
at
„vitt'
the middle of the road, and commenced, Pluin,,i,frof Lfelie
Starling, in a state of excitement, juniPeci ":the 61',
obreak, and fell with his right leg undonebin? efivo O?
f the kerb-stone, breaking his thig 11" cosivoti,
Being near his own house ho was instantlY rocat
ots-
there and placed in bed, and medical forassistsoPown,de
Mr. Starling is a very heavy man- He was, a o
of his gig about twelve receive
months ago, iiin
the ;;Prse shied at ••• p
[ injury on his head. -