The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-18 00:00:00

MONEYAND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, AIONDAY EVENING.
Stocks closed rather higher this afternoon, Consols
being 98* to -. The Unfunded Debt continued firm at
765. to 745. premium.
In the foreign investments there was scarcely any al-
teration. Spanish Actives were 231 to I, and the Three
per Cents. 34i to ; Mexican Bonds were 34f to I ;
Buenos Ayres, 361, and Brazilian, 811
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these : —Birmingham and Gloucester New were
6; Bristol and Exeter, 9; Eastern Counties, New, 5;
Great Western, 46; Lancaster and Carlisle, 4 ; Croydon,
41 to 5; Newcastle and Darlington, 221 ; Paris and Or-
leans, 17! to and Paris and Rouen 17 to 17* premium;
Blackwall 91, and North Midland, 5 discount. London
and 'Westminster Bank Shares, New, were 61 premium.

( From]The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool, on Saturday, was steady.
Sales, 4,000 bales, of which speculators took 500 at firm
rates. There was some appearance of improvement in Shares,
but business closed languidly. Eastern Counties, 11 ; Grand
Junction, 217 ; Birmingham, 219 ; Ditto, Thirds, 354 ; Mid-
land Counties, 931; North Midland, 93}; Ditto, Half, 46k;
Paris and Lyons, 3i.
The important public sales of wool having terminated, it is
highly satisfactory to remark that they have gone off ex-
tremely well, and that the reduction of the duty upon foreign
sorts has not in any way affected the value of the colonial
staple, all descriptions experiencing a brisk demand. The
quality of the Australian and Cape fleeces is considered to
have exhibited an improvement as compared with last season,
when they were affected by the drought and scarcity of
labour.

By private ship, accounts have been received to the 13th
April, from Buenos Ayres. They convey, however, no defi-
nite news respecting the progress of the war, being, neverthe-
less, made to read in favour of the Argentines. The British
Minister, Mr. Turner, had arrived out at Monte Video, and it
was hoped would use his good offices to effect some arrange-
ment whereby further bloodshed may be spared.
The sugar question is the subject of almost universal con-
versation in the City, and the greatest interest is felt to hear
what Sir Robert Peel will say in the House this evening.
The fact that the loss of the- revenue on the West India
staple would necessitate a remodelling of the Ministerial
finance plans is, of itself, sufficient to excite interest here. •
The English Funds have this morning felt the influence of
the majority obtained against the Government, and of its
reported resignation having been tendered to the Queen,
although this is not fully credited. At present the
market is a shade better than it opened. Consols have
been at 97/ to 98, and now 98 to for the opening, ex
div. Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 1011 to 1011;
and the Three per Cents, at 981 to f. Exchequer Bills have
been quiet but firm at 76 ; Bank Stock is steady at lssi.
There is very
,little doing in the -Foreign Market, but
Spanish Bonds have improved. The Five per Cents. have
been 23i to 1, and the Pa,sive 51; nothing has been done
in the Three per Cents. Mexican Stock is also firmer, being
at 341 to 34a for the Active, and at 1411 for the Deferred.
Colombian Stock has been heavy at 12/ to 1. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. ire 61i to 611.
The Railway Shares have been very well supported,
although with no activity. Great North of Eng-
land -are 1 ; Great Western, 461 ; Hull and Selby, 8 ;
Birmingham 118 to 119 ; Ditto New Thirds, 33i
to 34, and the Quarter' 23 ; the South Western
Eighths, 31; the Newcastle and Darlington, 23i ; the Nor-
wich and Brandon, 51i the South-Eastern, 2/ ' • the York
and North Midland, 68 ; the Scarborough Branch, 16/ ; and
the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 1/ to prem. Brighton
were 2/, North Midland 6, and Thames and Medway 9 to
8 dis. Mines are steady, and Banks dull.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 15.—There has
been a quiet market to-day, and our only quotations are
London and Birmingham, 219 ; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 56 ; Blackburn and Preston, 4i.
CLOSING PRICES.

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BRITISH --
FUNDS.
Bank Stock ..................... 1981 Q Indian Stock. — pm.
3 per Cent. Red ............... 98%' Ditto Bonds — pm.
3 per Cent. Cons. ............ !Ditto Old Annuities
3;4 per Cent. Red
... 101%; Ditto New Annuities ...
Nire 3% per Cent ............ Ex. Bills, 1,000/. INd ... '7 pm.
New 5 per Cent ................ Ditto 5001
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small '76 pm.
Jan 11,6.) l2 7.16 Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. Consols for Opg 98%
Jan. 18650
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian. 5 per Cent ......... Portuguese, 5 per Cent -
Belgian, 5 per Cent ........... . 'Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds .............. 81% Prussian, 5 per Cent
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.,. 36% Russian, 5 per Cent. . ...
Chllian, 6 per Cent ...... .... Ditto, Metallic
Volombian, 6 per Cent ...... 12% Spanish, 5 per Cent 23%
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 34
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent.......... IDitto, Deferred... ........ « —
Danish, 3 per Cent ... ........ •French, 51 er Cent. —f —e,
Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent.... iExchange .....« ....... .... —f. —it.
Mexican, 5 per Cent . . . 34% French, 3 per Cent. —f. —c
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 182'77.7... — ,Dutch, 234 per Cent 61%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per CenL.. —. Ditto, 5 per Cent 1003(
SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) 97
Eastern Counties (23 paid) .......
Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid)
(heat Western (75 paid)
Lancaster and Carlisle, 5 paid 5%
London and Blackwell (161. 13s. 4d.) ' 741
London and Crovdon (Trunk) 1
Newcastle and thrlingron Junction. 21 paid 43%
North Midland (100 paid)
Paris and Orleans (2u paid)
Paris and Rouen, 20 paid

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:
TATTERSALL'S—YEsTERDAr.
THE .NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
5 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Parthian—taken
7 to 1 agst' Mr. Meiklam's Poussin—ditto
8 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bay Momus
10 to 1 agst Johnstone's The /Era—taken
12 to L agst Mr. Hesse'tine's The Bashaw—ditto
20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Pompey
20 to 1 agst Sir C. Mook's Galanthus
20 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cook's What
Parthian and Poussin were backed freely, nothing else
being in force. The Cure and Whistle Binkie were men-
tioned, bilt had no friends.

GOODWOOD &TAKES.
Several lots of twenty were taken, against the field, and
offers made to give fourteen or take fifteen against the field,
and name after the acceptance.
ST. LEGER.
The only bets that we are aware of were 8 to 1 agst Bay
Momus, 10 to 1 agst Ithuriel, and 30 to 1 agst Infidel, all in
small sums.

THE LATE DERBY.
The trial between Colonel Peel and Mr. Wood is not likely
to come on before the end of the week at the soonest. The
only bets we heard yesterday were 200 td 100, and near the
close 250 to 100 on Orlando. _

At Messrs. Tattersall's sale yesterday Priscilla Tomboy
fetched 250 guineas and Young Lochinvar 200 guineas.
At a meeting of the Jockey Club yesterday, adjourned
from Saturday, some highly important resolutions were passed
with reference to the recent transactions at Epsom and
Ascot. They will be made public in the course of the week.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Donizetti's opera of Lucrezia Borgia was played on Satur-
day for the first time this season. This opera remains a fa-
vourite of the second rank, and occasionally played chiefly
pleases by the excellent opportunities it affords to Grisi and
also to Mario, who, by the way, first appeared before the
London public in the character of Gennaro. The drama
having the advantage of the strong situations created by
Victor Hugo, there is room for histrionic power given to the
artists which is often denied them in works of a much higher
calibre in a musical point of view. Such situations as the
finale to the first act (called the " prologue"), the goblet
scene, and the death of Gennaro at the end, could not be
otherwise than effective in the grasp of such an impassioned
vocalist as Grisi, and it is said that Lucrezia is one of the
characters she most loves to play. There is, perhaps, no in-
stance of an opera in which so much is done by the construe -
tion of the drama, and therefore, when we read that on the
first production of this Italian work at Paris, Victor Hugo
brought his action as the author of the original French tra-
gedy, we cannot doubt that be felt the value of the part of the
work that proceeded from himself. There are, however, mu-
sical beauties in Lucrezia Borgia in spite of its common-
places. The finale to the " prologue" is well conceived and
dramatic. There is a fine trio by Grisi, Mario, and Lablache
in the goblet scene ; and the song by Orsini, " Il segreto per
csier felice," is one of the most " taking" of the modern Ita-
lian stage.
Grisi, as Lucrezia, of course sings and acts magnificently.
Mario sang "Il mio tesoro" sus charmingly as it could be sung,
and was admirable as Gennaro. For Alfonso we have the
unrivalled basso Lablache, who, in former days, when the
character was sustained by Tamburini, generally took the
little no-character of Petrucci. Orsini was played by Fa-
vanti., This young lady gains much' in confidence, and im-
proves greatly as an actress. At the end of the " first"
(really the second) act Grisi and Mario came before the cur-
tain, as well as at. the conclusion of the entire opera.