The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-10 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE W`.;.
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.
At the close of business. Consols were, 921 93 for
Money, and 93 931 sellers for the Account ; India
Stock, 249 251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ;INew, I
49 51 premium.
The prices of Foreign Securities were, Belgian,
102 103; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 52*;
the Five per Cents., 1021 1021 ; Danish, 831 84 ;
and Brazilian, 66 67.
The quotation for Mexican was 351 36/.
In the Share Market London and Birmingham
Railway Shares were 178 180; Birmingham and
Gloucester, 42 44 ; Great Western, 82 83 ; the
Half Shares, 594 60 ; South Western, 584 591 ;
North Midland, 56 58 ; the New Shares, 27 28 ;
both ex div.; South Eastern and Dover, 22 TVs ;
Eastern Counties, 84 81 ; Northern and Eastern,
371 381 ex div. ; Blackwall, 7 71 ; and Brighton,
33 334 per share.
The alterations in the rates of exchange were not
materially altered, but were generally firmer—Am-
sterdam, 12 6, 12 61 ; Rotterdam, 12 61 ; Antwerp,
12 4/, 1241 ; Hamburgh, 13 ; Frankfort,lso4 151;
Paris, 25f. 75c,, 25f. 80c.; Vienna, 9 554, 9 564;
Lisbon, 521 524 ; Madrid, 36i- 36/ ; and Cadiz, 37 ;
all at three months.
The quotations of the Bonds were—Colombian,
201 211; Peruvian, 154 164; Portuguese Five per
Cents., 35 351 ; the Three per Cents., 204 211 ;
Spanish Five per Cents., 164 164; and the Three per
Cents., 211 211.
The intelligence from Mexico, as stated this morn-
ing, does not add any particular feature to the former
arrival. Hitherto the Mexicans have shown every
disposition to adhere to their engagements, and by
the present packet the promised allotment of the
Custom-house revenues have been received on account
of the dividends, amounting to 18,000 dollars, smaller,
it is true, than former remittances, but more than
could haVe been expected in. the disturbed state of
the country, had it not been intended to keep faith.
In connexion with this, letters from Buenos Ayres
to the 19th June have come to hand. The same de-
gree of animosity existed between the rival chiefs of
that place and Monte Video. In order to prosecute
the war a forced loan was about to be made to which
all would be equally obliged to contribute, and from
what has already occurred, years may elapse before
the dispute may be terminated. Rosas himself is
seated anything but firmly in the presidential chair.
Here again British commerce suffers most seriously.
Independently of the loans to these countries, the
trade carried on between them and us involves a large
amount, and chiefly on our capital; so that, in fact, the
whole of these people are carrying on their wars, tri-
fling as they are, with English money. Not one of
them has power sufficient to strike a decisive blow
among themselves, but a long series of petty annoy-
ances ruins our commerce.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The markets are generally flat, with but little
business, Consols being 924 924 for Money, and
93 931 for the Account. New Three-and-a- Half
per Cents, 101 1011. , A private transfer has been
effected in Three per Cents. Reduced at- 934,
with the dividend. India Bonds, 37; Exchequer
Bills, Old, 53 ; New, 49 51 prem.
Foreign Securities are rather firmer . Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents.„ 52/ 524; the Five per Cents ,
1021 1021; Belgian, 103 ; and Brazilian, 67.
A further arrival of specie from Mexico has caused
an advance in the quotations of the Bonds, which are
36 to 361 for time.
London and Birmingham Railway Shares have
experience a greater decline, having been sold at 180,
and the new Thirds at 30 ; Birmingham and Derby
41 ex div. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 231 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 481 ; Great Western,
831 ; New Shares, 594 ; South Western, 59 ;
South Eastern Scrip, 61 ; Eastern Counties, 8i ;
New, 8/. 6s. Bd. ' • Blackwall, 74 ; and Brighton, 33.
Spanish bonds are quoted lower, the Five per
Cents. at 161, and the Three per Cents. at 21 ; Por-
tuguese Five per Cents. 354.
By the Forth, West India mail steamer, letters
have been received from Mexico, and Jamaica, and
some other of the West India islands ; the dates f the
latter are to the 9th of August. By the last two
or three mails the accounts of the crop, and the gene-
ral condition of the colonies, have been extremely
favourable ; these, however, are still more so. The ex-
tent of the crops had been ascertained, and had been far
larger than had been anticipated. Much of this in-
crease was attributed to the assistance received from
the •African immikrants, who, it is stated, are well
satisfied; and greater exertions were being
made to provide an extra number against
the ensuing season. This improvement in the
produce of the estates had given an impetus
to commercial affairs, and, although embarrassments
in trade continued, still they were rapidly disappearing.
Complaints are made of the want of shipping, and
these fully bear out the remarks which have from time
to time been made of the loss to merchants consequent
upon the irregularity of the communication between
this country, and the West Indies. It is stated
that on Bth August a considerable quantity of sugar
remained in the warehouses. This cannot now be
sent forward without great risk and high premiums of
insurance, on account of the hurricane months having
arrived : had, therefore, letters been despatched
in the former regular course, vessels might
have been ordered out to have brought it
away before the Ist August, after which no vessel is
considered to be insured at the old rate, the policy
being looked upon as void, if she sail after July 31.
The intelligence from Demerara is rather better,
but still sufficiently bad to create some alarm. The
negroes appear to have come to a determination not
to work, but to support themselves- on the produce
of small plots of ground, which they have acquired
by savings from their wages. This want of labour
having been supplied, the quantity of the staple ar-
ticles has not generally been sufficient to meet the ex-
penses of the estates.
The dates from Mexico are, from Vera Cruz to the
Bth, and Tampico to the 9th August. Scarcely any
alteration had taken place in commercial or political
matters.