The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

THE TORY SLIDING SCALE.

TUNE—" THE SEA !"
The slide, the slide, the Corn-law slide,
'I he prop of rents of Peers' the pride—
With a sovereign stopt, and a triplet bound;
It runneth the scale's cramp'd legion round;
It plays with the funds, it mocks supplies,
And like a cursed creature lies.
Peel's on the sli,!e ! Peel's on the slide!
He is where he would ever glide,
With the rich above and the poor below,
And silence, or the wails of woe:
If a storm should come, or want prevail,
What matter, what matter, he'll ride on his sliding-sealt..
He loves, oh ! how he loves to ride
On his deceitful, starving slide,
When ev'ry mad yell drowns a moan,
Or the red rebel banner is flaunting alone ;
And telleth how goeth the world of repeal,
A fest'ring wound this quack cannot heal.
He never gave heed to the League's loud roar,
But he lov'd his bantling more and more,
And backward flew to its hollow breast,
Like a phantom that knoweth not where to rest;
A solace to him in the midnight hour,
When chill winds whistle, and famine-clouds lour.
Tyrants smil'd and hail'd the morn,
And the tranquil hour when Peel was born ;
The farmers whistl'd, the tithe-pigs roll'd,
And the Bishops they bared their bags of gold;
All placemen seem'd in accents mild,
To welcome to life the " expedient" child.
" He has liv'd since then in calm and strife,"
Nearly fifty years a sycophant's life,
" With wealth to spend, and a power to range,
And never has sigh'd or sought for change."
When his knell shall sound on the passing gale,
May its music be tun'd to his sliding scale.
Doncaster, March 7, 1842.

STATE OF TRADE.
BRISTOL WOOL FAIR, MARCH 3.—The attendance of
buyers and sellers has been about an average; and the amount
of business which has been done, has been as large as might be
expected from the disproportion which has for some time ex-
isted between the prices asked and obtained by the farmers, and
the market prices of Yorkshire and Lancashire; the former
being decidedly higher in
.proportion than the latter. The
buyers from the manufacturing di,tricts have been cautious in
their purchases, not buying unless they could see a prospect of
an adequate profit.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARCIE 4.—We have
again had an improved demand for Foreign wools during the
past week, and theprospects of a better trade are, on the whole,
more promising.
ENGLISH WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARCH 4.—We are un-
able to quote any material alteration in English wools this
week ; the same disinclination to purchase, except for imme-
diate consumption, still continues. Prices are, it any thing, a
shade in favour of the buyers.

WAKEFIELD, WOOL; MARKET, MARCH 4.—The wool
market continues unchanged from our last report. The pro.
gross of sales in all combing wools is slow, at the lowest quota-
tions. There is sc Ircely any inquiry at all for blanket wools,
and prices are therefore merely nominal.
TRADE OF LEDs.—Both on Saturday and Tuesday the
markets at our Cloth Halls were exceedingly dull, and prices
nominal. Although this is the season when in ordinary times
the principal sales take place for the spring, there is no im-
provement whatever in the demand. The more the Govern-
ment measure on the Corn-laws is canvassed over, the more
are the manufacturing and mercantile part of the community
convinced that it will give no relief to trade; confidence is,
in consequence lost of any amendment for some time to come.
Business in the warehouses is correspondingly dull, the few
buyers who come to this market buy more sparingly than we
ever knew them at this season of the year.—Leeds Mercury,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
The appearance of the English Stock Market was not buoy-
ant to-day, there being an indisposition to operate until Sir
Robert Peel's intentions are known with regard to the best me-
thod of raising the necessary revenue to meet the national ex-
. penditure. The belief is still very strong in many quarters th.,t
a property tax will be proposed, but it remains to be seen whe-
ther, supposing this to be correct, it is such a one as would give
satisfaction to the people at large. Money for all legitimate
purposes continues busy. Consols for immediate transfer were
to-day marked 89b to 89i ; and for the Account 89i buyers,
to 891 sellers ; the latter being the quotation at four o'clock.
Exchequer Pills were at 31s. to 335. premium ; and East India
Bonds at Bs. to 10s. premium, both being firm ; New 'I hrec-
and-a-Half per Cents. ware 9511 to W.
In the Foreign Stocks to-day no feature was observable, but
generally prices were steady. The Spanish Active Bonds,
brought 25 for Morley, and 248 to 25 for Account. New FiN e
per Cent. Portuguese Bonds were at 331, and the Three per
Cents. at 19%. Mexican Stock wasiess dealt in, but obtained
38-i 38%. Colombian was at 244 to 241 , Peruvian at 161/.),
and the New Brazilian Bonds of 1829 and 1839 were at an
advance to 61. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were sup-
ported at 52 to 52i.
Although the value of Shares was maintained, less disposition
was manifested on the part of the public to come into them.
The current rates were—for Great Western, 24 to 248 ; the
New, 12 to 128 ; the Fifths, 58 to 6} ; London and Birming-
ham, 85 to 86; South Western, 19 to 14 ; and York an:l
North Midland New, 16 premium. Brighton were 131 to
144 discount; and Northern and Eastern, 5 discount.
No intelligence has yet been received of the steamer now
considered overdue from the West Indies.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH s.—The sales of
Cotton to-day amount to 4,000 bags, at the quotations of yes-
terday. Holders brought forward stocks freely, but without
pressing sales. The business done comprised 3,430 American,
at 44d. to 68d. , 20 Pernams, 74d. ; 50 Maranhams, 52-d. to
6d_,. • 500 Surats, 3id. to 4d.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH s.—The business
done in this Market was but small, and prices hold a downward
tendency : the Market was dull throughout, and closed heavy.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE MARCH s.—There is
a good general demand for Stock, and prices remain steady.—
Manchester and Birmingham, 288; South Easterns and Dover,
26 26* ; South Westerns, 578 588 ex div. ; Sheffield and Man-
chester, 38 40 ; District Banks, 10g.
The English Stock Market opened firm this morning, with
but little doing. Consols for Money are 898 a, and for the
Account 898 ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, 98% 99;
Exchequer Bills, 31 33 premium.
In the Foreign Market there is also but little doing, and the
markets are steady. Spanish Active Stock is 25 to 251%;
Passive, 54 , Deferred, 12i i; Portuguese Five per Cents.
33 to 331/2 ; Ditto, Three per Cents., 198 20; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per ents., 518 523/4 ; Ditto, Five per Cents ,
1021% 103 ; Mexican Stock, 38% 3/4 ; Colombian, 24% 3%.
The Continental arrivals consist of two French, two Flanders,
and one Dutch mail. The quotations at Amsterdam on
Saturday were for Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52*, and
the Five per Cents. 104; Spanish Stock, 21 9-16. Exchange
on London had advanced for cash, Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
being last quoted 12 15 for bills at two months. There was no
alteration from the previous rates.
We are without later arrivals to-day from any quarter. The
wind which blew from the eastward on Saturday and yester-
day has enabled a large fleet of vessels with valuable cargoes,
which have been detained for some time on account of the
weather in the Downs and at Liverpool, to get under weigk.
From the latter place upwards of fifty sailed out of them ;
twenty-one were bound to different parts of the United States.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 5.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 978 ' Grand Canal Stock ......
Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent...
Ditto New 1830... 983/4 Ditto 4 per cent ...
33/4 per Cent. Debi.
A very limited amount of business has been transacted in the
British Securities ; the market continues steady. Consols for
Money 89A and for the Account 893/4 i ; New Three-and-
a-Half per Cents. 99; India Bends 8 10, and Exchequer
Bills, 31 to 33 premium.
In the Foreign Markets the transactions have been small.
Colombian Bonds, 243/4 ; Mexican, 383/4 ; Portuguese Three
per Cents. 20 ; in the Five per Cents. there has not been a
bargain done. Spanish Active Stock is 25 , Passive 53/4 ;
Deferred, 121 ; Dutch Two end- a-Half per Cents. 524.
The Share Market exhibits no variation to notice. Great
Western are steady at 893/4 to 90; the New Shares 6234 ; and
the Fifths 10. London and. Brighton 36. London and Bir-
mingham 176. London and South Western 583/4. York and
North Midland New Shares 31.
The accounts from Batavia and other parts of Java, allude
generally, in terms of dissatisfaction, to the Government mono-
polies which press upon the resources of the colonists, for
although the products of the island exported to fo-
reign parts, amount to the very considerable
sum of '20,000,000 florins annually, the island itself is only
benefited to the extent of one-half of that sum, as the Govern-
ment in reality buys up the whole produce for about
10,000,000 florins, which it pays for too, in a de=
preciated copper currency. In the same manner too,
the import trade affords no fair criterion of the pro-
sperity of the colony, for seven-eighths of all the goods
received are the produce of Government monopoly manu-
factories. It appears to be seriously in contemplation
by the Dutch Government to establish steam com-
munication between Holland and Java this year ; and there
ought to be some attempt made, we think, to obtain for Brithh
commerce those just privileges to which, by existing treaties,
it is entitled, and for which our merchants have long petitioned
in vain.