The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-05 00:00:00

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The great fault which has proved fatal to the success of the Vesta
Lamp, viz., the emission of black smuts and smoke, is entirely ob-
viated in the Paragon—the brilliancy and purity of its light surpasses
any other yet seen, and burns for one half-penny per hour.
C. Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol-
gate, are replete with every variety. Ihe Spirit, analysed by Dr.
Ure, is sold by C. Watson, at 4s. per gallon.
Contracts given for Chapels and Public Buildings.

COURSE OF EXCHAI
Amsterdam CF. 12 8
Ditto, at sight l2 6
Rotterdam 2U. 12 8i
Antwerp 26 10
Hamburgh M.B. 13 14
Altona l3 14
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80
Ditto, 3 months 26 0
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 10
Frankfort on Maine 122

I GE.—(YE STERDA I .)
Gibraltar•—•••••••• ••
Leghorn . 3l
Genoa

Milan ...... ......
Venice 47
Naples 39
Palermo, per oz 118
Lisbon s3i
0p0rt0..... s3i
Rio Janeiro.-- . 23h
Buenos Ayres.. WOW
NewYork.'22dyssight
PRICK; 2,k, BULLION, PERO4.
Foreign Gold, bars...£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New D0u100n5..... 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 9a
Silver iu tiars 0 4 1.4

Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37

Berlin

Vienna, effec. f 1.3 M. 10

Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36i
Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona 36

Seville —

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

TIMES.--The premium on gold at Paris is 121 per milk, which, at
the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 25 46 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at
short being 25 621, it follows that gold is 0.65 per cent. dearer In Lon-
don than in Paris.

By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434 per mark, which,
at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard
gold, gives an exchange of 13 91 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on
London at short being 13 1 it follows that gold is 0.80 per cent.
dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is 1101 per cent.,
and the par of exchange between England and America being 109
23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.68 per cent. in favour
of England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at
60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference.
The Queen's Speech produced no effect ;upon the public securities ;
they were, however, rather fiat, from an increased demand for money,
arising out of sales made to pay the necessary funds into the hands of
the Accountant-General in Chancery, to prosecute the several new
railway schemes before Parliament.

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Not much business has been transacted in the foreign market, but
prices continue pretty firm. Colombian in a trifling degree has ad-
vanced—a strange position of affairs, considering the late refusal of
Lord Aberdeen to interfere further respecting the claims of the bond-
holders. Probably the circumstance of its being a low•-priced security
induces some of the more adventurous speculators to purchase at the
risk of a rise following the general excitement at present existing for
time bargains.

The confidence with which many persons in the City have spoken
of certain railway lines as likely to receive the sanction of the Board
of Trade has created much surprise. If the predictions of these per-
sons turn out to be correct, it will increase a suspicion already afloat,
that information as to the proceedings of the Board occasionally ands
its way prematurely into the market.

The new Conservative Club-house, erected on the
site of the late Thatched-house Tavern, on the west aide of
St. James's-street, will be opened, with much ceremony, on
Monday next, the 10th inst.
Tni PRICE OF BRICKS.—Since the commencement
of the year, the price of bricks, at the kiln, has increased
almost thirty per cent. A few weeks as.q they were at 365.
the thousand, and they are now nearly 465. the thousand.
The cause of this increase of price is attributed to the late
Building Act, in consequence of which double the quantity
of bricks aro now used in the construction of houses to what
was required before the passing of the Act.