The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-30 00:00:00

BO U RSE—PARIs, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27.

t ust Highest Lowest i.ast
Price Price. Prig Price.
french S Tier Cant 5........... 119 60 ... 1:9 71:... 19 70 ... 119 70
4 ..-',, p,r Cents lO7 50 ... 1, 7 75 ... 107 50 ... 107 75
4 per Cents. ......
3 per \'ents 81:50;,—. 81 50 ... 81 45 ... 81 45
ink of "quiet
Lalfitte ['tank 1,0001. Shares 1032 SC _1032 50 —1032 50 —1032 5C
5.0001 Stares 5050 ...5050 —5050 ...5050
ielvim Bank
Belgian 5 per Cents.
5 per Cents., 1840 lO5 ... 10514 ... 105 .. lii!li
varnish Active Ysti ... 1,6 ... 2534 ... 21
Passive
Portuguese 5 per Cents. 31% ...: 22 ... 31% ... 32
P 1 eipoit tan
Ronan..,., lO6 ... 106 ... 105% ... 105%
HALLWAY SH A lES.
_. _. .

St. Germain
Versailics.ll, r
~. 33 , ...?':41.3. ... 335
New ll5O ...1150 ...1150 ...1150
Lb 207 58 .. 24 50 .. 21'5 ... zO5
551 ... 555 —. 550 ~. 553 75
597 50 ... 597 50 ... 596 25 ... 596

touen
orle

Strasburg to Base 235 25 ... 237 50 . 236 25 ...:J7 50

The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by a nume-
rous suite, honoured the Exhibition of the Royal Aca-
demy in Trafalgar-square with a visit yesterday-afternoon,
previous to its being opened to the public. The Presi-
dent and Secretary of the Academy received her Majesty
and Prince Albert, and also other members of the Royal
Family who afterwards arrived.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS'
- CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.
Some sales of Money Stock at the commencement of busi-
ness caused a decline after the great rise yesterday. The Mar-
ket left off firmly. Consols 924 924 for Money, and 924 buyers
for the Account ' • Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Stock, '246
248 ; Exchequer Bills, 38 40 prem.
The price of Brazilian advanced to 674 684 ; the other Fo-
reign Securities remained the same. Belgian, 1031 1044 ;
Danish, 80% 81%; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 524
534 ; and the Five per Cents., 101 1011/2.
Railway Shares were all firmer. Birmingham, 90 92 ;
Great Western, 284 294 ; the Half-shares, 144 154 premiun. ;
Birmingham and Gloucester, 53 56 ; South Western, 63 634 ;
Gosport, 63 634 ; North Midland, 66 68 ; the New Shares, 32
34 ; South Eastern and Dover, 30. 304 ; Eastern Counties, 94
101%; Blackwall, 12 124 ; the New Shares, 10 104 ; Brigh-
ton, 364 37.
The Foreign Exchanges, with the exception of Amsterdam,
which declined to 12 44, 12 44, remainedas on Tuesday.
(From The Sun of .Last Night.)
A slight re-action has occurred in the English market, owing
to some large sales having been made by the Chancery broker.
Although the various stocks are reported " heavy," still the
alteration in prices is extremely small, which, taking the great
rise of yesterday into consideration, may be viewed as indicative
of firmness. Consols are marked 924 to 93 for Money, and
93 to 934 for the Account ; New Three-and-a. Half per Cents.,
101 to 1014 ; Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 100 to
4 ; Bank Stock, 1673 to 168 ; India Stock, 246 to 248 ; the
Bonds, 20 to 22 ; Exchequer Bills, 38 to 40, premium.
In Foreign Securities the only business has been in Dutch,
the price of wheat is 534 5314 for the Three, and 1014 for the
Five per Cent. Stock.
Scarcely any thing doing in Shares, and the only alteration
is in Brighton, which appear to be rapidly improving in value,
and in public estimation, the price now being 374 ; South
Western, 63 634; Northern and Eastern, 434; Birmingham
Quarter Shares, 374 ; Cheltenham and Great Western, 184
i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 54 55.
Although this is settling day in the bonds of the insolvent
States, there is only one quotation to each of the following,
which is Columbian, `26k ; Portuguese Five per Centt., 384 ;
the Three per Cents., 23; Spanish Actives, 244 ; the Three
per Cents., 24g.
The unprecedented circumstance of the quantity of West India
Sugar on show in the Colonial Market, not ex ceedingso hhds., was
noticed yesterday. If the wind continued adverse it may be ex-
pected that the weekly return of the stock on hand, will on
Tuesday exhibit but a few hogsheads, perhaps not more than
four hundred, should the deliveries have been equal to what
they were in the last week. It is satisfactory to be able to add
that this causes no alarm, neither have prices been affected in
consequence, the quantity of Mauritius and Bengal being suffi-
cient for the immediate wants of the trade. The consumption
of the latter description has wonderfully increased since the
equalization of the duty, having been 270,000 cwt. in 1837, and
upwards of 1,000,000 in 1841—a strong argument in favour of
low rates improving the demand.
Private accounts frian Jamaica, and some 'other of the West
Indian colonies, state that the condition of the negroes is im-
proving, and that an increased willingness to work has been
manifested on those estates, where kindness was shown them
before, and after emancipation. It would appear from these,
that the gloomy forebodings of the cultivation of sugar in the
colonies ceasizig, are in reality without foundation, and this
opinion is strengthened by a despatch lately received
from Sir C. Metcalfe on the subject. He writes
" with respect to the labouring population, formerly slaves,
but now perfectly free and more independent than the
same class in other free countries, I venture to say
that in no country in the world can the labouring population
be more abundantly provided with the necessaries of life, more
at their ease, or more secure from oppression than in Jamaica."
Papers one day later have been received from the Cape of
Good Hope, bet which contain no colonial intelligence, being
filled with extracts from European Journals which had just
arrived.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 28.—The market
was quiet, the sales not exceeding 3,500 bales, of which 250
American were for export, and 300 on speculation, without
change in prices. They consisted of '2OO Ceana, 64d. ; 100
Maranham, 51/2d. 6%d. ; '2OO Surats, 3d. to 44d. ; and the
remainder American, 4d. to 64d.
LivEaroon SHARE MARKET, APRIL 25.—The market
was very dull, with the exception of Brighton, for which
there was a fair inquiry. Eastern Counties, New, 51. 12s. 2d.,
Si. 12s. 11d. ; Great Western Halves, 644; London and
Birmingham paid up 321. Shares, 60/. ; Brighton, 364; Man-
chester, Bolton, and Bury, 60 ; Manchester and Birmingham,
28; Manchester and Leeds Quarter Shares, 64 ; North Mid-
land Halves, 34 ; South Eastern, 301% ; York and North Mid-
land Halves. 324: Ulsters, 18.
MANCHESTES. STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 28.—We have had
more inquiry for Railway Shares to-day. Our quotations are
as follows :—Bolton and Preston, `224; Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, 534; London and Birmingham, 180; North Midland
Halves, 344 ; Paris and Rouen, 174 ; Huddersfield Canals, 16.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock ... 1674 India Stock ... 2464
3 per Cent Red ... 92 Ditto Bonds 22 pm
3 per Cent Cons 924 Ditto Old Annuities ...
34 per Cent Red.. lOO Ditto New Annuities...
New 34 per Cent
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities to expire , Ditto Small 4O pm
Jan. 1860 ..... ..... 12 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct ...1674
Oct. 1859.......... !India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. ...! .... Consols for Acct ..... .... 924
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 pas cent.... !Portuguese' 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 pea cent 1044 ;Ditto, New Ditto 384
Brazilian Bonds .. 6B !Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cat( Russian, 5 per cent.....,
Chilian, 6 per cent..... Ditto, Metallic ...... .
-_Colomian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, to per cent 244
Ditto, 1824.......... ..... 264 Ditto, Deferred....
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent.ll9f. 25c.
Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent — Exchange,
f ...c,
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 35 French, 3 per cent. —:. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 24 per cent. .. . 534
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 194 Ditto, 5 per cent. ... . 1014
SHARES.
Cheltenham and Great Western (724 paid) 184
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ...
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 544
Great Western Railway (65 paid) 934
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ... 65
London and Brighton (50 paid) , 37
London and 13lackwall (25 paid) 124
London and Birmingham (90)
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 37e
London and South Western
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) . ...... ...
Northern and Eastern (45 paid) ...M.... 43
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 8 !Gibraltar...
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...... ...2 U l2 bi Genoa
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 134 Venice
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 Palermo, per oz 120
Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 1524 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 364 Buenos Ayres
Berlin....
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 956 Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto 9 57 PRICES OF EULLION, PER ox.
Madrid ... .. 36 Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9
Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville ... 36 Silver in Bars 04 11

- Sir Frederick Hartwell and family,' Lady James
Hay and family, and Captain Kean, R.N., were passengers on
Tuesday, in the General Steam Navigation Company's packet
Magnet, from Boulogne.
A man named Malabirade, of Arthes d'Asson,
(Basses-Pyrenees), aged 64, -died a short time back in con-
vulsions. It was discovered by the autopstokhdbodithaehe
was poisoned. His son-in-law has been taken on suspicion of
having given him arsenic in a masted apple.