The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
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TIME S.—The following Portuguese decree, which
has lately been received in London, has not hitherto
been made public, though it is of much importance to
the holders of Portuguese securities. It is well known
that certain of the holders have refused to accede to
the conversion of their stock under the decree ori-
ginally made for that purpose, on account of the sixth
article. To explain that article is the object of the
following decree, at which it is said some of the dis-
sentients have already expressed their satisfaction :
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL.

"As there are well-grounded reasons to believe
that sundry holders of bonds of the loans contracted
out of the country have abstained from consenting to
the conversion' proposed by the decree of the 2d of
November, 1840, in the erroneous supposition that it
was in the intention of my Government to cease making
the payment of the respective dividends on the Exchange
of London, by compelling the holders of such bonds
to forward to this kingdom the relative coupons, in
order to be paid at the Custom-houses according to
the enactment of article six of said decree ; and as it is
expedient to remove any doubt which may have
arisen on this point to the prejudice of the public
credit, which it is most important to maintain, I think
proper to declare in the most solemn and explicit
manner, that the payment of the dividends of the
stock created by virtue of the aforementioned decree
of the 2d of November, 1840, will continue to be
punctually made in London at the time when they
respectively become due ; it being understood that
the abovementioned sixth condition of the said decree,
which allowed the admission of the coupons at the
Custom-houses of Portugal, merely amounts to a col-
lateral and additional guarantee for the payment of
the interest of the stock in question.
" The Baron do Tojal, Member of my Council,
Minister and Secretary of State for matters of
Finance, has so to understand it, and cause it to be
executed, by giving to this decree the suitable publi-
cation. " Palace of Clara, Aug. 5, 1842.
" THE QUEEN.
" BARON DO TOJAL."

LONDON, LALtflY9.ilinSd:lithlisPdPaylaNt nGoon, S.W.
DEAL, ALTG. 18.--Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd.
Alfred, Henderson, Ceylon. Sld. Jane, Francis, Hobart
Town ; Ant, Quebec.
OFF SCILLY, AUG. 13.—Middleton, Gincour, Valpa-
raiso ; Christopher Columbus, Guadaloupe.
BRISTOL, AUG. 18.—Arrd. John Calcot, Wood,
Africa. Sld. Emanuel, and Five Sisters, Quebec.
FALMOUTH, AUG. 17.—Wind E. to E.S.E.—Arrd.
Swan, Blanchard, Matanzas, sailed 10th ult. Sld. Tweed
steamer, West Indies.

CARDIFF, AUG. 15.—Arrd. Nautilus, Quebec.
DUBLIN, AUG. 16.—LArrd. Diamond, Pearce, Pugwash.
SUNDERLAND, AUG. 17.—Arrd. Ringdove, Quebec.
THURSO, AUG. 15 The Phoenix, from Peterhead to
Liverpool, in beating Loch Lanford 4th instant, in a
gale from the westward, missed stays, got ashore, and
sunk, and now lies several feet below water ; crew and
part of materials and cargo (herrings) saved.
LIVERPOOL. AUG. 18.—Wind S.E. to S.S.W.—Arrd.
Daphne, I)oae, Port Adelaide. Sld. Thistle, Bombay ;
Helen, Valparaiso ; Fanny and Royal Albert, Africa ;
Sandbach, Demerara ' • Susan Drew, New Orleans ; Eli-
zabeth, Montreal. Arrd. off, James Dunlop, Havannah;
Ellen, Preble, and Dumbarton, New Orleans ; Prince cf
Waterloo.

Bisaurr, AUGUST 10.—Very little has been doing
in our corn market for some days past, and, notwith-
standing the unfavourable accounts of the harvest, par-
ticularly from the fertile corn countries of Upper Silesia,
the prices have everywhere fallen. The accounts from
the wine-growing provinces of the kingdom, on the con-
trary, are very favourable, and it is hoped that the pro-
duce will this year be remarkable for quaniity and
quality, equal to that of 1811.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—At her Majesty's
Theatre this evening, a splendid performancv will
be given (positively the last this season), intro-
ducing the following eminent artistes ;—Rubini and
Persiani, in "the Sonnambula ; Moltini, Granchi, and
Lab:ache, in the Corsi fan Tulle. In the course of the
evening the well-known aria, by Rubini, " Vedrai,"
from the Pirata. In the ballet Perrot, Cerito, and
Fleury, with other well-selected entertainments.