The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-04 00:00:00

TIIE FUNDS.

Both Markets opened firm this morning. Exchequer
Bills, have further advanced to 20 22 prem. Consols arc
891 1 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89/ ; Three-and-
a-Half ditto, 991 1.
Spanish Active Stock opened at 251 1 • Passive, 5i
6/ ; Deferred, 131 ; Mexican Bonds, 291; 30 ; Portu-
guese Five per Cents., 321 33 ex. div. ; Ditto
Three per Cents., 191 /-4.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.

RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Eastern Counties
Great Western 65

Ditto Fifths
i
London and Brighton 5O
_3Bi ... to

London and Biriningham 90 169-:..... to
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto New Shares
South Eastern and Dover

York and North Midland...
HALF-PAST ONE.

Exchequer Bills continue to advance, they are now
23 24 prem. India Bonds have also improved to 5 8
prem. Consols 894 4; Three per Cents. Reduced, 891 11;
Bank Stock, 1¢744.
• The Foreign Securities are not quite so firm as at the
opening. Spanish Active is now 254; Passive, 5i ; Mexi-
can, 294; Colombian, 22; Portuguese Fives, 34 ex.-div.;
Dutch Two-end•a-Half per Cents. 51k ex.-div.
Very little doing in Shares, and no material ahem,
tion to notice :—Great Western, 87 ; Do. Fifths, 10 k ;
London and Birmingham, 169 ; South Eastern and Do-
ver, 224 ; York And -North Midland, 92.
QUARTER TO THREE.

The French, while viewing our naval preparations
with much jealousy and suspicion, undoubtedly magnify
them far beyond the bounds of truth, but they
contrive to tell us some bitter truths with. regard
to our commercial code, which makes us alike
the
.prey and sport of all the continental na-
tions. Thus they draw a lively picture of the injury
thousand d an
nseven hundred
done to our shipping interests by the high price of food
and labour at home, compared to what it is in the
North of Europe,
fact that out example, the
French truly state, with
vessels employed to bring the recent heavy
cargos of foreign Wheat to this country, only 300 were
British ! The fact is, as the
o.
ono
tits,
our Corn, Timber, and Sugar-laws against us, we can
neither build norisail our vessels, feed our people, nor sell
our manufactures so cheap as our rivals.
Consols, 89i I ; Colombian, 22; ; Mexican, 29/ ;
Spanish, 25i i.
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PETERSFIELD BANK.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
In consequence of the very
satisfactory arrangements
which have been made relative to Messrs. Hector and
Lacy, Petersfield and Hampshire Banking Establish-
ment, preparations are makingupon an extensive scale
by many of the principal creditors of the late firm to
invite the above gentlemen to a dinner on the 7th inst., at
the Dolphin Hotel. Sir Harry Featherston, Bart., of
Up-park, has in a most handsome manner engaged, un-
asolldiei
attendance, and through the spirited exertions of
protvide does,
military band will also
be i
in otes, and twelve pheasants
thet
the Cteowmhmeihttdeee,dnjaeeaerelyt ticketsylOdages.The leading concoctors
have been disposed of
of the
steek
mischiefß eaerehiqeug Companyi.techofalle have taken to then since the London and
Joint
Lacy, and paid all demands
books of Messrs. Hector and
in full.

HOSIERY TRADE•_—Itthe • •
SILK! --OSIERY is intention
of the operative silk stocking-makers to memorialize
his Royal Highness Prince Albert to renew the once pre-
vailing fashion of wearing silk hose fur ordinary as well
as Court dress.—Leeds Mercury.