The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-08 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW

CITY, EDNESDAY EVENING.
A rally again took place in the prices of the
Funds in the afternoon, and Consols closed at 93 93i
for Money, and 93i- 931 for the Account; India Stock,
249 251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51
premium.

The prices of Foreign Securities were without
material alteration. D utchT wo -and- a-Half. per Cents.,
52* 521 ; the Five Cents., 102 1024 ; Belgian, 1014
1024- ; Danish, 831 844,
The quotation of Mexican was not quite so good,
having declined to 35 35-4-.
The Share Market continued dull. London and
Birmingham, 183 185 ; Birmingham and Glou-
cester, 41.. 43 ; Great Western, 83 84 ; the Half
Shares, 65 651 ; North Midland, 56 58 ; the New
Shares, 271 284- ; South Eastern and Dover, 221 22* ;
Eastern Counties, 84 9 ; Northern and Eastern, 38
381- ; Blackwell, 71 71 ; and Brighton, 33* 331.
The quotations of the Bonds were—Colombian,
20; 21; Peruvian, 15 16; Portuguese Five per
Cents., 351 36 ; the Three per Cents., 21 21A- ;
Spanish Five per Cents. 161 161; the Three per
Cents., 211 211.
Speculations in the above named documents, which
during some few years past have been much repre-
hended, have again commenced. Hitherto, those who
may have been uninitiated in the doings of the
Foreign Stock Exchange, have been in the majority of
instances plundered of their money, and no milder ex-
pression can be used, by such as may have been more
experienced in the goings on there. It is,almost need-
less to recal the ruin or loss which has been entailed
upon the families of those who have speculated largely
on former occasions, but it becomes an imperative
duty to warn individuals who, tempted by unusually
low prices, may still feel an inclination to.'" dabble" it
time bargains. It is sufficient to
.remark that the
countries which have issued the Bonds are in reality
insolvent, and the non-payment of the interest
for so many years will show that they are
at the mercy of those who have the command of
the market, and who can raise or depress quotations
by a nominal transfer of stock, and that most stringent
laws relative to debtor and creditor, will almost imme-
diately come into operation, by which such gambling is
most particularly denounced. It would appear un-
just to endeavour, as it might be termed, to depreciate
the value of property ; but when from official docu-
ments it is seen that several of the above countries
are literally " living by their wits," and that
upon an estimate the deficiency of one is
less by a certain amount than had been
previously calculated upon ; and in another, that
the Finance Minister had succeeded in raising a
trifling amount, at a ruinous rate of interest, to meet
a particular claim, occasion is taken to raise the
quotations of the bonds of these nations, while the
foreign creditor is completely, as it were, thrown
overboard, it is imperative, when such serious con-
sequences may arise, to exert every effort to counter-
act them.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The markets have exhibited some degree of flat-
ness this morning, and but very little business has
been done. Consols are 93 93* for Money, and 93*
934 for the Account. New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. 101* 1011; Bank Stock, 166 167 for the Ac-
count; Exchequer Bills Old, 53; New, 49 51 prem.
In Foreign Securities transactions have been
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 540 the Five
per Cents. 104 ; Belgium, 104; and Danish at 84k.
Some considerable purchases have been made in
Mexican, and quotations are 361 368 for Time and
for Money. _ _ _

The Shares which have changed hands to-day are
less than were almost ever known, having been con-
fined to South Eastern Scrip, 6/ ; Eastern Counties,
8i ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 4 ; Manchester
and Birmingham, 23 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 491 ;
and the New Shares, 51, all of which are a shade below
former prices.
Colombian Bonds are quoted 21; Portuguese Three
per Cents., 21*; Spanish Five per Cents., 16* 16/;
and the Three per Cents., 21* 21/.
Some days since intelligence appeared in The Sun
of the existence of a conspiracy in St. Petersburgh,
the object of which was the assassination of the Em-
peror of Russia. A Morning Contemporary
claiming priority •of information, denied the
truth of this statement, inasmuch as it had
not first received it. The whole is now
confirmed by a party who has just arrived in
this country from thence. It appears that even now
the utmost precautions are observed about the pa-
laces, and so much distrust is exhibited, that it
Is never accurately known one day where the
Emperor will be on the next, the guards
and attendants being as frequently changed. Arrests
are almost hourly taking place, or suspected indivi-
duals arriving in custody from the provinces for exa-
mination and the numbers which have already been
sent to Siberia are said to be extremely great. It is
stated that the ramifications of this plot have. been ascer-
tained to have extended almost throughout the whole
empire, and to have caused the utmost alarm, as it
has not yet been fully developed. It may appear ex-
traordinary that the particulars have not been made
more generally public, but the three-fold danger which
attends correspondence from Russia, renders indivi-
duals excessively cautious as to what is written.
•MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 6.—We
still have but a limited business to report :—Bristol and
Exeter, 45 ' • Manchester and Birmingham, 23/ ;
London and Birmingham, 184 185; Manchester and
Leeds, 72 73; Ditto Halves, 31 34.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank
,Stock
3 per Cent. Red. .... .. .. Ditto Bonds ....... —— pm
3 per Ceut. C0n5..... 93 Ditto Old Annuities
3} per Cent. Red... 1014 Ditto New Annuities —
New 3* per Cent... ...... 101* Ex. Bills, 1,000/....t.1d 49 pm
N.!w 5 per Cen', — Ditto 5001...... 49 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 49 pm
Jan. 1860 ... ...... _ Bank Stock for Acct....166i
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent 1024 Ditto, New Ditto —
,razilian Bonds... — Prussian, 5 per cent. .
Buenos Ayres6 per cent. Russian, 5 pet cent.....
uhilian, 6 per cent — 'Ditto, Metallic-- ....
Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent.. l6*
Ditto, 1824 2l Ditto, Deferred.... .
Danish, 3 per cent B4 French, 5 per cent 120 f. 50e.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent 36* French, 3 per cent. —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2* per cent. s2*
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 102 a
SHARES.
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... 8;
Ditto Debentures .. .... .
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... • 49*
Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid • sil
Great Western Railway (65 paid) 834
London and Blackwall ( paid) 7*
London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 59*
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares (. 2 paid) 4
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 23
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Noith Midland Railway (100)
Ditto Half Shares (40 paid)
Ditto Thirds (211. 13s. 4d. paid)
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)... —
Ditto Scrip (10 paid)