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EVENING SUN

ONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
POST.—Another meeting of the Committee of
Spanish-American bondholders was held in the course
of the afternoon, the object being, we understand, to
consider further of the course it may be expedient to
take-in the pending affair with Mexico. The proceed-
ings appear, however, to have been kept strictly pri-
vate, and we are unable to answer the anxious in-
quiries made of us by the bondholders as to the result.
The act t bat Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., and
Messrs. Lizardi and Co. have, between them, more
than sufficient money to discharge one of the overdue
dividends accruing since the arrangement entered
into in 1837, although a fact which is in itself agree-
able, fails not to cause a good deal of excitement,
naturallyintented for
if not of irritation ; for .parties who have been
of their
ikte patsfeel
their relief should be withheld, on some ground or
many
aanyharydesahrisp outthat
another, which the Committee do not th:isk pro-
per to explain, as if, indeed, they stone had an
interest in the question. The Colombian bondholders
have now, for years past, _had several thousands of
pounds lying (so far they are concerned) perfectly idle
in the Banlced England to meet their claims on New
Grenada. The Minister here (Senor Mosquera)
chooses to make Co distribution of . the deposit, and
apart front the -urgent call there is for the money it is
felt that this arbitrary mode of retaining funds trans-
mitted for the discharge of Ling aecrucl dividends on
foreign bonds, is one that is growing too rapidly, into a
precedent. The system is, to say the heat of it,' an ts----
ceedingly tantalizing one, and the Spanish American
Committee, in the preseut case, should be careful, for
they can afford to.be so, to discountenance it, by com-
ing to an immediate decision on the points before them.
The New YOrk packet ship Virginian, of the 14th
ult., has reached Liverpool from New York. The
despatches she brings are not, however, so.late by a few
days as those obtained by the steamer Acadia. The
succeeding packet of the 21st ult. may now be consi-
dered due, and will probably be heard of in the course
of a post or two.
SUN.—The broker acting on account of the Bank of
England, sold Stock early in the day to the amount of'
150,0001., and this depressed the market for the British
Securities, but afterwards there were one or two good
-investments, which rallied it to about its former point,
the payment of the dividends bringing more money into
play. ConsOls were 89 at the close this afternoon, fur
present transfer, and S 9 to 894 for Account. Exchequer
Bills are 225, to 18s.. premiwo, and India Bonds Bs. to
10s. premium. Bank Stock was at 1674, and the New
Three-and-a-Holf per Cents. realized 984 to 951.
The Foreign Bonds were a little better, though the
transactions were of no importance. Spanish Active
were at 25 to 2541, and Portuguese New, at 34, the lat-
ter neglected-. 3lexicau Stock realized 29 to 294'; and
Colombian 214. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are
51 to 514.
The market for Shares was pretty steady. Great
Western were 221, the New 14 ; London and Bitming-
ham 794 premium ; Brighton 124 discount. .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Strt—l beg leave to correct a statement which ap-
peared in your Paper of Satarday last, respecting the
time of the arrival of the fire-endues at the fire which
took place in Amphitheatre-row, Stangate, on the Fri-
day prebeding.
It appears that some person has furnished you with a
very erroneous report, as the engines arrived at the fire
within twenty minutes after it was discovered, and ten
minutes before a supply of water could be obtained.
I refer you for the accuracy of this statement to Tho-
mas Jobson, I'. C. 128, L division of Police, who called
the engines ; Mr. Fachney, plumber, No. 26, and Mr.
Barnsley, No. 20, Amphitheatre-row.—l am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES BRAIDWOOD,
Superintendant of the London Fire Establishment.
68, Watling-street, Jan. 10, 1842.