The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-29 00:00:00

MONEY and COIUMEitCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO TIIREE.

The accounts from Liverpool received to-day
notice a large business as having been done in Cotton,
the sales being 12,000 bales, of which 2,500 were
Surat, and 1,500 American, on speculation. In some
instances rather higher prices were paid: 3,600 bales
Surat realised 34d. to 41d. ; 1,200 bales Maranhain,
51d. to 61d.; 150 bales I3ahia, 64d. to 61d.• 600
bales Egyptian, 6-4-d. to 64d.; and 6,450 bales of
American, 4d. to 71d. Railway Shares were much
the same. Eastern Counties, 81; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, Quarter, 51 ; Grand Junction, 183; Great
Western, Fifth, 81; Liverpool and Manchester,
Quarter, 44/ ; Brighton, Quarter, 101 ; South
Western, 60/ ; North Midland, 611 ; and Paris and
Rouen, 241.
The Mexican affair continues to excite animadver-
sion, notwithstanding the impotent efforts of the Post
and Herald to smother inquiry, or strip the surreptitious
issue of its objectionable character. Whatever the
public may think of it, one thing is certain, the
bondholders themselves will never be persuaded that
they are not in a worse position than before. The
Government, or its financial agents, it appears, have
been no less free with the Deferred than with the Ac-
tive Stock; and thus a " pretty considerable" addition
has been made to the permanent debt of Mexico, which
no one ever dreamt or thought of. It is pretended
that the Mexican Government has set apart one-fifth,
instead of one-sixth of its Customs' revenue, but even
if this be correct, which is denied in some quarters,
the argument built upon it as a justification for the
surreptitious issue is entirely fallacious, and what is
still worse, by no means honest. The Debenture
holders are clearly mulcted of their interest, which
was to be obtained from any surplus after paying
the dividend on the Active Stock ; and to
write as does the Lizardi organ, the Herald,
of this debenture question, forming no inte-
gral part of the main matter in dispute, is both
absurd and incorrect. The whole foreign debt of
Mexico was included in the last compromise, and it is
impossible the provisions of that compromise can be
carried out while underhand measures are in progress,
because the Mexican Government did not choose to
come fairly forward and represent its necessities. The
Post, which has been writing about Spanish iniquity
till it has made itself remarkable as the Bondholder's
organ, has not a word of sympathy for the Mexican
creditors, so different in its estimation appears jug-
gling-a la Mendizabal, when transferred to the oppo-
site shores of the Atlantic.
The Stock Market is drooping, and although upoh
the opening of the market previous quotations were
realised, there have been sales since that have led to a
decline. The broker acting for the Savings' Banks
invested 10,0001. in Consols at 941, but they have
since been marked 941 •, for the opening the rates
have been 95 to 951, and are now 941 to 95 ; Ex-
chequer Bills are lower again, being at 545. to 51s.
premium. East India Bonds have obtained 50s. to
51s. premium. Bank Stock is worth 1711 to 1721 ;
and East India Stock is not higher than 165 to 1.651.
New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 1011 to 1011 ;
and the Three per Cents. 931 to 941.
Some of the parties who suffer most by the recent
serious depression in Mexican Bonds, but who never-
theless approve of the " surreptitious issue," have been
mooting a question as to the justice of not paying the
differences on their speculative operations, but we
doubt if they can under' any pretence excuse them-
selves, seeing that the proceedings of the Stock Ex-
change in unravelling the mysterious origin of the
constant sales that were depressing prices, have been
perfectly justifiable ; and further, that the suspicions
in the house, which were some time previously enter-
tained, must have told them something was wrong.
The Stock is at 301. to 301, being a little firmer; the
Deferred are 84 to 81; Active Spanish Bonds are at
18, and the Three per Cents. at 221 to 221, being an
improvement; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are
524. There is no animation in the Foreign Market.
Railway Shares are firm, but the business doing is
not extensive. Great Western New, are 121; Edin-
burgh and Glasgow New, 1; Eastern Counties, New,
11; Birmingham, 96 ; and Paris and Rouen, 41 to
41 premium. Bristol and Exeter are 241; Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 1 to 11; Eastern Counties, 14 ; and
South Eastern, 261 dis. National Provincial Bank
of England Shares are 1 to 1; London and Westmin-
minster, 2 ; and Provincial of Ireland, 171 prem.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 26.—We
have had a very quiet market, and lower prices have
been taken for Edinburgh and Glasgow Quarter and
South-Eastern New. The former have been sold at
5 1-16, and the latter at 181 and 181. Manchester
and Leeds are 69 to 70; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 19/ to 20 ; London and Birmingham, 185 to
186; Manchester Assurance, 9.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH,yuNDS..

Rank Stock
3 per Cent. Red. ..... 931
3 per Cent. Cons....
31 per Cent. Bed 1004
New 31 per Cent... lOl4
New 5 per Cent...
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860 ...... 121.
Oct. 1859
Jan, I'l6o
FOREIGII
Austrian, 5 per cent. ...
Belgian, 5 per cent
Brazilian Bonds... 654
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent
6 per cent
"Vombian,',6 per cent —
Ditto, 1824
Cuba Bond!, 6 per cent 794
Danish, 3 per :ent
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent 3OA
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837
Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct.

India Stock
Ditto Bonds .... 48 pm
Ditto Old Annuities ...
Ditto New Annuities...
Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 53 pm
Ditto 500/...... 54 pm
Ditto Small b4 pm
Bank Stock for Acct.
India Stock for Opg... 2661
Consols for Opg.
FUNDS.
Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Ditto, New Ditto 3B
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 pei cent —
Ditto, Metallic ...... .
Spanish, 5 per cent IS
Ditto, Deferred.... .
French, 5 per cent. —f.
Exchange —f —c
French, 3 per cent —f. —c.
Dutch, 21 per cent s2i
Ditto, 5 per cent. ..... 101 i

SHARES.

Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. . ... .. 45
Eastern Counties (23 paid) ...., 9l
Ditto New (—paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... ... 48-1
Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid)
Great Western, (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)
Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ...... ..., ....
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Birmingham (90) ...... ....,... 1841
Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ...... 621
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ... ........ ... 33f
London and South Western (41/ 6s 10d pd) 601
London and Croydon_ Railway (Trunk) ...
_9l

Manchester and Leeds (70 fiacd)
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9
Paris and Rouen (20 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid).
Ditto Scrip (20 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) ...

CLEVER CAPTURE of a FORGER.
The following particulars of the capture of a forger
do the police much credit :
On Thursday, the 17th inst., a cheque for 501.,
purporting to be drawn by J. M. Leader, coach-
maker, in Oxford-street, was presented at Sir Claude
Scott and Co.'s by Daniel Farrell, his clerk, and paid.
The forgery was discovered the next day, when the
clerk, not returning to his duty, Mr. Leader opened
his desk, and finding several pieces of paper and some
cancelled cheques, on which Farrell had been prac-
tising writing Mr. Leader's name, be sent over infor-
mation to his bankers. Application was made at
Marlborough-street, and the matter committed to the
care of Inspector Beresford. No clue to Farrell's re-
sidence was found until, on inquiry at some of his
friends in the City who had recommended him to Mr.
Leader, a note addressed to him was discovered which
had lain there a month. This proved to be from a
female ; and as her residence was mentioned in her
note, the Inspector went to'her, and learning from
her Farrell's former address (for he behaved very
badly to her), he followed up the clue; and ascertain-
ing where the father and mother lived, searched the
house, but though he found nothing, he learned from
the lodging-house keepers that the son had gone off
to Ireland, and as he had relations in Cork he thought
that place would be his destination. The police were
written to; the letter arrived on Monday evening, and
on the Tuesday night Farrell and his brother were
arrested by chief-constable Ward, eight miles from
Cork, on their way to Reverstown, to their aunt's,
whence Ward were returning, after searching the house.
Twenty-four pounds were found upon them, and on
Daniell Farrell a brace of pocket pistols, loaded,
capped, and cocked, which lie seemed inclined to have
used against the police or himself had he not been
taken by surprise. The prisoners were brought over
and taken before Mr. Rawlinson yesterday, when
clear evidence was given against Daniel Farrell, who
confessed his guilt. They were remanded till to-
morrow, to allow further evidence against William
Farrell, when they will be committed for trial at the
present sessions of the Central Criminal Court. Both
the London Inspector and the Irish police deserve
great credit for their active and judicious conduct.

ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM THE HOUSE OF COR-
RECTION.—Yesterday evening, about a quarter past
Mr.
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passing
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byth. Hilton,e
House
of Correction, Coldbath-fields, his attention was ar-
rested by the falling of a brick close to him, and on
looking up he observed a man lying flat on the top of
the wall. The man then called to him to get him a
ladder, saying he would pay him for his trouble. The
lad, however, instantly went and gave the alarm to
the keepers. In the meantime the fellow appears to
have made almost a complete circuit of the prison, as
the spot where 11.-2 was first seen was at the bottom of
Mount -pleasant, and where be was last observed was
in Guildford-place, Bagniggc-wells-road. It should
be remarked that the top of the wall is of very consi-
derable width. It turned out that the man was a
convict, who had succeeded in eluding the vigilance
of the turnkeys. He had been sentenced to a year's
imprisonment. Information was immediately given
at all the station-houses, but up to nine o'clock the
fugitive had not been recaptured.