The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-10 00:00:00

Barbadoes by auction went at 63s 6d for good yellow',
and 57s to 59s 6d, for mid, and 388 hhda 13 trcs 71 bels
SL. Lucia at 64s for fine yellow, and 53s to 53s 6d for
brown. Refined has been in fair demand at 73s 6d to 745
for tstuirtrd lumps.
EAST INDIA. —7073 bags Bengal sold at full prices'
viz., 63s 6d to 69s for good and fine white, at 503 to 58s
6d for yellow, and at 42s 6d to 43s for raid brovir;
8010 bags, 278 casks, Mauritius went at 59s to 65s 7d
good and fine yellow, at 52s to 54s 6d for low, and s
40s for brown. 28 casks Ceylon brought 503 6d to 541
per cwt.
FOREIGN.—At auction 1197 boxes Havannah 019/
taken in at 19s to 22s 6d per cwt for sound, and at
to 21s 6d for damaged ; and privately 7000 chests W.,'"
sold at 21s 6d to 23s 6d for mid to fine, and 1300 beV
Manilla at 19s 6d to 20s for yellow. l°
COFFEE.—The market has been firm, and with fair aifet
Jamaica at auction has realised 118 s for fine ,• Berb
30s to 50s ; for good ord, 75s ; for mid and Dotain'et
52s to 58s per cwt. In Ceylon, 2,462 bales were neeoroi
all sold : good and fine ord, 51s 6d to 54s ; and 5524
to
76s for pea berry ; 77 brls Rio were taken in at 59s to6os for sound ; 148 bags Mysore at 4d duty, at 359154
55s ; 578 bags of Singapore Java at 24s to 313 64
bags of Padang, at 13s to 20F 6d, all damaged, sou
bales Mucha were taken in at 54s to 56s por cwt. . ‘;
COCOA.-459 bags Trinidad were mostly taken ni7,
37s to 46s 6d for sound, and 81 bags Bahia sold at
to 39s per cwt. a
SPlCES—Pepper has been firmer ; Sumatra at 2/-
lid per lb. Pimento also is firm. , 1161
RlCE.—Bengal has been taken in at auction for '-
to 12s for good white. near
Rum.—Leewards proof has been sold at 2s 3d, •-.1,00i
rara at 3s 3d for 33 per cent. over, and Calcutta Y
at 2s per gallon. not
Tsa.—The market has been firm, and ord
has touched lld to Is per lb. r CI6
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is quiet, at 40a to 40e 3d Pe
on the spot.

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MONEY AN!) CO 31.1%1Ektt'IA ,;
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CITY, QUARTER TOof
There was more animation in the Cotton Mar
terday, and the sales were 5,000 bales, at stead),
.13";0
French Shares continued heavy, but a fair busine"4ll
done in other railways. Bristol and Gloucester'
Chester and Birkenhead, 37 36; ; Dublin and DrStIA
71; Eastern Counties, 154; Grand Junction, 227,i sip'
Halves, 113; Great Western, 167 ; Liverpool and 100
chester, 217; Ditto, Halves, 1064; London and OvLA
52 ; London and York, 4/. Be. 9d.; London and
.rdwi
Western, New, 54 ; Churuet Valley, 4/ 4 ; look
Counties, 1164; Sheffield and Manchester, 9941
Eastern, 414 • South-Eastern, New, 144 ; Li°looo,
Avignon, 24; 'Paris and Strasburg, 24; Orleatoh,lo
and Bordeaux, 71 4; Northern of France, 5/. ,„
5L I Is. 6d.
There are not any late arrivals in the City thillo;
ing; but of shipping there is an abundance, the ril.pfi
four or five miles, showing a scene of actiYiti roefr
unparalleled. This, of course, is the result ,of
cent change in the wind; still it is a pretty vielto,
tained fact that the trade of the port of London I bars
rapidly increasing. Upon this subject we tog,'
quote the following extract from a City Trade CI •
just sent to us:—
" Since the holidays business has been resume,
a good feeling on the part of purchasers, and thber
current before the closing of the markets 100.4,°011
generally maintained since the re-opening. Ble,rd
at present promises well for the trade and coienoici
the country during the year 1845. We hag° 00
abroad, and at home the working part of the col:01134 le
with the exception of our agricultural labourers'
tively employed. The public treasury is also 0:40 ?"
ing ; so that we may calcula6e on some relief 0
burden of taxation, while public credit will be foilf,/
,000
tained, and all the necessary machinery of Gole'l
be kept in motion. Great changes are, neverthele';,l4
wanting to render our social state what it ouglicog
and what good government is capable of making
A considerable amount of business has been tr.,,,*;
in the British Securities to-day. The CoinWiTori",
bought the usual quantity of Stock. Consols
opening realised from 1004 to 1004, and for Wit irk
the dividend, from 1004 to 1004. The new TbriO4
a-Quarter per Cents. have receded from 1044 to d
but for Exchequer Bills the premium has ruled 041
to 655. prem. Bank Stock was done this morniogador
a fall of 1 per cent. on the highest value of yes'
it is new, however, 4 per cent. higher. 7
Not a great deal of business has been transactd
Foreign Securities to-day. The Portuguese
have advanced from 60 to 61, but Spanish Coos orod
receded from 27 to 26; ; the Three per Cen‘kr,
364. The Dutch Funds are rather heavy. CluS, yp
ferred, are at 51 ; the Colombian ex. Venezuelii"
.)
144 4, and the Mexican at 344. bed
There has been a considerable amount of
transacted in the Railway Shares this morniliffdi'i
corrected list of prices annexed will show that pr'
very generally on the advance. The British Norticsi,
rican Bank Shares are at 45, without the dividerco
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'6'
(From the Official List.)
211
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOl
3 per Cent. Consols Anna IIO4CI
New 31% per Cent. Annutiesl6
•Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 1;; 15.1'
Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 1860
>a•
India India Bonds 1,0001 77 P'"
Ditto under 1,0001
South Sea Stock ll6
100
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. 11,4 d.
1,000/. ...............
65 Pln
5001. ... •••
Ditto Small
10'

Ditto Advertised ..... ... •••••• -„, iILOCS'
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON u''
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent...• 40
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 5l
Ditto Deferred
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ---/i
Ditto for the Account ... 34/
--- 601
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Old
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 7 l' ll'
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto 3 per Cent -
Ditto for the Account.
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... 98,,L11
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOO',.
103 to ,1
PER....
.. $t /fo I. °4
RAILWAYS. PAID.
Birmingham allot Gloucester 100
Ditto, New.
Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet 'Valley
Direct Northern
1559 y::. ....... ttt°°o /11'11
Dublin and Belfast Junction 22%1/
Eastern Counties
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5
Great North of England 100 l5O ...... ~
Ditto
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Fifths
................... Lot :00
//9i6':
3814 ...... /
Lancaster and Carlisle lO
London and Blackwell 16% 7 . to /
London and 8right0n.......... 50
.
Ditto Loan Notes
London and Greenwich ...... 12% lO %••• to'
Loudon and South Western.. 413/ 76 ,
~•••• 0 /
London and Y0rk......... ...... 21 4, '• to /0
Lynn and Ely
Midland
Newcastle &Darlington June. 24
Newcastle and Berwick
North British
Northern and Eastern
North Kent
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm 2l/Q 2 ..... to ,
South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 41., %••• of/
Ditto New
South Wales
York and North Midland
Ditto Selby Scrip
Ditto, Extension
/
FRENCH RAILWAYS. to /
Great Northern of France ... 4
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 9'.., doe'
had a brisk market, and a large business has bees ,
Bristol and Gloucester, 40% i
Ditto New Shares, 29% liii j
Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarte.,„l
h
Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 2`'' 4
Ditto Sixteenths, 4 15-16 1'
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shorv- .!
1 South-Eastern, New, 144 I.'
6Y'
ltarnsley Junction, 4 13-16 .10.0
Birhenhead, Manchester, and Cheib•
Caledonian, 4% 7-16 ,I,4ti
Churnet Valley, 4 / (is""
Huddersfield and Manchester Rail stir,
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 570
Leeds and Bradford, New Shares, 11/5L
Leeds and West Riding Junction, 4 s' 1'
Lynn and Ely, 2%
West Yorkshire, 5% 5
Great Northern of France, 5%%
Union Bank of Manchester, 10

/ 4
1161, 1006
ENLISTMENT OF A GIANT 15 A le7f. r
Wednesday, the Bth instant, while the ''-foti,t4i,;
Davies and Mr. Junius Smith, county tnegls,:iss°',d
engaged at the police-office investigating ttete-freero°:,
the business of the court was suddenly 1 P,of
the entrance of a giant, followed by gel'-ble
The whole Court was thrown into consider° ,r
re- , f 0
at the appearance of this great men, v"°,,r9o be Yot
bowed to the bench, and stated that he afro- 00t„i01tii
purpose of getting discharged from an eo"",tfOrjlopi
improvidently made with a sergeant in the 3'", 00
The magistrates asked the applicant his
knew who had enlisted him. The giant °Al'iby 1)1
was Robert Hales, and that he was ealisteuh•oi Jbs
Reed, of the 31st Regiment, the depot of iv-log ;00
at Chatham-barracks that on Sunday erehile
was at at the Dover Castle, and among t"001301:1
were three sergeants. The whole of the C°
the 01,0 tt
with him, he accepted a shilling from cea
named, as able and willing to serve the (2130c1 It; 01;41
now anxious to get off the engagement,,ot
pared to pay the smart money. He solo' r
t e 0
seven feet six inches in height and weigh e, 0,101
stone ; that he was twenty-five years of °r ti
born at Yarmouth. His father was a fillt; siporth,
sured six feet three inches ; and his moth 1100'4
his brothers and sisters were all very.ttw•
lijr
sister was upwards of six feet in height-in ottev
trates, finding that the sergeant was 73:4 0111
sent a person to the barracks for Wl' of
th b 1
geant's arrival, he stood by the sided that
scarcely reaching his elbow. It appeitte r
Mutiny Act the applicant could be clisch' ,!
the smart, money, amounting w one gollZo:tingietl'
giant cheertuliy old, with the costs, anws.
He then very politely bowed to the nbe cm,
9u rt, followed by the people.