The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-28 00:00:00

PUTNEY REGATTA.

This regatta, on Tuesday, for a purse of sovereigns given by
the Nobility and Gentry residing at Putney, Roehampton. and
its vicinity, was very excellently attended. It was a sculler's
wager (two pair in each boat) in three heats, somewhat
strangely arranged, the last men in the first heat being entitled
to row in the second, thus making three starts in each heat.
The first heat consisted of John Cobb and James Green,
yellow ; Wm. Cobb ant Chas. Cobb, white ; Wm. Robinson
and Thos. Green, stripes ; and the second of Joseph Robinson
and Joseph Woolsoncraft, pink ; James Robinson and Arthur
Simpson, blue. After disputing the distance in style in three
heats, stripes, yellow, white, and blue started for the' grand
heat, to row from Putney-bridge, down round a boat below the
cedars, up the South shore, round a boat off the VieF-Chanael-
lor's, and then through the centre arch of Putney-bridge. After
a few strokes white took the lead and kept it, winning by half
a-dozen lengths ; stripes were second, yellow third.

DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE.
The annual contest for the Coat and Badge, bequeathed by
Doggett, the celebrated comedian, in commemoration of the
ascension of the family of her present Majesty to the throne of
Great Britain, will take place on Monday next by the following
six young watermen :
George Henry Ross Greenwich
John Wm. Rugg King Edward-stairs, Wapping
George Edward Rose Horselydown
Lewis Louis Sholl Tower
James Leddy Wandsworth
William Meekiff ...... . Horseferry
To the livery is added the interest on some South Sea Stock
left by Sir William Jolliffe, which amounts to 41. is. 6d. for
the second man, and 2/. 12s. 6d. for the third. Meekiff is the
first favourite, and Leddy, who is a Abarp sculler, is spoken
well of.

The General Steam Navigation Company's steam-
ship Wilberforce arrived this morning at a quarter to seven,
having left Antwerp the previous afternoon, thus performing
the passage under 18 hours. She brought the Antwerp and
Brussels papers of Wednesday.
THE WEATHER AND THE UOUNTRY.—Notwith-
standing the unsettled state of the weather during the earlier
part of last week, in this neighbourhood, the greater portion
of the hay then out has been secured, and anticipations of the
corn harvest are beginning to haunt the mind of the farmer.
Last night the air was excemingly close, with indications of a
high state of electricity. Fine weather is now desirable for the
ripening both of corn and fruit, the latter of which was never
more abundant throughout the country. Considerable num-
bers
of Irish labourers have already arrived, and may be ob-
served persevering ill a louth-easteru course...Sheffietd Iris. I

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Funds remain exceedingly firm in price, but with very
little business. Consols have been all day 9I A for Money, and
for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced 9 ; Three-
and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 100 a 1001 ; New Three-
and-a-Half per Cents., 100 100 a ; Bank Stock, 167 169 ;
India Stock, 249 251 ; India Bonds, 30 ; Exchequer Bills,
Old, 51 53 ' • New, 49 51 prem.
Foreign Securities have also been without transactions of
moment, although prices are steadily maintained. Dutch
Two-and-a• Half per Cent. Bonds have been sold at 51i, the
Five per Cents. at 1004, and the Brazilian at 65.
Neither the intelligence from Mexico, or the arrival of a
further amount of specie, and the information that
Government was about to send another conducta
forward, have been sufficient to induce a single bargain in the
Stock to-day. The accounts, though they add but little to
those last received, are still of a favourable character, and
would appear to lead to the conclusion that in reality
the difference between Texas and Mexico will be amicably
arranged, though each of the countries is loud in its boast-
ings of invading and conquering the other. The one is stated
only to wait for reinforcements from the United States to com-
mence operations, and the other the arrival of two steam-boats
from this country to begin the war ; which boats, by the way,
the Texians state they are determined to take before they
reach their destination. But the 'Whole may be expected
to be carried on privately, as the blockade has been on
paper. As long as peace is maintained so long the engage-
ments with the English creditors are likely to be kept, and
either country is too well acquainted with the advantages of
quiet to wish an open warfare, however great their blusterings
to the contrary may be.
The Share market has been better, the purchases have been
—London and Birmingham at 182; New Thirds, 30i ;
Manchester and Birmingham, 27%; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
48; Great Western Half Shares, 63k; South Western, 62;
and South Eastern, 23.
Two bargains appear to have been made in the Bonds—Co-
lombian at 20i 21; and Spanish Five per Cents. at 20i- 21.
The commercial intelligence received from the West Indies,
by the Tweed, and which comes from Jamaica to the 26th ult.,
is not of great importance. The expectation which had been
formed of larger crops this year than had been raised last, ap-
pear to be about to be successfully realised, while scarcely any
improvement had taken place in trading depression. The wea-
ther had been extremely propitious for cutting the canes, al-
though in some districts heavy rains had somewhat impeded
this operation, but not to an extent sufficient to cause serious
injury. The want of labourers continued, though in the prin-
cipal islands the negroes were working steadily, but still not
sufficiently for the proper cultivation of estates.
The mismanagement of the West India steamers continues to
excite much complaint throughout the whole of the colonies.
The quantity of sugar received from these colonies in 1841
was 2,151,217 cwt., and in 1831 it had been 4,103,800 cwt.
Rum had fallen from 7,844,157 gallons in 1831, to 2,770,161
gallons in 1841. Coffee had decreased from 20,030,8021b5. in
the first-named year, to 9,927,6591b5. in the last. Demerara
had produced less sugar by 386,873 cwt., less rum by
1,397,235 gallons, and less coffee by 1,245,7211b5., the defici-
ency almost wholly arising from the want of labourers ; and
the accounts of the prospect of the forthcoming crop represent
that it will be far below that of the last year. Between these
periods the consumption of sugar in the United Kingdom
increased from 3,781,011 cwt. to 4,058,431 cwt. The defici-
ency in the produce of the West Indies being supplied from the
Mauritius and India, the former raised its exportations from
456,546 cwt. to 724,826 ewt., and the latter from 113,524 cwt.
to 1,066,032 cwt. As similar complaints as to the want of
labourers are of constant occurrence at the Mauritius, the
Colonial Passengers' Bill will be of great benefit towards pro.
moting the prosperity of this valuable, and now necessary colony.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Edinburgh and Glasgow

Great Western
Ditto New -

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY if.-Our market
evinces a more healthy feeling, accompanied with a general dis-
position to buy, but, in consequence of sellers expecting to
realise higher prices, they are holding back. Manchester and
Birmingham are in good demand, also Leeds, Edinburgh and
Glasgow, and South Easterns. The sales are—Manchester
and Birmingham, 28 28i ; and Eastern Counties, 9.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
India Stock 250 pm
Ditto Bonds
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities —
Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 5l pm
Ditto 500/ 5l pm
Ditto Small
Bank Stock for Acct —
India Stock for 0pg....
Consols for Acct. ...... 91k
FUNDS.
Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 per cent cent
Ditto, Metallic .
Spanish, 5 per cent 2Ol
IDitto, Deferred......—
French, 5 per cent. .—f. —e.
Exchange
French, 3 per cent 77f. 25e.
Dutch, 2i per cent. bli
IDitto, 5 per cent. ...... 10174
SHARES.
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 48
Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid
Great Western Railway (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) . . 33i
London and Birmingham (90) ...... ........ 1801
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid)
London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 62
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk)
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 5
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 26i
North Midland Railway (100)
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 23
Ditto Scrip. (10 paid)

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red. .. 914
3 per Ceut. Cons 9IA
3k per Cent. Red 1004
New 3k. per Cent... ..... 100 k
New 5 per Cen:
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860 ...... 12i
Oct. 1859

Jan. 1860 ._l2i

MIMIC
Austrian, 5 per cent. —
Belgian, 5 per cent
Brazilian Bonds... 65
Bueno sAyres 6 per cent.
Chilian, 6 per cent
Colombian, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 1824 2l
Danish, 3 per cent
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct.