The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-15 00:00:00

NIONEY and COidIVIERCIAL NEWS

CITY, Q b'ARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was
quiet but firm, without alteration in prices. The sales,
of which 1,000 were American on speculation, amounted
to 5 000 bales, ircluoing 4,000 American at 31d. to
411 , 600 Egyptian at sid. to 611., and 200 Surat at
3d. to The markst for Itailvray Shares was
strong aIA good, and prices of Stacks and Shares were
well maintained.

The a, counts from the Continent are generally of a
favourable character in reference to mercantile matters,
and the smallness of the majority in the French Cham-
bers on the expedition from Toulon excites but little
Attention. The circulation of the Societe GinErale and
the Bank of Belgium on the 10th inst. was 5,938,757 f.
The Corn Market is much the same to-day as on
Monday last. . . .

It may be somewhat interesting to our readers to place
the following account of the gold country before them,
extracted from the Gazetteer, edited by R. Brookes,
M.D., and published in 1800:

"California is said to have been visited by Sir
Francis Drake in 1578, and was discovered by Cortes in
1536. During a long period California continued to be
so little frequented that even its form was unknown, and
in most charts it was represented as an island. During
the last century the Court of Madrid appointed Don
Joseph Galvez to visit this peninsula. His account of
the country was favourable; he found the pearl fishery on
its coast to be valuable, and he discovered mines of gold
of a very promising appearance. It is inhabited by va-
rious tribes, but acknowledges no head or chief; each
father is a prince over his own family, &c."
Advices of November 30, from Pernambuco, state
that the province was trarquil. On England the ex-
change was 25d. Freights to Liverpool were at 11. 55.,
and five per cent. for sugar, which, in cases, was quoted
600 to 700. At Rio, on the 24th of November, the rate
of exchange was 24d. to 240. There were 51 vessels at
Pernambuco, six of which were English.
The Stock Market is extremely firm again, and prices
are higher. Consols, which closed on Saturday at 894 4,
are now quoted 894 4. The New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. have been 904 to 904. and the Three per
Cents. 894 4. Excheqaer-bills are 40s. to 435., and
India Boi.ds 455. premium, being previous rates. The
books open to-morrow at the Bank of England for gene-
ral transfers, and the settlement of the account then takes
glace. From the firmness of Consols, it would appear
that the account is Bearish, but even were it otherwise,
such is the confidence telt, that loans upon stock are ob-
tainable with great facility. Money is cheap, though
the settlement of three accounts in succession, viz., the
English, Foreign, and Share, causes temporarily more
demand.

The Foreign Market is extremely active, and there is
a further rise in the speculative bonds. Mexican have
been done at 26 and 264 for money, and at 261 to
for account. Peruvian Stock has been done at 49, Equa-
dor at 314, Grenada at 164, Buenos Ayres at 28,
Brazilian at 764, Chilian Three per Cents, at 50, and
Venezuela Deterred at 64. Portuguese Old Bends have
been at 71, and Spanish Five per Cents. at 151 to 4. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 491 to 4.
Railway Shares are looking much better, and a de-
cided improvement in the quotations of all the principal
lines has occurred, with a large business doing.
ONE
tti rh• at RITktU FUNDd. O'CLOCK.
•er Cent. Reduced Arms 89%%
8 ow Cent. Consols Annuities B9l/9
ew 314 per Cent. Aims--
~ongAnns. to expire J an. 1860
Indis Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,000 t... ...... 45 p
Consols for Account 89%34
Exchequer Bills. 21,4 d. & 2d.
1,0 is.. utarch ... 4O 43 p
1,0001. June 4l 44 p
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE
O'CLOCK.
Brazilian bonds .. . 761,4
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 28
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... ••
Ditto 3 per Cent 5O

CLOSING
PRICES.
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891 A
90
tN
45 p
45 p
89%

CLOSING
PRICES.
76%
26%

Equador Bonds
tirenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
•tiexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 26 26% 26 /4
Ditto, Account ...... 2614% % 26%
Peruvian Boxids, 6 per Cents 49 49
Portuguese 5 per Cents. 7l 71
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Ditto, Account 26%
Russian Bonds ...
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account 153/ 16
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... 28%
Ditto, Account — 2914
Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent —
Ditto, Deferred 6% 6%

Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21,E per Cent., 12 Guild.... 4914 V, 49
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 77 77% 7734
PRICES OF PAM . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
ItAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen. SO

Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 414.....•
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 71,,E
Belfast & County Down 20
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, withoutguarantee 20 , ...
Bimaing, W olverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 .....
Do. withoutguarantee 10 -
Birming., W oiverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145... •••
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
ami Cheshire Jun"..., 10
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...
Bristol and Exeter 9O „.. .. t -
Ditto, Thirds ..-
iiuckinglaa mshire... 161. 48.
Caledonian 5O ...... 24% 25
Ditto. Quarter Shares 1114 .....
!.‘
Do. New 101. Pref..... 7%... .. 8
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...... 20 21
Ditto, Preference ls
Clarence 4 7814
.....

Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 21 Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
month
Dublin and Belfast June 35 ......
••• •
Dundalk & Enniskillen 221 A,,,.,.
I, sat Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ... 41A i 8
Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 ......
Do., 31. 10s.
Eastern Counties 2O ...... 11%34 d. 11%
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent. . ... ..... 10 ...... 111,E ll%
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 6/. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters - -
Do. New 43
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 31,4

Ditto, Class B (L &
and B.) 221,4 —
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . .... ...............
' Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 ...„.
..... .
..
.....
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent...." ...... 2%
...
East Lancashire ......... 25
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 614 . - .......
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- • .
ference Quarters
_.
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 . -
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 ....... ..
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, Newport l5 .. ...
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 23 •
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ....... ... -8/. 6s. 8d.... ... -
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ......
Do. Preference Consol. -•••-• . ..• --
Great Northern - •9
Do., -1/2 A Deferred
Do., % B 6 per Cent.
guaranteed ... ..... 6%. 4%% 4%
Do. Extension 2% .....
ireat South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England 100 ......237
Ditto, New, 401 4O
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New, 301 3O - ........ se ..... -
Ditto, New, 151 l4 .. .. ........ ...... --
Great Western 100 ...... 92 931,4 ....... .. 93%
Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... 47 ...... . ..... ... 47
Ditto, .!4 Shares
Ditto, Fifths ... 20
15 ...
1.3„. ......... —I3A
Ditto, New 171..... .
H udderstield and Manch. 30
........
Ditto, Thirds .••••••
tiull and Selby .. 5O ......1003/4 loo9i
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ••„•• 50% 50%
Ditto, '4 Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... _
-
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 „. .. _,Do. Quarter Shares... 17% ...... 12 %%
10
•
Do. Sixteenths ....... .. 6 14, —•••-• ..•..•••
Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 .....
Do. N ew, Gua. 6 peret. 7% — •••
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43
Ditto 44 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheri.) 43 - ••
Do.( Waketield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 .. „• .
... .....
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 ......
D 0.% Shares (A)... 9% ....
Leeds and Bradford...... 50
...... 99 ..- ... 99
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 „,~
Do., Half Shares ...... 25
....., MED
Do.. (blue) Scrip ..... 2%••• -44 „.. —
Leeds and Thirsk
••-••.•
Ditto, New .... ....... 40
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31/4.-- ....... "'""— Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport 3it -. „.„ ...
,iverp., aanclster, and
Newcastle Junction... 21,4 —
London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d —
Do. Extension ..... ... 22% —....-... .......
London, Brighton, and
South C0a5t......... 50
- Do.Guarant.s per et.., 9 ...... . --
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 _ .., -
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 — — — --
Ditto, New 51., guar.
6 per cent. ..
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... 9 ... .........
Pitto, Preference .. . 20

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