The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-24 00:00:00

MONF,..Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY Q IJAR2 ER TO TIIREE.
There was a fair demand for Cotton at Liverpool on
Saturday, and the sales were estimated at about 5,0)0
balks, including 4,000 American, 150 Peruam and
Maranharn at 5,-rd. to co., end 300 Surat at 40. to 4 1.
per lb. The market closed shadily at former prices.—
The market for Railway Shares was better at a con-
siderable advance in prices.
In Mark-lane to-day there is a steady trade, and prices
are fairly supported in every instance.
The steamer from the West Indies brings advices
which in some respects may be favourably interpreted.
In Jamaica the attention of the planters and others was
more than ever directed to the cultivation of staples, which
will pay better than sugar, and are now obtained almost
exclusively from foreign parts. There are complaints
made that the Europeans are too aristocratic in their
notions, and too little inclined to work themselves, or to
instruct others in new branches of agriculture. Sugar and
coffee have hitherto engaged their almost undivided at-
tention. Even the ereoles had bean taught that it was
digraceful to labour. The weather had been very dry
and sultry, and agriculture had suffered in consequence,
but before the packet left fair rains had fallen, which, if
they continued, would be productive of much good.
The people of Trinidad were being stimulated by
Lord Harris to the improvement of their estates. His
Excellency had offered premiums for the
best essay upon the mineral and vegetable
capabilities of the island. The inhabitants expected
to obtain, more than any of the other colonies, au advan-
tage form the alteration in the navigation-laws, being
well situated for trade with the Spanish Main, and ex-
pect a vast increase in the commerce carried on with
the adjacent continent
The colony of Demerara was still unsettled by the
disputes between a portion of the Combined Court and
the Governor as to the estimates, &c. A Bill had been
intrroduced into the Legislature to enable the
Demerara Railway to borrow 50,000/, 'and there
was a project for a joint-stock company, which
was intended to introduce the new system of culti-
vation, with drainage, &c., by means of cattle and
machinery.
Several of the colonies had petitioned for the more
energetic suppression of the slave-trade, and had re-
ceived favourable replies from the home Government,
and an intimation that the recognised independent State,
Libatia, would assist materially in suppressing slavery
along an extensive coast.
The Hamburgh mail of Friday last brings the rate of
exchange:on London at 13:101, being 1 higher again, and
with bills; in request. Stocks were firm, but shares gene-
rally lower. The report of that Leipsic lair to the 18th inst.
is exceedingly favourable. The business for the eastern
trade had almost been concluded, and for years there
had not been such a large attendance of buyers from
Moldavia and Wallachia,. A great deal had been done
it German silks and English textile goods generally.
The Poles were extensive purchasers; and altogether it
was long since such extensive sales had been effected, or
such full prices realised.
We learn from Vienna that bargains had been made
on the new loan, eeliverable a month after the issue of
the scrip, at 85k.
The Stock Market is extremely quiet, but there is the
same firm tone as was perceptible on Saturday, and the
advance then realised is fully maintained in expectation
of some demand for re-investment upon the opening of
the Transfer-books. Consols have been 9211 to 92i for
Transfer, and 92-7.,- to 93 for Account. Exchequer-bills
have been 355. to 38s. premium, being about ls. lower.
India Bonds have realised 74; Consols now are about
92-a to 924 for Money, at,d 92-',l to 92i for Account.
The Foreign Securities have been rather fluctuating,
principally as regards Mexican, which have alternated
from 27,a to 271. The remittance of over 90,000 dollars
received for the dividends is another earnest of good in-
tentions, and whether the recent proposals of Mr. Ro-
bertson are agreed to or not will be of little importance,
provided the money comes. It is said that Messrs.
Schneider have had part of the money forwarded
to them in order to complete the payment
of the dividend which they had commenced.
Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 29 to 29k,
Brazilian small, 864; and Buenos Ayres, 48;,1. Spanish
Five per Cents. have been marked Belgian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been film at 884.
The Railway Share market has been decidedly higher
this morning for both the old and new lines, with more
doing. The Aberdeen Company's arrangement with the
Scottish Midland will yield, it is said, a profit of 5,0001.
to 6,000/ per annum to the former. It is ascertained
beyond a doubt that the Beating in shares is very exten-
sive, and the outside speculators have quite as much to
do with it as people in the house.
BRITISH FUNDS TillS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anna
Lon°.
Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860
Do.b 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 10001 74 p
Consols for Account ...... 93 0274
Exchequer Bills. 1 lAd. 2d.
March. June.
35 38p

1,0001.

5001

38 p

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK,
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Small
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 4B l 4
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Coupons
Ditto for the Account 271 %%
Ditto, Small
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted, 1841
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 5 par Cent, 1840
Ditto Passive Bonds 3%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41/2 per Cent.

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAY,. PAID. r SHAW/.
Aberdeen
Ditto, Preference 6i4
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 6
Ayrshire and Gallaway
Belfast and County Down .. 26% .. ..
Barks and Hants Extension
(Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 - ... •• to
Birmingham & Oxford Junct.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20
Do., without a guarantee... 20 .. ..
Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 .....
Do., without a guarantee... 10
Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14s --to
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.., 2O
•"••• to
Boston, Stamf., & Binning...7i. 48 —.
Bristol and Exeter -
Do., Thirds'
Buckinghamshire.. — 17% l 6
Caledonian
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%.....
Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 10
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead... 5O .....
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 514 —
Dublin andßelfast Junction.. 40 -
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% ......
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
sad L. & D ... 25 -
Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ... ..
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & 11... 3% —
Eastern Counties
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10
Do. Exten.,s per ct. No. 1,61.135. 4d 4 p... to
Do., do N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d...
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cont. SO
Ditto, New
Eastern Union, Clue A (late
E. U. Shares) ...... .. .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% , ....,. to ....
Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 . ..... to
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 22% 2l/2 to
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20
•.." to
East Lancashire ... 25 -
Ditto, New .. .
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares 614 — -
East Lincolnshire ••• 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — •••••• to -
Ditto, Half Shares
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25
Ditto, New port
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... to
Exeter and Exmouth 2ls.
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6.a.8d — .. ... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consolidated ..... ..
Great Northern
Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12%
Do. %B 6 per Cent. ...... 7% 4% ..... to —.
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 7% 514A... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 47% 29 ...... to
Great North of England 100 ......219 . .... to
Ditto, Now 404.... ..... ..
Ditto, ditto
—. ..• . to --
Ditto, New 301 3O ... .• .... -
Ditto, New 151........ l5 ...... •
Ireat Western 100 ...... 59
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 171.
Hull and Selby 5O -
Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — ...... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
D0., Thirds
Lancashire and Yorkshire 100
Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 96
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shama ., _ 46
Ditto Quarters 22% — x.d.... to
Ditto Fifths
Ditto. Thirds l5 . ..... -- ...... to

Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 46
Do. (Rudders. and Sheir.) 50
Do., West Riding Union... 9 ....
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10
Leeds and Bradford ...... to
....
50 ..... 97% ..... to
Leeds and Thirsk 5O ...... ..
D0.,d0., Prefer., 6 per Cent 5 . .... . to .....
Do. Pref. Quarters, 1818 9 ...
to
Liverpool, Crosby, and Bout h-

port
London 8c 81ackwa11......11/ 6.a. E d ......
Lend., Bright., & South Coast 100
Do.,
New Si., gua. 6pr Ct.loo
De. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9
Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct~ 50
Ditto, ditto ...........1852 50 .. ."
London and Greenwich... 121.15 a. 4d...
Ditto Preference 2O .....
London &North Weatcrn..loo.-114 115% 1 13% to 11414'z
Do. New Quarters..
Do. ..................... 7 ..... 91A3% ... to
Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M 85 ,—. -
DO. 104 ... M. and B. (C.) 1 -