The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-05 00:00:00

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS'
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
In the Cotton Market at Liverpool this week there has
been rather an improved demand, and fair sales are the re-
sult. The crop in the United States promises, nevertheless,
to be considerable.—The Railway Share Market has been
fluctuating, and the tendency has been to decline.
In the London produce markets during the present week
there has been more firmness. Holders have refrained from
pressing their staples, and buyers seeing this evince more
disposition to come forward and operate. This was most
perceptible yesterday, when Sugar advanced, and Coffee was
brisker, other articles manifested a better tone.
The account of the Bank of England for the week to the
28th ult. indicates noj augmented demand for accommoda-
tion in mercantile circles, and the continued reduction in the
stock of bullion has thus far had no particular influence. la-
deed, as we have before stated under this head, it must g°
much further before it will have such an effect, both because
the supply already in the Bank vaults is superabundant, and the arrivals from South America and other
parts serve to
to a great extent the void occasioned by exports. When we
see the deposit accounts sensibly drawn upon, the note 0.11"
culation augmented, and advances upon securities more de-
manded, it will be time enough to infer that the shipment of
bullion is acting on the Money Market. The results of a
comparison with the previous week are as follows :
Notes Issued
..• £27,602,285
Decrease ... 167,340
••• 3,127,170
•• 2,683
▪ 2,782,190
••• 24,557
•.. 11,778,602
36,6182291 1,1
...▪ 13,957,269
5,028
... 10,095,826

Rest

Increase ...
Public Deposits ...
Decrease ...
Other Deposits ...

DeCrease ... ...
Seven Day and other Bills
Decrease ... ... ...
Government Securities ... ...
Increase ... ~, ... ...
Other Securities---

Increase

Notes
Decrease .
Bullion ...
Decrease
Active Circulation

, .
... 48,490
... 8,533,925
... 157,755
... 14,385,559
... 124,329
... 19,061,360

.
oecrease ... ... ... 9,585
The rates at which Bills of Exchange were yestesdei
afternoon negotiated upon the principal cities of the Conti-
nent were firm in nearly every instance, and rather higher
upon Austria and Italy. Paper dated at ninety days Wit°
taken at 25, 50 to 55 on Paris, at 11, 39 to 42 on Trieste, et
13, 11% to 12 on Hamburgh, and at 12, 2 to vit 00
Amsterdam.
The exports of the precious metals from London dying
the week, to Thursday last, were as follows :—Gold coin, to
Belgium, 2,500 ounces, and to the Mauritius, 449 ounces'
Silver coin, to Belgium, 72,500 ounces; to Rotterdam, 2,00°
ounces; and to Mogador, 5,120 ounces.
The steamers to Hambargh, much to the gratification of
parties interested, are again taking cargo as well as the mails
and passengers, and as this must necessarily be done by per-
mission of the Danish Government, the hope grows stronger
that peace will be promptly concluded.
The accounts received this morning from the manufactur-
ing districts read better in some respects. At Manchester
there is more activity within the last day or two, and trona
Halifax we are advised as follows : "As has been the case for two or three weeks past, there
has been but little activity in this day's market, either in
Yarns or Piece Goods. The makers of both, however, are pretty
well employed in the execution of former orders, and feel no
apprehension about those being followed up by fresh ones to
a greater or less extent. Prices, whisk latterly showed signs
of weakness, are now more likely to sustain a firm front, par-
ticularly as Wools seem to be making a pause in their down-
ward tendency. In combing Wools and middle Wethers are
quoted 10/. • Middle Hogs 101. 10s. per pack. In the short
Wool market there appears a slight falling off in prices of
Noils and Broke."
The steamer Hermann, from the United States, furnishes
accounts of April 20, from New York. The money market
was easier, and the exchange on London firmer.
In relation to the movements in the Cotton Market during
the past two weeks, Stewart's Circular, of New York, says--
" The receipts of cotton at the southern shipping ports
continue very large, and maintain a greater compara7
tive excess over those of the last year, than appeared at
the date of my last circular, without exhibiting all
indications of a sudden abatement, except that
in the Atlantic interior depots, the amount there awaiting
transhipment is 40,000 bales less than it was at the same
date last season. At Apalachicola, however, the receipts are
on the increase, the high stage of the Chattahooche enabling
the largest class of boats to be again employed. At Mobile,
also, the receipts have increased slightly the last two weeks;
the prices current of the 3d instant contains the following ?ii
explanation :—'As was anticipated in our last, the rise In
the rivers has brought down a considerable quantity of Cotton
which has been detained for months by the low ovate'',
and the receipts of this week amount to 15,516 bales:
The receipts of the week ending the 7th inst., only amount
to 10,471 bales against 16,046 bales of the preceding week.
At New Orleans, the falling off in the receipts as com-
pared with that of last year, is 32,700 bales. The re-
ceipts of the week ending the 7th instant, being only 27•676
bales against 42,153 bales of the preceding week. Tile
season has now so well advanced, that it is not probable,
and barely possible that the crop receipts can be kept under
2,600,000 bales, as, although the high stage of the Missis-
sippi, and its tributaries, has undoubtedly hastened the ship-
ment of the Cotton deposited on the banks of those rivers, it
must be considered also that the excessive rains have pro-
bably retarded to as great an extent the hauling of it to these
depots from the interior plantations."
The number of vessels which had left the United States
for California, up to the latest date, was 309, and they con-
veyed 19,717 passengers.
There has been a flatter market for Public Securities, owing
to the disposition to sell after a rise, and to the stress which.
in such cases, is laid upon circumstances which previously
were unheeded, or treated as of no importance. We allude
now especially to a matter we have not failed to notice under
this head, viz., the possible results of Russian interference in
Germany. Consols have been 92% 921/2, and are now 924
92%. Bank Stock is steady at 194. Exchequer-bills have
been 45s to 48s premium.
The Foreign Market is much the same. Mexican Bonds
are 31% to 32. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 33%
to 34. Dutch Two-and-a •Ilalf per Cents. are 50% to 5014.
Railway Shares have nearly all given way to-day, owing
to increased orders to sell, but some of the Scotch lines, and
also the French, are still an exception.
BRITISH FUNDS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 194
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
8 per Cent. Consols Anna 92%%11
New 3% per Cent. Anns -- 013/4 % 54
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 8.5 i 8 11-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 8%
India Bonds under 1,0001 7l p
Consols for Account ...
Exchequer Bills. I Ihd. 21
March. June.
1,0001.
5001 — 47 45 48 P
Small — 47 45 48 P
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK..
Equador Bonds 3%
Greek Bonds, 1824 and 1825 —
Ditto, Ex Over-due Coupons
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. with Coupons 28
Ditto Account . ...... ....
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 333/s 34
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21/ per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates
[PIM-NESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOC%
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pia SHAM
Sherdeen
Ditto, Preference 2% 4%..... is
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
Caledonianßristol and Exeter
50 ...... 27%%... to
,;hester and Holyhead... 5O ..... 16
Eastern Counties
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10
Great Northern
Do. 1,4 B 6 per Cent. ...... 7% 5 %...... to
(heat Western .................. 100
Ditto, Half Shares 5O ...... 1314 . . to 44
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 171
Hull and Selby
. _....• to
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto Fifths ........... .. ..... 10
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 115/AN... to
Lond., Bright., &South Coast 50
London & North Western.....loo 1294 to 128
Da. New Quarters.
Do. Fifths
London and S. Western...— 5O .. ... 35 ...... to
Midland ....... ........... lOO •67 651/2 to 65
Ditto. 50/. Share 5!.....
Midland, Birm., and Derby 100 ..... 43
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 1231/2 to 122%,
North British .. .. .. .. 25
Do. Quarters 6% 314 to
North Staffordshire... .. ...... 17%
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
South Eastern 33%. ... 21% to 21
Ditto, Scrip No. 4..
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole (N. D) Gua. 5 perct. 12
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 114% to
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ...... 4%14. to
York and North:Midland .. 50 ...... 31
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and West Riding
Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. ... 8% —.. to
Northern of France
Rouen and Havre 2O -
Sambre and Meuse

COURSE 01?
Amsterdam • • 12 214
Ditto, at sight • • 12 0
Rotterdam .... ••.. • • 12 2
Antwerp • • 25 70
flamburgh • •111.8. 1-3 12
Paris, 3 days'sight •• 25 37)4
Ditto, 3 months .• • • 25 6O
Marseilles • •••••• .. • • 25 60
Bourdeaux .... ••• • . • 25 60
Frankfort on Maine.... 12134
Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 36%
Berlin ••..• • • . ..
Vienna, offec. • • 11 42
Trieste, ditt0...... • 11 42
Madrid ...“....• 49
Cadiz ••••••••. • • • .. •• 42%
....• • •
Barcelona •• • • ........
Seville.. •.. .....

EXCIIANGE.
Gibraltar........ "
Leghorn •• . • .... • • • • 32
Genoa .......... .... 26
1111 an ... • • .
Venice • • • • ....
Naples .. .. ••• • . 40%
Palermo, peroz 11634
Memina .......... 120
Lisbon.... • • .. 13
Oporto .... .. • • • . 153 g
Rio Janeiro .......... 25%
Buenos Ayres .. . • ....
New York, 21 days'slght
Philadelphia .... •• • ..•
mucks OP 317LLIPIP, PISZ
Foreign Gold iabars fa 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars .... • • 0 4 11U
Silver la bars .•.• • • 0 4 11A

EIRE AT A SAw-Mius.—Between two and three
o'clock this morning, a fire was discovered on the premises of
Messrs Connor and Co., saw-mills, Broadwall, Surrey, whose
premises were destroyed about twenty months since. A
female neighbour for hours previous had been annoyed by
the smell of burning wood, but no cause was traced till the
outbreak of the fire, near the engine-reom. Without the
least delay assistance was procured from the West of Eng-
land and London Establishment stations in the Waterloo-road.
On the firemen entering, a great quantity of timber was found
on fire. Fortunately a very good supply of water was ob-
tained, but it was with the greatest difficulty the firemen
succeeded in their efforts. The damage done to the property
is very considerable, but the firm is insured.—Another fire
happened last night at Messrs. Bunting's, linen-drapers,
King-street, Covent-garden. The ready assistance however,
afforded from the Chandos-street station, prevented much loss
of property. The gaa-light had ignited the stock la the