The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-25 00:00:00

0:E O'OCL(K. a.nsr• U
Et, OF PRITISTI r 17Nng PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols A nnuitiem 925 4 IA 92%
Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16
India Stock
uid Bond., 1,0004 .... . 71 74 p
C ,nsols for Account .. .
11;xchequer Bills. I;4a. & 2d.
1,000/. June
5001. June
Small. June 35 38 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS OSRE
O'CLOCK.

8 9-16
2 i 2

74 p
92%

33 p
CiB p
OLOSIN u
rnicEs.
86
86
48
, 99

Urazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 —
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 uer Cent.
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent —
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. l7
Ditto Deferred 3%
Mexican' 5 per Cant. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Coupons 273 14 27
Ditto, Account 27
Peruvian Boiids, 6 per Cent —
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Active Active
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent. 291/4 2,
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account l7 17% 17 17
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent 333/4 344 343 i
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild... 51 5 3 'Pi i 537 k
PRICES OF rAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen..
Do. Preference ...... 6IA 6l. ......
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 6
Ayrshire and Galloway..
_7% —

dis ...

fiOlfast & County Do;in 26;x......._

Berks & Hants Ratens.
(Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Janet., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, withoutguarantee 20 . ...
dirming, Wolverh'ton,
andllndley, calls duly
pd, cr with guarantee 10 ..... 15
Do. withoutguarantee 10 -
3irming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 14s ...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 20
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 71. 45.... p
Bristol and Exeter 9O ... ..
Ditto, Thirds ..-
,)uckinghamthire
Caledonian
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 _
Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...„, _ ~
Diu% Preference
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ......

Do.Governnient Loan,

4 per Cent.
Direct London 8c Ports-

mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% —..
East Anglian, 251., L. do
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do. 181., E. & H.... 18
Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 3% ...... 1% l%
Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 714 x.d.... 7% x.d.
Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 ...... 11 13......
Ditto,Extension, 5 per
Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... li p............
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... % p............
Do. North. & Eastern,

50
6 per Cent.
Ditto. 5 per Cent 5O - ..... O. ......
-- Do. New 43
"'••'•'•••Eastern Union, Class A
Dpio(t.it,:etieCasElliss:idB.dhstitartßoe..s.)) 22535%
.................. -....7
..................................
Ditto, Class C, ditto 22% •••. . .
...........
Do. Scrip ( 6 percent) . 20 ...,. .... ..
• •.
............
East Lancashire ......... 25 ..... ... ..
Ditto, New ........ .... Ditto, New Quarters 625
14... . .. ..
.....
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
""•'•••••ference Quarters ... 64-- - East Lincolnshir©
...... 25 - ...........
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
.... ..............
.. ...... .. —.•
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 ..
Edinburgh and Northern 25 •••
Ditto, Newport l—
s & Dorch 2
Exeter and Exmouth... 2Is.
Gla4gow, Dumfries, and _.
Carlisle ....... ... ..8 /. 6s. 8d —
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ......
Do. Preference Consol.
Great Northern
Do., % A Deferred ... IVA...— —
Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7%
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 7
Treat South. and West.
(Ireland) ... 47% 29
Great North of England.loo ......
Ditto, New, 40/ 4O
... ...........
Ditto, ditto 35
Ditto, New, 30/
Ditto, New,ls/ l5 ..• .. ... .......
Great Western 100
Ditto, % Shares

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sacs of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday e ere 6,000
bales, including 2,000 for export and on speculation;
comprising 4,500 American, 250 Pernam, &c., at kid. to
54d.; 70 Bahia, at 6d.; 30 Egyptian, at 54d.; and 1,000
Surat, at 4d. to 4d. per lb. Although there was rather
more demand still the market was dull.—The Share
market was better, and a good business was done at
higher prices.
We gave a few weeks back a complrative statement
of the receipts of the principal lines of railway during the
half-year to June, and it must be highly interesting to
pursue the investigation, as the season advances, and so
much anxiety is felt concerning the status and future
prospects of railways. We will give our figures first,
and comment upon them afterwards; and it will be un-
derstood that the calculations give the gross receipts on
the aggregate eleven weeks of the second half-year of
1849, compared with the like period of 1848:

Mlles opened Tr of c. In- Dc-
Name of the Line. 1549.11848. 1849. 1848. creme. crease.
Caledonian
,(10 weeks A
on'y) - - -
- 63 63 8,277 6,795 1,485 -
Eastern Counties - - - 322 2951 176,305 174,260 2,048 -
East Lancashire (1(
weeks only) - - - - 751 381 38,574 13,565 25,005 -
Edinburgh and Glasgow 571 571 43,302 44,532 - 1,200
Great Southern and Wcs-
tern of Ireland - - - 1681 130 42,248 36,640 5,608 -
Great Western - - - 2301 2901 185,784,241,621 - :55,837
North-Western -- - 4711 435 115,804 516,871 - 1,067
Brighton - - - - - 1711 1621 141,485122,908 18,577
South-Western - - 2201 210 130,759 123,577 7,185 -
Midland - 5,314
South-Eastern - - - 188 161 135,854!117,175 18,679 -
York and North Midlani 260 255 97,329,108,372 - 11,043
- -

One of the first things that will strike the reader in
scanning this table will be the decrease in the receipts
of some of the old lines, that upon the Great Western
being nearly one-fourth of the whole, or considerably
more if we take into account the additional 601 miles
opened. The North-Western, with 421 miles more,
shows a trifling reduction in receipts, and Hudson's
companies are in a similar position. Ore cannot
avoid the conclusion, upon pondering over these
results, that the competition of new lines has much to do
with them, the more especially when we observe the
great addition to the _takings of some of the latter as
they become developed; but we really see nothing parti-
cular to excite despondency in regard to, at least, the
majority of the companies. A diversion of traffic would
be the consequence of the novelty alone, and if greater
facilities are afforded, a temporary reduction in the re-
ceipts of the old companies is a matter of course. That
the latter, however, with increase of population and
national wealth will find as much as they can possibly
do in the course of a few years, and that nearly every
line may ultimately be brought to yield a fair return to
the shareholders, we feel perfectly assured, and would
impress upon the minds of timid holders without iu
any way seeking to influence them in respect to th
disposal of their further surplus means, that gross NI
ceipts do not always give a fair measure of nett profits
We have seen by the example of several companies that
there may be large earnings and small profits, the ex-
pense of extra trains, &c., dragging heavily on the latter.
This we believe will partly explain the falling off in the
Great Western and other receipts, and a reduction 9f
outlay may assist in sustaining a dividend. That this
shall be carried, however, to an extent affecting ths
public accommodation, we trust never to see.
The Berlin St, ck Market on the 22d instant was
tolerably firm, the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds
being 881. At Frankfort, on the same day, Austrian
Bonds were 871. The Vienna Bourse on the 20th was
heavy at the commencement, but rallied a little after-
wards. The Metallics were quoted 96i, and the New
Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Loan was dealt in at 85k.
The steamer Caledonia has arrived from America, but
the letters will not be delivered in due course until
to-morrow. In the meantime, the outline received per
telegraph appears to be favourable. The rate of ex-
change on London continued high, being 10 per cont.
premium. It is stated that Canada was tranquil. Tho
dates from Mexico are to the 31st ult., but there would
appear to be no news.
The English Funds have been rather heavier. Con-
sols have ranged from 921 to 92/ for Transfer, being
now 92* I. Time bargains have been effected at
92* to 8, and the value now is 92i Exchequer-bills
remain at 355. to 38s. premium. India Stock had rea-
lised 252. The report from the Paris Bourse notices
some flatness, and there is an apprehension of renewed
agitation when the Assembly meets, upon the Italian
question.
In the Foreign Market there is a decline gene-
rally. Mexican have been 27 to I, although Mesars.
Manning and Mgckintosh have announced that a
further largo amount of duties has accrued for
the creditors, and will be remitted when received
from the merchants, who always have a certain credit.
As to Congress rejecting the new proposals, well in-
formed parties believe that it is much more likely they
will be accepted. Grenada Stock has been 17, and
Brazilian Old Bonds are 86. Portuguese Four per
Cents, bring 29*. The Peninsular Mail furnishes some-
what more satisfactory accounts from Lisboa. The
revenue collectors were being more looked after.
Spanish are flat this morning.
Railway Shares have lost part of yesterday's advance,
and are quieter.
An everyday reader near Huddersfield, if we rightly
decyplicr his writing, should be aware that the official
share list in the first edition of The Susi, and of course
the remarks upon it, are up to one o'clock, and for the
closing list he must get a later edition, although the
remarks will not apply to changes after that hour, un-
frf quent as they are. The strictest attention is paid
under this head to describe the market from the autho-
rized pries only, and not to please mere speculators.