The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-06 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were
sstimated at 11,000 bales, of which 4,000 American and
00 Surat were taken by speculators. The transactions
included 7,000 American at 41 0 0., 1,200 Fern= and
.11saranharn at 5!!,-,d. to 61ad., et) 13ahia at 51d. to sid,
eao Eve
etian at 511 to 611•, 1,000 Surat at 33 a to 41d.,
and 30
_Leeward Island at 10d. to is. per lb. The market
closed very firm.—Railway Shares continued firm, but
With little business dung.
Wheat met with a very. dull sale at Mark-lane to-day,
owing to the Trevailing fine weather for harvest work,
n tho certain speedy re-opening of the German ports,
and the prices gave way from those of Monday last 4s.
P." quarter fur wheat. In spring corn scarcely any bu-
sts' was transacted.
Tae very favourable character of the Board of Trade
returns has been the subject of general comment. An
increase in tie exports of more than thirteen hundred
thousand pounds upon the month of June last, compared
with the currespending eriod of 1848, is of itself im-
Tenant, and could not put inspire great hopes of the
uteri) i
' Lner, upon examination, it is manifest that the
atiatnereation is in many of the leading branches of cur
trananttracturine' industry. The imports are certainly
fuel). larger: but they add to the substantial comfort
our people, and have, no doubt, stimulated the ex-
Pert business.
The steamer Niagara from the United States arrived
at
Liverpool at ten o'clock this morning, but this is too
ate to
et akiew of our receiving the letters to day.
thin West India letters have come to hand
18 trier d they are rather important,
eth„e , meg, au
gu of chequered character. The weather
-°fltinued dr in several of the colonies,
And
notably in YDemerara and Jamaica, but Barbadoes
Was more faveured, copious rains having fallen and given
:great knead, to vegetation. The island of Jamaica
was agitated be the dissolution of the Assembly, and the
general electio-ns which were expected to bring in a
mere determined set of Financial Reformers than hod
13,r,e,vicnley existed. The amount of Bank-notes in cireu-
'Vl on the 30th of June was 116,808/.
The Continental advices report that at Amsterdam,
'n the 4.h inst., the Funds continued to advance, the
re
'wo-and-a-Ilalt per Cents. closing at 52k. At Berlin,
On the 3d inst., business in railways was tolerably ani-
mated, but Stocks were rather drooping. The Vienna
Market was lively for home Stocks and Shares, but Fo-
reign Securities were feeble. At Fraukfort on the 3d
instant a more animated business was done in Public
Securities.
phis understood that the agreement between the
Mourable East India Compile>, and the two railway
?napauies—the East Indian and the Great Indian
Peninsula—has been at length definitively concluded,
to!'s putting the seal upon the Act of Parliament °te-
-kN
med a _illy
u or since.
thotwithstandintwog the fine weather, the improvement in
the Continental Stock Markets, and the general buoyant
true', the English Funds continue to rule rather heavy,
or two
from default of business. Thus if a money sale
jobbers is pressed, the absence of many of the principal
from town occasions more difficulty than
aUs„ll,al hi. effecting the transaction, and without any inne-
‘ weakness, the market is prevented from rising.
Consols have been 991 The New Three-and •a
QuarterAe Per Cents, 93g and the Three per Cent.
..ernuities 92i le Bank Stock is 1991 to 200. Exche-
t: -bills Have been 48s. to 515., and India Bonds 818.
premium.
uo Foreign Securities have been rather more dealt
the ~Panish Five per Cents. have been 19 to and
Cents ec' Per Cents. 35 to Portuguest Four per
are 2 e ex-dividend, have been quoted 29. Mexican Bonds
at te7,te° 27k, Grenada have been 18, and Buenos Ayres
and
". Danish Bonds are 98 to 99 ; Russian, 106;
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52 to 52k,
"e Railway Share Market, from about the same
‘6"
as influence stocks, is exceedingly dull. The
1 splendid weather, in fact, invites most people to leave
where,,othey possibly can. Caledouian have been heavy
Wert I; Eastern Counties at 8i ; and North-
rn, at 132 to 1321. These are about Saturday's
er_ 'e
or barely so good. South-Western also are
ewer, being 35 to 34i. The York lines are much the
game,
but neglected. Northern of France have im-
proved a little, being 3i discount. This arises from the
Upward tendency of the Paris Bourse. Luxembourg are
24-ex interest. Great Indian Peninsular are 54 ' • Paris
and Rouen, 10. Joint Stock Bank Shares are supported.

O..NE CrOCU K.
VETC.7.9.:
200
9. 2 %
92 'St
93

3plez-: ~ F MtITIO.II FUNDi
auk Sttek.
I'tr Cent. Reduced Arms ......
Per rent. Consols Annuities 92% %
Lon 3% per Cent. Anns.... - .
i,l4nns. to expire J an. 1860
'Lla Bond l, 1,000/. .... ... 81 84 p
Ditto under 1 000. . ... 81 81 p
E
Consols for Account 92:A 34
c'zeb.equer Bills. 1 1 .-,‘l. & 2d.
40001. June ...... ........- ..... 51 48 p
5001, June
Small. June 5l 48. p
Iltirp
---..S OF FOREIGN FUND. mat
O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 51
;2
, Ditto, Account 52 51
51
-vanish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent
Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849 —
,1)0. Bonds 9B 93
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. lB
Ditto, Deferred , . 31/2
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons
Ditto, Ex Coupons
Ditto, Account . 271,9 IA
Ditto, Small
Portuguese 6 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent 29 x d.
Russian Bonds - .. 106
°knish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account ••• ••••• • 181 i
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent
_Ditto. Account 35
venezuela Bonds, 2i4 per Cent —
Dividends on the above payable in London.

Dutch 21A7peiCent., 12 Guild.... 52 52% 5244
Ditto, 4 per Cent Certificates 811 A 811,4
PL ICES OF
PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE,.
Aberdeen 5O —
Do. Preference
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 6 ......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% -
1:1w... County Down 25 ...... ...-
erks & Rants Extens.
(tit.NV est. Per. 5 per ct.) 6
13anlinghain and Ox. .
lard Junct., calls duly
Paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, without guarantee 20 . ...
lituaing, IV olverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
Pd. or with guarantee 10 .....
ho, without guarantee 10
tittning.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145... ••• •
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
anu Cheshire June.... 20
I3oston, Stamtd & Birm. 71. 4s
Bristol and Exeter 9O ...,.. ...............
Ditto, Thirds
% dis.
t uckinghainthire ... 161. 4.3. ..... 38' dis. ..
Caledonian ...... •. •••••• 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —
Ditto, New 101. Prof... 10
Di ito,Clydesdale J unc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference l5 ...... -•••
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
_. per Cent.
Ports-
-10 •.....
Direct London & 'Mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 40
ij ......
'indalk & Enniskillen 22% ......
",„6t Anglian, 251., L. &
4. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18
&•
„ Do., Prf. . 3% ..... 1%
aiteria Ceuaties...e ... 20 ...... 8 -3/4
bo• New,Guti.6 per ct. 10
DittO,Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13e. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent. ... 50
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Ditto, 1A snares
Do. New - ..•
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. IJ. Sh tres) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... Sl/2 —
1)0-, Blase Li (1. & 11.) 25
Ditto,,, Class C, ditto... 22%. .
Do
e. Scrip of per cent.) 20 ......
Etta Lancashire
Ditto
, New
Ditto, New quarters 64 —**
D,

.. _
'O., 6 per Cent. Pre-
.L, terence (loaners ... 6IA -
in Lincolnshire ...... 25 .
tdinburgh and Glasgow 50 - ••• "'• ******
...
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 ..
Ed k
-
..- ~"2-atrgoandiNorthern 25
~,,..,uitto, .Newport l5
E teter,Y eovil, & Lurch 2% ...... --
Eaeter and Exmouth- 21s. -
6la%uw, Donahue, and
Carlisle ....... ... .81.65. 8d.... --
Cl,.gewKilonir.,& Ayr 50 -
•
„ lie.Frelere.nce Consoi. -
'Areal Northern - •• • 4,00
... •• -
120., 1/2 A Deferred -
1)0.,1,42E 6 per Gent- 7,/2...... -
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 5
treat Suota. and W est.
(Ireland) - ... .. ........
treat. N ortn of England.l(o -
Ditto, New, 401 4O •
-
Ditto, ditto B5
--- .
Ditto, N ew, 3ul
-
Ditto, New ,151 l5 .. .. -
... .. .• ...............
Great Western 100 ...... 82 ... ...........
Ditto, Shares 5O
Ditto, a Shares - .............. .
Ditto, •-• ........
101 -/ 4
k'ilthl. ........ ....
... 2105
.....
~
Ditto, New 1 i t... ... • .
}lull and Selby - ...... 50 --- 7- %
.6'
Ditto, Halt Shares ... 25 ......
Do. Quarter Sharos... 121,(2 -
Lancit3ter and Carlisle... 50 ...... -
••• 414
Ditto, Thirds -
Lalceshire & Yorkshirelo -
Do. do. M. B. & 8..- 95 -
Ditto, ditto -
Ditto, i:2 Shares •••••• 46 ,-••-• .... ........
Do. Quarters ........• 221.'2 --
Do. Fifths.. -
Do. Thirds ..... . ....... 15 ....• -
Do. New Guaranteed
6 par Cent..
Du. I.iverp. and Bury 46
-
Ditto (litolderstield
and Shelf.) ........... 50 ...... - .. .....
Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 ..... - ...... •••••• * Do. (l (Preston & Wyre) 25 ...... 39t. /2 39%
D 0.% Shares (A)... 10 -

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