The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-17 00:00:00

FEBRUARY l7, 1849.

MONEY atid COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool, as our daily reports will
have shown, has been in a state of great excitement this
week, and the sales are enormous, amounting to more than
40,000 bales on speculation alone, besides a large quantity to
the trade.DThe rise in prices is d. per lb. on American, %d.
on Surat, and %d. on Sea Islands. In Railway Shares a
fair business had been done at full prices.
The weekly Bank of England account, made up to the
10th inst., is to be noted chiefly on account of the further de-
crease in active circulation and in the discount business re-
presented by other securities, leading again to the conclusion
that the competition of private discounters is keenly felt.
The increase of public deposits will partly account, however,
for the smaller amount of notes out. The comparison with
the previous week is as follows :
Notes Issued .- X 28,447,280
Increase ... ... 116,435
Rest ... ... 8,578,862
Increase ... 2,237
Public Deposits ... ... 4,551,829
Increase ... 629,522
Other Deposits ... 11,190,305
Decrease ... ... 138,239
Seven Day and other Bills . . ... 1,108,132
Decrease 36,692
Government Securities 14,022,267
Increase ... ... 140,000
Other Securities... ... , 10,048,716
Decrease ••• ••• ••• 265,931
Notes ... 10,108,960
Increase ... ... 555,500
Bullion ... ... 15,249,465
Increase ... 143,701
Active Circulation ... ... 18,338,320
Decrease ... ... 439,065
The foreign accounts occupy chief attention this morning.
Those from America are considered favourable, and from
France and Italy they are rather of a chequered character,
though not of.a nature to excite uneasiness.
The Funds have been influenced by the fall at Paris,
but business has been very quiet. Consols have been as
low as 9314 %, and since 931,E % for Mone7. Time bargains
have been effected at 93% to N. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have been 94% to 94%. Bank Stock is
195 to 1961. Exchequer-bills are 40s. to 48s. premium.
Spanish Stock is lower, the Five per Cents. being 71,4.
Mexican are 25 to 2514, and flat; Grenada 16%3/4
Railway Shares are not so good in most cases, but North-
Western have risen upon the meeting of yesterday. The
French lines are still buoyant.

FKI, ES OF .0.c1T181.1. FUNDS. O'CLOCK
Bank Stock 195 1961/
3 per Cent. Reduced A':ns 933x,
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93%14%
New 314 per Cent. Anna...—.
Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o -16
Consols for Account 93% NA
Exchequer Bills 2%d. & 2d.
1,0001. March ......
1,000/. June 45 48 p
500/. June
Small, March .. 40 43 p
Small. June.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE
O'CLOCK.
Austrian, 5 per Cent . ....... 79
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bowls, 1 per Cent. lO/414
Ditto Deferred NIA%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents —
Ditto, Account 49% 49%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Russian Bonds 10914 10914
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account 17% 1714
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, Account . — 2914
Venezuela Bonds, 21A per Cent •— 20
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent —f. —c. 82f. 75c.
Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 25c.
Frencl) 3 per Cent slf. —c. 511. —c.
Exchange 2sf. 30c. 25f. 30c.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 5B 50% 5014
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 80%14 8014

CLO!. IN°
PRICES.
1961,2
93%
9314
94%
9 1-16
93%

43 p
48 p
48 p

43 p
48 p
CLOSING
PRICES.

3%
17%
3%

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...
Caledonian
Do. New 101. Pref..... VA..... 83/4. -•••-• 8%
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......
Eastern Comities-. ... . . 20 ...... 111 A% lll
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent. .... ...... 10 ...... 12
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 6/. 13s. 4d.... % p l4 p
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 ...... 19 ...... ..
East Laxcashire - •••••• ..... .•••• ....
Ditto, New Quarters 614 —.. ...., ........ 4%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. 16 ... 16
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
Great Northern
Do., -it A Deferred ... 1VA...-.
;rest South. and West.

(Ireland) ....... 45 ...... 32%34 331/2
Great Western 100 ......103 .. 103
Ditto, Fifths ..... ....... 20
Ditto, New 171........ 15 .....
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ..„„
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..... 5214 52
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, IA Shares ...... 46 ...
Do. Quarter Shares... 171,E I4N 14%
Do. Fifths.... ....... .... 10
Leeds and Bradford 5O IOS ...... ........ 103
London, Brighton, and
South Coast

Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 ......
Ditto, New Si., guar.
6 per cent.
London and N. Western 100 l42th 143 ... 141
Ditto, New
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 10 ...... 14 ...—. ..
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 5
Lone. &S. Western 5O ...... 41 ..... ... ..... 41
Ditto, Thirds
Bilanchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 4% 2 2% 2
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire —lOO
_ .

Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10
Midland ......... ........109
Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... .. 20% 19%
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Do. Consol. Bristol and
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......125 ... 125
Norfolk .... ....... ....100
Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20
North British ........ ... 25 ...... 16;4 ... 1614
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Thirds ........81443/4
North Staffordshire
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Reading, Guildford, and

Reigate 121,4 lBl, . 131,4
Royston and Hitchin 3% 4 ........ 4
Scottish Central
Sheffield, Rotherham. &
Goole (N. Div.) Gua-
ranteed 5 per cent...... 10
Shrewsbury and Bina... 10 ...... 61,g 614
Shropthir• Union
Soutn Eastern
Waterford and Kilkenny 2O
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... ...... 50
Do. do. do. ... 25
Do. do. do. ... 10 15 ..... 15
York. Newcastle, and
Berwick. 25 .. 2814. .....
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. 25 28 ........ .....
Do. Eztonsion No. 1. 20
Do. do. No. 2......... 2.........20
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8
York and North Midland 50 ...... 541,4 54 ..
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Lo. East and Westßid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian). ... 5 ......
Boulorrne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 18
Luxembourg.... .......

281/2

2114
211,4
9 %
54

27%

10N

Ditto .....:. ....... ............ 10 —
Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... ..
Northern of France...—. 12 - 936
Orleans and Bordeaux... 7
Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... ... .........
Paris and Rouen ..., 2O ...... 19% ex. d ll% x.d
Paris and Strasbourg ... 9
....... ••
31/,i,
&Dm and Havre
55.. 1250 i 113/4 ... 11%
Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. ,8 6 a SA,
Tours and Nantes 9 ...... 2
MINES.

Australian..
Brazilian Imperial
Do. St. John Del Rey 15 . .....
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
Union of London ... ..... 10 ...... 101/4 lO

BANK 0 F EN tiLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Acceunt, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap►. 32,f0r
the Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of February, 1849.
DMA DEPARTMENT.

Notes i55ued........ 28,447,280

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .... 2.184.900
Gold coin and bullion 13,145,205
Silver bullion .. • ... .502,072

£ 28,447,280
M. MARSHALL, ChiefCu bier.
Dated the 15th day of February, 1849.

128,447,280